Tag Archives | coding
November 22

Make Web Not War Community Sponsor Spotlight!

By on November 22, 2011 in Community Sponsors, Events, Featured

Let’s hear it for the ladies! We’re pumped to have this newly formed organization support our first community night!   Ladies Learning Code is a not-for-profit organization in Toronto that was founded in June of 2011 with a tweet. Their mission is to inspire and empower more women and girls to become passionate builders – [...]

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November 17

Calling all Drupal Ninjas!

By on November 17, 2011 in Events, Featured

Join us at The Drupal Business Summit in Toronto on Friday, December 2, 2011! During this free 1-day summit discover best practices from organizations transforming their web strategies with Drupal. Hear from real Drupal users – the why, the what, the how of Drupal. Hear lessons learned, tips and techniques, and best practices for large scale [...]

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June 10

Code Your Art Out Finalists!

By on June 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

On behalf of the Judges from Code Your Art Out, we’d like to give a HUGE congratulations to Epilogger and Save the Rain applications for making it into the top two!!   The competition was very tough, and deciding the top two was not easy, but it was a unanimous decision that Epilogger and Save The [...]

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May 20

Interview with Code Your Art Out-er Tony Yang

By on May 20, 2011 in Community Rock Stars

This is an interview with Code Your Art Out-er contestant Tony Yang. Learn more about what Tony is buildng for the competition and what he will do if he wins!

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May 16

Interview with Code Your Art Out-er Stephane Paul!

By on May 16, 2011 in Community Rock Stars

Young and passionate, Code Your Art Out-er Stephane Paul speaks to us about his motivations and why winning is not the point of the competition.

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April 28

Code Your Art Out-er Kowsheek Mahmood!

By on April 28, 2011 in Community Rock Stars, Featured

An interview with Code Your Art Out-er Kowsheek Mahmood, as he touches on why he decided to particpate and what prompted him to pick the project for The Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada.

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March 22

Interview with Code Your Art Out participant: Alex McNamara of Montreal

By on March 22, 2011 in Community Rock Stars

Check out our interview with Code Your Art Out participant Alex McNamara of Montreal. He started his own start-up Dreamux as a way to create great tools that address some of the fundamental problems that persist in software development, especially in smaller organizations. Read on for his answer to why he decided to participate and what he hopes to gain from the competition.

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March 11

Why ‘Code Your Art Out’ for Nonprofits?

By on March 11, 2011 in Featured

Why ‘Code Your Art Out’ for Nonprofits? At TechSoup Canada we are constantly working to connect nonprofits with the tools, knowledge, training and talent they need to use technology effectively in achieving their mission. We spend a lot of time thinking about the reasons why nonprofits aren’t always using technology effectively – cost is a [...]

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March 9

Code Thou Art Interoperable?

By on March 9, 2011 in Featured

Code Thou Art Interoperable?  Interoperability ain’t the sexiest the word, or judging criteria for that matter, but alas, an important and meaningful word, especially to developers.  As you may have seen-Interoperability, Creativity and Usability are the three criteria for Code Your Art Out submissions.  Why was Interoperability chosen as one, of only three, criteria?  The [...]

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