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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Building #OpenIndustry: The Story Behind Paystand’s New Logo

Our new logo marks a significant change in our company evolution and is the result of a comprehensive exploration of our brand. It gave us an opportunity to look deeply at who we are, what we stand for, and where we’re headed as a company.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Intellectual Property: The Fuel of Creativity

Pat Reilly, patent attorney and founder of IP Society, took an interesting path through a couple of careers and many countries before launching his private practice in Santa Cruz 20 years ago.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Berdels + Santa Cruz Fiber

Back in the winter, Cruzio Internet connected Berdels to their lightning-fast, fiber-optic network.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Another Win for the Santa Cruz Tech Community

Jane Technologies, Inc. announced $21M in Series B funding. Santa Cruz Works talked with Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Socrates Rosenfeld. Jane provides an online cannabis marketplace. Full details at: PRNewswire. SCW caught Socrates just before he boarded a flight to his next business meeting.  

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

O'Neill Sea Odyssey + CruzHacks

Check out the story behind the app made at CruzHacks for O'Neill Sea Odyssey to find an easier way for the students to collect data from what they see on the trip and add it to the website. Watch the video below.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

How To Ride The New Onewheel Pint

Pint is insanely fun and intuitive and with an understanding of the basics, anyone can get going in minutes. Learning to Onewheel is not hard, the board does most of the work for you.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Why a Visualization is Worth a Thousand Data Points

In the age of big data, visualization is one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal as an analyst or data enthusiast. It can so drastically affect the way we interpret and understand information that it may seem like magic; when, in fact, it works so well because of the way the brain processes large amounts of information.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Appdome Demo: Integrate Mobile Apps without Coding

Appdome is totally changing how developrs and non-developers add services to mobile apps. Appdome allows mobile app developers and mobility professionals to add any mobile service to any Android and iOS app in seconds withou having to code a thing.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Cabrillo College Wins NASA Swarmathon

Cabrillo College today announces that its Robotics Club has won the NASA Swarmathon, a nationwide autonomous robotics competition with the goal of advancing future space exploration.

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