You have to stay hungry, to stay current
- By Skillcrush
Michele is a recent New York expat who has moved to Las Vegas and fallen in love with the Vegas tech scene. Michele has worked everywhere from Marvel Entertainment to American Express as a web designer and developer. She has an eye for detail and a strong love of pop culture, alluring design, and all things web. We sat down with Michele and got the 411 on her big move, tech experience and the Vegas Tech Scene.
Happy Mother’s Day from Skillcrush
- By Skillcrush
A very Happy Mother’s Day to all the fabulous moms out there!! We hope you are all celebrating your moms and spoiling them in whatever way you possibly can. Below, a few words of wisdom from our moms and some of the most inspiring women in history. Skillcrush moms “Scientists found that babies in Russian [...]
Zoe Rooney
- By Skillcrush
Zoe Rooney is a freelance developer based in Philadelphia and you may be familiar with her work: Zoe has built beautiful sites for the likes of Blogshop, Everly, and Ban.do. If you haven’t seen it, you should definitely go check them out! We sat down with Zoe and asked her some hard-hitting questions about what [...]
The It Crowd Doesn’t Like Me and I Finally Don’t Care
- By Julie Fredrickson
I have a confession to make. I’ve recently become obsessed with being liked by a certain crowd. “Tech.” As a woman generally unconcerned with being palatable to others, making this admission is really painful for me.
You are not small: a Women Entrepreneur Festival Roundup
- By Skillcrush
Yesterday, we had the rare pleasure of attending ITP’s Women Entrepreneur Festival, organized by Joanne Wilson and Nancy Hechinger, and hosted at NYU.
Happy Martin Luther King Day!
- By Skillcrush
To our American readers, we wish you a happy Martin Luther King, Jr. / inauguration day. To everyone else, happy January 21st! We will be back to regular programming tomorrow. xoxo, Skillcrush
The most difficult thing is the decision to act
- By Skillcrush
“The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer Are you ready to act?
Unpacking Male Tech Privilege
- By Jess Gartner
This week, several articles, tweets, and websites reignited the issue of diversity in technology, specifically in conference settings.
Happy New Year’s Day!
- By Skillcrush
What are your techie New Year’s resolutions? We know, we know. New Year’s resolutions, right? We always make ‘em and then…well, life, work, the dog ate my homework! Here at Skillcrush we believe in small steps. Teeny-tiny little ones like reading a newsletter or spending 10 minutes every morning flexing your Ruby programming skills. It’s [...]
Give the gift of Women in Tech, this holiday!
- By Skillcrush
Women in Tech History poster, made with love by Skillcrush. Can you name all the women on our “Women in Tech History” poster? We’ve got some great ladies including Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Anita Bord, Limor Fried, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, Evelyn Boyd Granville, and most importantly, you! The poster is 11×17, printed on thick [...]
