Remix existing websites. Rawr!
“Hackasaurus offers ‘X-Ray Goggles’ for the Web through a simple browser add-on. With those x-ray goggles, users can — as the name suggests — peer beneath the surface to see what the Web is made of. The goggles can be activated on any Web page, enabling a view of its building blocks. By mousing over the various elements of a Web page, users are able to see the code, and by clicking they can actually manipulate it — replacing images, for example, or adjusting fonts or alignment.”
What a fun idea!
My, how times have changed
This infographic by KISSmetrics captures key elements of web design from the early 1990s to the present. It provides an interesting retrospective on when particular languages and techniques came into being, particularly for those of us who have only recently tuned into the field.
Wanted: A few nerdy women
As we get the ball rolling in Boston and continue to grow in Philadelphia, we’re looking for instructors who love geeking out on web development as much as we do.
If you have the knowledge and the confidence to lead a group of smart, determined women on any of the following topics, we should talk!
- HTML / CSS
- JavaScript / jQuery
- PHP / MySQL
- Ajax
- Photoshop
- Git
- WordPress
- Drupal
- Graphic Design
- Business (as it pertains to the web, ‘course :-)
Many of the courses already have curriculum created, so your job is just to come in and teach it. For an example of our material, check out the notes from our first class in the HTML/CSS series. Other topics have not been run yet, and you’ll have the opportunity to help us develop that material (compensation will be higher).
Class commitments are usually a couple hours, one night a week or occasionally a half an afternoon on a weekend.
If this sounds like fun to you, send us some information about yourself and your background to instructors@webstartwomen.com.
And, if you don’t fit the description above, but you know a woman who does, please let her know! The more talented, awesome instructors we can find, the more classes we can run, and the quicker more women can start coding their ideas into reality. :-)
Factoids for web nerds. Click to see the full infographic.
We like spreading the nerd power, so here’s our lecture notes from last Tuesday’s HTML/CSS class.
Check them out: http://goo.gl/LvHvJ
