Short Bio:
Suw Charman-Anderson is an author, journalist and technologist. She began writing professionally as a freelance music journalist in the late 90s, contributing to the Melody Maker and various trade magazines. One of the UK’s social media pioneers, she switched her focus to technology in the early 00s. She has written about social media and technology for The Guardian, CIO Magazine, .Net Magazine, Computer Weekly and FirstPost.com. She currently blogs about publishing and crowdfunding for Forbes.com.
Suw is the driving force behind Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in technology, science, engineering and maths. A committed digital rights advocate, in 2005 Suw founded the UK’s Open Rights Group.
Suw lives in the UK with her husband and two cats, Grabbity and Sir Izacat Mewton.