Can fandoms fix the gender gap in technology and computing fields? This was the question Jessica McDonald, CMO of SparkFun Electronics, asked at her Sunday SXSW Interactive panel of the same name. Fandoms are communities, often largely online, which come together in mutual admiration of various comics, anime and/or video games. They may share fan-fiction, […]
An interactive panel about the importance of coding
Chris Mills presented some practical tools for using HTML5 and CSS3 in multiple web browsers. He emphasized getting these tools to work in a real world sense, while providing alternatives and feature detection tools.
Chris Mills is the Developer Relations Manager at Opera Software ASA . Opera was launched as an independent development company and focuses on web browsers that are adaptable to a wide-range of platforms. Mills used his SXSWi panel, “HTML5 & CSS3: Does Now Really Mean Now?” to give attendees helpful development and coding tools. I highly […]
Code for America Labs (CFA), Inc., is a non-partisan, non-political 501(c)(3) organization, engaged in “helping American cities use web technology to do a better job of providing services to citizens” (CFA web site). It does this by working with city officials to develop web-based applications that will better connect citizens with their local governments – reducing […]