anita borg, who i first heard of through the systers mailing list that she founded, died yesterday:

Anita Borg sought to revolutionize the world and the way we think about technology and its impact on our lives. Fond of quoting, “It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission” and wearing a t-shirt that declared, “Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History”, she devoted much of her life to dismantling the barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields.