My Experience at the world’s first Holographic Hackathon So this past weekend I went to Seattle to participate in the first ever Holographic Hackathon. This event sponsored mainly by Microsoft gave a select number of lucky individuals the opportunity to work with the Microsoft HoloLens device. As an organizer of hackathons for the past few years I was beyond excited to… Read More
Win the new Gear VR and Galaxy S 6 phone at the vrhackathon this weekend!! I think its pretty much confirmed but I have not actually seen it, but Samsung is giving away a next gen Gear VR headset AND Galaxy S 6 phone!! Holy cats!!! If you know anything about basic Java programming, you need to get in on this. Like I said in my last post,… Read More
VR Hackathon in San Francisco this Memorial Day weekend! DO IT! And Friday is FREE Yeah, I know, who would schedule something on Memorial Day weekend? Hardcore VR hackers, that’s who! So if you have family plans, then you are not fully dedicated to the cause. Ok, that was harsh, but still, you do not want to miss out on this year’s VR Hackathon. Last year was pretty fun…I should know…I… Read More
REAL 2015 – Where the Sensor meets the Maker This past week was the REAL conference, an event organized mainly by Autodesk to explore the convergence of the professional 3D sensing, making & visualization industries. From the website: “REAL is both an exclusive executive summit, REAL TALK, & a world’s fair of cutting-edge 3D demos, REAL LIVE. REAL is new and different: an immersive, hands-on,… Read More
1st EVER Women-VetsinTech Hackathon. Indiegogo fund raise The Mission VetsinTech supports our current and returning veterans with re-integration services, and by connecting them to the national technology ecosystem. ViT is committed to bringing together a tech-specific network, resources, and programs for our veterans interested in Education, Entrepreneurship, and Employment—the three E’s! VetsinTech is hosting the 1st EVER all Women VetsinTech Hackathon… Read More
A Super computer DID NOT pass the Turing test, point by point reasons why. I was just as excited as everyone else when I read on a post via Reddit that a computer program called Eugene passed for the very first time! Seems a supercomputer running a program called Eugene Goostman passed the Turing test during an event at the Royal Society in London. It convinced 33 per cent… Read More
Google Doodle for 2014? I saw this on Twitter from Japan. So could be legit. Not sure but what the heck. Image only. Here is my source. pic.twitter.com/Jle0YXFsjG… Read More
Hacking a building the AEC way Have you seen the game trailers for Watch Dogs? In the game, the player is a cyber-vigilante that explores a connected ‘smart’ city and accesses its 2D and 3D information like a high tech Batman. As an example of this, the game even has a website called We Are Data that shows real geo-located information… Read More
AEC Hackathon – Where Techies and Builders Change the World I feel it right to be upfront and say we are about to go on a journey. The matter at hand is something that has become very close to me and it directly affects anyone that lives and works in a house or building. In a few weeks there is going to be a first… Read More
CloudBeat cloud computer conference, with a discount code. VentureBeat is holding its annual cloud event — CloudBeat 2012 — on Nov 28-29 in Redwood City CA, and I’ve got a special discount for 20% off! Click here for the discount, and check out the details below: It’s unlikely that any single player will dominate the cloud computing market in the foreseeable future. So more and… Read More
Veteran Hack-a-thon this Veterans day weekend. Veterans day is coming and what better way to celebrate? Doing a hack-a-thon of course! Ok, well, perhaps this is not your normal parade and BBQ kind of thing, but VetsinTech is having a hack-a-thon to get returning vets immersed in the tech community. There will be a class on Friday the 9th, covering into… Read More
Really poorly cut and paste transcript from Obama’s IAMA I will out the pdf link here as well in a bit. That being said, good luck reading this. Hopefully reddit will come back soon and you can read it there. Here is the PDF! I am Barack Obama, President of the United States — AMA _ IAmA and for those who cannot read pdf,… Read More
Reddit down? BLAME OBAMA! Yup, he’s doing an IAMA I have been trying to get into Reddit since the started and its totally down. Check out the post from venturebeat with more info in case you do not know what IAMA means. Normally, unless you are a Redditor, you would not even know about this and thus, “I” would be able to see this.… Read More
The First Vets In Tech ViT event July 31 ‘VETS IN TECH’ PROGRAM TO LAUNCH IN SAN FRANCISCO Groundbreaking Initiative is the First to Connect Veterans With Technology Careers Many of you know this is something I support and have been deeply involved with. We have waves of new vets coming back from overseas to a job market that is already pretty tight. However,… Read More
HTML5, CSS3, UX/UI and Mobile Design; oh my! “CASCADE SF’s first “Innovators of the Web Conference” Yes, this fine Sat I’m at the Adobe building in SF watching presentations on the intersection of design and programming. The focus of the talks today are line by line examples of how to break through the limits of design for the web with new cutting edge… Read More
As bad as it looks for Facebook, its much worse for Zynga Its pretty well know that Facebooks stock dropped pretty low after its first launched. However, in the last few weeks, it has been crawling back from its low of $26.50 a share closing today at $33.10. Once cannot say the same for Zynga. After today’s announcements of new games and initiatives, Zynga stock actually dropped… Read More
Web Typography: Creating “Art from Code” Thanks to CSS3 web design techniques and font-foundries, the ability to create gorgeous typography and beautiful design for browsers, is more accessible than ever. The Web is about content–finding it, delivering it, exploring it, and experiencing growth and possibility within it. What’s the fun of using a site that takes forever to load and is… Read More
Cool #DEMO swag. A land line phone handle for your iPhone Android Its not like you have not seen these before, but this is some cool swag from ringCentral that really came into use. Its basically a land line phone handle with a chord to connect to your mobile phone. The cool part, aside from free, is that it worked pretty well. I was on the conference… Read More
Missed out regestering for Google IO 2012? Now what? First off, your not the only person who missed out. It sold out in 20min. 20MIN!!. Heck, rock concerts do not sell out that fast. Google I/O has officially sold out! There are no plans to release any additional tickets for Google I/O 2012. We have no plans for Last Call or other promotions at… Read More
CloudBeat 2011 – 20% discount for this cloud computing conference Ok, this is a bit late notice since the event is in two days, but here is a 20% discount link for CloudBeat. CloudBeat 2011 takes place this Wednesday & Thursday and there are only 50 tickets left! We’ve been making a lot of noise about the event. And with good reason. Both days are… Read More