Building Meaningful Software
summary
A mobile directory called We Read Too launches Aug 24 2014 using Parse with an iOS build and later an Android port; it catalogs books (from ~300 to 800+ entries) to address that of 3,400 US children’s books only 22% feature people of color and 12% are written by them. Crowdfunds ~$15,000, gets an App Store feature, doubles downloads and reaches over 100,000 downloads; librarians, educators and parents adopt it for discovery and classroom use.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:31Kaya Thomas
- 5:43College
- 7:45Programming Through Interactive Art
- 7:56What Makes a Real Programmer
- 11:43Internships
- 15:54Launching Riri 2
- 16:56Impact
- 17:44First Lady Michelle Obama
- 21:35Android version
- 22:23App Store
- 23:13Future of Ruby
- 25:02Technology is not a savior
- 26:32Engage with your community
- 30:37Via Alisha
- 31:25The Virus
- 31:48Mentoring
- 33:41Science Camp
- 35:24Mentorship
- 36:59Conclusion
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