Tagged: Coding
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Finland’s Digital Champion Linda Liukas in conversation with Silicon Republic at the IIEA (video) News
18.06.2013 Ahead of the Digital Agenda Assembly this week, the Institute of International and European Affairs hosted a public conversation with Finland’s Digital Champion and co-founder... -
The social good: an interview with Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s News
13.06.2013 In 1978 in rural Vermont in the United States, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen founded an ice cream brand that has resonated around the world chiefly thanks to their ethic of... -
CoderDojo named cream of the crop in Ben & Jerry’s social entrepreneur competition News
13.06.2013 Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield and a panel of leading business minds have named CoderDojo as winner of the Irish leg of the Join Our Core social entrepreneur...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Leadership & Management, Education, Economy -
Self-starters gear up for Startup Weekend in Dublin News
06.06.2013 Aspiring entrepreneurs will be teaming up with designers, marketers and coders at Google’s Dublin offices this weekend for a 54-hour brainstorming session called Startup Weekend... -
Rails Girls Galway’s coding workshop narrows IT gender gap News
27.05.2013 Galway’s deputy mayor and a chief organiser of Rails Girls Galway have stressed the importance of initiatives that teach women how to code, and it seems women are listening: a... -
CoderDojo teen’s website to be used in UK education News
24.05.2013 A music website developed by teenage coder Catrina Carrigan at CoderDojo in Dublin City University (DCU) is to be used in computing education in the UK. -
Dilbert creator Scott Adams offers coders the opportunity of a lifetime News
16.05.2013 Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon which appears in more than 2,000 newspapers worldwide in 70 countries and 25 languages, wants someone to build him a mobile video...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design, Apps -
Teenage coder’s hackathon project could put a stop to spoilers on Twitter News
09.05.2013 In the age of on-demand viewing and social media saturation, spoilers are a persistent danger – but 17-year-old coder Jennie Lamere is working on a solution to save us. -
CoderDojo NYC co-founder calls for more female mentors (video) News
24.04.2013 Rebecca Garcia, the 22-year-old co-founder of the first CoderDojo in New York City, says that learning how to code could enable children to overcome social and economic barriers...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Education, Economy, Development, Design -
Interview with Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant (video) News
25.04.2013 In perfect timing for today’s Girls in ICT Day comes our interview with the founder of Black Girls Code Kimberly Bryant. She started Black Girls Code in 2011 and it is now...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Computers, Apps -
Interview with CoderDojo Diva Limerick’s Karen O’Connell (video) News
25.04.2013 Today is Girls in ICT Day and the perfect occasion to highlight an interview with Karen O’Connell, mother of three and a former Dell worker, who helps run CoderDojo Divas in...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Education, Economy, Development, Design -
Girls in ICT Day kicks off with debate in Brussels on ICT careers News
25.04.2013 Today is Girls in ICT Day and events are taking place all over the world to put the spotlight on getting more girls and young women to consider careers in ICT. The European... -
Girls that code could help fix skills shortage bugging tech News
23.04.2013 Normally, Slane Castle in Co Meath is associated with the deifying of rock royalty, like U2 or the Rolling Stones. But on a sunny April Saturday morning the talk was of a...Categories: Training, Software Development, R&D, Leadership & Management, Education, Computers, Careers and Employment -
CoderDojoGirls kicks off at DCU this Saturday News
22.04.2013 CoderDojoGirls kicks off at Dublin City University (DCU) this weekend - and an article on Siliconrepublic.com has played an important part in getting it going.