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Natasha Murashev
Oct 27, 2011, 3:25:01 PM10/27/11
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I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to each other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel free to add in anything else you feel like :)
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natasha murashev | natashamurashev.com | 415-691-5320 | @natashamurashev
- Your Name and maybe links to social networks (linkedin, twitter, blogs, etc)
- Where you currently live
- Why you're interested in learning to code
- What inspires you
- Anything else you want to share...
I can go first:
- My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with me on:
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
- Blogs: http://www.psychworld.com/, http://reorg.co/, http://blog.holler.com/
- I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
- I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog. I'm frustrated that I can't help in my startup, when we clearly need more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
- Currently, I'm really inspired by the technical co-founder of my start-up, Nick O'Neill. Nick learned PHP ten years ago on his own so that he could build a music-based social network - it wasn't a success, but he learned to code to make it happen. Now, in our current start-up, he went and learned iPhone development so we can have an iPhone app. My inspiration to learn to code comes from that mentality of taking control of your own life and making stuff happen instead of waiting around for someone else to come along and help you.
Can't wait to hear from all of you!
Natasha
natasha murashev | natashamurashev.com | 415-691-5320 | @natashamurashev
Sarah J.K
Oct 27, 2011, 3:31:57 PM10/27/11
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My name is Sarah - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
me on:
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahjahangir
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sugafly54 or www.facebook.com/createtheline
(company)
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!ctl360 or www.twitter.com/sarahjk_
- Blogs: http://www.ctl360.blogspot.com/
I live in Karachi, Pakistan and own a creative/advertising agency
here. I've so far being doing websites on Wix.com which has been great
but I want that added skill! I am tired of having to deal with unfair,
overpriced website designers to do programming for me.
I usually run from anything to do with code, but I thought it would be
fun to try doing something in a group to keep myself motivated.
:)
On Oct 28, 12:25 am, Natasha Murashev <nmuras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to each
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> - Your Name and maybe links to social networks (linkedin, twitter, blogs,
> etc)
> - Where you currently live
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
> - Anything else you want to share...
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> - LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> - Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
me on:
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahjahangir
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sugafly54 or www.facebook.com/createtheline
(company)
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!ctl360 or www.twitter.com/sarahjk_
- Blogs: http://www.ctl360.blogspot.com/
I live in Karachi, Pakistan and own a creative/advertising agency
here. I've so far being doing websites on Wix.com which has been great
but I want that added skill! I am tired of having to deal with unfair,
overpriced website designers to do programming for me.
I usually run from anything to do with code, but I thought it would be
fun to try doing something in a group to keep myself motivated.
:)
On Oct 28, 12:25 am, Natasha Murashev <nmuras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to each
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> etc)
> - Where you currently live
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
> - Anything else you want to share...
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> - LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> - Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> I'm frustrated that I can't help in my startup, when we clearly need
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> - Currently, I'm really inspired by the technical co-founder of my
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
ge
Oct 27, 2011, 5:49:55 PM10/27/11
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My name is Geraldine you may call me Ge (like G or Gee)
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tekno_ge
I live in the East Bay, Fremont area.
I'm currently a student at Ohlone College and planning to major in
CS. I took some classes like HTML and CS101 but I think I need to
keep learning and working with people who wants to learn like me.
My husband is a software engineer and when he tells me what they do
and I find them interesting so maybe someday we can have our own start
up too.
Looking forward to learning with all of you! Thanks again Natasha for
creating this group :)
On Oct 27, 12:25 pm, Natasha Murashev <nmuras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to each
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> - Your Name and maybe links to social networks (linkedin, twitter, blogs,
> etc)
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tekno_ge
I live in the East Bay, Fremont area.
I'm currently a student at Ohlone College and planning to major in
CS. I took some classes like HTML and CS101 but I think I need to
keep learning and working with people who wants to learn like me.
My husband is a software engineer and when he tells me what they do
and I find them interesting so maybe someday we can have our own start
up too.
Looking forward to learning with all of you! Thanks again Natasha for
creating this group :)
On Oct 27, 12:25 pm, Natasha Murashev <nmuras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to each
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> etc)
> - Where you currently live
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
> - Anything else you want to share...
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> - LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> - Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> - Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> I'm frustrated that I can't help in my startup, when we clearly need
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> - Currently, I'm really inspired by the technical co-founder of my
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
Salima
Oct 27, 2011, 7:48:42 PM10/27/11
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-My name is Salima
-find me online on Twitter (@salimahirji) and LinkedIn (http://
ca.linkedin.com/in/salimahirji). I have a personal blog but I haven't
blogged forever as I've been a regular contributor to a couple other
sites instead.
-I live in Vancouver, BC and I am currently studying Sociology and
Commerce.
