It’s that time of year! As you compile your list of gifts for your friends and family this holiday season, consider these ten tech-related books. For the Visionary: The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson This book is great for someone who values history as […]
Tech conferences are a great place to discover the latest technology ideas, products and jobs. …tech conferences also tend to be noisy and crowded. If you are like me and fall towards the introvert end of the introvert-extrovert spectrum, here are some tips for getting the most out of your conference experience. (If the term […]
Learning to code isn’t easy, but you can do it. Check out this video with 5 things you should know before learning to code. I’m on week five of Sabio’s .Net developer training program and while I am beginning to understand a lot about the Internet — I still have a ways to go. I […]
Sabio is a developer program run by two Latinos aiming to create more women and minority web developers. What’s the best way to get more women and minorities great tech jobs? Train them yourself. So goes the logic of Sabio co-founders Liliana Monge and Gregorio Rojas, who are set to graduate their first class of four […]
HUB101 strives to be a different kind of startup accelerator, one focused on upping the diversity quotient and bringing the accelerator model to new groups of folks, such as veterans, women, Latinos and others. A new startup accelerator in the Los Angeles metropolitan area is looking for creative people who aren’t “fresh out of college […]
If you want to learn to code, there are a few key things that you should keep in mind, no matter what your level or what your goals are. After two weeks of in-class prep, and months of pre-work, the start of my Sabio web developer training is this week. While I am nervous, I’m […]
Coding is hard, but it’s not as hard as other things I’ve already done. So even when I get discouraged, I remember that I’ve already succeeded at many harder things than coding. Recently I was chatting with someone about my experience learning to code and they asked me a point-blank question I think lots of […]
Learning to code has been a very humbling experience, one that’s teaching me how to learn in a totally different way, and I’m grateful for that. If I’ve learned anything about coding the past few weeks it’s that you have to make some very real mental adjustments to the way you approach learning. As a […]
Textter is a live messaging system allowing users to users to chat in real-time, letter by letter. The Miami-created app also has some great privacy features, allowing users to see each others’ messages without ever having to press “send.” Carlos Cueto created Textter after watching his two teenaged daughters texting. They text constantly, he said, […]
My title is in reference to a show called Beauty and the Geek produced by Ashton Kutcher back in 2005. Today, my company hosted a Tech Meetup called Demos & Drinks at Maker City LA in Downtown Los Angeles. The event showcased various apps in the tech space including the ever so popular alcohol delivery […]