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Organizing a Mountain Town Meetup – At the Event – Part 4
Background This post is part of our series on Organizing a Mountain Town Meetup. Here are the previous posts: Part 1 – Introduction please read this for the background you’ll need to fully enjoy this post. Part 2 – Meetup Basics Part 3- Getting the Word Out In this post, we’ll go over some of the basics…
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Background This post is part of our series on Organizing a Mountain Town Meetup. Here are the previous posts: Part 1 – Introduction please read this for the background you’ll need to fully enjoy this post. Part 2 – Meetup Basics Throughout the series, we use the nonprofit, Tahoe Silicon Mountain (TSM), as an example. Garrett…
Read MoreOrganizing A Mountain Town Meetup – Meetup Basics – Part 2
Background This post is part of our series on Organizing a Mountain Town Meetup. See the full list of posts in the Organizing a Mountain Town Meetup series and please read Part 1 – Introduction for the basics you’ll need to fully enjoy this post. In this post, we’ll go over some of the basics you’ll want to consider at…
Read MoreOrganizing a Mountain Town Meetup – Series Introduction – Part 1
The Backstory Garrett and I have been organizing meetups for the Truckee nonprofit, Tahoe Silicon Mountain, for over 8 years. We’ve helped grow it from a small monthly meetup with a handful of attendees to a group of 1,200+ with 3 monthly events, including Mountain Minds Monday, which attracts 40-100+ people each month. Plus, we hold…
Read MoreGetting Started in Open Source
Getting Started in Open Source “The fundamental act of friendship among programmers is the sharing of programs” – Richard Stallman Recently, I’ve been working to contribute more to Open Source software. The following post is based on that experience and research for a presentation I did with Jordan Papaleo for TahoeJS. Contributing to Open Source…
Read MoreFrom Ski Instructor to Programmer – My Journey Back to Programming
On the surface, I have a stereotypical story for a programmer: I started programming at a young age, went to college for computer science and now I’m a senior JavaScript developer. But for around 8 years, I didn’t program at all and didn’t work in a technical field. This is the story of how I…
Read MoreResources for Google My Business Knowledge Bites
Find resources here for the November 1, 2016 Knowledge Bites session I taught for the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce. Get Your Business Online website (to find out if you are listed and get verified) Google My Business website/login (after you are verified, use this) See if you are listed and verified in Google My Business
Read MoreTech and Entrepreneurship in Tahoe and Truckee
**Updated 11/19/2018** There are a lot of exciting developments in the tech scene for Truckee and Tahoe. New groups continue to form, co-working and makerspaces are opening, and the startup scene continues to evolve. Tech and Entrepreneurship Networking and Meetup Groups Want to start your own meetup? Read our blog post series on organizing a…
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