Ally Watson was originally from Scotland but moved to Melbourne several years ago.  She worked in the male dominated field of computer science.  Ally would often be the only woman at tech events so she organised a female focused event which attracted 100 girls/women and Code Like A Girl was born.  They have 12 volunteers who work with them now and are looking at expanding nationally. They also keep their prices down so more girls can attend.

This advertisement about texting and driving is powerful and confronting.  

Many people are addicted to their smartphones. If you want to keep track of how many times you check your phone each day consider downloading the Checky app which will let you know.  Perhaps you can reward yourself if you reduce the number of times you check it each day.

Don't try any of these at home.

Here is another great article by Andrew Matthews on 5 Happiness Tips Anyone Can Use.  He starts the article with this statement, Happy people don't have less problems. They think differently. All five tips are obvious and easy to do if you really want to. My favourite is quit complaining. You can read the full article here.