Jordan conceived of and coded her own hack, a playdate app called Super Fun Kid Time, which she is planning to launch in November. I really enjoyed it and here are some of the reasons: In honor of the International Day of the Girl - formally recognized by the United Nations on October 11th, 2012 - we asked Jordan to write a guest post on her experiences as a young coder.Ī few weeks ago my dad and I went to the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in San Francisco. There were several booths and stalls and every so often I got to explore. It was a gigantic space and it didn’t feel cramped. The hackathon also had a great atmosphere for programming. The thing is when you program you HAVE TO be in a good environment so you can concentrate. Presenting on stage to so many people gave me lots of confidence.įinally I think it’s awesome to be around so many professional programmers. So many people were excited about my project Super Fun Kid Time. Since I presented at TechCrunch Disrupt, 5,000 people have signed up for Super Fun Kid Time and we haven’t even launched yet! I built it because parents always forget to exchange details before summer vacation. Now other people want to launch it in countries like Brazil and Australia. So many people wanted to talk to me after the event. Everyone was very supportive. It was wondrous. The National Center for Women in Information Technology at the University of Colorado sent me a gift package including a tee-shirt even though they were dealing with a bad flood. Doug from Microsoft even gave me a new computer for programming. I was interviewed by lots of people including Good Morning America.Ībout a week ago my dad and I did another hackathon in New York. After seeing me and my dad on TechCrunch a company called ooVoo invited us. They helped us add video chat to Super Fun Kid Time for up to 12 people.
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