Dev Camp 2012 http://www.devcamp.org.uk Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 Devcamp visits Moshi Monsters HQ http://www.devcamp.org.uk/devcamp-visits-moshi-monsters-hq/ http://www.devcamp.org.uk/devcamp-visits-moshi-monsters-hq/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:31:34 +0000 james http://www.devcamp.org.uk/?p=227 The first week of Devcamp is almost over (sob!) and students (boys AND girls!) aged 14-18 have been impressing us with their Facebook App ideas. As a treat, the Devcamp team took all the students round the corner to the Tea Building for a tour of the Mind Candy offices where the bright, colourful world of Moshi Monsters comes to life. From bean bags  to grassy ceilings, there was a lot to marvel at and the visit was nothing short of inspirational and motivational for all involved. The best thing is, we get to go again next week for the ‘Learn to Build Your Smartphone App’ course!

]]> http://www.devcamp.org.uk/devcamp-visits-moshi-monsters-hq/feed/ 0 Meet some of our tutors & helpers for our Facebook course http://www.devcamp.org.uk/meet-some-of-our-tutors/ http://www.devcamp.org.uk/meet-some-of-our-tutors/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:18:32 +0000 james http://www.devcamp.org.uk/?p=217 Ahead of Monday’s kick off we’d like to introduce you to some of the people helping us on our mission to get more kids coding.

Tutoring our coders and helping out next week will be these fine gentlemen.

Ryan_image Alex_image Gi-Fernando

Ryan Zammit

Ryan Zammit is a PhD student at Middlesex University in London. He is experienced with over two years working in the software development industry. Is interested in IT, Business and Education. Inspired by code DJing and wants to inspire and help others into the mind-set.

Gi Fernando

A born entrepreneur, Gi made his first product aged 10 and has been developing new ideas in tech ever since.  His most recent success was as co-founder and CEO of Techlightenment – a company that provides products and services in social technology for brands. Techlightenment was sold to Experian plc in 2011.

In April 2012 Gi launched his next project: Freeformers.  His mission is to use accelerated learning techniques to teach coding and programming skills to young minds and capitalise on the innovative and creative heritage of the UK.  All the while tackling unemployment and encouraging greater diversity in the UK’s burgeoning tech sector.

Alex Willows

Alex is a recent graduate of Gi’s first bootcamp for young people.  Having very little coding experience prior to completing our course he has single-handedly built a Facebook app in a number of days and is currently talking to investors.  He will be on hand during the course to provide tuition and assistance to the participants.

 

]]> http://www.devcamp.org.uk/meet-some-of-our-tutors/feed/ 0 Just a few days to go now… http://www.devcamp.org.uk/just-a-few-days-to-go-now/ http://www.devcamp.org.uk/just-a-few-days-to-go-now/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:03:11 +0000 james http://www.devcamp.org.uk/?p=211 So as the Olympics come to a close we fill that natural hole in the calendar and start our first courses as of Monday. So where as Monday’s suck for all of us we’re hoping to buck that trend, well for a couple of weeks at least…

We’ll be kicking things off with building Facebook apps all week and plan to be blogging as we do so keep coming back for more updates. We can also announce our wonderful course tutors as well…. and ps… many thanks to Wired to the mention today – we massively appreciate the support… roll on Monday!

]]> http://www.devcamp.org.uk/just-a-few-days-to-go-now/feed/ 0 Wired: Best Apps for mornings http://www.devcamp.org.uk/wired-best-apps-for-mornings/ http://www.devcamp.org.uk/wired-best-apps-for-mornings/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:54:37 +0000 james http://www.devcamp.org.uk/?p=189  

Find mornings a little hard to deal with? Do you end up putting the milk in the cupboard and the cereals in the fridge? Then you probably need to get a few tips from this recent article in Wired Magazine  focusing on life-saving apps to help your mornings run smoother:

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/08/start/screened-morning-apps

 

]]> http://www.devcamp.org.uk/wired-best-apps-for-mornings/feed/ 0 Devcamp partner Moshi Monsters features in The Observer http://www.devcamp.org.uk/devcamp-partner-moshi-monsters-features-in-the-observer/ http://www.devcamp.org.uk/devcamp-partner-moshi-monsters-features-in-the-observer/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:32:02 +0000 james http://www.devcamp.org.uk/?p=182  

We’re really excited about the recent article in The Observer this month highlighting the great work done by successful UK  based website for young children Moshi Monsters. Devcamp students will have the opportunity to visit the offices of Mind Candy  in the Tea Building in Shoreditch where Moshi Monsters is created. You can read the full article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jul/15/children-computers-state-of-play

]]> http://www.devcamp.org.uk/devcamp-partner-moshi-monsters-features-in-the-observer/feed/ 0 So we’re back… http://www.devcamp.org.uk/were-back/ http://www.devcamp.org.uk/were-back/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:17:27 +0000 james http://www.devcamp.org.uk/?p=167 So this is the first (of hopefully many…) blog posts on our our brand new website. The smart ones amongst you will know that we didn’t have a web presence last year so we decided to change that and here’s the result.

We’ll be adding content regularly to announce new speakers, dev camp news and additional involvement but perhaps more importantly we plan to use this site to showcase the material produced at Dev Camp and give insights into what is happening whilst it’s happening.

So please watch this space.

Special mention has to go to the great people at Smack and Upper Echelon for helping us get this site off the ground

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