My real name is Laura and during the day I'm a graphics software engineer.

Absolutely! Bummer the events got cancelled :(

So what's the deal with WebCL? I can't write code with it yet?

I saw Katy's talk at DefCon and it was EPIC! Having the chance to have her come talk about Robotics is pretty sweet.

Katy's talk at DC20 has single-handedly rekindled my interest in robotics, Hacker Dojo, and vodka. Not necessarily in that order. She seems like a wicked awesome person, and given where she's worked before, she's obviously smart as hell...

Some links:

DEFCON 20: Robots: You're Doing It Wrong (waiting for better quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUlcTbfoz3U

Defcon 19: Katy Levinson - Don't Fix It In Software

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drk3Dz3_yLE