As much as I love my university, I believe A&T1 has a problem. We produce the most black engineers, but the main focus is to get a job, not create jobs. We need to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. Other universities have this down to a science. I believe it’s time for us to do the same.
Even a simple Hackathon2 is discouraged due to the name and the administration believing it is bad due to the word “hack” being in the name and the negative connotations. But they bring a lot of innovative ideas to the table.
Hackathons aside, imagine students having more ambition to create a product, company, or more. With A&T being an HBCU, more black owned businesses would definitely show up.
What if A&T were to change? I’ll have more on this subject at a later time.
I have not updated my blog in so long it seems. I was hoping to write at least one post a week but I am no where near my goal. With all that being said, I want to provide an update on what I’ve doing in my life. I have been working in Texas for the last two months as an iOS Engineer for GF-17.
Background: GF-17 is a startup based in Dallas, Texas. We’re currently working on our first product, Coded. It will definitely change the way people manage their life and I can not wait to see it in the hands of users. My time here has been truly amazing and I can only thank the people that have allowed me to live in their home as if I were family.
Living in Texas is a truly different experience when you compare it to living in North Carolina. I can say though, without a doubt, moving here after graduation is highly likely. The people are friendly, the culture is lively, and the food is amazing!
The people I’ve had my experience with are truly amazing as well. Cam, who is the CEO of GF-17, is someone who I see as a brother and great friend. He has done everything possible to make my experience here the best. We’ve been to Top Golf, J. Cole’s Dollar and A Dream Concert (almost made it in!), and so much more.
Top Golf was truly amazing too! Even though I talked so much crap and said I would win, I definitely lost.
From Top Golf, to running with the crowd to see J. Cole was fun.
I even had the chance to visit a Tesla store and sit inside of my dream car! Hopefully I’ll own one soon.. time will tell 🙂
With all being said, I have to say the best experience was visiting Cam’s fiancè, Kam, ranch. We saw so much and I can’t wait to go back.
There is so much more I have to write about Texas but I will save it for another post. I love it here!
A personal project I am currently working on is a tool for World of Warcraft players to receive a notification of the current market price for a WoW token at the Auction House. It will allow users who sign up to have a notification sent via SMS (text), email, or push notifications via a mobile application (iOS and Android). The web application will receive development priority following the mobile application.
Here are screenshots of the project
WoW Token Notifier Home View
Home Page View
WoW Token Notifier Dashboard View
Dashboard View
I am hoping to launch the project into beta status and allow users to begin using the product by next week. Check back for more later!
This year I have decided to work on an application for WWDC 2015. Students are encouraged to either create an application using Swift or a combination of Swift and Objective-C. I have decided to take the all Swift approach.
Lot of excitement!
for _ in 1...100000 { println("Hope my app is selected!") }
Diversity at WWDC
Apple has increased the number of students selected to 350 and added a diverse set of STEM organizations. It’s clear there’s a push for change and Apple is leading the way.
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