An excerpt from the New York Times -
An App to Help Black Women With Hair Care
By CRYSTAL MARTIN
Ms. Thompson and her longtime friend Jennifer Lambert introduced their app to digitize the hair salon vetting process for black and Hispanic women, a group largely ignored by the beauty app craze.
“Sometimes you get lucky with your 11 hours of Yelp research, but we’re trying to streamline that process,” Ms. Lambert said.
Swivel users select a desired service and indicate their hair type. The services list includes traditionally black hairstyles — cornrows, twist-outs, Bantu knots, silk press — and addresses hair types like curly, kinky and transitioning from relaxed hair to natural. Based on that information and the user’s location (Swivel is available only in New York City at the moment), the app offers a list of salons selected for their skill and service level. Either Ms. Lambert or Ms. Thompson has visited each of the salons on the app.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/fashion/black-hair-care-app-swivel.html
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swivel-beauty/id1114706145?mt=8
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
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Saturday, December 24, 2016
One of My Favorite Quotes
“When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
Friday, December 23, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Stephon Marbury: Beijing's Favorite Athlete
See also -
http://theundefeated.com/features/stephon-marbury-re-made-in-china/
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Taking It To the Streets
From KQED -
Teaching Computer Programming Through Making in Oakland’s Fruitvale
By Queena Sook Kim
Making computer programming a part of the K-13 curriculum is becoming a rallying call in the United States. But just because you teach a subject doesn’t mean you get kids interested in it. So the real challenge is how to get kids, who might not necessarily be into computers, to pursue a career in coding?
Google and MIT’s Media Lab are trying to answer that question at Code Next, an after-school program located in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Coding programs put on by tech companies are often in a Google office or held at a local school. But Code Next is a storefront space in a shopping center next to the Fruitvale BART Station. The idea is to capture high school students from this working-class neighborhood.
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/21/teaching-computer-programing-through-making-in-oaklands-fruitvale/
Teaching Computer Programming Through Making in Oakland’s Fruitvale
By Queena Sook Kim
Making computer programming a part of the K-13 curriculum is becoming a rallying call in the United States. But just because you teach a subject doesn’t mean you get kids interested in it. So the real challenge is how to get kids, who might not necessarily be into computers, to pursue a career in coding?
Google and MIT’s Media Lab are trying to answer that question at Code Next, an after-school program located in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Coding programs put on by tech companies are often in a Google office or held at a local school. But Code Next is a storefront space in a shopping center next to the Fruitvale BART Station. The idea is to capture high school students from this working-class neighborhood.
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/21/teaching-computer-programing-through-making-in-oaklands-fruitvale/
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