It’s that time of the year again: Imagine Cup People’s Choice Award!!! Yay!! The People’s Choice award is part of the Imagine Cup. You get to vote on your favorite projects and games. Here’s how it works: go to the People’s Choice Facebook page, check out the team pages and vote for your favorite. You…
Capital Regional Celebration of Women in Computing!!!
If you’re like me, you’re a woman in tech…or you support women in tech. Either way, you’re really excited about the Capital Regional Celebration of Women in Computing (CAPWIC)! If you’ve never heard of a Celebration of Women in Computing, let’s take a quick informational field trip: The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing…
Learn The Cloud. Make A Difference.
How does learning about cloud computing while contributing to scientific research sound to you? Join us for @home with Windows Azure to get a solid understanding of the Windows Azure platform while giving back to a very deserving cause. What is @home with Windows Azure? Microsoft provides a 90-day free trial of Windows Azure where…
The HackReady.Phone Webcast Series
Dani Diaz (@danidiaz) and Lindsay Lindstrom (@LindsayInPhilly), fellow evangelists and all around rockstars, are going to be doing an MSDN Webcast series that starts on Tuesday! Make some time and get your learning on! Here’s the info and schedule: Join us for HackReady, the new online learning series designed for developers to bring you the…
Fast Track App Winners & Notable Finalists!
About the Challenge Core77 and Microsoft’s Windows Phone teams challenged the international design community to design apps for Windows Phone 7.5 that would help users do their work—where ever it takes place. Five winning app designs were selected and the designers connected to established Windows Phone app developers to advise or partner with to help…
ChronoZoom
ChronoZoom is an open-source community project dedicated to visualizing the history of everything. Big History is the attempt to understand, in a unified, interdisciplinary way, the history of cosmos, Earth, life, and humanity. By using Big History as the story line, ChronoZoom seeks to bridge the gap between the humanities and sciences an enable all…
Mobile in Education
On March 19th, at the Microsoft offices in Chevy Chase, Mobile Monday Washington DC will host “The Impact of Mobile on Education“. Sponsored by Microsoft, leaders from the technology, university, and non-profit industries will discuss how the mobile channel engages lifelong learners, as well as their predictions for how the tools and technologies will evolve….
Why College Is Cheaper Than It Looks
In retrospect, we’ve heard all the negativity behind higher education and how schools are nabbing students for every penny they’re worth – and more. This infographic gives another light on the finances of higher education – and how it may be more affordable than you thought. (via @ohtinytony) Created by: Online University
XNA-in-a-Day at Virginia Tech
One of the fun events that I really enjoy putting on is XNA-in-a-Day. This event introduces student to general game development in a day-long session. It’s great for students who are looking to get started in game development. What makes this event so fantastic is that it covers information around XNA for Xbox, Windows, and…
Student Windows Phone Apps Need Votes!
This year we’ve been hard at work engaging with student developers all over the world. Our goal is to inspire the next generation of developers to create unique experiences for Windows Phone. A little bit ago I blogged about a promotion called Big App on Campus targeting US student developers: The idea: students create great…