Prof. Posner and your T.A. will help you as much as we possibly can! But it’s also good to know about all the other stuff that’s out there!<\/p>\n
UCLA has more tech help resources than many people know! Here are some of my favorite.<\/em><\/p>\n Lynda.com<\/a><\/strong> Safari Books Online<\/a><\/strong> On-Demand Mapping Workshops<\/a><\/strong> Humanities + Tech Events at UCLA<\/a><\/strong> Here are some beginner-friendly tech meetup groups you might like to check out in L.A.:<\/p>\n “MaptimeLA is a time to learn to make maps with local data and free tools. Maptime is, rather literally, time for mapmaking.”<\/p>\n “Developers and enthusiasts interested in promoting diversity and education in the Python development community.”<\/p>\n “We are a collection of hackers, programmers, builders, makers, and artists. We promote science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) by teaching classes, participating in events, providing on-line resources, and by running a shared workshop.”<\/p>\n “Our goal is to build DataScience.LA into the premiere information resource and virtual meeting place for the Los Angeles data science community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prof. Posner and your T.A. will help you as much as we possibly can! But it’s also good to know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThese are professionally produced, up-to-date videos that give instruction on everything from design principles to server administration. One of the best secret resources at UCLA!<\/p>\n
\nA huge collection of tech ebooks. These would cost a fortune if you tried to buy them! My second favorite secret tech resource at UCLA!<\/p>\n
\nIf you can get a few people together, the super-nice and knowledgeable people at the Institute for Digital Research and Education will give you a workshop on digital mapping!<\/p>\n
\nWatch this calendar for super-useful workshops, talks, and opportunities to network with cool people!<\/p>\nMeetups & Groups<\/h3>\n
Maptime L.A.<\/a><\/h3>\n
PyLadies Los Angeles<\/a><\/h3>\n
Crash Space: A Los Angeles Hackerspace<\/a><\/h3>\n
DataScience.LA<\/a><\/h3>\n