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Colorado Tech Weekly #202: Two JS conference recaps, two great WWC events and our tech scene is growing up

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In previous CTW posts I have “complained” that I need new ways of saying that the Colorado tech community is growing. This week our stories point out how we aren’t just growing but we are growing up.  I especially like the Denver Post article by Tamara Chuang on this subject.

I’m going to keep doing my Tuesday coding Twitch stream. I’m starting to get halfway comfortable with it. I’m planning on focusing on writing code challenges in Java until something else piques my interest.

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Leadership shakeup: 6 Colorado startups with new leaders [BuiltinColorado]
  • Boulder-based section.io adds Chief Revenue Officer Matt Haentzschel, expands US sales team [Yahoo]
  • 5 Colorado adtech companies searching for talented people like you [BuiltinColorado]
  • Twitter’s Gnip chief Chris Moody is joining Boulder’s Foundry Group [VentureBeat]
  • Denver-based OWL Cybersecurity appoints Andrew Lewman as Vice President [OWLCybersecurity]
  • Denver-based dating app, MeetMindful, attracts like-minded investors, raises $1.8 million [DenverPost]
  • Ft. Collins’ Trail Ridge Technologies expands production of QuckVu Digital automotive backup camera (PDF) [TrailRidgeTechnologies]
  • The state of Colorado cannatech: Fundings, new launches and more [BuiltinColorado]
  • Denver-based Rachio becomes first smart home company to earn ‘B Corp’ sustainability rating [InnovatioNews]
  • Startups no more? Jobs, funding on the rise for Denver’s maturing tech scene [DenverPost]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #187: Cybersecurity, 3D Printing at CES and 2 Cool Colorado Stories

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I will follow ANY blog and ANY Twitter account that has to do with the Colorado technology community, so if your 2017 resolution is to write a tech blog, send me the link. I’ll subscribe. This way I can get more cool first-hand stories like the 2 bottom stories featured this week.

One is by Jud Valeski on how the Gnip/Twitter deal happened. The last story featured is by Noel Warden, a local online coding boot camp student who shared some of his strategies that landed him his first software developer job. Congrats Noel!

This week also features 2 Colorado companies that showed leadership in the 3D printing industry at CES and 2 other articles highlighting the growing cybersecurity industry in Colorado.

Send me your links! Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • 4 Colorado tech CEOs share their New Year’s resolutions [BuiltinColorado]
  • Cybersecurity training program expands to Colorado Springs [Gazette]
  • S4 Inc. will add 100 workers in Colorado Springs [BizWest]
  • Loveland’s Aleph Objects announces new software at CES 2017 [InnovatioNews]
  • New year, new you: 7 Colorado companies hiring like crazy in 2017 [BuiltinColorado]
  • Security Weekly Talks to Brian Beyer, Denver-based Red Canary CEO [RedCanary]
  • MacGyver Moment #1: Data sharing for the rest of us [ColoradoOIT]
  • Colorado Springs’s Titan Robotics unveils the Cronus at CES 2017 [Titan3DRobotics]
  • How did Boulder-based Gnip get the Twitter deal? [JudValeski]
  • Becoming a Full Stack Developer with Bloc.io [NoelWorden]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #124: 3 Recaps, 2 Twitter-Related Headlines and 1 Set of Layoffs

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4 out of the past 6 Colorado Tech Weekly’s have had headlines about tech companies laying off employees, but I have not heard a lot from the tech community about it.

I think it’s because A) the amazing growth seen this year in Colorado tech is bound for some leveling out, so it doesn’t seem as scary and B) there’s enough opportunities here that laid off employees aren’t without a job for long. I’m not all that satisfied with B. Regardless, I feel for those who have lost their jobs.

On a brighter note, check out the first 3 stories! As much as I like hearing what Colorado tech companies are doing, I love hearing directly from the developers in the industry I want to work in.

Happy Halloween!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Kelly Shuster reviews the Big Android BBQ 2015 [KioDev]
  • Hack the Arts Hackfest Recap [QuickLeft]
  • Allan McLelland reviews his summer internship at Boulder’s Foraker Labs [Foraker]
  • Denver-based MapQuest gets a new look after Verizon takes over [DenverPost]
  • Denver’s Welltok acquires children’s health app Zamzee [DenverPost]
  • Colorado poised to grow as top-performing STEM state [DBJ]
  • Craftsy, Denver-based online craft giant, cuts 12 percent of workforce [DenverPost]
  • Boulder-based Gnip’s new Insights APIs give businesses a better idea of who their audience is [TheNextWeb]
  • Wayin launches new integration with Twitter’s Collections API [Wayin]
  • 7 Colorado companies hiring right now that will make sure you have fun at work [BuiltinColorado]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #83: More predictions! More jobs! Fewer CES stories!

