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The day four women started a coding school(blogs.canada.com)
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by heatherpayne 14y ago
I've been using Hackasaurus to teach kids for a while now (as part of a project I'm working on for the Mozilla Foundation, and also through Girls Learning Code, the tech camp I run for 9- to 13-year old girls), and they just love it. See so
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Facebook Engineer Turns 5-Year-Olds Into Hackers(wired.com)
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by heatherpayne 14y ago
I'm wondering if you have any tips for people who want to apply to YC with a non-software idea? Or some info as to what they can expect once they get there? It's got to be a different experience.
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A week of a student's electrodermal activity(joi.ito.com)
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Toronto-based non-profit Ladies Learning Code helps young women get tech savvy(huffingtonpost.ca)
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by heatherpayne 14y ago
I had exactly the same reaction.
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by heatherpayne 14y ago
We're selling Ladies Learning Code t-shirts [1]. And I also sold a Brazil guidebook. [2] (NB: I was ShopLocket's first investor) [1] http://ladieslearningcode.com/swag [2] http://thingsidontwantanymore.tumblr.com/
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by heatherpayne 14y ago
As a follow up, it's also really hard to read the type in their "our Team Values" slider on the "About" page. It's pretty distracting. Since Lore targets people who create courses (who are often middle-aged or older, which sometimes comes w
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by heatherpayne 14y ago
Yeah, I can barely read the type! I thought there must've been some mistake, but I guess it was a specific choice that they made. If I were Lore, I would change the type to dark grey or black right away.
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Interviews With Women Teaching Women Coding(women2.org)
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This is what 75 women learning Ruby looks like(flickr.com)
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by heatherpayne 15y ago
Thanks, skizm! The site was designed by @vivianhui (her company is @studiofunction). It was developed by @bgilham from @theworkinggroup. We get quite a few compliments on it! Oh, and it's purple, not pink. ;) Heather Founder, Ladies Learnin
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by heatherpayne 15y ago
Hi there! I'm Heather, the founder of Ladies Learning Code. Men are welcome at our events, and we have had a few men attend each workshop. The name was designed to be a specific invitation to women, but we don't exclude men. (That being sai
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Teaching women to code. But not with a pink microphone, like it says.(thestar.com)
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