tech Archives - Oakland North

Thingamakids: Oakland students make music from scratch

By Mickey Capper | December 3, 2018

A teaching artist with Thingamajigs taught a weeklong workshop at charter school East Bay Innovation Academy on “sound engineering,” where students learned about physics, design, and mathematics by making their own instruments and learning about how they make sound.

Kapor Capital hosts hackathon to promote diversity

By Samantha Clark | October 14, 2016

Kapor Capital hosted a hackathon competition this weekend to “hack bias” out of the workplace. Dozens of coders, designers, recruiters and advocates—the vast majority of whom were women and minorities—competed in teams to build tech products that prevent bias and increase diversity and inclusion at work.

Oakland students learn virtual reality in after-school program

By Nani Walker | October 7, 2016

Xavier Stroud, 10, of East Oakland uses 3D technology gaming software at the David E. Glover Education and Technology Center. Youth Program Director, Paul Williams, exhibits a VR game in the background. Credit: Stefanie Le.

The David E. Glover Education & Technology Center in Oakland provides after-school tutoring in tech skills, including virtual reality development.

How Oakland’s startup scene is trying to do tech right

By Graelyn Brashear | September 12, 2016

Oakland's home-grown startup scene emphasizes community.

For years, Oakland has been the subject of startup-centric speculation: Is it about to blow up into the Bay Area’s next tech hub? Will San Francisco’s astronomical rents drive companies out of SoMa and across the bridge? There’s plenty of reason to bet “yes” on both. While the tech sector accounts for only about three…

Is this Oakland startup an Etsy for home-cooked food?

By Isara Krieger | March 22, 2016

This startup’s goal is to ensure the future of home-cooking, connecting local chefs to a hungry community.

Oakland at Work: The Hidden Genius Project

By Atia Musazay | December 11, 2015

Eugene Lemon’s first exposure to computers was in an East Oakland high school in 1964 when a teacher allowed him to play tic-tac-toe sometimes in the class to keep him from “tearing the classroom up.” He retired from a 20-year teaching career in 2012, but he continues to work every day at The Hidden Genius…

Liberating Ourselves Locally encourages diversity in tech force through Hack Night

By Alison Vayne | November 6, 2015 |

Liberating Ourselves Locally is a hacker and maker space located in East Oakland. They host various events throughout the year.

Carlos Mendoza, a high school student, comes every Monday night at Liberating Ourselves Locally for Hack Night. Sitting in the back of the room next to his mentor, Mendoza takes out his laptop and starts typing. At 18 he is one of the group’s youngest members. He also has a big project underway: Mendoza is creating his own video game.

Oakland agency addresses the Bay Area’s digital divide

By Atia Musazay | October 20, 2015 |

A lively smooth jazz band played at Oakland’s Impact Hub co-working space Thursday evening as guests filed in to celebrate the life of David Glover, a man who devoted his life to community work, including providing low-income students a technology education.