-I am an aspiring entrepreneur, and worked on my first tech startup
over the summer. Our app never actually launched because it still has
some errors and I have no one to fix them! This is one of the many
reasons I'm looking to learn to code. In addition, I love web design
but can only do html and CSS so learning basic coding will definitely
help me going forward.
-What inspires me? Art, photography, good design, typography, fashion,
women entrepreneurs, amongst many other things...my ultimate goal in
life is to find a way to combine all of my passions!
I'm excited to get started, thanks for setting this up Natasha!
> etc)
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
-find me online on Twitter (@salimahirji) and LinkedIn (http://
ca.linkedin.com/in/salimahirji). I have a personal blog but I haven't
blogged forever as I've been a regular contributor to a couple other
sites instead.
-I live in Vancouver, BC and I am currently studying Sociology and
Commerce.
-I am an aspiring entrepreneur, and worked on my first tech startup
over the summer. Our app never actually launched because it still has
some errors and I have no one to fix them! This is one of the many
reasons I'm looking to learn to code. In addition, I love web design
but can only do html and CSS so learning basic coding will definitely
help me going forward.
-What inspires me? Art, photography, good design, typography, fashion,
women entrepreneurs, amongst many other things...my ultimate goal in
life is to find a way to combine all of my passions!
I'm excited to get started, thanks for setting this up Natasha!
> I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to each
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> - Your Name and maybe links to social networks (linkedin, twitter, blogs,
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> etc)
> - Where you currently live
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
> - Anything else you want to share...
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> - LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> - Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> - Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> I'm frustrated that I can't help in my startup, when we clearly need
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> - Currently, I'm really inspired by the technical co-founder of my
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
Tania Arrayales
Oct 28, 2011, 1:24:22 AM10/28/11
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Tania and I am a Digital Marketing Grad student at Hult International Business School here in SF. I work as a concierge for a UK based company part time and intern for a new website/company called Stylepal. I live in the Mission :) I am interested in coding because I am trying to create my own app and would like to learn more about how that world works. It would also be nice to do some coding for websites or facebook landing pages etc..
Here are my links:
@Taniaarrayales
about.me/taniaarrayales - you can get everything from here :)
Look forward to learning from you and with you!!
Tania
Tania Arrayales
2039 15th Street
Delanie West
Oct 28, 2011, 12:20:06 PM10/28/11
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Great Idea Natasha
My Name is Delanie Avis West
You can find out more about me via:
About Me (Professional): http://about.me/DELANIEWEST
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/nycdesigndoll
Facebook: (personal) https://www.facebook.com/delanie.avis.west
Blogs: http://theysleepwerun.tumblr.com,
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/beprettybechicbecreative
I live in Northern New Jersey (15 minutes outside of Manhattan)
I'd love to know how to code, and regret not having been exposed to
this option earlier at the start of my education. I consume all things
digital, and am fed up with not knowing how to do it myself. I did
receive a bit of training as a child (Texas Instruments Code) but the
experience didn't translate when I was old enough to make my own
choices.
I am a graphic designer by trade but a product development girl in
practice who loves beautiful aesthetics.
Beware, I talk about design, hip hop and fitness and LOTS of running
on my social media pages! :)
Wonderful to meet you all.
- Delanie
.
Shelby Healy
Oct 28, 2011, 1:16:20 PM10/28/11
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Hi Everyone! My name is Shelby Healy
Here are a few pieces of my online presence:
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shelbyhealy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelbyhealy (and facebook.com/MicrosoftAdvertising)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/shelbyhealy (also twitter.com/MSAdvertising)
Blogs: www.shelbot.com (personal and needs to be updated!) www.community.microsoftadvertising.com
I live in Seattle and work at Microsoft on the Global Integrated Marketing Team. I absolutely love it.
I want to learn to code because I think it's an increasingly important area to develop skill. I also would like to be able to speak the same language as the dev team to be able to understand their needs and how we can better work together to accomplish projects. I'm also trying to learn basic graphic design.
Currently, I'm inspired by all the amazing women in the industry that have clawed their way to the top. I'm looking forward to getting there myself, then helping other women on their way up in their careers. :)
Great to meet everyone, and I'm looking forward to learning with you!
Shelby
Here are a few pieces of my online presence:
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shelbyhealy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelbyhealy (and facebook.com/MicrosoftAdvertising)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/shelbyhealy (also twitter.com/MSAdvertising)
Blogs: www.shelbot.com (personal and needs to be updated!) www.community.microsoftadvertising.com
I live in Seattle and work at Microsoft on the Global Integrated Marketing Team. I absolutely love it.
I want to learn to code because I think it's an increasingly important area to develop skill. I also would like to be able to speak the same language as the dev team to be able to understand their needs and how we can better work together to accomplish projects. I'm also trying to learn basic graphic design.
Currently, I'm inspired by all the amazing women in the industry that have clawed their way to the top. I'm looking forward to getting there myself, then helping other women on their way up in their careers. :)
Great to meet everyone, and I'm looking forward to learning with you!
