Suw Charman-Anderson

Suw Charman-Anderson
Born (1971-04-15) 15 April 1971
Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), UK
Occupation Journalist, writer, consultant, campaigner
Nationality UK
Spouse Kevin Anderson (2008–present)
Website
suw.charman-anderson.com

Suw Charman-Anderson (born 15 April 1971) is the former Executive Director of the Open Rights Group,[1] a campaign group based in London. She is also a journalist, social software consultant, blogger and public speaker.[2] On 15 February 2008 she married Kevin Anderson. Named one of the "50 most influential Britons in technology" by The Daily Telegraph, she has also worked to gain recognition for other women in technological fields.[3]

Career

Early career, blogging, and social software

Charman is a graduate of Cardiff University with a BSc in Geology. Early career projects included music journalism, web publishing, and providing web support to other learners of Welsh. In her 20s, while working as an editorial assistant for a science publishing company, she chose the name "Suw" for herself after creating it as a typographical error for her short name, Sue.[4] Her personal weblog, Chocolate and Vodka, started in June 2002, features commentary on the Blogosphere, social issues and politics growing her audience. Her professional blog Strange Attractor, was begun in July 2004 under the Corante label. She still edits and posts to both, the latter with her husband Kevin.[2]

Her work in Social Software consulting includes producing the BlogOn Conference in New York City, in 2005.[5] She has worked for companies such as MSN, BUPA, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Socialtext, Jackie Cooper PR, De Montfort University and BBC News Online, performing a variety of tasks from training to consulting. She often talks about blogging for business.[6] In January 2012,[7] she started a blog on Forbes.com about publishing, self-publishing and crowdfunding.

Activism

Her work online has led her to explore the issues surrounding rights and responsibilities online, which she has frequently written about—for example, her article for The Guardian in 2004 exploring the truth behind file sharing and the music industry.[8] She also has written for Linux User and Developer discussing digital rights.

In 2005, she co-founded the Open Rights Group,[9] leading the project as Executive Director within its infancy. As a founder of ORG, she has commented on a wide variety of issues dealing with ownership and new media.[10][11]

Ada Lovelace Day

In 2009, Charman recruited bloggers and others to honor influential women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). This became an annual event, which she called "Ada Lovelace Day". In 2010 more than 2,000 people responded with blogs, podcasts, and videos supporting the project.[12]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ ORG staff, Open Rights Group
  2. 1 2 "Jack of all trades, master of the ORG" by Jane Dudman, Information World Review, Nov. 13, 2006.
  3. ↑ "The 50 most influential Britons in technology". The Daily Telegraph. 23 September 2009.
  4. ↑ Charman-Anderson, Suw (March 8, 2004), "How I Got My w", Chocolate and Vodka.
  5. ↑ PRNewswire, September 12, 2005 - Press release about BlogOn mentions "Event Producer Suw Charman"
  6. ↑ MSN Blogging Report, suw.org.uk, November 2005
  7. ↑ Suw Charman-Anderson's blog on Forbes.com - First blog post on January 1st 2012 - Preparing For High-Impact, Low-Probability Events: Lessons From Eyjafjallajökull
  8. ↑ Listen to the flip side, The Guardian, 2004-07-22
  9. ↑ UK Digital Rights Group sets up, BBC News Online, 2005-09-09
  10. ↑ MPs in digital downloads warning, BBC News Online, June, 2006
  11. ↑ Phone Co's and rights activists round on Clark, The Register, 9 September 2005
  12. ↑ Ada Lovelace voted most popular technology heroine BBC, 25 March 2010
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