参观完坐落于硅谷的计算机历史博物馆后，很受触动。阿达·洛芙莱斯，拜伦之女，是世界上第一个程序员。
"The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be"
“我学习的越多，我的才智就越贪婪”
阿达之母：Annabella Byron的画像
阿达小时候的画像
Early notes on geography and arithmetic
This worksheet, dated February 1829, shows Ada studying geography and arithmetic. She reports that she now understands "the sums where both multiplication and addition signs were used." In other words, she has grasped the rules of arithmetic in which, if no order is specified, multiplication must be carrierd out before addition. As her worked example shows 2 x 5 + 3 x 4 equals 22 and not 52 as she first thought.
地理和算术的早期笔记
标注日期为1829年2月的这份练习题显示阿达正在学习地理和算术。她报告说她理解了“乘法和加法用法的概括”，换句话说，她理解了算术的规则，即如果没有指定顺序，乘法一定会在加法之前被优先计算。正如她的算术例子显示的那样，她首先想到的是 2 x 5 + 3 x 4 等于22，而不是 52。
Journal of Ada's governess
In May 1821, Miss Lamont, the newly appointed governess, kept a record of Ada's early education. Her first impressions were favorable - Miss Byron was keen to begin lessons in a variety of subjects. She immediately proved very adept at arithmetic and her reading was good.
阿达家庭女教师的日记
1821年五月，新聘的家庭女教师拉蒙特小姐保留了一份阿达早期教育的记录。 她给家庭教师的第一印象很好：“拜伦小姐积极的学习各种学科的课程。她立即证明了自己非常擅长算术，而且阅读能力也很好”