What do the 100 most influential people in the world, as named by TIME magazine, have in common? Impact. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) TIME magazine’s annual 100 list of the world’s most influential people is out. Each individual is described in accolades by another influential person in a postcard moment. Here [...]
Posts Tagged "Coursera"
8 Female Founders to Watch Disrupting Education with Technology
April 12, 2013 – 12:23 pm
Education is ripe for disruption, and women entrepreneurs are at the forefront of the movement. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) From the educational aspect of gamifying the improvement and education of people, the possibilities are endless – many apps and companies are popping up looking to educate people (kids, second/third career adults, [...]
The Wonderful Quest Of A New Programmer
February 20, 2013 – 9:00 am
I started with Codecademy’s Code Year track and have been learning programming progressively ever since. It took me months to start and almost one year to get into the habit of coding frequently. By Dilys Sun (Student, Codecademy) Congratulations on learning how to code! Chances are you have already envisioned how the coding knowledge may [...]
Women At The 2012 Crunchies Awards, Tech’s Academy Awards
February 1, 2013 – 12:30 pm
Women took the 2012 Crunchies Awards stage as presenters, winners. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Attended by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (accepting the award for “Best CEO of 2012″) and kicked off by presenter and sponsor Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, the 2012 Crunchies Awards in San Francisco last night did not disappoint. [...]
How To Become A Femgineer (Infographic: MOOC)
November 10, 2012 – 7:00 am
’bout time a girl founded the next Facebook/Google/Apple. By Frances Advincula (Software Engineer, Accenture) What I love most about being an engineer is at the end of the day, I am helping build a product, something tangible and measurable. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that right now, everyone wants to learn how to program, since [...]
Owning Your Education (Hungry For Life)
October 3, 2012 – 9:56 am
While it is easy to read and read about certain theories, it is important to apply the learnings to a tangible output. For programming, the best way is to make a project, be it a mobile app, a website or a patch to an open source project, which leads to the next step. By Michelle [...]
Software Engineering: Another Form Of Self Expression
September 17, 2012 – 8:00 am
The barrier to learning how to program has been reduced to a computer and an Internet connection. By Martha Kelly Girdler (Software Engineer, Etsy) Initially, I didn’t think of programming as a way of expressing myself. The best analogy I can think of is learning to program is similar to learning how to write. In [...]
Solving Signal:Noise Through Adversity And Diversity
September 6, 2012 – 8:00 am
There’s a persistent signal:noise problem across the Web and women can do a lot to help solve this issue. We can do it because we’re great at contextualizing info and evaluating it in a way that’s different from what currently exists. By Twain Liu (Founder, Senseus) They say entrepreneurs are irrational optimists so I must [...]
