Reblogged from The TechMap Blog: A hackathon is like the Olympics for geeks, it is the thing we have trained for, it is what bring us all together and out of our dark caves to code away and build something amazing in just a few days. Normal people consider this crazy, we think is awesome! […]
If you have a tech startup and are struggling to find media outlets to spread the word about your awesome new company… we have good news for you! our blog has been around for over two years now, it has some follow-ship and steady traffic, we want to help you, we want to write about you and […]
Reblogged from Ricardo D. Sanchez: I have been writing code professionally since the early days of .NET although I remember doing lots of classic ASP as well. As a student I did some C++, BASIC and even some Pascal but not enough to be good at it. I consider myself a great decent developer and very enthusiastic […]
Reblogged from The TechMap Blog: Last week, Jason Calacanis wrote an article on how Google Fiber is not an experiment but a plan to take over this market and kill Cable and carriers altogether. Sure, there is an intriguing story to tell when you compare prices: $70 for Google Fiber for 1 Gbps, $80 for 30 […]
Reblogged from The TechMap Blog: Austin’s Mayor Lee Leffingwell (pictured below) announced this morning that Google Fiber is coming to Austin in 2014. The news were given minutes ago at the Brazos Hall in Downtown Austin, TX “There is one particular resource need that we’ve heard loud and clear and can help make our city more […]
Reblogged from The TechMap Blog: There has been a lot of rumors from a local Austin TV station and even from tech publications such as TechCrunch and VentureBeat about this announcement, they are all saying and even confirming that the announcement is about bringing Google Fiber to Austin… maybe, but we don’t know so we’ll wait until […]
Reblogged from The TechMap Blog: The idea for this post came to me after reading the very well written blog post about “The state of tech entrepreneurship in Austin” by Brett Hurt a successful entrepreneur and an Austinite as well. In this blog post Brett goes into the details of the type of startups that are […]
Austin-based 3-month-old startup “TheTechMap” was acquired by LinkedIn according to news released in the startup’s blog. TheTechMap offers an online community where geeks and creatives can connect with each other and help each other build amazing projects and collaborate to build amazing companies as well. It is about being in a tribe, a tribe of […]
Many of us have the same problem, we start projects and when things get tough, too challenging or too boring we give up just to start with the newest and coolest thing. Austin, TX is a very innovative and creative town, full of talent, ideas AND people wanting to get shit done. The guys of […]
WFH hopes to get 10,000 cars off Austin-area roads for a day to foster lower ozone and carbon emissions while educating our work force about tools to make working remotely simple and manageable. On February 8, 2013, Austin-area streets will look deserted, as if it were a holiday, if local leaders have their way. In […]