Shelby
Samantha Marie
Oct 28, 2011, 6:32:44 PM10/28/11
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Hey ladies!
Here's a snippet of my web presence:
fb: Samantha Marie Ruiz
t: @sammarieruiz
b: samanthamarieblog.com
zply: http://zerply.com/sammarieruiz
lin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-ruiz/7/15b/a0a
I'm a tech startup consuItant living in Berkeley, CA. I hang out with
a lot of hackers so I figure I should learn some basic coding to get
to know them better :) My dream is to run a startup of my own.
Currently, I'm drafting a startup guide for hackers that will
aggregate the wisdom of successful/not-so-successful hackers and
investors.
I'm excited to do this class with you ladies :D
@natasha: Thanks for being so helpful!
-Sam
> > Facebook: (personal)https://www.facebook.com/delanie.avis.west
>
> > .
>
> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Natasha Murashev <nmuras...@gmail.com>
Here's a snippet of my web presence:
fb: Samantha Marie Ruiz
t: @sammarieruiz
b: samanthamarieblog.com
zply: http://zerply.com/sammarieruiz
lin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-ruiz/7/15b/a0a
I'm a tech startup consuItant living in Berkeley, CA. I hang out with
a lot of hackers so I figure I should learn some basic coding to get
to know them better :) My dream is to run a startup of my own.
Currently, I'm drafting a startup guide for hackers that will
aggregate the wisdom of successful/not-so-successful hackers and
investors.
I'm excited to do this class with you ladies :D
@natasha: Thanks for being so helpful!
-Sam
> > Blogs:http://theysleepwerun.tumblr.com,
> >http://www.tumblr.com/blog/beprettybechicbecreative
>
> > I live in Northern New Jersey (15 minutes outside of Manhattan)
>
> > I'd love to know how to code, and regret not having been exposed to
> > this option earlier at the start of my education. I consume all things
> > digital, and am fed up with not knowing how to do it myself. I did
> > receive a bit of training as a child (Texas Instruments Code) but the
> > experience didn't translate when I was old enough to make my own
> > choices.
>
> > I am a graphic designer by trade but a product development girl in
> > practice who loves beautiful aesthetics.
> > Beware, I talk about design, hip hop and fitness and LOTS of running
> > on my social media pages! :)
>
> > Wonderful to meet you all.
>
> > - Delanie
>
> > delaniew...@gmail.com
> >http://www.tumblr.com/blog/beprettybechicbecreative
>
> > I live in Northern New Jersey (15 minutes outside of Manhattan)
>
> > I'd love to know how to code, and regret not having been exposed to
> > this option earlier at the start of my education. I consume all things
> > digital, and am fed up with not knowing how to do it myself. I did
> > receive a bit of training as a child (Texas Instruments Code) but the
> > experience didn't translate when I was old enough to make my own
> > choices.
>
> > I am a graphic designer by trade but a product development girl in
> > practice who loves beautiful aesthetics.
> > Beware, I talk about design, hip hop and fitness and LOTS of running
> > on my social media pages! :)
>
> > Wonderful to meet you all.
>
> > - Delanie
>
>
> > .
>
> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Natasha Murashev <nmuras...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to
> > each
> > > other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> > > free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> > > Your Name and maybe links to social networks (linkedin, twitter, blogs,
> > etc)
> > > Where you currently live
> > > Why you're interested in learning to code
> > > What inspires you
> > > Anything else you want to share...
>
> > > I can go first:
>
> > > My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> > me
> > > on:
>
> > > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
> > > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> > > Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> > > I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to
> > each
> > > other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> > > free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> > > Your Name and maybe links to social networks (linkedin, twitter, blogs,
> > etc)
> > > Where you currently live
> > > Why you're interested in learning to code
> > > What inspires you
> > > Anything else you want to share...
>
> > > I can go first:
>
> > > My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> > me
> > > on:
>
> > > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
> > > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> >http://blog.holler.com/
>
> > > I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> > > I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> > I'm
> > > frustrated that I can't help in my startup, when we clearly need
> > > more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be
> > part
> > > of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it
> > happen.
> > > Currently, I'm really inspired by the technical co-founder of my
> > start-up,
> > > Nick O'Neill. Nick learned PHP ten years ago on his own so that he could
> > > build a music-based social network - it wasn't a success, but he learned
> > to
> > > code to make it happen. Now, in our current start-up, he went and learned
> > > iPhone development so we can have an iPhone app. My inspiration to learn
> > to
> > > code comes from that mentality of taking control of your own life and
> > making
> > > stuff happen instead of waiting around for someone else to come along and
> > > help you.
>
> > > Can't wait to hear from all of you!
