Archive for January, 2010

Ruby Tuesday: Podcast

I find it hard to learn with just one medium like a classroom or a book.  I need multiple sources of information to drill home a subject (I could of course just be dense).  I started learning Ruby on Rails with tutorials, which are great if you want to learn a few things and do [ READ MORE ]

Takeaways from Girls in Tech: Catalyst Conference

Today I attend the Girls in Tech: Catalyst Conference at the Common Wealth Club in San Francisco.  It was a great meeting ground for all girls in tech.  I was introduced to VCs, CEOs, and of course fellow femgineers!  My panel was: “Curious About Coding & Developing: Developing Creativity & Building a Business.”  Here is [ READ MORE ]

Charming Los Gatos

Tired of the peninsula and SF startup scene and eager to meet new clients in other parts of the Bay Area, I left rainy Palo Alto, and high-tailed it down 85-S and then 17-S to work in Los Gatos, and was pleasantly greeted by blue skies.  Los Gatos downtown is a neighborhood that despite being [ READ MORE ]

Book Review: BakedIn

Marketing is essentially telling a story and conveying a message to customers and users about a product or a company.  But how do you tell a compelling enough story when there are 50,000+ products out there each competing for a slice of the market?  Perhaps it would be easier to get a slice of the [ READ MORE ]

Ruby Tuesday: Test Driving Ruby on Rails

I’ve been getting feedback from my fellow femgineers that they enjoyed Ruby Bootcamp Basics, and they want more info on Ruby and Rails.  So I’m starting a series on my blog called Ruby Tuesday, I’ll spend anywhere from a couple hours to the entire day reading, writing, and researching Ruby and Rails and then blog about [ READ MORE ]

Timeline: Mint.com – 2009

This is the last installment of the Mint.com Timeline.   As many of you already know Mint was acquired by competitor Intuit in September of 2009.  Mint will continue to live on as a product that helps its users do more with their money.  I myself have enjoyed the experience tremendously,  2009 was indeed an [ READ MORE ]