One of my favorite gatherings every year at WWDC is the App Camp for Girls benefit party/concert. This year it is on Wednesday, June 7 and tickets are still available. In addition to great music and a great cause, this year the event will…
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App Camp 3.0, Almost There
App Camp is just a little over $25K away from its funding goal and there are five days left. It’s not too late to help out. ∞
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Jean MacDonald was at WWDC a few years back and looked around to see almost no women in the room. So she left her company, started a non-profit called App Camp For Girls and, over the past few years, started making her very own…
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App Camp for Girls was a big success at Macworld this year. Below is a video my daughter, Samantha, produced. I think the video is great. Samantha thinks it’s terrible. (She didn’t have media badge and had to ditch her tripod to avoid getting booted…
Continue reading →Bring Your Daughter to App Camp for Girls at Macworld/iWorld
App Camp for Girls and Macworld/iWorld are joining forces this year to offer a special App Camp for Girls on March 29 right in Moscone Center during Macworld. They are looking for girls 12 and up to come and learn about app development. If you were already…
Continue reading →Jean MacDonald Puts Dent in Universe
We need more women in tech. Everyone agrees but few people have done much to change things. Then there is Jean MacDonald. I’ve been closely following Jean’s progress with App Camp 4 Girls. I love both what she is doing and the passion she…
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The Sparks family just contributed for a second time to Jean MacDonald’s App Camp for Girls project. There are only five days left on the Indiegogo project and they are almost at their $100,000 expanded goal. I got to watch Jean talk to 3,000…
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My friend Jean MacDonald was attending WWDC a few years ago and looked around the room. It dawned on her that she could only find three women in the room (including herself). Most people would say, “somebody should do something about that”. Jean said,…
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