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		tomp on Feb 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My children’s book on technology raised 100k withi... How about 4) Linda is a co-founder of Rails Girls. ? Free publicity always helps. I'm not sure how Rails Girls is popular in the US, but considering we have it in Slovenia, I'd say it's pretty successful.

pwthornton on Feb 21, 2014 | [–]

Yes, I would agree that should be a fourth point. Another point along those lines is her work with Code Academy and all of her connections there.

steveklabnik on Feb 22, 2014 | [–]

Rails Girls is pretty damn popular here too, though not _quite_ as much as Europe, it seems.

It's pretty wonderful.

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