1. Log into your gmail account, or if you do not have a gmail account, create one at gmail.com.
2. Click the red Gmail hyperlink above the compose mail box, and choose the selection: Tasks.
3. Pop out the Tasks box from the lower right hand corner of the screen, by clicking the upward arrow in the box.
4. Start listing the things that you need to accomplish in whatever order you desire.
5. When you accomplish anything on your list, you can "cross it off" by clicking the square box net to the item.
6. If ever you want to clear all of your completed tasks, click the Actions button in the bottom left hand corner, and simply click Clear Completed Tasks.
Who is this stunning, sophisticated, and incredibly intelligent woman on the cover of Fortune Magazine? Well, unless you have been living under a rock, her name is Marissa Ann Mayer, and she is the new president and C.E.O. of the Yahoo corporation. She was proclaimed one of Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in 2012, and for good reason. This technological giant from birth has done amazing things, and has become a beacon of light for women and growing girls, who want to become successful in the technological industry, or who want to become corporate giants. But even Marissa worked her way up from earnest beginnings to Yahoo.
With a natural affinity for science and math, Marissa Ann Mayer is the daughter of an engineer and an art teacher. Her ability to design and create was fostered throughout her youth, and Marissa demonstrated an accolade for special abilities when she was able to memorize incredible data at her first job as a cashier. She decided that she wanted to streamline the process of checking out groceries by memorizing all of the prices of groceries. If that isn't an incredible feat for a growing young woman, than I don't know what is!
The passion to create, organize, and design carried her to Stanford University, where she graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Symbolic Systems. During her undergraduate career, Marissa also taught two courses in computer programming, in which she received teaching awards from the university. Marissa Mayer went on to graduate school to obtain a Masters in Science degree in Computer Science with a emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. Her academic success and internships lead Marissa Mayer to receive 14 job offers, one of which was Google.
Marissa Mayer broke amazing ground by becoming the first female engineer at Google, after becoming the 20th employee for them. She worked for Google for their product development department for 13 years, and help to create some of their most successful components such as Google Earth, Gmail, Street View, and Google's most infamous doodles! All of her success and technological practice with Google essentially lead her to her next largest accolade: becoming president and C.E.O. of Yahoo.
Marissa Mayer became a great female technological leader in July 2012 when she became president of the Yahoo Corporation. In addition, she broke sociological norms by becoming the first working C.E.O. & President to have a new baby. In September 2012, she gave birth to a handsome, healthy baby boy. Doing this, she demonstrated a new culture of the working mother, being an innovator of technology, and a successful mother.
Marissa Mayer continues to be an innovator of technology, setting the bar on the way that companies and corporations view smart applications. She digs in, and takes a look on how and what people do on a daily basis, and how Yahoo and other systems can utilize this information, and help out the every day consumer. The following video is Marissa Mayer's first interview since she became Yahoo's C.E.O. and president. She was at Fortune Magazine's "Most Powerful Woman" dinner in Palo Alto, California. I wish Marissa Mayer nothing but success with her beautiful baby boy, and as President & C.E.O. of Yahoo. She seems to have a great head on her shoulders, and I hope she continues to stay a technological giant, and a beacon of inspiration to everyone.
In the world today, more women are going to work and the men are staying home. Is this role reversal a sign that there is gender equality in the business industry, and women are finally being accepted as intellectual equals? Not necessarily. Some women are becoming the "bread-winner" simply because they chose more sustainable careers during their educational development. But does that mean that their is gender equality across the world? Again, not necessarily. In many developing countries, women are still struggling to secure their right for equality in the world of business, and even in many cultural settings. Professor Jayati Gosh, from Tallin University of Technology in Estonia, still shows that in some developing countries, women have a long way to go. In her three part series, she discusses how it is pivotal for women to be educated in a variety of fields, but most importantly technology, so that they can help their villages and their overall global economy.
Many hear the term "Gender Mainstreaming" and think, "What exactly does gender mainstreaming have to do with me?" Gender mainstreaming has everything to do with everybody. Gender mainstreaming is a cultural phenomenon in which a nation or a society strives to integrate a particular gender, wither male or female, into an aspect of society. One of the most common aspects that gender mainstreaming takes place is in the business fields of science, technology, engineering, and politics. According to the United Nations, "development agencies agreed to adopt “gender mainstreaming” as a new strategy for ensuring the incorporation of gender perspectives in all areas and sectors, and at all levels, to promote gender
equality." (United Nations, 2006.)http://web.undp.org/evaluation/documents/eo_gendermainstreaming.pdf,
The idea of gender equality is notion that has been fostered and cultivated since the early nineteen hundreds. Back then, females in the United States only made up 18.8 percent of the population, those of course that was 16 and old. In over 100 years, that same population has drastically increased to 58.6 percent of the population in the United States. Talks of gender equality has became a political strong point in the elections this year, as women want to know where does there equality lie in terms of importance to the government. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104673.html
In today's society women not only demand, but expect to have more equality in the workplace as women are going to college, receiving advanced degrees, and gaining a variety of experience that their fore-mothers were not able to achieve. It is also important to recognize that gender equality is also necessary in a world where women are becoming the bread winners in society as well.
What do you do when you first wake up in the morning? I know that when I ask my friends and family this question, one of the first things that they say is check their cell phone or Facebook. In 2012, technology plays such a strong part in our everyday lives that we can't think how we ever got along without it. Friends can't believe that they ever connected, let alone talked to each other without Facebook. Families no longer pick up the phone to call each other, they just send a message over Facebook or send a picture through Flickr or Instagram. But in the multibillion dollar technological industry, is there anyone who doesn't have access to modern technological advances such as cellphones or the Internet? Most Americans would answer "no" but then again, that is most "Americans". Do you know that less than 1 percent of men and women in the developing countries around the world have some type of technology such as cellular phones or the Internet? In places such as India, Africa, and the Middle East, technology is scarce if not existent. If you are thinking that this is crazy, think about the fact that the most access countries like this have to technology is due to their work, and most of them are men that have this access. If we are so "cultured", I think that technology should be shared with developing countries so that we can improve their way of living. Think about the chain reaction that would send. If developing countries were able to get caught up with the rest of the world, then the economy and overall humanity would improve. At the end of the day, when you are sitting at home and thinking about how you ever lived without all of your gadgets and gizmos, try being appreciative in the fact that you have this "advanced technology". Because when you are saying you can't live without it, there are people who ARE living without it.
