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Buying and Selling Online With Letgo

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Tech expert, Nyika Allen from the New Mexico Tech Council joined New Mexico Living to show us the latest app ‘Letgo’ which will help you let go of and sell your used stuff.

We are all probably familiar with CraigsList as an online platform for selling used goods, but there is a new company that’s giving used goods a new look. The app and website have a much cleaner look and with the addition of easy to view pictures, it makes it easier to use than other platforms. It is free and available for iOS and Android.

Aspirations In Computing

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The National Center for Women and Information in conjunction with Aspirations in Computing are offering awards to assist young women in Information Technology.

Tech expert, Nyika Allen from the New Mexico Tech Council explains, “the number of jobs in IT is only expected to increase”. Opening up the opportunities for diversity in the field and a push in positioning for women in IT careers.

Technically inclined young women are encouraged to apply no later than November 7, 2016.

The Scrappy Startup Challenge

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If you ever wanted to pitch your company to a panel of experts, here is your chance.

The New Mexico Technology Council and ABQid is hosting the 4th Annual Scrappy Startup Challenge.

Startups need to sign up on-line and get a 3 minute pitch together for the judges on Thursday, November 17th.

Experience IT NM

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The New Mexico Technology Council and Comcast invites you to geek out on all things tech with ‘Experience IT’.

The event will gather the best and brightest entrepreneurs, technicians, hackers and technology fans.
This event highlights the vibrant technology community within our city.

Resident Technology Expert for New Mexico Living, Nyika Allen, along with Area Vice President, Comcast, Chris Dunkeson, were on hand to explain this event in greater detail.

“It’s a four-day-long series of events; we have everything from a kind of private, intimate discussion tonight called, ‘launch-IT’, where three CEOs are going to be talking about how they launch their companies in New Mexico.

“Everything to also ‘Yelptropolis’ which is tomorrow night a great, free, fun event celebrating STEM non-profits, and then we have a very cool VIP reception with Comcast on Thursday and then that rolls us into Friday which is a huge conference day. We have twenty different panels and fifty different speakers throughout the day and then the last piece of it, is a ‘block crawl’ downtown visiting six of the hottest technology-related companies in the downtown area,” says Allen.

Dunkeson explains Comcast’s role in this event: “We’ve been a part of the New Mexico Technology Council for a long time; been a wonderful partner. And we’re really excited because this is a great time to be in technology in New Mexico, this industry is expanding, and there are things that people don’t even recognize that are going to change our lives going forward and that’s part of what this group is going to do.”

Event Details:
Sept. 27 – 30
Location: Varies
Tickets: Available Online

Yelptropolis

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We are gearing up for the third year of Albuquerque’s premiere event for food, fun and of course, technology!
New Mexico Living’s resident technology expert Nyika Allen joined us to talk about what to expect at this year’s Yelptropolis.

“So, Yelptropolis is actually an event where we bring together both food and technology. And so that’s why Yelp and the New Mexico Technology Council have partnered on this event because we can kind of bring you the best of both worlds,” Allen explains.

This year the focus is on S.T.E.M. non-profits.

Featured at the event will be numerous hand-picked restaurants such as Poki Poki Cevicheria, Hartford Square, Mike’s Jerky, Trifecta Coffee Company and Fork & Fig.

Wineries and breweries will be at the event as well.

September 28
El Rey Theater
RSVP on YELP

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