Colorado Tech Weekly #299: Guild Plans More Jobs, Maxar Cuts Jobs, and Sparkfun Plays With the Newest From Sphero

Colorado Tech Weekly brings you the top 10 technology stories of the past week and the best upcoming local tech events every Monday morning!

Colorado Tech Weekly brings you the top 10 technology stories of the past week and the best upcoming local tech events every Monday morning!

It’s another week where we have a little bit of everything. I’ve finally caught up my Colorado Tech Weekly Email Apology Tour after learning that I haven’t been checking the email account for over a year. I’m fairly certain the new site is gonna work. I’ve learned about domain registration things… oh and there’s tech news of every kind! Hardware, satellites, blockchain, social media, healthcare, municipal news, etc. This week we get a little bit of everything including some bad news about Maxar and Colorado Springs.

Only 1 more Colorado Tech Weekly post will be on ScottPantall.com! If you’re in the email list, look for an email about the new site this week. Starting on March 18 (I didn’t do my previous math correctly) you’ll be able to find them on the new and improved ColoradoTechWeekly.com.

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

Denver / Boulder startups most connected tech companies [Nudge]
Want to work at Twitter? This Colorado school is one of the top feeders for the company [DBJ]
Boulder’s Sphero announces the new RVR KickStarter ( and Nederland-based SparkFun gets to hack it) [SparkFun]
A city where all the traffic lights are green? The tech is live in Lakewood and coming soon to other Colorado cities [ColoradoSun]
Denver-based BridgeSat forms new partnership to build laser-based broadband network across Middle East [DenverPost]
After tripling in size last year fast-growing Denver tech startup Guild Education plans to hire 240 more employees [DBJ]
Governor aims to make Colorado ‘national hub for blockchain innovation’ [DBJ]
Broomfield-based SCL Health and Zocdoc partner on real-time appointment booking [BizWest]
Westminster-based Maxar Technologies slashing 200-plus jobs after recent satellite failure [DenverPost]
Study: Springs is the worst for women in tech [CSBJ]

Top Upcoming Events

3/6 – Denver Modern Web – Get Hooked on React Hooks! [Denver]
3/7 – Denver Women in Tech – Cultivating Emotional Intelligence [Denver]
3/7 – CULTURE LABx Denver – Workshop: How to (Re)Design Your Organization’s Values with Josh Levine [Denver]
3/7 – Women Who Code – Get Involved! [Broomfield]
3/7 – COVR – VR for good. Educate. Experience. Share. [Westminster]
3/7 – Denver/Boulder Cybersecurity Meetup – Microsoft PowerShell with Matt McDonell [Denver]
3/7 – Learn to Code Colorado – Hack the Dot with Name.com [Denver]
3/11 – Colorado Technology Sales Roundtable – Colorado Tech Scene Discussion with Colorado TechCast host Trapper Little [Denver]
3/12 – Develop Happy Hour – March Develop Happy Hour [Denver]
3/12 – CiGDA – Casual Northside / Boulder Game Makers [Superior]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #254: Net Neutrality, Art and Tech and Tooting My Own Horn

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This week representatives talk about net neutrality which is vital to the tech industry. There’s also an event about art and tech which are both industries that take creativity and persistence. And I get to toot my own horn and share news about my company, Infinicept. It’s nice to make AND share tech news.

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

Cybersecurity giant Optiv Security moves to new Denver HQ amid growth [DBJ]
Colorado House debates net neutrality versus benefits of competition [ColoradoPolitics]
Boulder-based tech firm Jujo raises more than $134,000 [BizWest]
Ten years of AVC – and of worrying someone will get hurt – and so far so good (knock on wood) [SparkFun]
Zayo CEO Caruso, wife, give $2 million to University of Colorado [DBJ]
Feds subpoena Riot Blockchain, Colorado company that saw shares soar and crash after cryptocurrency makeover [DenverPost]
HomeAdvisor CEO: How our sensors help summon a plumber fast, if your home has a leak [DBJ]
Boulder Startup Week reveals schedule [BizWest]
Denver’s Infinicept makes frictionless underwriting available to any payment company [PaymentFacilitator]
Smooth operator: 5 Colorado tech companies looking for operations talent [BuiltinColorado]

