Another code-a-thon is approaching on the Silicon Bayou. CajunCodeFest, now in its second year, is an event held in Lafayette where participants compete over 27 hours (April 24-26) for a grand prize of $25,000. The coding competition is focused on transforming data into innovative healthcare solutions.The event is hosted by the Center for Business & [...]
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to launch startups. On April 5th, the event comes to New Orleans for the first time ever. Startup Weekend New Orleans will be held at Propeller and is expected to bring between 80 and 100 innovators to the [...]
We are one day away from the sixth NOLA Meetup, meaning time has flown by since September and we are still going strong. Tomorrow, February 19th, 2013 at Lucy’s from 6:00 to 8:00pm will be the event that runs as usual, with a twist. Travis Laurendine from Codemkrs and Whale Tank will be there to [...]
Codemkrs, the 48-hour hackathon which took place a few weekends ago, launched a number of apps that were designed to help Super Bowl weekend run more smoothly. One of the apps that came out of the hackathon was CrawFinder, an app for locating crawfish boils for this weekend and beyond. Gerard Ramos was on 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 [...]
Louisiana had a great showing at South by Southwest this past year between the StartupBus and Launch Pad Ignition. For newbie techs South by Southwest (SXSW) is a conference of gargantuan proportions in Austin, Texas every March that is split into three tracks: interactive, film, and music. This year, local companies and community leaders are [...]
The Cajun Code Fest 2012 is a free two-day coding competition focusing on transforming “data” into health care solutions on April 27th-28th, 2012 at the University of Louisiana Lafayette Research Park. This year the competition aims to specifically address childhood obesity. Participants, including developers, designers, innovators, health care leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs, will organize themselves into teams, [...]
The New Orleans Code for America fellows invited all those who want to increase the developer community in New Orleans to a Civic Hackathon this past Friday and Saturday. The hackathon allowed developers, designers, urban planners, community members and others to share how they think the city could be improved in terms of what type [...]
