Digest #68

This week's news includes features about Section 8 compliance (in eLearning projects), SC broadband initiatives (we're a model for CA), e-Check payments via PayStand, a special Tech Meetup coming up, $100K from FORA to MBEP (know what those FLAs mean?), and more. Scroll down and start reading...

Sara Isenberg, Publisher

Santa Cruz Tech Beat

http://santacruztechbeat.com

UC Santa Cruz
Computer Science Department

Feature Articles:

Santa Cruz broadband initiatives adopted as models for California. Read now...

Nir Eyal, best-selling author of Hooked -- How to Build Habit-Forming Products, will speak locally in December. Read now...

New e-Check is a low, fixed-cost alternative to credit cards, from PayStand. Read now...

Is your eLearning project Section 508 compliant? Sometimes required by law, Monarch Media shares expertise. Read now...

$100K approved for Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, aka MBEP, plus an offer to match. What's FORA? Read now...

Looking for a locally designed award-winning gift for the "kudult" in you (or for your kid)? Read now...

Watch: Honoring the First Looker. "If Looker were the Starship Enterprise, I would be Spock." View now...

Watch: New Tech and TechRaising on Think Local First Radio. Yes, it's radio but there's video, too. View now...

Upcoming Events:

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complete list and all the details.

Sat Nov 22, 4pm: Santa Cruz Hackerspace Meetup at Scotts Valley Library.

Sat Nov 29, 3pm: Node.js Meetup, Node Robotics at NextSpace.

Tue Dec 2, 7pm: Santa Cruz Drupal Group at NextSpace.

Wed Dec 3, 8:30am-4:45pm: California's Super Region of Innovation, 11th annual Global California conference at Cocoanut Grove.

Wed Dec 3, 6pm: Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp Special Event: Nir Eyal, 2014 Santa Cruz Tech Celebration at Del Mar Theatre.

Fri Dec 5, 6pm: Node.js Meetup/Workshop: Develop, Deploy, Monitor and Scale REST APIs Built in Node.js at NextSpace.

Tue Dec 9, 6:30pm: TechRaising Meetup, How Big Data Is Changing Your Business at NextSpace.

Sat Dec 13, 10am: Santa Cruz Web Developers Meetup at NextSpace.

Tue Dec 16, 6pm: Design Santa Cruz Meetup at NextSpace.

Wed Dec 17, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz Bitcoin & Cryto-currency Meetup at NextSpace.

More on our EVENTS page.

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