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It’s the Monday after the big Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and I only have one CES related story! I think Wayin’s Jamey Wood might be on to something in the below BuiltinColorado article “What’s next for Colorado tech in 2015” when he says Colorado should get more involved in the physical realm. More robotics! More devices! I’m all for it!

Until then, I guess we’ll just have to deal with only having more jobs and more optimism. That works just fine for me.

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Security Pursuit opens Lafayette office [BuiltinColorado]
  • How Boulder-based Uvize combines college prep and mentorship for student veterans [BuiltinColorado]
  • What’s next for Colorado tech in 2015, including Governor Hickenlooper, a venture capitalist, a founder and a CTO [BuiltinColorado]
  • Recruitment Strategies: How Denver’s Signpost tripled its sales team in Denver this year [BuiltinColorado]
  • Douglas County-based Dish Network’s Sling TV wins big at CES [DBJ]
  • Colorado health exchange snafus trip up thousands as cost overruns mount [DBJ]
  • Boulder-based Simple Energy’s 2015 predictions [SimpleEnergy]
  • Denver luxury box broker SuiteHop hiring in 2015 with $1M in new funding [ConfluenceDenver]
  • Health care IT scholarships available from the Colorado Health Information Management Systems Society [CSBJ]
  • Four Colorado storylines to watch as 2015 gets underway [Xconomy]

Upcoming Events

  1. 1/14 – 1 Million Cups Denver – CivicData & Flowh
  2. 1/14 – CIGDA – One game a month
  3. 1/14 – CTA – 101 Luncheon
  4. 1/14 – DJUG – Holiday Party
  5. 1/14 – Full Stack Meetup – Physical computing and creative coding for the masses. #OhHeckYeah
  6. 1/14 – Reed Group – Job Fair
  7. 1/14 – Refresh Denver – Alexander Diner & Mike Cummings, Partners @ Young & Hungry
  8. 1/15 – BDNT – New Tech Denver
  9. 1/15 – NetApp User Group – Tech OnTap Live: Denver
  10. 1/15 – Girl Develop It – [DENVER] Get involved with Girl Develop It
  11. 1/17 – DaVinci Coders – Swift Developers Workshop
  12. 1/17-1/18 – Girl Develop It – BOULDER: Intermediate HTML & CSS / Intro to Responsive
  13. 1/20 – All Things API – Scott Feinberg: Developer Evangelist at WePay
  14. 1/20 – Geospatial Amateurs –The Ugly, Bad, and the Good: An Evening of Web artography
  15. 1/20 – WomenWhoCode – (Boulder) Mobile Study Group + Talk
  16. 1/20 – WomenWhoCode – (Denver) Technical Interview Skills: Behavioral Preparation

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Colorado Tech Weekly #51: Adtech thrives, a #boulderwin and Colorado gets a new CIO

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With my blog approaching on year of consistency I’ve been toying with the idea of adding some advertising to cover some costs so this week’s headlines are perfect!

Next week will be my 52nd CTW post. That’s one year of weekly posts! I feel a little strange approaching this milestone because half of me wants to make it a big deal, but the other half knows this is still just the beginning. I’m definitely going to have to do a recap post about it though to figure out if I’m still doing what I meant to do.

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Colorado’s FirstBank updates mobile app with FirstGlance, other new features [TechKnowBytes]
  • Governor Hickenlooper names Suma Nallapati as Secretary of Technology and Chief Information Officer [CTA]
  • “Girl Develop It” to launch in Fort Collins [InnovatioNews]
  • Douglas County-based DISH to become first pay-TV and largest company to accept Bitcoin payment [InnovatioNews]
  • Denver’s Datalogix lands $45 million as IPO rumors rise [BuiltinColorado]
  • Behind the growth of 3 thriving Colorado adtech companies [BuiltinColorado]
  • 3 new Boulder startups to look out for this quarter [BuiltinColorado]
  • Opensource and Python development with Ivy Hastings of Fusionbox [BuiltinColorado]
  • New Tech May wrap up [BDNT]
  • KidsTek students in Denver prepare for Swiftie.U [KidsTek]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #49: Incoming jobs from Lockheed, Sendgrid, Layer3 and other good news

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There is a LOT of good news bouncing around this square state and I have a feeling with Boulder Startup Week just wrapping up, Aspen’s and Fort Collins’ Startup Weeks just about to start and Denver Startup Week not too far away that the good news is gonna keep coming. Is there a Startup Week in southern Colorado? There should be.

