A place for all the kickass tech ladies

Last summer at the Chaos Computer Camp, Katand Marie met many wonderful women in tech who were doing exciting and interesting things. Amazed, the two wondered to themselves, 'where have you all been!?'

In response, Heart of Code, a Berlin-based hackspacefor women, was created. Yes, other hackspaces are open to women, but the twofounders discovered that when places are explicitely for women, women showup. When they're not, chances of having a large female presence is oftensmaller.

After less than a year, the group boasts a slack channel of over 400 members,weekly meetups, and funding for workshops for teenagers. Kat and Marie areproving that there are not only hundreds of eager & active tech ladies outthere, but also that this hidden community was just waiting for an opportunityto support and frequent such a space.

In this episode we talk to Heart of Codefounders Kat and Marie about their hackspace for women, why these types ofcommunities are important, and their hopes for the future.

NOTE: This episode was recorded at the beginning of June, so all datesmentioned relate to June.

Links

• Heart of Code
• XHain Hackspace
• Music I dunno by grapes under CC-BY 3.0

Events

• every Thursday - the Heart of Code Damensalon at Xhain Hackspace. See theHeart of Code Calendar for details