Irma L. Olguin Jr.

DANIELLE MAYER to bring a Mini Maker Faire to Fresno. I hope that the total raised, $2,325, will go a long, long way to making that happen. And Danielle, I can tell you that there are a lot of people interested in seeing this happen. If you’re looking for volunteers, you won’t have any trouble finding them! I think Fresno would do well with an event like this, and the people who donated were largely in favor of seeing you awarded with this money. If there’s anything I can do to help, please let me know. Good luck, and we’ll be following your progress!   What Comes Next? For the Overfund, this may become a regular thing. In fact, I’ve got something in the works for it. Watch this space for more info on that in the near future. For Danielle? We’ll find out! … Continue reading →

This is the second scholarship we’ve put out into the world. Some quick stats for you: The fund started with $1,000 dollars. The post was collectively shared more than 200 times. The fund is now at $2,275 dollars. The average donation was $81.25 dollars. And the most important stat of all? More people pitched in to the fund, than applied for it. (there’s still time to donate)   Whenever you start to question what kind of world this is, just read that line over again. I was BLOWN AWAY. I still am. Again, as much as I’d like to fund them all, I’ve chosen just five finalists. The winner will be announced on Friday (June 29th). Your input is always welcome. In no particular order, these are the 5 finalists: Pablo Orozco …was executive director of an environmental non-profit (calexico new river … Continue reading →

The Big, Fat Idea [ 16-26 year-olds, please take the survey. ] There are some of us in the Valley that think we can do tech education, specifically for web development, better.  We think we need more geeks — good ones — to help push our region in the right direction. You see, there’s about to be a big gap in the industry.  We can already see the beginning of it.  People who are not developers are having ideas (some of them are good!) and want to build the next big thing.  Instead of hiring out to software firms, or potentially spending tens of thousands of dollars to have their idea built, the smart first step is to get a rapid prototype out there and see if the idea floats. The Problem We’ve seen a lot of this happen:  Entrepreneurs — … Continue reading →

A web and mobile apps competition for idea people. Now go on and build something.

More about Mexicans. Everything you need to know about tamale-making and Christmas Eve. Continue reading →

I’ve been waiting for social networking to be useful to me.  Up to now it’s simply been a ‘neat thing’ but not so very useful.  Not even LinkedIn really does it for me. Well, that may change.  I just heard about this tool that let’s you know what your friends (I use the term loosely) think about what ever it is you’re looking at. Couple of quick features and then I’ll leave you to try it for  yourself: To participate you can either “like” something or add your “two cents” — a short, 140 character, Twitter-like comment. You can also tell Glue to automatically Twitter whatever you put in your two cents. Now, whenever you visit a page that contains something Glue is aware of — a book, album, restaurant, etc. — the Glue Bar will drop down and give … Continue reading →

A crash course in how to behave when invited over to a Mexican household. You do know how to treat Grandma, don’t you? Continue reading →

If you’ve never been, you simply have to go.  But don’t take my word for it. “You go to the fair?” I get that a lot. If you were crazy enough to want to go back after you were a kid, it was likely that the shank-tastic ‘90′s shooed you away for good. It’s noisy, gritty, hot, mediocre, full of low-lives… and I love it. I even get a little restless lying in wait for the first days of October, so a few years ago, I got risky and drove out to the sticks to participate in a little something before the Big Fresno Fair… a little ditty in Caruthers.” – Fresno Foodie Caruthers Fair – official.  I’d love to get my hands on this site for a redesign