> > > Natasha
> > > --
> > > natasha murashev | natashamurashev.com |415-691-5320begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 415-691-5320 | @natashamurashev>
> > > I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> > > I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> > I'm
> > > frustrated that I can't help in my startup, when we clearly need
> > > more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be
> > part
> > > of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it
> > happen.
> > > Currently, I'm really inspired by the technical co-founder of my
> > start-up,
> > > Nick O'Neill. Nick learned PHP ten years ago on his own so that he could
> > > build a music-based social network - it wasn't a success, but he learned
> > to
> > > code to make it happen. Now, in our current start-up, he went and learned
> > > iPhone development so we can have an iPhone app. My inspiration to learn
> > to
> > > code comes from that mentality of taking control of your own life and
> > making
> > > stuff happen instead of waiting around for someone else to come along and
> > > help you.
>
> > > Can't wait to hear from all of you!
> > > Natasha
> > > --
Karen
Oct 29, 2011, 12:51:48 PM10/29/11
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Hi ladies!
So great to meet you all!
I am Karen and am an attorney in NYC. Although practicing law is my
official profession, I am more of a political/policy junkie. I am
considering starting an online business and would love to work on a
project that uses the web to promote international development,
particularly in regards to education. It would be great if such an
idea could be self-sustaining instead of a non-profit. I do not know
any developers and techies and am trying to develop that community.
In the meanwhile, I would love to be conversant with them and
understand what they do and how they do it.
linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-bhatia/6/766/930
I am looking forward to working with you all!
Best!
Karen
On Oct 28, 6:32 pm, Samantha Marie <samantha.marie.r...@gmail.com>
wrote:
So great to meet you all!
I am Karen and am an attorney in NYC. Although practicing law is my
official profession, I am more of a political/policy junkie. I am
considering starting an online business and would love to work on a
project that uses the web to promote international development,
particularly in regards to education. It would be great if such an
idea could be self-sustaining instead of a non-profit. I do not know
any developers and techies and am trying to develop that community.
In the meanwhile, I would love to be conversant with them and
understand what they do and how they do it.
linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-bhatia/6/766/930
I am looking forward to working with you all!
Best!
Karen
On Oct 28, 6:32 pm, Samantha Marie <samantha.marie.r...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey ladies!
>
> Here's a snippet of my web presence:
>
> fb: Samantha Marie Ruiz
> t: @sammarieruiz
> b: samanthamarieblog.com
> zply:http://zerply.com/sammarieruiz
> lin:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-ruiz/7/15b/a0a
>
> I'm a tech startup consuItant living in Berkeley, CA. I hang out with
> a lot of hackers so I figure I should learn some basic coding to get
> to know them better :) My dream is to run a startup of my own.
> Currently, I'm drafting a startup guide for hackers that will
> aggregate the wisdom of successful/not-so-successful hackers and
> investors.
>
> I'm excited to do this class with you ladies :D
>
> @natasha: Thanks for being so helpful!
>
> -Sam
>
> On Oct 28, 10:16 am, Shelby Healy <shelbyehe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Everyone! My name is Shelby Healy
>
> > Here are a few pieces of my online presence:
>
> > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/shelbyhealy
> > Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/shelbyhealy(and
> > facebook.com/MicrosoftAdvertising)
> > Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/shelbyhealy(alsotwitter.com/MSAdvertising)
> > Blogs:www.shelbot.com(personaland needs to be updated!)www.community.microsoftadvertising.com
>
> Here's a snippet of my web presence:
>
> fb: Samantha Marie Ruiz
> t: @sammarieruiz
> b: samanthamarieblog.com
> zply:http://zerply.com/sammarieruiz
> lin:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-ruiz/7/15b/a0a
>
> I'm a tech startup consuItant living in Berkeley, CA. I hang out with
> a lot of hackers so I figure I should learn some basic coding to get
> to know them better :) My dream is to run a startup of my own.
> Currently, I'm drafting a startup guide for hackers that will
> aggregate the wisdom of successful/not-so-successful hackers and
> investors.
>
> I'm excited to do this class with you ladies :D
>
> @natasha: Thanks for being so helpful!
>
> -Sam
>
> On Oct 28, 10:16 am, Shelby Healy <shelbyehe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Everyone! My name is Shelby Healy
>
> > Here are a few pieces of my online presence:
>
> > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/shelbyhealy
> > Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/shelbyhealy(and
> > facebook.com/MicrosoftAdvertising)
> > Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/shelbyhealy(alsotwitter.com/MSAdvertising)
Jen Pleimann
Oct 31, 2011, 1:27:04 AM10/31/11
to womenlea...@googlegroups.com
Hi Everyone!
Sorry I'm a little delayed (already:) but great to e-meet all of you. Sounds like there is a great group of people with a wide range of background.