Top Upcoming Events

4/25 – Boulder Ruby Group – Monthly Coding Night
4/25 – coloradoSprings.js – JavaScript Meetup
4/25 – SIM Colorado – Colorado IT Symposium
4/26 – CTA – Arts + Technology Forum
4/26 – Learn To Code Boulder – Intro to Go with a Google Developer Advocate!
4/26 – Mile High Gophers Denver – Hidden Gems in the Standard Library
4/26 – Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science – Women in Computing with Dr. Maria Klawe
4/26 – West Denver Software Test Engineering Meetup – Engineering Test Automation for Success: The Simplified Abstraction Model
5/1 – Denver Open Source Users Group – Streaming Data with Apache Kafka: Using KSQL with Tim Berglund
5/1 – Denver UX – Patio Drinking at Ratio

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Colorado Tech Weekly #252: Mostly Good News, Municipal Broadband and Go Code Colorado

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This week is mostly full of good news about Colorado tech companies. Also good is the news about more municipal broadband in the state. Rounding out the good news, this weekend is the Go Code Colorado Challenge Weekend throughout the state.

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

Colorado Technology Recruiting Coalition formed to promote state as tech hub, attract talent [InnovatioNews]
Colorado software company, Evolving Systems announces Q4 loss; stock slumps [DBJ]
Boulder’s VictorOps finding big growth helping software developers breathe easy [DBJ]
Denver-based WellTok raises $75 million [BizWest]
Cherwell Software of Colorado Springs adds $172M from existing investor KKR [DenverPost]
6 Colorado communities vote to establish municipal broadband, joining dozens of others across the state [DenverPost]
Denver’s SendGrid, stockholders offering 6.2M shares for sale [InnovatioNews]
Broomfield-based Conga continues acquisition run [BizWest]
Get connected: Colorado techies share their do’s and don’ts of professional networking [BuiltinColorado]
An inside look at the family-friendly perks of 4 Colorado tech companies [BuiltinColorado]

Top Upcoming Events

4/11 – Denver DevOps Meetup – Deploying with Code Pipeline and Elastic Beanstalk by Dan Chernoff
4/11 – Denver WordPress Meetup – Q&A Panel with WooCommerce Team
4/11 – DTC Go Monthly meetup – Go-diodes with Jason
4/11 – Refresh Denver – Rick Griffith, Design Director at MATTER: RICK TALKS ABOUT DESIGN AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME WITH FEELING
4/12 – Colorado Open Source Operating System User Group – Shell Scripting Workshop
4/12 – General Assembly – Career Path Preview Night: User Experience Design
4/13-4/15 – Go Code Colorado – Free Business & App Challenge
4/14 – Colorado Game Developers Association + AR/VR Group – Spring 2018 Chillfest Colorado Video Games BBQ
4/17 – Denver Droids – Using Android to collect real-time sensor data on your trackday.
4/17 – Learn to Code Colorado – Hack the Dot with Name.com

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Colorado Tech Weekly #247: Straight From Colorado Tech Companies To You. Also JavaScript Events.

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I’m proud of Colorado’s tech journalists and I enjoy being able to amplify their work, but I also like that technology allows us to hear thoughts, opinions and views from companies straight from the companies themselves. This week has a lot of that which makes me happy.

There’s also a lot of events coming up that focus on JavaScript. JavaScript does not make me happy. However my opinion of JavaScript should not affect our opinion of these events. I’d go if I had the time. Maybe they would help me see JavaScript in a different light.

On a side note, this week is my last week of schoolwork! It’s been 4.5 years of work to get my Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and I’m one week away from accomplishing it. Today is also my wife’s birthday who has been amazingly supportive during the whole time and who I can’t thank enough. I love you, Corrine. Happy birthday!

