By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The geeks might inherit the earth eventually, but for now, they’ve got their own building in downtown San Antonio. On Monday, two Geekdom flags flew from the top of the historic Rand Building at 100 E. Houston St., signifying the move in of Geekdom members. It’s their […]
San Antonio MX Challenge Seeks to Solve Problems and Realize Dreams
January 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The XPRIZE Foundation organized a four-day adventure trip to visit tech companies in California last February. XPRIZE Founder Dr. Peter Diamandis wanted to showcase space and ocean innovation to a select group of entrepreneurs. Part of the event involved a Zero G flight in which the passengers […]
Social Media Tips and Tools for Startups
January 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Geekdom, the collaborative co-working space in downtown San Antonio, kicked off a new speakers event Thursday called The Master’s Series. “Our goal is to pummel you with amazing information,” said Lorenzo Gomez, director of Geekdom. The first speaker, Christie St. Martin talked about social media tips and […]
Geekdom Gets a Hip Makeover at its New Digs in the Historic Rand Building
December 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Converting a historic building into a modern-day tech coworking space to incubate hot new startups in downtown San Antonio isn’t an easy task. But Irby Hightower of Alamo Architects and his team have managed to do just that. They took a former bank building and are transforming […]
Code for America Coming to San Antonio
October 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News The City of San Antonio is now one of only 10 U.S. city governments chosen for the national Code for America program. Its status as a fellowship city was announced last week at the annual Code for America Summit. A national nonprofit organization, Code for America works […]
