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WHAT WOULD $100,000 MEAN TO YOUR BUSINESS?Black

WHAT WOULD $100,000 MEAN TO YOUR BUSINESS?Black women entrepreneurs, ESSENCE + Pine-Sol™ want to help you take your business to the next level.Visit: https://www.essence.com/yourlegacy/#yourlegacy #womenownedbusinesses #pinesol #essence #sharingknowledge #thebeanpath

Up to $1M for each startup tackling the coronaviru

Up to $1M for each startup tackling the coronavirus crisisThis is our generation's moment. Let's lead a World War II worthy effort to battle the virus, and help everyone adapt to the new normal - especially kids and grandparents. @wefunder
Visit https://wefunder.com/fight-the-virus#stopthespread #startups #getpaid #thebeanpath

If you were a child growing up in the late 90s or

If you were a child growing up in the late 90s or early 2000s, odds are you remember this entertaining and hilariously nonsensical way of listening to music: HitClips. In 1999, Hasbro's Tiger Electronics released the "slick micro audio systems" known as HitClips, tiny memory card-like chips that contained a 60-second "clip" of a super popular song. #throwbacktechthursday

Innovate Mississippi will host a webinar with spec

Innovate Mississippi will host a webinar with special guests Matthew McLaughlin, founder of McLaughlin PC Law firm in Jackson and Bill Guion, Senior Vice President at Renasant Bank and SBA Lending Program expert for Mississippi – who will answer your questions and address the following topics: • Cash Flow Planning
• Managing remote workers
• Communicating with customers, investors, lenders
• Supply-chain planning
• Adapting processes to online work
• Negotiating extended terms and forbearance with vendors, lenders, etc.Guests will also cover the CARE Act and specifics of the Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) – which opens for applications on Friday, April 3rd. Because the PPP has limited funds, this is critical information that needs to be acted on immediately – and applications need to be filled out correctly the first time!Once you have registered, they will send you the call information for the webinar.Visit them @innovatems or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/important-information-for-ms-startups-small-businesses-tickets-101739621948 to register. #innovatems #partner #thebeanpath #techinms #impactingmsthroughtech

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Today, we are highlight

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Today, we are highlighting Barbara Liskov. She was among the first women to earn her PhD in computer science in the US. She was also a trailblazer in computer programming, leading the development of multiple languages.
Barbara discovered her talent for programming as an employee at Mitre Corporation after earning her bachelor's degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley. She later worked on computer translation of human languages at Harvard and earned her PhD at Stanford, where she wrote her thesis on chess end-games.Later, Barbara went on to teach in the computer science laboratory at MIT, where she conducted research on creating more reliable computer systems. She spearheaded the design of the CLU programming language, which served as the foundation of object-oriented programming used in Java and C#. Her division at MIT also created the Argus language, which broadened the ideas of CLU to distribute programs over a network.Currently, Barbara is the Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT and leads its Programming Methodology Group. #TechTuesday #Tech #WomeninTech

MagnoliaJS is happening Wednesday, April 15 throug

MagnoliaJS is happening Wednesday, April 15 through Friday, April 17... Our founder, Dr. Nashlie Sephus, is the keynote speaker and will lead her presentation on Thursday, April 16 at 9:30am CT.
This conference is 100% remote and is Mississippi's only developer conference.
MagnoliaJS’s mission is to foster growth and opportunities for developers in the Southeast and be the launching point for greater things for the tech in Mississippi. They are aiming to bring together around 500 web developers and friends to learn new skills and concepts and to network and develop new relationships.
Click the link in our bio for additional information.
#thebeanpath #drnashliesephus #techlife #imatechie #magnoliajs #webdevelopers #webdevelopersconference #jacksonms

A message from The Open Learning Team: As the COV

A message from The Open Learning Team:
As the COVID-19 public health crisis persists around the world, we want to acknowledge that this is a difficult situation for many. In times of crisis, it’s critical for communities to join together and support one another. One way we can provide support to our community is by sharing relevant, free curriculum and teaching resources. To this end, we have created a short lesson plan to explore how AI can be used to address COVID-19. This can be used to spark discussion around current ways AI is being used to contain the virus and the potential impact of these tools on different populations.
The lesson is available on our platform olp.ai-4-all.org which students 13 or older can access. If you are a classroom teacher experiencing school closure, this lesson and the online discussion forums are a good place to encourage student interaction. Please let us know if we can provide additional information on how to get started on the platform, particularly if you plan on sharing this with other teachers or students in your network.
We recognize that the current moment is challenging for all, and it may be upsetting for some students to focus on COVID-19 in the classroom. You know your students best, and we encourage you to use this curriculum only if you find it helpful and suited to your classroom.
If you are using this in your classroom, please email us back at openlearning@ai-4-all.org and share how! It would be great to hear how we can support your Open Learning experience.