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

Ergen’s Douglas County-Based Dish Network prepares to spend $1 billion to launch a wireless network [DBJ]
Why a hackathon-friendly office culture is good for everyone at Denver’s Name.com [Name.com]
Denver-based cable TV tech company, CSG International, searching for new CFO [DBJ]
Ransomware strikes CDOT for second time even as agency still recovering from first SamSam attack [DenverPost]
New gigabit internet service in Centennial almost ready as city signs lease for fiber network [DenverPost]
A Bird’s Eye View: Behind the Scenes of Beastmode at Denver’s RedCanary [RedCanary]
Brandfolder moves into Zeppelin Station in Denver [BusinessDen]
[Inside Denver’s Apto] How we built our integrations and created a seamless product experience [Apto]
Longmont-based Left Hand Robotics scaling up SnowBots [BizWest]
Podcast: Durango-based GitPrime’s CEO on measuring software engineering productivity [GitPrime]

Top Upcoming Events

3/7 – Analyze Boulder – Cybersecurity, Baby Names, and Rodent Movement
3/7 – Rocky Mountain Angular – RxJS: Mastering the Operators
3/7 – Women Who Code Boulder/Denver – Diving into Golang!
3/9 – Learn To Code Boulder – Learn to Code: Python @ Galvanize Boulder
3/10 – Bootcampers Collective – Hackathon: Let’s build a Slackbot
3/10 – Learn to Code Colorado – Brunch and Learn: JavaScript for Beginners
3/12 – Angular Boulder – NgRX
3/13 – Develop Happy Hour – March Develop Happy Hour
3/13 – Full Stack Meetup – Building Intelligent Apps with NativeScript and React Native
3/13 – IT for Non-Traditional Learners (North Denver) – Ansible Tower: auto-configure and integrate legacy and cloud resources

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Colorado Tech Weekly #239: The Gyms and Meetups are Packed. Welcome teh n00bs!

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It’s the first full week of the year. The gyms are full! At least mine was last week. Locally-owned 212 Degree Fitness is a great gym in Littleton, by the way. And almost all the upcoming tech meetups are filled with people! We have only given up on half of our resolution and optimism still abounds!

If you’re one of the longtime members of a gym or meetup, please go out of your way to welcome the n00bs. Your attitude can affect how much someone commits to their resolution, goal or dream.

Speaking of being a n00b. I just finished my first month at Infinicept so I can tell you how overwhelming it is to be a n00b. We also start working out of the Alchemy co-working space today so if you’re there too, come by and say “Hi!”

Have a great week (BTW: “n00b” is gamer-speak for newbie)!

Top Colorado Technology News

Douglas County-based Arrow buys San Jose/Indian software firm for reported $282M [DBJ]
Denver smart-home tech startup Rachio raises a new VC round [DBJ]
Denver-based Galvanize hires former top tech executive for city of Denver as its new CEO [DenverPost]
Washington insurance technology firm Vertafore moving HQ to Denver and plans to hire 300 workers [DenverPost]
Vista Equity buys another Denver tech firm, Granicus [DenverPost]
IN RESPONSE: Don’t trust the legislature to improve rural internet [ColoradoPolitics]
After beating cable lobby, Fort Collins moves ahead with muni broadband [ArsTechnica]
CU researchers create next-gen soft robots [InnovatioNews]
Denver-based health care ratings site Healthgrades confirms employee layoffs [DenverPost]
Denver’s NextHealth highlighted in 5280’s “Digital Health Boom” [NextHealth]

Top Upcoming Events

1/10 – Denver Java Users Group – From Functional to Reactive Programming with Venkat Subramaniam
1/10 – Denver R User Group – R Basics
1/10 – GDG Denver – Matt Harris: Mobile Continuous Integration, Buddy Build and more
1/10 – Learn to Code Colorado – Intro To HTML/CSS/JavaScript: Free Learning Series. Beginners Welcome!
1/11 – DU – STEM Career and Internship Fair
1/11 – Turing School – Demo Night: Student Projects
1/11 – WomenWhoCode – Denver: JavaScript Study Group
1/13 – denhac – Workshop: “Hello World” of Machine Learning & Q&A
1/16 – Fort Collins IGDA Meetup – Untethered: VR Deep Dive
1/16 – ReactJS Denver – React + D3 and Drawing on a Map with deck.gl

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Colorado Tech Weekly #237: Prediction Proven Correct and My 2018 Goals

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The week between Christmas and New Years is often sparse when it comes to events. This week is no exception but there are 3 if you want to go check them out.

