Women Who Code

Lightening Talks at Google this Thursday:
http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/events/98882582/

Two Free Hackathons Coming Up

BeMyApp - Feb 8th - 10th

A multi-city hackathon competition on February 8-10 dedicated to mobile games; the event is platform agnostic, free to attend and is our 4th edition in SF. It will also take place in Paris and Berlin simultaneously so adding the world cup flare to it :) Here's the event page

http://bemyapp.com/us/worldcup/

Cross Platform Hackathon - Feb 15th - 16th

Microsoft is hosting a Cross Platform Hackathon in Feb.  The idea is to let developers try cross platform app frameworks like AppMobi, YoYo Game andScirra Construct 2 to develop apps which can deploy onto multiple platforms but the prizes will be honored for Windows 8 apps.

Here is the registration link and it is totally free

http://crossplatform-apphackathon.eventbrite.com

Volunteer Opportunities at NASA Ames

New exhibits are opening at the Visitors Center in Mountain View. These include Science on the Sphere, a Shuttle simulator, a new Kepler exhibit, and a limited showcasing of Kapala Chawla personal items from STS-107. NASA is hosting many events coming up, and they would love to recruit Foothill students as volunteers to help. 

For more information, contact Daniel Mendoza at Daniel.v.mendoza@nasa.gov

Things To Do in the Tech Community

Visit the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale
http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

Visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View
http://www.computerhistory.org

Join the Silicon Valley Forum
http://SVForum.org
They will give students a discount on membership for $20 per year.

Join the Silicon Valley Java Developers Meetup
http://www.meetup.com/sv-web-jug

Join the San Francisco Java Users Group
http://www.sfjava.org/

Join Hacker DoJo in Mountain View
http://hackerdojo.com/

If you know of another interesting organization, please post it here in a comment!

MacWorld Expo

Attend this San Francisco expo to see all of the various products geared toward Apple devices. Talk to app developers and get deals on gadgets that enhance your user experience. January 31 to February 2 at the Moscone Center. Free tickets are available for a limited time at:

http://www.spoofee.com/deals-Free_Macworld_Expo_2013_Tickets-792492.htm#.UOuPkqs73go

This offer has expired, but there may be other free offers, see comment below.

Learn About Clean Energy Technologies

This is a New Course offered at Foothill College:

ENGR40: Introduction to Clean Energy Technologies

Lecture: Tuesdays, Thursdays 1:00 – 2:55 PM
Lab: Thursdays 3:00-5:50PM

Topics covered in lectures, hands-on laboratories and tours:
• Conventional power plants (coal and natural gas)
• Renewable energy sources and technologies
  – Solar Energy
  – Wind Energy
  – Hydroelectric Energy
  – Wave and tidal Energies
  – Fuel Cells
• The future of fossil fuels
• Building efficiency
• Transportation Solutions (electric and hybrid vehicles)
• Key Research and policy areas

Student Holiday App Challenge

As the holidays are upon us there is an opportunity that Microsoft has put together for students to get a jump start on building a Windows 8 app, and get some cash from Microsoft in the process.  The Windows 8 Student Holiday App Challenge provides free software, in-depth instructional materials for students, and access to real-time support for building an app. Students who get even a simple app published to the store by January 20, 2013 will not only have learned some valuable skills and established real “street cred”, but will get a $100 gift card from Microsoft to help sweeten the deal.

The relevant links are:

Get Started: http://aka.ms/w8holidayapp   

Build Your App: http://aka.ms/mswestgenapp   

Publish Your App: http://bit.ly/XAoYqp  

Official Terms and Conditions: http://sdrv.ms/YE5PoQ