Digest #218
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Thank you to Santa Cruz County Business Council, CSUMB, and Cabrillo College for new and renewing partnership support!
Here's the news you need to know.
It was a brief mention but, hey, it was the Today Show. YaDoggie gets a mention on national TV. Robert Singleton invites local tech companies to participate in community engagement. A documentary about minority women entrepreneurs in agtech moves forward with a grant. Cabrillo opened their new Makerspace last Saturday. Maya Delano, NextSpace Community Manager reflects on her return after the acquisition.
As usual, there's more. Scroll down and start reading the news!
Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief Santa Cruz Tech Beat
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Top Stories
Q&A: Maya Delano reflects on her return to as Community Manager at NextSpace after the acquisition by Pacific Workplaces. Read this article.
From Farms to Incubators? Journalist Amy Wu screens documentary about minority women entrepreneurs in agtech. Read this article.
Robert Singleton, Executive Director of Santa Cruz County Business Council, invites local tech companies to invest in community engagement. Read this article.
Cabrillo opens new MakerSpace with 3D printers, laser cutters and engravers, 2D and 3D scanners, CNC Routers, vinyl cutters, soldering stations, hand tools and more. Read this article.
The gadget guy on the Today Show shows Kathie Lee and Hoda the YaDoggie Scoop along with other new tech tools from CES. Watch the video.
How Startup Weekend Monterey Bay Changed My Life! This participant shares her story as CSUMB ramps up for this year's event. Read this article.
CSin3 faculty and staff at Hartnell College and CSUMB were selected to represent the program at SIGCSE 2018. Read this article.
LookML isn't a replacement for SQL -- it's a better way to write SQL. Here are seven reasons Looker built a new language for data. Read this article.
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Events
Note: Dates, times, and locations are all subject to change. Be sure to check the event website, just in case!
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- Thu Jan 25, 6-8pm: Second Annual Titans of Tech at Dream Inn, Santa Cruz.
- Fri Jan 26, 12:30pm: From Farms to Incubators: Sharing stories of minority women entrepreneurs in agtech in the Salinas Valley (documentary) at Asilomar, Pacific Grove.
- Fri Jan 26, 4pm - Sun Jan 28, 9pm: Startup Weekend Monterey Bay at CSUMB.
- Wed Jan 31, 6-8pm: Kraw Lecture Series, UCSC Innovators w/ Dean Alexander Wolf and AVC Mohamed Abousalem at 3175 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara.
- Wed Feb 7, 6pm: 10-Year Anniversary of Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup at Cocoanut Grove.
- Sat Feb 10, 10am: Santa Cruz Web Developers Meetup at NextSpace.
- Tue Feb 13, 6pm: Santa Cruz WordPress Meetup at Cruzio.
- Tue Feb 13, 6:30pm: Startup Monterey Bay Tech Meetup, Pacific Grove.
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