I currently work as a personal trainer and wellness coach and this summer started a small biz focusing on wellness programs for adults with special needs, specifically Down Syndrome and Autism. I live in San Francisco and work both in the city and in Los Altos. I have been surrounded by one too many silicon valley entrepreneurs, have learned a ton and now have the itch to do my own thing. Now I am in the very beginning stages of working on a communication/health platform for those dealing w chronic conditions. I don't know how to code or really even the first thing about it but would like to have a base knowledge as I move forward. I am also working on my website/blog for BuddiesInACTION as I would like it to be a blog for all, and have an easy user face for those with special needs.
I'm inspired by many of my clients and their entrepreneurial spirit and by all my clients with special needs who have taught me many forms of communication.
Here are a few links - -
Linkedin - http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenpleimann
Website/blog - www.buddiesinaction.com
Looking forward to learning with everyone. So far, I have just watched the first lecture,
Jen
Katia Jackson-Suchkova
Oct 31, 2011, 7:58:49 PM10/31/11
to Women Learning Code
Ladies!
It is such a pleasure to e-meet you all! Natasha, thank you for going
ahead and organizing the group :)
I am Katerina (you all are welcome to call me Katia!) and I work for
an early-stage Health IT startup, here is San Diego.
I joined the "entrepreneurial movement" and the startup I am so
excited to work for now 1.5 years ago. I quit my corporate job in New
York, scrapped my last money, packed a suitcase and flew to New
Zealand for 2 months where the stratup was founded. I spend all that
time learning about the product (online application) and got myself
introduced with venture-creation. I got inspired by the company's
vision and idea and its founder, and was given an opportunity to
change people lives and health. That time completely changed my life:
entrepreneurial life sucked me in, ideas started flew through my mind
like crazy, passion for everything I do became a part of my daily
life, constant search, discoveries, instability, shakes, ups-and-downs
of a startup life started excited me very much and challenge me. I was
given a purpose and embarked on the mission. My dream is to make sure
our startup fulfills its mission, reaches its goal and succeeds; after
that - I am all ready to go for my own 'startup on the mission'.
In May I moved to San Diego - our startup's new home. Even though I am
marketer/communication by trade, I wear multiple hats (as in any other
startups!). One of my hats happened to be a Product Manager for our
new application (its in a prototype mode now). Given I had no IT
background at all, I quickly had to jump in (we had problems with our
current developers) and learn about Agile development, Scrums, User
cases, Requirements, types of programming languages, etc., started
reading hacking sites in order to be able to develop our new prototype
(meet the expectations) and 'talk code' when I needed it. It's been a
challenging yet very exciting time, however, I realized how important
for me it is to start learning CS in order to be able to easily talk
with the developers (and let them know I am not a fool when they try
to get around me), be independent (not having anyone to ask when I
need to change something in the code, etc and wait for 1 week),
leverage my business skills and, finally, be able to code up my own
application one day - or at least become very knowledgeable about the
process.
I am very much looking forward to learn with all of you! Haven't
watched any of the lectures yet (planing on doing so this week).
I would also very much like to meet some of you one day who reside in
Bay Area. "Women Who Code" meetup sounds fantastic! Hope I can make it
to SF to attend one of the meetups.
I very much like the idea of the Hackaphon. It could be our final exam
indeed (I know we hit the Holiday season at that point, but I am sure
we can stay in touch and execute it after the New Year). I think hands-
on projects like that will help us to shape up the skills and bring us
closer.
Anyhow, these are my links:
- LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=19797996&trk=tab_pro
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/katekson
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/katia.jackson
- Web Site - https://lifetimehealthdiary.com/ (thats our 2010
prototype, quite embarrassing and clunky - you may want to ignore look
and feel, we have a new one coming soon :) )
Please feel free to connect with my on any of these platforms!
Sincerely,
Katia
> >www.community.microsoftadvertising.com
> Follow Us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Buddies-In-Action/176226689066132>
> 650-704-8559
It is such a pleasure to e-meet you all! Natasha, thank you for going
ahead and organizing the group :)
I am Katerina (you all are welcome to call me Katia!) and I work for
an early-stage Health IT startup, here is San Diego.
I joined the "entrepreneurial movement" and the startup I am so
excited to work for now 1.5 years ago. I quit my corporate job in New
York, scrapped my last money, packed a suitcase and flew to New
Zealand for 2 months where the stratup was founded. I spend all that
time learning about the product (online application) and got myself
introduced with venture-creation. I got inspired by the company's
vision and idea and its founder, and was given an opportunity to
change people lives and health. That time completely changed my life:
entrepreneurial life sucked me in, ideas started flew through my mind
like crazy, passion for everything I do became a part of my daily
life, constant search, discoveries, instability, shakes, ups-and-downs
of a startup life started excited me very much and challenge me. I was
given a purpose and embarked on the mission. My dream is to make sure
our startup fulfills its mission, reaches its goal and succeeds; after
that - I am all ready to go for my own 'startup on the mission'.
