Digest #106
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We have a variety of highlights to share this week, including game design innovator Jane McGonigal's upcoming visit to BookShop Santa Cruz, MBEP's announcement of a new president, Foodworthy App's launch, a review of the CLV in Victoria, B.C., and a feature about Pagodo Technologies. Plus, more. Start reading! See you at the Choose Santa Cruz Pop-up Market at Cosmic on Friday, Sept 18, 5-9pm.
Sara Isenberg, Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Publisher
Santa Cruz Tech Beat
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Top Stories:
- Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) names Kate Roberts as new president. "She brings a broad range of private sector and non-profit experience and will provide dynamic leadership to the organization."
- "Silicon Valley gets all the hype for being at the cutting edge of technology but next time you take a selfie, hear a bad singer sound good, use a wireless headset, or stand in front of a baseball pitching machine, you should think about our side of the hill." Ten things you didn't know were Invented in Santa Cruz.
- Federico Faggin, the physicist who developed the first microprocessor, establishes an endowment to support a new direction in physics research at UCSC. What is the Physics of Information?
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