Representatives from Moonbot Studios held a press conference yesterday to announce the next step for the company: the development of a video game, “Golem,” which will be released mid-2015 (the press conference is available for viewing here). The Studio also launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the project. Brandon Oldenburg from Moonbot said, “The [...]
Yesterday at 5:00pm, Peter Mayer‘s CBD headquarters attracted over 50 hackers, coders, designers, and other talents to participate in the first annual CODEMKRS Super Hackathon. After registration and orientation, those with app ideas stood up to pitch, then came the free for all. Whoever wanted to be on a certain team was allowed, which explains why some teams are [...]
Last night over 50 hackers, coders, designers, business folks, and idea guys gathered together at the Peter Mayer headquarters in downtown New Orleans for the first Codemkrs Hackathon. Travis Laurendine welcomed the crowd, the sponsors gave their 2 cents, the idea men pitched their app ideas, then the hackers got to work. Ideas included a [...]
Two friends of over ten years have teamed up to create an entirely original iPhone game with strong New Orleans roots. Chris Schultz (and the Flatstack team) and artist Lionel Milton launched a Kickstarter campaign late last night to help fund Mardi Brah, a street-style punt, pass, and kick competition. For years they had been [...]
The news officially broke today that developer Matt Shwery will be joining the Federated Sample team. The market research tech firm based in New Orleans announced he was brought on to help with Fulcrum’s user interface and respondent efforts. Fulcrum is powerful, open and customizable sample management platform designed by the company. Federated Sample CEO [...]
Great news! 4.0 Schools just announced the opening of the Bay Area Lab Cohort. Read on for more information about the launch: What is the Lab Cohort? The Lab Cohort is a six week, part-time experience in the Develop stage of our programming. Designed to help passionate people build fluency in design, iteration, and prototyping, Lab [...]
Interface designer and web developer Matt Shwery, previously of VoteIt, has created a list app with one major goal: it had to be simple. “MinimaList gets out of the way to let you write your list,” said Shwery. “All of its functionality is designed to make that process as easy and simple as possible.” MinimaList [...]
Tulane graduate Sean O’Neill is preparing for the launch of his first startup, Couchster. Couchster is an online food ordering site which allows customers to view menus and place orders all through the company’s website or mobile app. The startup was born out of the idea to make ordering good food easy and more accessible. Couchster [...]
Ever wondered who the best Ruby on Rails developer in New Orleans is? What about who solves all technological problems neatly and efficiently? Word on the street (and on AngelList) is it’s Matt Culpepper, CTO, tech Cofounder, and one of the driving forces behind Connect for a Cause. Echoing others, one coworker said, “Matt is my [...]
Jolie and Elizabeth, the New York trained, New Orleans’ based fashion duo, will be launching their new app, adorned in their signature seer-sucker, just in time for NOLA Fashion Week this month. The app features their ultra feminine fall collection for inspiration while you practice your runway walk. Bring your headphones, because we hear the [...]
