"Mapping the sneakernet" is an article by AN XIAO MINA for The New Inquiry
There are 4.3 billion people who are said to be unconnected to the internet. What type of communities are popping up sharing connections with family members and communities at large? 'Shared access', sharing devices and telecom accounts, is common in places like rural Lazon in the Philippines where one community member will have a facebook account and the community shares it for updates/ discussions.
We love hearing advice from amazing female CEOs. Girls, go out and study code, business, or engineering, because in the end you will get to work on great teams and lead great people. We need you!
Technical fields don't leave you stuck behind a computer or a pile of spreadsheets. It can be your access to changing the world!
BETAGirls came to our office this week! We had a blast coding with them and building stop motion animation projects on Vidcode. We were blown away by the amount of talent, intelligence, and ambition that was in that room thanks to the girls!
They are already so ahead of the game! Can't wait to see what they bring to the world.
Last Tuesday Melissa and I presented at the NY Tech Meetup. We had a blast meeting the other tech companies and community at large. Check out the livestream footage below, our presentation is towards the end at 1:13:00.
Lauren Mccarthy is a computer programmer and artist. Check out this awesome article about her newest work - http://zine.electricobjects.com/interviews/lauren-mccarthy - which explores the boundaries of technology and people.
As we start off the new year it's fun to think about how malleable our brains are and the great potential for learning that we all share.
Code is something anyone can learn, play, and create with. It's important for kids to know code is not just for certain types of students - it's for all types of students. We are big fans of Carol Dweck's research here at Vidcode. Go growth mindset!
Mindshift: Students benefit from learning that intelligence is not fixed
Another reason to code! You get to work with your girlfriends and make cool projects!! During our Monday developer meetings we go over new additions to the website by looking over our code "home" base (the area where we store all of our collective code that makes up the Vidcode website). It's a team process and super collaborative.
On the left you can see our Github, this is where we store all of our code. We'll teach you more about that later!
Murial Siebert was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Read her inspiring story here: NYTimes
Both code and finance are powerful forces in our world. We need more female voices in both! Also, there are many programmers who work at trading desks for investments firms, like one of our co-founders Melissa!! She wrote algorithms at a hedge fund trading desk before she started Vidcode.
"It's not as hard as I expected," says Kloss. "Being able to speak and read this language is like a superpower."
We are gearing up to send out our special holiday filters package!! Cant wait to deliver it to the lucky people who will get the surprise delivery because someone who thought of them clicked here!
Artist Lisa Park uses code to take her brainwaves - collected by a EEG sensor - and manipulate the motions of water based off her changing data.
Lisa Park, Eunia http://thelisapark.com/#/eunoia
Tech specs: Processing - Max MSP - EEG - Reaktor
Painting with Mary Weatherford
Photograph by Stefan Ruiz; W magazine December 2014.
These girls are changing the face of science…
Starting your own company and pursuing your work <3
Having fun on google chrome experiments, check out this sketch by Nicolas Jaenen —> http://nicolasjaenen.be/live/Motion_Pixie/?scale=0.333
Hey! It’s Alexandra and Melissa, co-founders of Vidcode, a interactive platform for teen girls to learn computer programming by enabling them to hack their instagram videos.
This blog is our space to post inspiration from the creative coding community and share what code/ art gets us excited about technology every day!
MoMa acquires 5 DIY kits to their permanent collection.
"While all five might be small in scale, their significance for contemporary design – and the world at large – knows little bounds," said Antonelli in a post on MoMA’s blog.
