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    //A black American
    of African descent who is skilled
    with or knowledgeable or well
    versed about digital technologies,
    computers and the Internet //

     

     

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    Wednesday
    11Nov2009

    13 Tools for building iPhone Apps without knowing the iPhone OS language, Object C

    The guys over at ReadWriteWeb recently wrote a really good article that reviewed 13 tools that can help you with building your own iPhone app without specifically knowing the Object C language used to build apps for the iPhone OS. If you know some HTML, a few of the tools will take your HTML code and transform it into an iPhone application that is ready for submission to the app store. The cost for the tools can range anywhere from $15 to $90 bucks. To read the article click here.

    Sunday
    08Nov2009

    BLACK DIGERATI QUOTE

    1.6% of African-Americans are founders of high-tech companies with sales that have doubled over the last 4 years

    Source: Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

    Friday
    06Nov2009

    Howard University prepares to compete in the Mid-Atlantic Region International Collegiate Programming Contest

    The black digerati in the Howard University Systems and Computer Science department are set to host and compete tomorrow morning in the Mid-Atlantic Region International Collegiate Programming contest! The event will be held afternoon from 12-6pm at Howard University in the L.K. Downing Building room 2113 and 2117 (part of the Undergraduate Computer Science Lab) located at 2300 Sixth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. If the peeps at Howard University do well tomorrow, they will qualify for the finals that will take place February 2010 at Harbin Engineering University in Asia. Keep it locked here at Black Digerati for updates. To read up on the competition click here.

    Thursday
    05Nov2009

    Help!!! BDPA-NY is seeking Speakers for the 2010 Calendar Year

    The Black Data Processing Association New York (BDPA-NY) is currently in the process of completing their 2010 calendar and is looking for speakers with an keen insight into the direction that IT is headed. Specifically they need the following:

    • Speakers with the ability to look at IT from a National Viewpoint  
    • Speakers that can identify markets that are growing and those that need funding 
    • Educators that can illustrate the impact that IT has on African-Americans within the Urban Communities

    Some of the topics that you would be asked to speak about as a speaker, presenter, or panel member are the following:

    • Virtualization
    • Cloud Computing
    • Servers —Beyond Blades
    • Web-Oriented Architectures
    • Enterprise Mashups
    • Specialized Systems
    • Social Software and Social Networking
    • Unified Communications
    • Business Intelligence
    • Green IT

    If you are well versed on any of the above topics (or know of someone who is) and would be willing to present your expertise, please email hr@bdpa-ny.org or call 212-802-5341.

    Wednesday
    04Nov2009

    Black Digerati Quote

    26% of African-Americans use Twitter or another status update service to tweet 

    Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project