Also I recently just found out how cool Evernote is. It’s especially cool for a blog like this one. If you have any tips on how to make the best of Evernote, please pass them along. Thanks!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems adding hundreds of commercial space jobs to Colorado HQ in Littleton [DBJ]
  • Vantiv to acquire Durango-based MercuryPay for $1.65 billion [BuiltInColorado]
  • 4 Galvanize Boulder companies you should look out for at its launch this week [BuiltInColorado]
  • SendGrid Expands In Boulder, Ramps Hiring [TechRockies]
  • Layer3 TV picks Denver for its new corporate headquarters [InnovatioNews]
  • gSchool students dominate Boulder Startup Week Hackfest [Galvanize]
  • Broomfield’s Level 3 selected to provide secure global content delivery network for Russian game maker [InnovatioNews]
  • Fort Collins startup, Beagle, wins Go Code Colorado Challenge [CTA]
  • New telecom regulations offer benefits to consumers, tech sector [InnovatioNews]
  • Boulder to welcome Twitter to town, and celebrate Gnip deal, on June 4 [TechKnowBytes]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #46: Doing big things in Colorado

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Uber moves out of their Galvanize workspace. Dish reinvents mobile broadband. RoundPegg anticipates 10 fold growth in 2 years. This week’s headlines are all about doing big things and it’s all happening here in Colorado and that is pretty awesome.

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Uber Technologies exits Galvanize to anchor Industry Denver workspace in RiNo [TechKnowBytes]
  • Boulder-based CodeFutures granted patent for Continuous Replication technology for database functions [InnovatioNews]
  • Douglas County-based Dish partners with Artemis, a San Francisco tech upstart aiming to reinvent mobile broadband [TechKnowBytes]
  • 5 Questions with Kevin Grauman, CEO of Boulder’s RoundPegg [BuiltinColorado]
  • Open source wins again: Boulder-based OpDemand closes 3rd seed round [BuiltinColorado]
  • Twitter says Gnip deal will lead to tech giant’s first Colorado office [BuiltinColorado]
  • Going Local: Elyse Kent profiles 5 local tech companies for your business [BuiltinColorado]
  • Tax break for data-center equipment introduced in state Legislature [DBJ]
  • Colorado loses its CIO to Deloitte [DBJ]
  • Denver-based FORETHOUGHT.net expands internet and hosted PBX services in Grand Junction [PRWeb]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #45: 3D mapping, Gnip, Makers and Startups

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I’m loving that it’s so easy to find 10 interesting stories about the Colorado tech industry, but I miss sharing the national news I read every week. I think it may be time to consider tweaking the design to this newsletter. A huge congratulations by the way to the Gnip team on their acquisition by Twitter! That is some awesome news!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Colorado Springs-based Sanborn Map Company releases SPIN for faster, more accurate indoor mapping and inventorying [InnovatioNews]
  • Twitter acquires Boulder-based social data provider Gnip [TechKnowBytes]
  • Denver Mini Maker Faire spotlights tinkerers, inventors May 3-4 at National Western Complex [InnovatioNews]
  • Boulder’s Orbotix launches SPRK, company’s first robotics-based education program for kids, teachers [InnovatioNews]
  • Boulder and Denver firms raise $112M from VCs during first quarter [Xconomy]
  • Monthly Startup Report: Big Moves, Launches, Hires, Oh My! [BuiltinColorado]
  • 3 companies turning Colorado from an ‘e-commerce desert’ into an e-commerce empire [BuiltinColorado]
  • Will Boulder-based JumpCloud help usher In the ‘DevOps’ era of IT transformation? [BuiltinColorado]
  • Signpost founder & Mayor Hancock celebrate tech growth in Denver [BuiltinColorado]
  • The CTA Advocacy Update fills you in on legislation that affects Colorado’s tech industry [CTA]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #17: In the Middle of the Night

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Every once in a while my full time job feels the need to remind me that I’m not doing what I love yet. That happened this week when I went back to my graveyard shift. I’ll be doing the same things I have been, but it will seem more mysterious because I’ll be doing them in the middle of the night. Everything seems a little more mysterious in the middle of the night.

Local News

  • Westminster-based Cloudpath Networks providing BYOD Wi-Fi access to IT professionals at Interop New York [InnovatioNews]
  • Denver-based Placeable releases Placeable Plot to visualize location data across multiple platforms [InnovatioNews]
  • Mile High Roundup: Local Tech Companies Raise Cash, Expand Overseas [Xconomy]
  • NoCo Mini Maker Faire hits home run as thousands throng to RMCIT on Oct. 5 [InnovatioNews]
  • BDNT September Update [BDNT]
  • Tesla opening Colorado’s first charging stations [DBJ]
  • Colorado small-business hiring picked up speed in September [DBJ]

National News

  • A Wild September for Wireless: Putting it in Context [Xconomy]
  • Amazon in the process of developing smartphones [TechCrunch]
  • Western Digital rolls out secure My Cloud drive [ComputerWorld]

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