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Just over a year ago I tried adding a podcast to this blog series and found out that doing podcasts is hard. If your favorite podcast is updated inconsistently, it’s because the creator has realized just how hard it is to create and post podcast episodes. This week I wanted to point out 2 great local tech podcasts:

• Colorado TechCast: This podcast is hosted by local tech enthusiast, Trapper Little, and  just started with great interviews by local tech community members. Trapper asked me to guest-host the show and although I REALLY wanted to, I just don’t have the time to participate and that sucks.
• Turing School Podcast: This is a great listen for anyone who is looking to get their first job as a software developer. Even though the podcast is geared towards Turing students, it’s a great resource for all of us. Even this Computer Science student.

There are a few other good local tech podcasts, but if I start trying to list all of them you’ll never get to read the news. I’ve highlighted a few Python meetups this week. I have an AI course coming up in a few months so I’m curious to try out Python. It is a language used for AI, right?

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

• Denver Comic Con 2017 Hall of Games [PewPewCat]
• Alex Ford joins Boulder-based Fitbot [FitBot]
• Major Colorado employer Vantiv reaches $10 billion deal for Worldpay [DBJ]
• Colorado Technology Association Hosts Inaugural SheTech Explorer Day in Colorado [27Global]
• Denver’s MassRoots acquires Odava to create one of largest cannabis tech conglomerates [InnovatioNews]
• Denver-based Photobucket addresses complaints over new policy that charges heavy users $400 [DenverPost]
• Mobile Apps + Birthdays + Animals = Awesome Radial Q2 in Loveland! [RadialDevGroup]
• Westminster’s DigitalGlobe partners with SSL to build next-gen WorldView satellites [InnovatioNews]
• NexusTek rallies tech community to support Colorado’s college-bound teens [CTA]
• Louisville-based energy-tech company, Generative Technology Operatives, raises $300,000 [BizWest]

Top Upcoming Events

• 7/12 – Boulder Ruby Group – Monthly Presentation Night: Julie Kent and Brian Pontarelli
• 7/12 – Denver Droids – Realm World Tour
• 7/12 – Denver Gophers – Monthly Denver Meetup *Special GopherCon Edition*
• 7/12 – Denver Java Users Group – Spring Boot Apps in Containers Using Docker
• 7/12 – Denver Tech & Design Community – TALK DATA TO ME: Samid Hoda & Machine Learning + Algorithm Design
• 7/12 – PyData Denver – Introduction to Dask: a lightweight library for distributed computing in Python
• 7/13-7/14 – 360|AnDev: Denver’s Android Developer Conference
• 7/17 – HTML5 Denver Users Group – Brian Sletten “Electron : Cross-Platform Desktop Apps Meet the Web”
• 7/18 – Learn To Code Boulder – Taste of Python
• 7/18 – Women Who Code Boulder/Denver – Engineering <3 Product <3 Design, Building Products at Gusto w/ Noa

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