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HELLO!

Obed Ampah@OTAmpah

www.linkedin.com/in/obedampah

SQUARE ONE – WHAT IS YOUR TECH BASE ?VoucherCloud.net finds 11% of surveyed individuals thought

HTML was an STD.

77% of respondents could not identify what SEO means. SEO stands for "Search-Engine Optimization”

*Currently,  DOL states employment of computer and information systems managers is expected to grow between 18 to 26 percent through 2014

THE PATH OF THE N00B

Coming from a STEM background, I figured I could teach myself so I started with books / tutorials:

- Lynda: Too dry and outdated

- Codecademy: Very elementary/Good for base level

- Dash.GA: Best for current standards and conventions

- Treehouse: Once you have a concrete base, the intermediate and high-level tracks are informative and easy to follow (Hint: use the quizzes for comments!)

PATH OF THE NOOB: IMMERSION IN DC TECHThe best way to learn anything is to surround yourself with it.

- Eventbrite: Various events

- Meetup : - DC Tech Meetup- Code 4 DC

Civic Hack Night: Open Schools Civic Project - http://edu.codefordc.org/

- DC API Users !

OPEN SCHOOLS

WHY APIS??

DATA

WHY APIS??

The future will be about personalization and APIs allow for that. Take IFTTT….

WHY APIS??

API IDEAS

HotZones: Google Maps API / Open Gov Data

Problem: Getting lost looking for famous landmarks

Solution: Create a Hot/Cold Zone to tell me when I’m getting closer