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Youth nonprofit Black Girls Code is coming to Philly in 2015 [Links Roundup]

Plus: Geekadelphia's Eric Smith explains how to use Instagram to promote yourself; and the city's FastFWD accelerator is named one of the "7 Smartest Uses of Technology in Government Today."

Black Girls Code is coming to D.C. (Photo by Flickr user BlackGirlsCode, used under a Creative Commons license)

Diversity at tech companies needs help [Philadelphia Inquirer]: This story also offers this nugget: nonprofit educational outfit Black Girls Code is coming to Philadelphia. Founder Kimberly Bryant tells us it won’t be until 2015.

Accidental Marketing: Learning To Love Instagram As An Author [Eric Smith’s blog]: “Readers and bloggers in Brazil were using my name (#ericsmith), the title of the book (#geeklove), and the original title (#thegeeksguidetodating and #geeksguidetodating) while sharing the review copies they received. I spent a lot of time flicking through numerous photos and then, started commenting on them. Saying thanks, telling them how I couldn’t wait to see blog posts, etc.”

Workshop School offers its students the freedom to learn from mistakes [NewsWorks]: See our coverage of the Workshop School, which completed its first year as a high school this year, here.

Q&A with NFTE’s National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Regional Winners and National Finalists, Jameel Kemp and Aliyah Stephens [Geekadelphia]: Meet the winner of this year’s NFTE high school entrepreneurship competition.

With iPhone photos of Phila. houses, Instagrammers gain large following [Philadelphia Inquirer]See a video of the Instagrammers here.

The 7 Smartest Uses of Technology in Government Today [NationSwell]: Philly’s FastFWD business accelerator is on the list.

‘Dragon Fin Soup’ will be featured at the inaugural IndieMEGABOOTH at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany [press release]: The latest from local studio Grimm Bros.

See PhillyCAM’s new talk show, Around the Block, hosted by “Mr. Philadelphia” Albert Lee [Vimeo]: One episode, featuring Dale Mezzacappa of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, is below.

Companies: Grimm Bros. / NFTE / PhillyCAM / The Workshop School
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