I was excited to see Tamara Chuang’s article about the Year of the Exit in Colorado tech. It gave me confidence that I really was correct about there being less tech companies in Colorado by the end of this year.

I said last week that I would make my predictions for next year but I have no idea. I always like the idea of the next big thing coming out of Colorado, but that’s hard to predict. Instead I have 2 goals for next year now that I have my dream job and because I will graduate this spring so I should have some more time:

Pass on the main editorial tasks of Colorado Tech Weekly to another student who is passionate and excited to be more involved the Colorado Tech community.
Become a regular member of at least one Colorado tech meetup.

Have a great week and a great rest of the year!

Top Colorado Technology News

Denver cryptocurrency firm Ideas By Nature signs on to bigger office [BusinessDen]
CH2M, one of Colorado’s largest private companies, swallowed up by Texas firm [DenverPost]
Colorado becomes 38th state to make FirstNet ‘opt-in’ announcement [UrgentComm]
Denver-based Convercent raises $25 million in new VC round [DBJ]
Boulder robot developer Canvas Technology gets $15 million from investors, including creator of Google’s Android [DenverPost]
Greenwood Village-based Recondo Technology names Craig Niemiec CFO [InnovatioNews]
Fort Collins-based cryptocurrency startup Radar Relay closes $3M seed round [BizWest]
Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette plans to co-sponsor bill to restore net neutrality [DianaDeGette]
Greenwood Village’s NexusTek attracts private equity to grow in IT management services [DBJ]
Win some, lose some: 2017 was the Year of the Exit for many Colorado tech companies [DenverPost]

Top Upcoming Events

12/27 – Boulder Blockchain Meetup – Boulder Blockchain 0xF
12/27 – coloradoSprings.js – GatsbyJS
12/27 – Learn to Code Colorado – How To Become a Web Developer: Panel Discussion

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Colorado Tech Weekly #236: 2016 Predictions Results and Net Neutrality Reactions

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Last year I made 3 predictions. I predicted that Broomfield would see the most growth in tech companies, that I would get my first software developer job and that there would be fewer startups in Colorado by the end of this year. I give myself a shaky 2/3 credit for getting my predictions right. Not bad!

I’m not sure about my prediction about Broomfield. It seems as though Denver may have actually seen the most growth in tech companies and I’m pretty certain Boulder’s growth in the number of new tech companies has slowed.

Thanks to Infinicept, I got my second prediction right and, oh man, it feels good to have this job!

I am not sure there are fewer startups in Colorado. I think I overstated the effect that the political uncertainty would have on markets and regulations. I definitely overstated the effects of mistrust in technology. Although there did seem to be a good amount of consolidation in the Colorado tech starutp seen so I’ll take half credit. I hope my fears of a bubble are unfounded and honestly I don’t think we’ve reached the peak yet.

