African-American Women in Tech Honored at Interactive Digital Vanguard Awards & Creative Technology Festival
The Inaugural Women Interactive Digital Vanguard Awards and Creative Technology Festival in conjunction with Spelman College Digital Image Salon successfully took place in Atlanta Oct 12 and 13th. The festival opened to a crowd of hundreds of women seeking to gain knowledge and insight in the world of creative technology. It provided an interactive, in [...]
Read MoreBest Cities to Live if You Are a Minority Entrepreneur
The lack of minority entrepreneurs, more specifically, tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley have been talked about. But where are they if not there? According to Forbes.com, they are in Atlanta where half the residents are African- American. A large number of minorities including Hispanic and Asian have started their own businesses in the metropolitan city [...]
Read MoreWhite House Business Council and the Office of Public Engagement to Host Urban Entrepreneurship Forums in New Orleans and Atlanta
The White House Business Council and the Office of Public Engagement announced that they will host two Urban Entrepreneurship Forums in New Orleans, La on Wednesday, July 20th and in Atlanta, Ga on Friday, July 29th. Each forum will focus on ways to best support economic growth in America’s cities and providing the necessary tools [...]
Read MoreDominick Brady Talks Online Media, Tech, and Journalism [Interview]
Dominick Brady is an independent multi-platform journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has spent the majority of his career working with online content on the web doing a number of things such as web design, radio documentary, audio and video features just to name a few. Check out some of his thoughts on online media, [...]
Read More#DigitiniATL Honors Atlanta Women in Social Media
When you think of hot tech locales, the usual suspects come to mind: San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley. As time has passed New York and Boston have also made their mark on the technology industry. However, these locations aren’t the only place to interact with the best in brightest in the field. Tech resides wherever [...]
Read MoreInterview with Andre Barnes of !mpact Church, Bringing Chuch Online
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Andre Barnes, technology director at !mpact Church in Atlanta, GA. Barnes is responsible for helping establish the church’s technology infrastructure, as well as overseeing the church’s website and technology outreach efforts. Here’s a brief intro about Andre: Maurice Cherry: Tell us how you got involved with working [...]
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