DLL Storify of Black Enterprise Twitter Chat with Clarence Wooten -- Wednesday 9/30/15

Last update: Wednesday 9/30/15 @ 6:30 pm

The featured guest on the Black Enterprise Twitter chat today was Clarence Wooten, Jr., a successful "serial entrepreneur" -- a description confirmed by his profile in Crunch Base: "Clarence has launched and operated numerous technology companies since founding his first company [in 2000] Envision Designs, while an undergraduate student." 

His most recent startup is VentureFund.io, and he will be a featured speaker at the forthcoming Black Enterprise TechConneXt Summit Conference in Silicon Valley (#TECHCNXT ... October 12 & 13, 2015). His other startups are noted on his bio page. Mr. Wooten's responses to ten questions posed by Black Enterprise were insightful and focused.

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = #TECHCNXT, @clarencewooten, @blackenterprise. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives.

DLL Storify of Platform 2015, Day #3 of 3 -- Sunday 10/4/15

Last update: Friday 10/2/15 @ 1:03 pm

As per the mission statement on its Website, Platform is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase the interest, participation, and success of those underrepresented in the innovation economy — with a particular focus on blacks, Latinos and women. Platform is creating a hub through which inspiration is joined with education, opportunity and resources. Focused on underrepresented groups, it works to broaden the funnel that feeds new entrepreneurship, reduce the barrier to entry, and assist along the path to success.

As per its two preceding conferences, this year's three day gathering is a superb networking event that has gathered over 600 of the world's foremost thinkers and doers from underrepresented minorities.  Together they are creating a deeply moving experience by tackling big, challenging topics about innovation, society, and invention. Featured speakers include Jack Dorsey (co-Founder/interim CEO of Twitter and Founder/CEO of Square) and David Drummond (Google's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer). More information can be found on Platform's event page and on its schedule of speakers page (pdf). 

Day #1 (Friday) | Day #2 (Saturday) | Day #3 (Sunday)

DLL Storify of Platform 2015, Day #2 of 3 -- Saturday 10/3/15

Last update: Sunday 10/4/15 @ 10:33 am

As per the mission statement on its Website, Platform is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase the interest, participation, and success of those underrepresented in the innovation economy — with a particular focus on blacks, Latinos and women. Platform is creating a hub through which inspiration is joined with education, opportunity and resources. Focused on underrepresented groups, it works to broaden the funnel that feeds new entrepreneurship, reduce the barrier to entry, and assist along the path to success.

As per its two preceding conferences, this year's three day gathering is a superb networking event that has gathered over 600 of the world's foremost thinkers and doers from underrepresented minorities.  Together they are creating a deeply moving experience by tackling big, challenging topics about innovation, society, and invention. Featured speakers include Jack Dorsey (co-Founder/interim CEO of Twitter and Founder/CEO of Square) and David Drummond (Google's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer). More information can be found on Platform's event page and on its schedule of speakers page (pdf). 

Day #1 (Friday) | Day #2 (Saturday) | Day #3 (Sunday)

DLL Storify of Level Playing Field Institute & Platform's Hackthon, Atlanta -- Saturday 9/26/15, Sunday 9/27/15

Last update: Sunday 9/27/15

The Level Playing Field Institute(LPFI) partnered with Platform to host this hackathon at Morehouse College in Atlanta called "Level the Coding Field." Its purpose was to expose minority groups to computer science and to promote production rather than just consumption of technology within these groups. Special guest speakers included David Johns, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, and Jewel Burks, CEO/Founder PartPic. More information can be found on the hackathon's event page.

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = #LevelTheCodingField, #LPFIHacktivist, and @LPFI. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes all tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives.

DLL Storify of the Black Girls Code DC Workshop, "Build a Mobile App in a Day with AppInventor" -- Saturday 9/26/15

Last update: Sunday 9/27/15

Sponsored by the Washington, DC chapter of Black Girls Code, this workshop was held on the College Park campus of the University of Maryland. As per the description on its events page, the workshop focused on mobile app development with Android AppInventor. 

AppInventor is a fun and simple tool that allows young code divas to create their programs and user interface using drag-and-drop programming blocks. Participants learned how to write music apps, apps that tell fortunes, and more. 

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = #BGCDC, @VolunteerBGCDC, VolunteerBGCDC, and #BGCMobileApp. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes all tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives.

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 9/26/15

Last update: Sunday 9/27/15 @ 11:05 am

This week's cover = poster from tweet about the 2015 National HBCU Week Conference ... Other top stories = MOOCs can enhance career options ... Facebook's 360 degrees Star Wars clips ... and Samsung's Oculus Rift Gear VR for $99

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 9/26/dd/15 

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  

... Old TECH Dozens ...  Calendar ... TECH 2014 ...

DLL Storify of Bronx Tech Meetup -- Thursday 9/24/15

Last update: 9/25/15

This meetup was organized by StartupBox #SouthBronx and was held at the Bronx Museum. It featured networking opportunities plus demos from Bronx based & Bronx focused developers, food, drinks, contests, and special guests. More information can be found on the Bronx Tech Meetup page.

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = @startupboxSBx, @BronxTechMeetup, and #HackTheBlock. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes all tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives.  

DLL Storify of @HBANY's Disrupt Harlem 2015 -- Tuesday 9/22/15

Last update: Wednesday 9/23/15

Sponsored by the Harlem Business Alliance, this event featured inspiring speakers, transformational networking, and a brand new pitch competition. The event was free for all. More information can be found on the event page.

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = #DisruptHarlem2015, #DisruptHarlem, and @HBANY. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes all tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives. ... Please click the "Read more" link (below) to view the Storify.

