Wednesday, February 1st was the Kick-Off for the 2017 Go Code Colorado Challenge at Galvanize in Denver. I went because I might like the idea of participating again, but I mainly went because I like what the Go Code Colorado Challenge says about the Colorado technology community. Before the kick-off event, Scott Yates hosted a… Continue reading Go Code Colorado 2017 Kick-Off showcases the tech startup community
If you, or your students, are like me and want to know every possible tool that can be used to program your Sphero SPRK with the Lightning Lab app, then you want to check out the printable Lightning Lab Cheat Sheet PDF in the link below. If you have any thoughts, ideas or questions please let… Continue reading Sphero SPRK Lightning Lab Cheat Sheet
Last week I had my first phone interview for a job in software development. It was for a DevOps position that required comfort with git, continuous integration, CentOS and the yum package manager. I was 2 for 4. I can use git. I am familiar with continuous integration but my Linux knowledge was admittedly rusty.… Continue reading (Re)learning Linux with Lynda and VirtualBox
My dream job is to be a Software Engineer at Sphero, so after getting some advice on where to start I have decided to make my own Sphero app. First comes the fun part though. It’s time to play and see what this little round thing can do. There are 56 Sphero apps in the… Continue reading Sphero Android App Reviews
Definition of a hackathon flame-out: A hackathon flame-out occurs when a participant gets so frustrated and discouraged that they leave the hackathon before it ends. This weekend I took time off of work to participate in the Pebble Rocks Boulder Hackathon. The hackathon is described as “seventy-five bold designers, developers, and makers will use Pebble… Continue reading My Hackathon Flame-Out And How To Avoid One
2 years ago, on June 16, I posted my first Colorado Tech Weekly. A year ago I reflected on what I learned so I figured since I’m still going and the last reflection was fun I’d do it again. 5 things I’ve learned in no particular order You need style AND substance to succeed – Colorado… Continue reading What I’ve learned about the Colorado tech community after Year 2 of CTW
With Christmas break in between my classes at Regis, I decided to do a little more playing on my own. I’ve decided to poke at the Twitter REST API since I use Twitter a ton and have some issues with how it works. Creating my own app that references the Twitter API can solve my… Continue reading Playing with the Twitter API for the first time
Monday starts the 2014 Denver Startup Week, a week to celebrate and encourage tech startups in and around Denver. This makes now a perfect time for me to rant about how software development is taught. We need to shift our focus from “How to write code” to “How to make an app”. I have an… Continue reading Let’s teach people how to make apps, not just write code
My goal is to have a software/web/app development job by 2016, so one year ago yesterday I started Colorado Tech Weekly to keep myself up-to-date on what was happening in the technology community in Colorado. I turned it into a blog because I knew that if I wanted to know what was going on, so… Continue reading What I’ve learned about the Colorado tech community after 1 year
Last week I got to spend the day at the Colorado Technology Association’s APEX Conference in Denver. Going as a student is the best way to visit a technology conference. It was full of professionals eager to share their knowledge and their projects and as a student who isn’t hirable yet, there is no pressure to impress!… Continue reading Why Every Student Should Go to a Tech Conference