It’s #throwbacktechthursday! Who remembers Video

It’s #throwbacktechthursday! Who remembers VideoNow? It is a portable video player produced by Hasbro and released by their subsidiary Tiger Electronics in 2003. The systems use discs called PVDs (Personal Video Disc), which can store about 30 minutes of video. The screen is small, with a sharp black & white display. VideoNow was the first ever kid-friendly, portable, personal video player.

#Repost Our founder, Dr. Nashlie Sephus, @phenome

#Repost Our founder, Dr. Nashlie Sephus, @phenomenashlie will be one of the featured panelists @wids_conference hosted by @uvadatascience this Friday. This year's conference will feature dynamic keynote presentations with industry and academic experts in artificial intelligence, skills sessions, research lightning talks, a panel with senior women in data science, and more. This is a FREE virtual conference. Click the link in our bio for more information on how you can stream the conference.・・・
At this year’s FREE virtual @wids_conference hosted by @uvadatascience, I'm excited to be featured in a conversation with women leaders on the opportunities and challenges faced in the field of data science! See link in bio for more information on how you can stream the conference in real time this Friday, March 27th! (Panel takes place 2-3:30pm ET and conference starts at 9:45am ET.) #WomenInDataScience#womenincomputing #TechieBossUp #techlife #thebeanpath #virtual #livestream #tech #datascience #blackinai #ai #womenengineers #WomeninTech #atl #georgiatech #virginia #mississippi #southeastasia

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Today, we are highlight

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Today, we are highlighting Shirley A. Jackson. She is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Theoretical Solid State Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Shirley's research laid the foundation for future innovators to build solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the portable fax. She worked as a theoretical physicist at Bell Laboratories and a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University.
Her work in academia, industry, government, and research earned Jackson several honors. President Obama named her the co-chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in 2014, and she was also a member of the Secretary of State's International Security Advisory Board. Jackson is also a National Medal of Science recipient and is currently the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. #techtuesday

SWIPE➡️ Check out these classes, websites, act

SWIPE➡️ Check out these classes, websites, activities, and apps that are offering free services for students during this difficult time. Amazon Future Engineer is offering free online computer science classes for any student or teacher affected by COVID-19 in the US. Click the link in our bio for additional information.

We will not have in person tech office hours next

We will not have in person tech office hours next month. Please stay tuned for virtual options. #techofficehours

It’s #ThrowbackTechThursday! Today, we are takin

It’s #ThrowbackTechThursday! Today, we are taking a look back at the MiniDisc. It was first released by Sony in Japan in November of 1992, with an international debut coming the following month in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Unlike audio CDs, which stored music in an uncompressed 16-bit stereo file format, MiniDiscs compressed music using a proprietary audio format developed by Sony called Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding—or ATRAC, for short. It meant that MiniDiscs could store almost the same amount of music as CDs could, but on a much smaller disc.

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Carol Shaw is our featu

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Carol Shaw is our feature of the day. She was one of the first women game designers and programmers in the video game industry. She is best known for creating the vertically scrolling shooter “River Raid” for Activision.
She first used a computer while at high school in Palo Alto where she excelled at math and enjoyed playing text-based games. She went on to gain degrees in Computer Science in the 1970s when there were few women in the field.Carol was then employed by Atari, programming games for the company’s VCS console (later renamed the 2600). While at Atari, Carol also worked other titles, including “3-D Tic Tac Toe” (1978), which took her six months to create, “Video Checkers” (1980), and “Super Breakout” (1982).
She left Atari and took a 16-month position at Tandem before being recruited by Activision. At Activision, Carol was their first female designer. In 1982, Carol produced “River Raid” is the game she is most well known for and which won numerous awards. The game was inspired by the side-scrolling alien shooter game Scramble. However, Carol’s boss informed her that there were too many space games on the market so she went with a river-based game instead and “River Raid” came to be.The game’s success later enabled her to retire at the age of 35. #TechTuesday

With schools closing across the country, Frost STE

With schools closing across the country, Frost STEAM Labs has assembled a list of resources for parents and teachers to aid in continued learning and affordable Internet Access. @froststeamlabs has launched an educational resource page for parents affordable Internet resources, educational games and tutorials for kids. Additionally, there is an opportunity for parents and educators to register for webinars and other updates. Click the link in our bio.

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