Code Camp Day 1
10/06/13 | On the groundThe Silicon Valley Code Camp conference is being held this weekend at Foothill College. This conference is free to attend and has over 200 sessions over two days with all kinds of topics from technology to business models.
The first session I went to was with Les Hazelwood on Beautiful REST + JSON APIs. He gave tips on what an API should support. It is important to include the media type in request and response headers so that each party understands the payload being sent.
Bay Area Capital Connections Conference
10/04/13 | Manos, On the groundA serial entrepreneur
10/03/13 | Manos, On the groundToday Jose Florido came in to talk to us. He is a UX designer and entrepreneur from Spain. He started his first company, a web design studio, in 2002, worked with a Cuban friend on Loquo.com, a craigslist clone for Spain in 2004 and sold in 2005, and started Panoramio.com, which was sold to Google in 2007.
Stomping around Oakland
10/02/13 | Manos, On the groundChoo-chooing around the mall
10/01/13 | On the groundGlazed Hackathon
09/30/13 | Hackathons, On the groundA Fog-less Festival
09/29/13 | Manos, On the groundSpotlights and VC tips
09/28/13 | Manos, On the groundSebastian Cabrera stopped by today to talk with us. Sebastian is from Bogotá, Colombia and is driven by the dream of creating a lasting positive impact in the Hispanic community. He is an active volunteer for the Hispanic Foundation of the Silicon Valley, the Economic Empowerment Fund and a mentor for the Peninsula college fund. In 2012, he started Optimumtempus.co, a company which features frames by independent designers and fits them to order with prescription lenses.