Definitely Does Compute

Hate her or love her Jenna Marbles makes some a few valid points.

Our favorites were right before the 4 minute mark.

Do you agree?

This is brilliant!

thenotoriouskec:

photojojo:

The Keychain iPhone Charger is a lifesaver of photos!

You’ll love this little guy because he’s small and light (fits on your keychain!) and gives you a 30-50% battery boost.

The Keychain iPhone Charger is a Photo Lifesaver

Photojojo always has the most clever things

love photojojo. can i get this now, pleeeease?

Just another Thursday for Sergey Brin.

huffposttech:

Just a regular day in the life of Sergey Brin: A ride in the Google autonomous car, a pair of Google glasses on your head, and the President of Turkey and his wife riding along with you. You know, a Thursday. (Taken with instagram)

Facebook is missing something (very) obvious

women2

your ui sucks: Do we need a women-only tech space? →

Great thoughts from Alexia.

What do you think? Do you think there should be a women only tech space? Would you use it?

youruisucks:

Last night I read Lighten Up, a blog post by a woman in tech, talking about how all the tiny insults build up, and how being told to “lighten up” is the inevitable result of her daring to complain.

This morning I woke to a twitterstorm of controversy around another woman in tech who spoke…

We’re right in the middle of PDX Startup Weekend, a remarkable event full of intensely passionate, creative and hard working people who’ve committed to creating something amazing in a single weekend. Over 71 people pitched their ideas last night, resulting in over two dozen companies creating teams to execute their ideas.

We’re especially of the 5 women whose ideas were top vote recipients by their peers enabling them to create a team to move forward. Go check out their ideas!

ShopMyPins – Pitched by Vanessa VanPetten (@VVanPetten)

shopmypins.com @shopmypins facebook.com/shopmypins

Game It Up! — Great concept we’re excited to partner with!

@gogameitup gogameitup.com

Matchable — Pitched by Alexis Peterka, @LexInterior founder of @Stayhound and @PDXGirlGeek speaker

@matchableapp

Startup Pitch Deck – Pitched by @LynnLe

@startupdeck startuppitchdeck.com

12 Carrots

@12carrots 12carrots.com

changetheratio:

iPad activism at the #FaceIt rally - it’s not affirmative action, it’s action (Taken with instagram)

ChangeTheRatio

Paving a Path for Girls on NYC’s Digital Frontier →

nycdigital:

New York City is taking the lead in recognizing the enormous potential women present for the technology sector by encouraging girls to get involved in the field from an early age. “Information technology is a growth industry that changes almost every day,” says Geraldine Sweeney, senior associate commissioner of New York City’s Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT), who as a keynote speaker, addressed a crowd of high school girls on Friday, April 20 at Microsoft’s DigiGirlz Day in Manhattan.

(via techladymafia)

WANT A FREE TICKET TO PDX STARTUP WEEKEND?

Do you have an idea you want to pitch? Are you a master of execution? Do you dream about working for a Portland Startup?

Whatever the case, tell us why you want to go to Portland Startup Weekend and you could win a free ticket! (That’s a $75 value folks)

To enter; Tweet us, Email (portland@girlgeekdinners.com) us or leave us a note on Facebook about why you should the free ticket!

Fine Print – Females only and you have to be able to attend the entire weekend.

For more information check out the website.

AND while we’re talking about PDX Startup Weekend, don’t forget to help our friend Vanessa by a answering a quick survey to help her prep for Startup Weekend! It’ll take 60 seconds, we promise!

Help @VVanPetten prep for @PDXSW!

Help out a fellow lady geek, Vannessa VanPetten prep for Startup Weekend by completing the following survey.

ATTN PINTEREST USERS: Would you mind filling out this 3 minute survey on how you use Pinterest?

I am pitching a start-up idea at Start-Up Weekend Portland and would love to gather some user opinions before going in!

http://radicalparenting.wufoo.com/forms/how-do-you-use-pinterest/

We hope to see all of you in a few days at Startup Weekend!!