Next week I’ll make my 2018 predictions after Christmas. Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

Boulder-based Sphero’s droids debut in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” [BizWest]
What does the Denver tech job market look like for 2018? [DBJ]
Denver’s Greystone gives back – Volunteering with A Precious Child [GreystoneTech]
T-Mobile acquires Denver’s Layer3, aims to disrupt TV industry [DBJ]
Boulder-based weather-software company Tempo Quest Inc. closes $2.5M financing round [BizWest]
Movin’ on up: Meet 10 of the fastest-growing companies in Colorado tech [BuiltinColorado]
MLB Advanced Media leases space at Canyon 28 in Boulder [BizWest]
Now that FCC voted to repeal net neutrality, the Colorado tech community ponders what is next [DenverPost]
Deposed CEO gets his job back at Colorado pot-tech company MassRoots [DBJ]
Fast-growing Velocity Global moving into new RiNo headquarters [DBJ]

Top Upcoming Events

12/20 – Rocky Mountain Angular – Holiday hangout
12/20 – Learn to Code Colorado – Intro To HTML/CSS/JavaScript: Free Learning Series. Beginners Welcome!
12/20 – FreeCodeCamp Study Group – Learn Web Development, Self Paced, Beginners Welcome!
12/21 – Community Technology Center –JavaScript III
12/21 – NewTech Colorado – NewTech Denver
12/22 – Denver WordPress Meetup – React + Apollo + GraphQL + WordPress Overview from Qz.com
12/24 – Bootcampers Collective – 1st Annual Ugly Sweater Holiday Party & Gift Exchange!

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Colorado Tech Weekly #233: Techstars raises funds, SecureSet expands and MassRoots argues

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A lot goes into evaluating startups and organizations that work with startups. This week we see a little of everything with the stories about Techstars, SecureSet and Massroots.

This is the last CTW post I will do as a 9-1-1 dispatcher! W00t! Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

University of Colorado plans $15,000 online degree programs [ColoradoPolitics]
Denver’s Optiv buys data science company [DBJ]
Boulder-based Tendril releases major enhancements to data analytics software [InnovatioNews]
Boulder’s Congruex raises $20 million in capital [BizWest]
Denver-based cannabis tech firm MassRoots sues founder, alleging “serious misconduct” [DenverPost]
MassRoots founder initiates proxy battle to overthrow Denver marijuana firm’s board, leadership [DenverPost]
Techstars raising $400 million venture capital fund [DBJ]
Denver cybersecurity school, SecureSet, expands outside of Colorado [DBJ]
Loveland’s Aleph Objects announces 10 new products for LulzBot 3D printer ecosystem [InnovatioNews]
Amid Denver growth, Gusto hires first-ever CFO; is an IPO ahead? [DBJ]

Top Upcoming Events

11/29 – CTA – Insurtech in Colorado: Innovation that may surprise you
11/29 – Denver Tech & Design Community – Talk Data to Me
11/29 – Learn to Code Colorado – Intro To HTML/CSS/JavaScript: Free Learning Series. Beginners Welcome!
11/29 – Women in Robotics BoulderDenver – Winter Happy Hour!
12/2 – Learn to Code Colorado – Galvanize Web Development Immersive Basic Training
12/4 – Learn To Code Boulder – Learn to Code: PYTHON
12/5 – Denver Salesforce Developer Group – Dreamforce 17 Global Gathering
12/5 – CodeCraft – Mastering the Technical Interview: An Interactive Panel Discussion
12/5 – DOSUG – Annual Party
12/5 – Learn to Code Boulder – Learn Javascript! (FREE 2-part class)

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Colorado Tech Weekly #226: Overexertion and the Idea of an Amazon HQ2 in Colorado

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Everyone says they want Amazon’s second headquarters to be in Colorado. I admit, it’s a cool idea but I wonder if it’s a good idea. I am wondering a lot of things today, mainly because I overexerted myself last week and I’m super tired, but the question still lingers in my head. What kind of effect would having a large Amazon campus in Colorado have on our tech community? Or a more fun question to consider would be, “What kind of effect would our inclusive tech community have on Amazon?” I think I like considering that question more.

Pro-tip: Don’t renovate a third of your house in 4 days while taking online senior-level college courses and working a more than full-time, high-stress job while managing contract work and a job search. It’s not healthy.

