Vegas Tech
I spent this past Saturday night downtown at Work In Progress for the National Day of Civic Hacking. This was the Vegas version of a national event that combined programmers, hackers, designers, and just all-around geeks, and challenged them to create tools and apps from public data. The datasets at the disposal of the participants consisted [...]
The InNEVation Center hosted Startup Weekend Las Vegas, May 3-5. The nearly 120 attendees split into 12 teams to concept, design, code, and pitch an idea to a panel of judges over a weekend. The first night started with pitch exercises, aimed to get everyone into the spirit of collaboration. Out of those gazillion, 12 teams [...]
Last week, we announced that ArtsVegas had partnered with Field Trip, a popular geolocation-based app made by Google's Niantic Labs. We have even better news: you can now also get Field Trip for iPhone, for free! What exactly is Field Trip? It's your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around [...]
It’s been several months in the works, but we’re proud to announce that ArtsVegas has partnered with Google’s Niantic Labs in publishing content for the popular geolocation-based app Field Trip. What exactly is Field Trip? It’s your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you. Field Trip runs in the background [...]
I’m sitting in a Budweiser folding camp chair in a corner of the living room, which is dominated by two huge work desks littered with Macbook pros. The walls are covered with dry-erase boards, and extension cords haphazardly hang down from the ceiling. Judging by the (lack of) furniture, you’d think I was in a [...]
Local startup Ayloo launched in the fall of 2011 with high expectations. They hoped their website would serve as a replacement for internet forums–a “place to have meaningful conversation with the people you know and the communities you care about.” The site was briefly popular among Vegas locals early in downtown’s renovation. “Our ultimate goal [...]
X Train Could Link California to Vegas as Early as 2013 After a recent deal with Union Pacific Railroad, the X Train Project that will connect Fullerton, California to downtown Las Vegas is now closer to becoming a reality. The Vegas party train project linking California to Las Vegas looks be “on track” for a [...]
I made a visit back to the Vegas Jelly last night after a six-month absence. I was shocked to see that I knew almost nobody there; proof that the tech scene here in Las Vegas is growing exponentially. It's like an organism; the outer layers of skin (including me) are flaking-off and new life is [...]
Design Drip is a monthly Las Vegas creative meetup, held at /usr/lib in the Emergency Arts building downtown. Design Drip #9 featured Bryan McCormick and Pawel Szymczykowski, each giving presentations on their recent experiences at creative conferences they attended this summer. Bryan made his second appearance, this time presenting a recap of his recent trip to EYEO. Held [...]
“And by the way, this is 100% not for press,” warns John Doffing as he regales us with another story from his trials and tribulations in running a startup together with partner Tavia Campbell. I pocket my pen and take another sip of beer. We’re at the Walls 360 warehouse, a compound just off Tropicana [...]
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