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Codecademy: Where Learning meets Fun

21 Aug

Learning should be fun. Finally some folks have got it right, Codecademy is combining the learning with game mechanics. Now thats guaranteed to get you up and interested in learning. Until now you would have had to resort to w3schools who the folks at w3fools would tell are not really accurate.

So Codecademy comes as a fresh breath of air. In the longer run they would have to see to it that their
courses are relevant and valid.

I am taking the course currently and even though i know what they are teaching its fun. You get points and badges when you complete lessons and on passing checkpoints. The ‘feel good’ factor will surely prompt you to persist and complete the course.

Oh the Joy of Levelling up. Jump right in!

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Startup’d:Interview with @pocha of @stalkninja

02 Jun

In the third installment of the Startup’D series, we interview Ashish Sharma, from StalkNinja. This time,we traverse a path that we have not yet traversed; this interview is our first podcast!

StalkNinja is a platform for startups to connect to students, by posting remote internships to students. The best part of stalkninja is that it is a win win situation for both the startups and the students. The students gain the experience of working on a real world application and the startups gain valuable addition to their code base.

PS: This has been my first podcast and we hope that you forgive some of the glaring mistakes. Ashish has been nice enough to accept my apology for that. Thank you,Ashish. We wish you all the best.!

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Startup’d:Sitakanta of Mysmartprice.com

18 May

This is the second post in the Series Startup’d. Today we have Siktakanta of My smart price.

Geekd:Tell us about mysmartprice.com..Why would I use it and what is different in it that sets it apart from the rest?

Sitakanta:With MySmartPrice, we intend to provide our users the ‘Easiest Way to Get The Best Price’. Our focus on the ease of use and is something that we believe sets us apart from others. You should use MySmartPrice if you want an answer to any of the following questions:
• What to Buy? If you want to find an Android Mobile that have touch screen and QWERTY and is
3G below 15,000 then you should use our Mobile Finder tool. We are really proud of the speed
that we have managed to get in this tool.
• Where to Buy? Let us say you decide to buy Motorola Backflip. Next question is from which
store you should buy it. If you go to our page for Motorola Backflip, you will realize that the
mobile is available for > 17.5k on Flipkart and for 14.5k on Letsbuy!!! Last but not the least; we have started obtaining exclusive coupons from number of online stores. W e have coupons from Letsbuy, Futurebazaar on the site right now. In another 15 days time we expect to have coupons of BuyThePrice and Homeshop18 live as well. So you will get additional savings by simply using MySmartPrice. Read the rest of this entry »

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Star.me: Spread Some Love

23 Apr

I came to know about Star.me around February via TechCrunch when Ze Frank, the founder received $500K from Andreesen Horowitz, Betaworks, Lerer Ventures, Founder Collective, Gary Vaynerchuk and Ron Conway to focus on creating novel social games. That’s quite a lot of money, at least for me.

Curious to know what it was all about, i decided to apply for a beta invite. Time passed. A little more than a month later i was happy to see an invite in my Inbox.

Star.me is a Social Network game which is at the very core of matters about appreciating people you know. Every person likes to be appreciated. This game allows users to send stars to their friends. Simple no? Read the rest of this entry »

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Startup’d: Nischal Shetty Of JustUnfollow.

16 Apr

Starting today, the Geekd team is proud to present you with a series of interviews with some of the leading young tech entrepreneurs of this day. The interviews will introduce you to some of the hottest startups in town, while at the same time take a look at how these young guns transformed themselves from a ‘wannapreneur’ to an entrepreneur.

Today, we showcase Justunfollow.com, a startup founded by 26 year old Nischal Shetty. JustUnfollow.com is a simple Twitter app that helps you to unfollow people who don’t follow you back! In a very short span, Justunfollow has accumulated hundreds of thousands of users and millions of unfollows and received rave reviews from major tech blogs like Techcrunch.
Here is the interview in full, carried out by djd and piesauce.

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