Tagged: Coder Dojo
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Monty Munford and James Whelton to keynote at dot conf 2012 News
21.05.2012 Content strategy guru Monty Munford will take the stage at this year’s dot conf at the National College of Ireland in Dublin alongside CoderDojo co-founder James Whelton.Categories: Upskilling, Training, Social Media, Marketing, Education, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Tech tweets of the week News
28.04.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Enterprising students get €10K at innovation awards News
09.03.2012 Inventive third-level students are today being awarded for their commercially applicable innovations, with €10,000 being given out to the winning teams at the finals of the...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Science, Research, R&D, Multimedia, Mobile, Media, Marketing, Life Sciences, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Graduate, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Design, Apps, Application Design and Development -
12-year-old from Waterford is one of Europe’s youngest iOS app developers News
21.02.2012 Ireland has become a breeding ground for some of Europe’s youngest software development talent. Jordan Casey (12) from Waterford has become one of Europe’s youngest iOS app...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Games/Entertainment, Education, Development, Design, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
A day at the dojo – inside the CoderDojo revolution (video) News
22.02.2012 Siliconrepublic.com editor John Kennedy spent a Saturday afternoon at a CoderDojo in Dublin. This remarkable movement, just months old, has led to hundreds of kids writing...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Education, Economy, Apps -
Game on! We’re at the start of something big News
16.02.2012 For a long time we told ourselves that the notion of Ireland producing big-budget gaming titles was a myth, deluded even. But I’m becoming less sure that it is impossible. Let’s...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design, AppsTags: Demonware, Havok, EA Games, Dylan Collins, Coder Dojo , App, Microsoft, iOS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita -
CoderDojo is going international, says teenage entrepreneur (video) News
17.02.2012 Teenage coder and entrepreneur James Whelton talks about the impact of CoderDojo and how it is going international. The coding movement has spawned a massive following, a big...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Games/Entertainment, Education, Development, Design -
Dublin Web Summit searches for Ireland’s hottest start-up News
13.02.2012 The Dublin Web Summit is searching for Ireland hottest start-up and almost 40 start-ups are competing for the title that will be awarded at the Dublin Web Summit Start Summit... -
First-ever Galway CoderDojo sees ‘huge number’ of attendees News
08.02.2012 NUI Galway said it experienced “huge numbers” attending the first-ever Galway CoderDojo held on campus recently which aims to teach young people how to code. -
How to build your own CoderDojo News
02.02.2012 James Whelton and Bill Liao’s CoderDojo movement is just over six months old but has ignited a grassroots revolution that has seen kids and teens flock to the events to learn...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Education, Economy, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
The science economy News
26.01.2012 As Dublin takes up the mantle ‘European City of Science’, Carmel Doyle evaluates the progress Ireland has made since it began investing heavily in its science infrastructure.Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Investments, Economy, Development -
Microsoft launches 7 App gaming competition News
21.12.2011 Ireland has produced some hot app success stories of late, with children as young as seven creating apps and getting noticed on the global digital stage. Microsoft is getting in...Tags: STEM, Paul Rellis, Economy, Angry Birds, Call of Duty, Mac App Store, Windows 7, Technology Careers, Software, Coder Dojo , Ireland, Gaming, James Whelton, Bill Liao, Apple, App, App Store, -
17-year-olds’ facial recognition software signals death of passwords News
13.01.2012 Two 17-year-olds from a Northside school in Dublin have created a new facial recognition system that website owners can deploy to allow their users to log in without having to... -
Harry Moran’s PizzaBot makes it back to top of app charts News
09.01.2012 Thirteen-year-old software developer Harry Moran’s PizzaBot game last week once again went to the top of the iOS and Mac app charts.Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Education, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
World’s youngest Mac developer brings PizzaBot sequel to Mac and iOS News
04.01.2012 Twelve-year-old Harry Moran from Cork – acknowledged by Apple as the world’s youngest Mac app developer - has followed up the success of his PizzaBot game with a new sequel...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Coding for our lives News
15.12.2011 Computer programming should be one of the most important subjects in schools. John Kennedy meets the young programmers who prove Ireland is a rich source of talent.Categories: Apps, Application Design and Development, Computers, Development, Education, Games/Entertainment, Government, Jobs, Software -
Ireland’s Coder Dojo movement spreads its wings to the UK News
08.12.2011 The Coder Dojo movement, which is inspiring young people all over Ireland to learn about software programming, plus languages such as Scratch and Java, has now unleashed its... -
Computing prodigy did his first Linux install at age 6 News
25.11.2011 Recent months have unearthed a wealth of computing and coding talent amongst Irish school kids with their hearts set on disrupting the technology world. The latest is a...Categories: Phones, Operating Systems, Open Source, Multimedia, Media, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Database, Apps