DLL Storify of the 2015 National HBCU Week Conference ... Sunday 9/20/15 through Tuesday 9/22/15

Last update: Tuesday 9/22/15 @ 7:00 pm

This annual conference is sponsored by the White House Initiative on HBCUs. As described on its Web page, this year's conference focused on STEM, entrepreneurship and partnership. Breakout sessions included, but were not limited to: building sustainable partnerships; framing new pathways to science, technology, engineering and mathematics; strengthening access and opportunity; removing gender barriers in STEM, responding to the needs of non-traditional students; and responding to issues of diversity and inclusion, etc.

The conference began on Sunday afternoon (9/20/15) with a reception for the attendees. The reception was followed by a dinner for the students who had been designated as this year's HBCU All-Stars. Detailed information about the conference's schedule of events can be found in the schedule's online PDF file.

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = #HBCUWeek and @WHI_HBCUs. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes all tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives. 

DLL Storify of Black Girls Code "Build a Game in a Day with Javascript (Part 1)" -- Saturday 9/19/15

Last update: Saturday 9/19/15 

The Bay Area chapter of Black Girls Code offered this workshop in partnership with the Code Liberation Foundation on a DeVry University campus in Oakland, CA. As stated on the workshop's event page, the scope of this first workshop was to introduce the basic elements of game buiding using JavaScript. It taught participants to build their own game in one day using fun games and activities to introduce programming, JavaScript, and basic game structure.

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = #BGCCBayArea and #BGCGameJava. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes all tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives.

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 9/19/15

Last update: Sunday 9/20/15 @ 11:05 am

This week's cover = photo/graphic from tweet about Obama's college scorecard

... Other top stories = Microsoft builds an MS Linux OS  ... Texas teen arrested for building a digital clock ... and NYC Mayor requires computer science in all schools

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 9/19/15.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  

... Old TECH Dozens ...  Calendar ... TECH 2014 ...

Washington, DC as a major center for Blacks in technology -- Update 3/8/16

Last update: Tuesday 3/8/16

The federal government's headquarters in Washington DC, federal leadership in funding higher education in both the public and private sectors, and the enhanced federal role in shaping the policies that govern the nation's K-12 systems should enable Washington to play a leadership role in developing revolutionary educational technologies and the data analytics that will shape the most effective technologies. 

Oakland as a major center for Blacks in technology

Last update: Sunday 9/20/15

Located in the northern shadow of Silicon Valley, Oakland is small city (391,000) that has a much smaller Black population (109,000). Nevertheless, in the last five years charismatic activists have transformed some of Oakland's grassroots organizations into national leaders in the provision of hands-on opportunities for learning coding and computational thinking skills, opportunities for the youth in Black communities throughout the nation -- from New York City to Philadelphia PA, to Washington DC, to Raleigh NC, to Memphis TN ... and the list keeps growing. Municipal governments, corporations, and foundations committed to diversifying the pipelines of information technology have endorsed the national ambitions of Oakland's expanding network by providing funds, staff, equipment, and other resources to support the network's hackathons, workshops, and other training activities.

New York City as a major center for Blacks in technology -- 2015

Last update: Sunday 5/8/16

The Big Apple has compelling competitive advantages with regards to its becoming the nation's most important center of information technology ==> a huge population, colossal wealth, local universities having high international reputations, and immense political power. 

Atlanta as a major center for Blacks in technology -- update 3/14/16

Last update: Monday 3/14/16  

As most of the readers of this blog are probably aware, Atlanta's Black community has an interrelated set of competitive advantages with regards to its becoming an increasingly important national center for Blacks in technology ==> size, wealth, education, access to local colleges and universities having high national and international reputations, and political power.

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 9/12/15

Last update: Sunday 9/13/15 @ 11:05 am

This week's cover = photo/graphic from tweet about Apple's announcements about iPad Pro, Apple TV, iPhone 6, etc, etc, etc   ... Other top stories =  Google's Android Pay ... and Tech Inclusion 2015 Conference

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 9/12/15 @ 3 pm.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  

... Old TECH Dozens ...  Calendar ... TECH 2014 ...

DLL Storify of Fundraiser for BLUE1647 -- Thursday 9/10/15

Last update: 9/11/15 @ 1:55 am

BLUE|1647 Technology and Innovation Center celebrated two years of providing programming and services through this 2nd Annual Fundraiser on Thursday evening 9/10/15. The celebration's theme was "Vintage Technology." Attendees were encouraged to come in "vintage style" and be prepared for a night of "vintage fun" with fellow supporters, partners, and sponsors. More information can be found on the event page

Below find the DLL Storify of tweets that were generated by participants who used hashtags = #blue1647, @blue1647, blue1647, and @emilecambry. As usual, this DLL Storify is merely a "firehose" draft, i.e., it includes all tweets in chronological order without comment or classification ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL Archives.

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 9/5/15

Last update: Sunday 9/6/15 @ 11:05 am

This week's cover = photo from tweet about the BB-8 Toy Droid ... Other top stories = Facebook's education software ... Google's new logo ... and the Toyota-M.I.T.-Stanford self-driving car

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs are using information technology to enhance the effectiveness of their teaching, research, and community service ... plus tweets about Ed Tech, Info Tech, and Hackers ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 9/5/15 @ 3 pm.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  

... Old TECH Dozens ...  Calendar ... TECH 2014 ...

In Memoriam -- the "Good Doctor Cosby"

Last updata: Friday 9/4/15

I miss Bill Cosby. Of course I don't miss the "Bad Bill Cosby" -- the drug pushing, serial date rapist. Like millions of his other fans, I was stunned by the revelations that "The Cos" had a split personality, a Black skinned Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. So I will specify that I miss the "Good Doctor Cosby"