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Introductions Are in Order

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dillon Hawkins

This year’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is almost here! A part of annual National Engineers Week activities, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day will mark its tenth year on Thursday, February 24, 2011. From the National Engineers Week web … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Celebrate

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Dillon Hawkins

As you can imagine, we were pleased that President Obama dedicated some time during the State of the Union Address to focus on the challenges faced by small business, the need for affordable broadband access in rural America, to make … Continue reading →

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Learn [up to] 20 New Things!

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Dillon Hawkins

The Google Chrome team has created a wonderful guide to browsers and the Web. They’ve done such a great job of boiling down concepts that are too often misunderstood and can be very difficult to teach. Read 20 Things I … Continue reading →

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You Can Do It!

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Dillon Hawkins

Let’s be clear: there are not enough women with careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The flood of silver and black, LCD adorned, cookie-cutter garbage consumer electronics we’ll be drowning in this holiday season should be evidence enough … Continue reading →

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Programming for Fun and Profit

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Dillon Hawkins

A few weeks ago, Google announced that they’re beginning to extend invitations to the general public to access a new tool called App Inventor. It’s designed to make it easy for anyone to create a mobile application for Android powered … Continue reading →

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