The Dirty Secret Behind the Salesforce $1M Hackathon

The Dirty Secret Behind the Salesforce $1M Hackathon

How not to run a Hackathon. [Updated with response from Salesforce.] By Alicia Liu (Senior Software Engineer, Lift Worldwide) A month ago, Salesforce announced that this year’s Dreamforce, their big splashy annual conference, was going to feature a hackathon with the...
As If You Needed Another Reason To Hate Big Media Today

As If You Needed Another Reason To Hate Big Media Today

By Alicia Liu (Product Manager/Mobile Developer, Select Start) You’re probably frustrated by Stop SOPA Day today, your work is going slow because Wikipedia is blacked out, and you can’t amuse yourself because Reddit is out too, and you’ve already signed Google’s...
Dear Lego, Please Get It Right This Time

Dear Lego, Please Get It Right This Time

By Alicia Liu (Product Manager/Mobile Developer, Select Start) Lego is at it again: trying to make Lego appeal to girls. The introduction of “Lego Friends” should be good news right? With evidence that Lego is a gateway to science and engineering, and that playing...