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

California GPS tech company, Trimble, plans big new Westminster building [DBJ]
Golden-based HomeAdvisor completes purchase of Angie’s List, goes public, grows 33 percent in a day [DenverPost]
Feds clear CenturyLink to buy Broomfield’s Level 3, but with conditions to keep internet competitive [DenverPost]
All Colorado Congress members to Jeff Bezos: Build Amazon HQ2 here [DBJ]
Colorado Springs-based Rim Technologies Partners with Denver’s SecureSet Academy for cybersecurity Education and hiring [RimTech]
Colorado loses a corporate headquarters and a satellite imaging pioneer as Westminster-based DigitalGlobe is purchased [DenverPost]
Opportunity awaits: 7 Colorado tech companies hiring top talent now [BuiltinColorado]
Colorado Technology Association adds four new members to board [InnovatioNews]
Big month for big hires: 6 Colorado tech companies welcome new leaders this September [BuiltinColorado]
Denver Startup Week 2017 hit record attendance (again) [DenverPost]

Top Upcoming Events

10/11 – Boulder Ruby Group – Monthly Presentation Night
10/11 – Denver Java Users Group – Lightning Talks!
10/11 – Denver R User Group – Lightning Talks
10/11 – DTC Go (Programming Language) Meetup – Programming Challenges?
10/11 – Learn to Code Colorado – Intro To HTML/CSS/JavaScript: Free Learning Series. Beginners Welcome!
10/12 – Women Who Code – Denver: JavaScript Study Group
10/14 – CiGDA – Halloween Social
10/15 – Boulder Blockchain Meetup – Kevin Owocki presenting Gitcoin
10/17 – Angular Boulder – Web Service Workers for Mobile and Angular (by Jesse Sanders)
10/17 – ReactJS Denver – Browsers Behind the Scenes and Offline Only Websites

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Colorado Tech Weekly #225: Python and Blockchains

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I have an Associate’s Degree in Computer Programming from Westwood College, I’m almost done with my Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Regis Univeristy and I have a huge passion for the Colorado tech community and I have never written Python or have any comfort in my knowledge about Blockchains (I understand them as a crowd-sourced linked-list of transactions about a thing. I hope this is right).

This week, there are 2 events about Blockchain and 2 events about Python and it seems like both subjects are coming up more and more so I should probably pay attention to them. I’ll be at the Boulder Python meetup next week. I should probably find a Blockchain meetup to go to soon.

Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

Cybersecurity, vacation rentals and more nab “Denver Gazelle” top fast-growing company honors [DenverPost]
Denver’s DispatchHealth raises $30.8 million from investors in nod to rise of home doctor visits [DenverPost]
Denver HR tech firm, Businessolver, finds benefits, and rapid growth, in metro Denver [DBJ]
CenturyLink eyes partnerships for rural broadband and rolls out price-for-life in Colorado [DBJ]
Show, don’t tell: 3 Colorado tech companies with benefits that support a balanced life [BuiltinColorado]
Job report: Freelance engineers in Denver paid among the least in U.S., but trade lower wage for lifestyle [DenverPost]
There are better ways to pitch a story than an embargoed press release [Gadgetress]
Boulder-based software company Yonomi raises $1.6 million [BizWest]
Boulder’s Sphero shrinks its toy robot in size and price — and the new Mini runs on smiles and winks [DenverPost]
Boulder’s Zayo encounters turbulence as execs leave, earnings miss and insiders sell stock [DenverPost]

Top Upcoming Events

10/4 – Boulder Blockchain Meetup – Boulder Blockchain 0xA
10/4 – Learn to Code Colorado – Intro To HTML/CSS/JavaScript: Free Learning Series. Beginners Welcome!
10/4 – Women Who Code – Denver: Blockchain Intro w/ Lucy Cifferello
10/4-10/5 – Global Blockchain Summit
10/6-10/7 – Xilinx – Technology Showcase and Hackathon
10/10 – Boulder Python – Boulder Python, October 2017
10/10 – CTA – Volunteer Happy Hour
10/10 – Develop Happy Hour – October Develop Happy Hour
10/10 – PySprings – Object Oriented Programming [Food Provided]
10/10-10/12 – Four Winds Interactive – The Forward Conference

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