In May I moved to San Diego - our startup's new home. Even though I am
marketer/communication by trade, I wear multiple hats (as in any other
startups!). One of my hats happened to be a Product Manager for our
new application (its in a prototype mode now). Given I had no IT
background at all, I quickly had to jump in (we had problems with our
current developers) and learn about Agile development, Scrums, User
cases, Requirements, types of programming languages, etc., started
reading hacking sites in order to be able to develop our new prototype
(meet the expectations) and 'talk code' when I needed it. It's been a
challenging yet very exciting time, however, I realized how important
for me it is to start learning CS in order to be able to easily talk
with the developers (and let them know I am not a fool when they try
to get around me), be independent (not having anyone to ask when I
need to change something in the code, etc and wait for 1 week),
leverage my business skills and, finally, be able to code up my own
application one day - or at least become very knowledgeable about the
process.
I am very much looking forward to learn with all of you! Haven't
watched any of the lectures yet (planing on doing so this week).
I would also very much like to meet some of you one day who reside in
Bay Area. "Women Who Code" meetup sounds fantastic! Hope I can make it
to SF to attend one of the meetups.
I very much like the idea of the Hackaphon. It could be our final exam
indeed (I know we hit the Holiday season at that point, but I am sure
we can stay in touch and execute it after the New Year). I think hands-
on projects like that will help us to shape up the skills and bring us
closer.
Anyhow, these are my links:
- LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=19797996&trk=tab_pro
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/katekson
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/katia.jackson
- Web Site - https://lifetimehealthdiary.com/ (thats our 2010
prototype, quite embarrassing and clunky - you may want to ignore look
and feel, we have a new one coming soon :) )
Please feel free to connect with my on any of these platforms!
Sincerely,
Katia
> 650-704-8559
Lisa Richmond
Nov 1, 2011, 7:08:57 PM11/1/11
to Women Learning Code
Hello everyone!
I just found out about this group via my good friend Shelby Healy,
also a member of this group! I am super excited to join this group!
I currently work for a start-up called Manta. Manta helps small
businesses profit, connect and grow through the largest online
community dedicated entirely to small business. Millions of people
come to Manta each day to buy from, partner with and connect to
companies.
I am super excited to learn the language/ how to code, so that I can
communicate more effectively with the people I work with. I have over
the past four years attempted to learn everything I can about
algorithms, integrating brands into API's and open-sourced
platforms...I have worked at an AdExchange, which helped me with the
technology learning curve, but I have no idea how to write code, I
think it would help a ton!
I live in Seattle, but travel to SF at least twice a month for
business.
My linked in profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lisarichmond
twitter: lisamrichmond
company website: http://manta.com
I will dive into the course this week/end and get myself up to date.
looking forward to progressing with everyone!
Cheers!
Lisa
> >www.community.microsoftadvertising.com
I just found out about this group via my good friend Shelby Healy,
also a member of this group! I am super excited to join this group!
I currently work for a start-up called Manta. Manta helps small
businesses profit, connect and grow through the largest online
community dedicated entirely to small business. Millions of people
come to Manta each day to buy from, partner with and connect to
companies.
I am super excited to learn the language/ how to code, so that I can
communicate more effectively with the people I work with. I have over
the past four years attempted to learn everything I can about
algorithms, integrating brands into API's and open-sourced
platforms...I have worked at an AdExchange, which helped me with the
technology learning curve, but I have no idea how to write code, I
think it would help a ton!
I live in Seattle, but travel to SF at least twice a month for
business.
My linked in profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lisarichmond
twitter: lisamrichmond
company website: http://manta.com
I will dive into the course this week/end and get myself up to date.
looking forward to progressing with everyone!
Cheers!
Lisa
> Hi Everyone!
>
> Sorry I'm a little delayed (already:) but great to e-meet all of you.
> Sounds like there is a great group of people with a wide range of
> background.
> I currently work as a personal trainer and wellness coach and this summer
> started a small biz focusing on wellness programs for adults with special
> needs, specifically Down Syndrome and Autism. I live in San Francisco and
> work both in the city and in Los Altos. I have been surrounded by one too
> many silicon valley entrepreneurs, have learned a ton and now have the itch
> to do my own thing. Now I am in the very beginning stages of working on a
> communication/health platform for those dealing w chronic conditions. I
> don't know how to code or really even the first thing about it but would
> like to have a base knowledge as I move forward. I am also working on my
> website/blog for BuddiesInACTION as I would like it to be a blog for all,
> and have an easy user face for those with special needs.
>
> I'm inspired by many of my clients and their entrepreneurial spirit and by
> all my clients with special needs who have taught me many forms of
> communication.
>
> Here are a few links - -
>
> Sorry I'm a little delayed (already:) but great to e-meet all of you.
