Together We Built a School in Senegal – and Changed the Future In the small, remote village of Soupa Sérère, Senegal, you’ll find a small school that serves over 170 students from across the region in three combined-year classrooms. The student population had outgrown the space, so the CloudFest community stepped up to raise €25,360 […]
Tag: Education
CloudFest makes education fun: you might even say that the world’s top Cloud conference is like computer camp for adults. Even if you’re deep into your cloud-industry career, you can learn more about how cloud computing works, and get closer to becoming a full-spectrum expert. Raise your game by discovering what’s next for the internet infrastructure industry: join us at CloudFest.
Straight from the CEO: What to Expect at CloudFest Academy
CloudFest CEO Christian Jaeger just has to tell you what you can expect at CloudFest Academy on September 9, and why you have to attend – in 60 seconds or less! Over to you, Christian: Christian Jäger CEO about CloudFest Academy Great things happen when the CloudFest community gets together, so this late-summer suite […]
CloudFest School in Guatemala is Now Open
We worked together, and we did it! On October 18, 2019, the newly-renovated Escuela Oficial Urbana Mixta San Antonio in Sololá, Guatemala opened its doors. Thanks to generous donations from companies and individuals in the cloud computing industry and some very heavy lifting by the locals, 525 kids now have a better shot at a […]
Brian Behlendorf Video: Building an Open Source Community for Enterprise Blockchain Technology
Brian Behlendorf is most famous for developing the Apache HTTP server, and he served as CTO of the World Economic Forum, but did you know he was also one of the original technologists for the Burning Man festival? Empowering everyday people has always been a priority for him – he’s a longtime subverter of corporate […]
Will Pemble: Death by Winning
Entrepreneur and executive coach Will Pemble has been founding and growing businesses of all shapes and sizes for over 25 years. Video Will Pemble Death By Winning He said that web.com was growing consistently already, but then their customer acquisition shot through the roof – around 2,000 new customers per day. Just like how Factory […]
CloudFest School Progress Report: New Guatemala Classrooms Nearly Ready!
A quick update on the CloudFest School project in Guatemala: which has only been possible thanks to your generous support. Heavy rain in the region has slowed the construction process a bit, and so has the local election: even though the same mayor was re-elected, the process had temporarily disrupted the flow of political will. […]
Laura Dekker – Learn to take on the world from the youngest person to sail around the world
While her peers were shopping in malls and hanging music posters on their bedroom walls, Laura Dekker was purchasing her first sailboat and preparing for the greatest adventure of her life. Video Laura Dekker How to Conquer the World When Everyone Tells You “No” About Laura Dekker At age 14, Laura Dekker set out on […]