Author: Leila Boujnane

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Art Hackathon!

I wrapped up 2013 with a robotics hackathon which was incredibly exciting and I am starting the year with an art hackathon, the Gen Art Hackathon! I am really excited to be helping organize and support this next hackathon which is the brain child of my friend Xavier Snelgrove. What is the Gen Art Hack: … Continue reading Art Hackathon!

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Did somebody say hardware? Hardware hackathon in Toronto.

Love a hardware hackathon? I am sure you do! Haven’t you heard hardware is the next big thing? This internet of things is for realz! Have you ordered you new Raspberry Pi yet? Hardware hackathons: it is about designing and building something. So if you are interested in learning about hardware, designing something of your … Continue reading Did somebody say hardware? Hardware hackathon in Toronto.

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Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS

The Verge has an awesome story about Palm. God I love (loved?) Palm. Thirty-one. That’s the number of months it took Palm, Inc. to go from the darling of International CES 2009 to a mere shadow of itself, a nearly anonymous division inside the HP machine without a hardware program and without the confidence of … Continue reading Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS

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They didn’t know there were limits on what men could do

The 1924 Everest expedition team, with (rear left and second left) Sandy Irvine and George Mallory, whose deaths left an enduring mystery. Photograph: The Times/Camera Press Digital Into the silence is a magnificent account of the British assaults on Everest in the 1920s puts Mallory’s adventures in the context of war and imperialism. It took … Continue reading They didn’t know there were limits on what men could do

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Changing the ratio: we won’t stop until we change the ratio.

Seriously. I know. It is a million times better to be starting and running a software company then talking about women in technology. Totally agreed! Speaking like someone who actually loves running her software firm! But… that said, it is hard not to point out where things can be improved in my community. And to … Continue reading Changing the ratio: we won’t stop until we change the ratio.