> Sounds like there is a great group of people with a wide range of
> background.
> I currently work as a personal trainer and wellness coach and this summer
> started a small biz focusing on wellness programs for adults with special
> needs, specifically Down Syndrome and Autism. I live in San Francisco and
> work both in the city and in Los Altos. I have been surrounded by one too
> many silicon valley entrepreneurs, have learned a ton and now have the itch
> to do my own thing. Now I am in the very beginning stages of working on a
> communication/health platform for those dealing w chronic conditions. I
> don't know how to code or really even the first thing about it but would
> like to have a base knowledge as I move forward. I am also working on my
> website/blog for BuddiesInACTION as I would like it to be a blog for all,
> and have an easy user face for those with special needs.
>
> I'm inspired by many of my clients and their entrepreneurial spirit and by
> all my clients with special needs who have taught me many forms of
> communication.
>
> Here are a few links - -
> facebook -http://www.facebook.com/jenpleimannANDhttp://www.facebook.com/BuddiesInACTION
> Linkedin -http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenpleimann
> Website/blog -www.buddiesinaction.com
>
> Linkedin -http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenpleimann
> Website/blog -www.buddiesinaction.com
>
Cristiana Caporale
Nov 4, 2011, 3:38:23 PM11/4/11
to Women Learning Code
Hi everyone!
I'm honored to join such a distinguished group!
- My name is Cristiana Caporale (http://www.linkedin.com/in/
cristianacaporale)
- I currently live in the Seattle area.
- I LOVE technology. I believe it's the only unexplored way we can
improve society (either by creating new products and services or by
contributing to research). I want to build a career in the technology
sector, not as a programmer or engineer, but in marketing and business
development. However, I believe that in order to do that effectively I
need to have a thorough understanding of programming. I want to be
able to work intelligently with programmers and other professionals in
the field. I actually considered a CS degree in college - I made it
through Intro to Computer Science (we wrote in Scheme, a dialect of
Lisp) but that was 5 years ago and I didn't retain enough. I'm adept
with a variety of tech skills (Adobe Creative Suite, back-end
ecommerce web servicing, etc.); however, I lack when it comes to
programming anything more advanced than basic html. It is, therefore,
also important to me that I'm not handicapped in the 21st century as
everything transmutes into digital.
- I'm daily inspired by a lot of things: family, friends, music, art,
philosophy... etc!
- I'm a recent college graduate (Westmont College '09).. I miss
lectures. I'm also looking forward to this because of the exposure to
you all - women who are driven, intelligent and professionally-minded.
It's refreshing and inspiring!
Thank you for the opportunity to do this program with you all!
Cristiana
> etc)
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
I'm honored to join such a distinguished group!
- My name is Cristiana Caporale (http://www.linkedin.com/in/
cristianacaporale)
- I currently live in the Seattle area.
- I LOVE technology. I believe it's the only unexplored way we can
improve society (either by creating new products and services or by
contributing to research). I want to build a career in the technology
sector, not as a programmer or engineer, but in marketing and business
development. However, I believe that in order to do that effectively I
need to have a thorough understanding of programming. I want to be
able to work intelligently with programmers and other professionals in
the field. I actually considered a CS degree in college - I made it
through Intro to Computer Science (we wrote in Scheme, a dialect of
Lisp) but that was 5 years ago and I didn't retain enough. I'm adept
with a variety of tech skills (Adobe Creative Suite, back-end
ecommerce web servicing, etc.); however, I lack when it comes to
programming anything more advanced than basic html. It is, therefore,
also important to me that I'm not handicapped in the 21st century as
everything transmutes into digital.
- I'm daily inspired by a lot of things: family, friends, music, art,
philosophy... etc!
- I'm a recent college graduate (Westmont College '09).. I miss
lectures. I'm also looking forward to this because of the exposure to
you all - women who are driven, intelligent and professionally-minded.
It's refreshing and inspiring!
Thank you for the opportunity to do this program with you all!
Cristiana
> I think it would be great to actually start by introducing ourselves to each
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> - Your Name and maybe links to social networks (linkedin, twitter, blogs,
> other. So let's start by each answering the following questions and feel
> free to add in anything else you feel like :)
>
> etc)
> - Where you currently live
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
> - Anything else you want to share...
> - Why you're interested in learning to code
> - What inspires you
>
> I can go first:
>
> - My name is Natasha - you can learn a lot more about me and connect with
> me on:
> - LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamurashev
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> - Blogs:http://www.psychworld.com/,http://reorg.co/,
> - Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/natasha.murashev
> - Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/natashamurashev
> http://blog.holler.com/
> - I live in San Francisco, CA (in SOMA for those of you from the area)
> - I'm sick of having to ask every time I need to move a link on my blog.
