Maryland invests $500K in Gaithersburg-based regenerative medicine company [Links]

The UX of Community in Contested Space [Courtney Stanton’s blog]: “I’ve been struggling to try to put into words why a Code of Conduct is so important in tech.”
Recruiting developers: Perspectives from the startup front lines [GeekWire]: “[I]t takes a special type of developer to work at a startup — someone who is comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity, and digs the culture.”
Light Point Security launches first malware-defense product [BmoreMedia]: “Light Point Security LLC this year expects to launch its first product, Light Point Web Enterprise, a secure web browsing solution for company networks.”
State invests $500,000 in Gaithersburg medicine company [Baltimore Business Journal]: “The investment was made through the state’s Maryland Venture Fund and InvestMaryland program. The state said the money is part of a $27.5 million fundraising round by Cytomedix (OTC: CMXI) that will result in the company adding 13 new employees to its current staff of 55.”