> I'm frustrated that I can't help in my startup, when we clearly need
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> - Currently, I'm really inspired by the technical co-founder of my
> more engineers. I want to understand what engineers talk about and be part
> of the conversation. I want to be able to have an idea and make it happen.
> start-up, Nick O'Neill <http://twitter.com/#!/allnick>. Nick learned PHP
Derek Chen
Nov 5, 2011, 10:54:15 AM11/5/11
to Women Learning Code
Hi everyone,
To start, major props to Natasha for starting this and for giving me
permission to join. Thank you! My name is Derek Chen and my online
presence includes:
• Twitter: @derekchen14
• Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/derekchen14
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Squirrley1414
I live in San Mateo, CA which is located right in between San
Francisco and San Jose. I’ve been trying to learn to code in my free
time, but have always been caught up with other activities, so I’m
super excited to find a support group that will hold me accountable.
I plan on working as a Product Manager for Mobile so knowing Objective-
C, Java, and Ruby will help in to gain more credibility for such a
role.
Currently, I’ve had experience with basic HTML and CSS, and I’ve built
websites before using a CMS. In addition, I work as an analyst so
I’ve picked up VBA (for Excel) and SQL along the way. However, my
focus here would be to learn the messy details related to OOP so I can
understand mobile app development.
I’m inspired by my co-worker who basically taught himself to code in
his free time and currently runs a greatly profitable business in the
App Store. In any case, I’m pretty much starting today (11/4), but I
plan to tackle this head-on, and hopefully get all caught up by next
weekend. This is going to be great!
On Nov 4, 12:38 pm, Cristiana Caporale <cristiana.capor...@gmail.com>
wrote:
To start, major props to Natasha for starting this and for giving me
permission to join. Thank you! My name is Derek Chen and my online
presence includes:
• Twitter: @derekchen14
• Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/derekchen14
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Squirrley1414
I live in San Mateo, CA which is located right in between San
Francisco and San Jose. I’ve been trying to learn to code in my free
time, but have always been caught up with other activities, so I’m
super excited to find a support group that will hold me accountable.
I plan on working as a Product Manager for Mobile so knowing Objective-
C, Java, and Ruby will help in to gain more credibility for such a
role.
Currently, I’ve had experience with basic HTML and CSS, and I’ve built
websites before using a CMS. In addition, I work as an analyst so
I’ve picked up VBA (for Excel) and SQL along the way. However, my
focus here would be to learn the messy details related to OOP so I can
understand mobile app development.
I’m inspired by my co-worker who basically taught himself to code in
his free time and currently runs a greatly profitable business in the
App Store. In any case, I’m pretty much starting today (11/4), but I
plan to tackle this head-on, and hopefully get all caught up by next
weekend. This is going to be great!
On Nov 4, 12:38 pm, Cristiana Caporale <cristiana.capor...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Sarai
Nov 7, 2011, 5:56:41 AM11/7/11
to Women Learning Code
Hey all!
My name is Sarai and I'm looking forward to learning with all of you!
I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and it's an awesome summer day
outside - but of course I'm inside in front of my PC!
You can learn more about me from checking out my LinkedIn profile
(http://za.linkedin.com/pub/sarai-pahla/29/366/77a), and I have a
personal blog (http://losing-civ.blogspot.com) that I write in fairly
frequently. I'm also on Facebook and Google Plus.
I've really enjoyed reading all the stories, you're all very
interesting people! I feel fortunate to be in such awesome company.
I'm still trying to work out where I'm going and what I'm doing, so
excuse me for not writing too much here for now... I'm waiting for the
files to download so I can get an idea of what is required and will be
in touch again after that.
Cheers!
Sarai
My name is Sarai and I'm looking forward to learning with all of you!
I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and it's an awesome summer day
outside - but of course I'm inside in front of my PC!
You can learn more about me from checking out my LinkedIn profile
(http://za.linkedin.com/pub/sarai-pahla/29/366/77a), and I have a
personal blog (http://losing-civ.blogspot.com) that I write in fairly
frequently. I'm also on Facebook and Google Plus.
I've really enjoyed reading all the stories, you're all very
interesting people! I feel fortunate to be in such awesome company.
I'm still trying to work out where I'm going and what I'm doing, so
excuse me for not writing too much here for now... I'm waiting for the
files to download so I can get an idea of what is required and will be
in touch again after that.
Cheers!
Sarai
Diana Gehring
Dec 3, 2011, 2:38:55 AM12/3/11
to womenlea...@googlegroups.com
Hello:
My name is Diana. I am looking forward to joining this group after trying to do it on my own. I enjoy the instructor and looking forward to completing the class. But first I must catch up!! I live in the East Bay - San Ramon. I just retired from my Corporate HR IT job. I want to establish a startup app development company. So I think I am in the right place at the right time to learn it!
Here is my info:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diana.gehring
Talk to you all soon. :)
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