Find your fenders and shake out your chamois because National Bike to Work day is right around the corner. After a super successful Winter Bike to Work Day, the QLer’s will again be participating in Boulders BTWD. It doesn't take much for an excuse to hop on our bikes. Free chow is no exception.

QL doesn’t want to be the only ones having all the fun, so come ride with us!

After being at Quick Left for almost 2 years, I’ve heard much buzz about WorldBlu from Ingrid. WorldBlu is a global network of organizations committed to practicing freedom and democracy in the workplace. We’ve been a WorldBlu company for 2 years in a row, so I was excited to venture down to Denver for the WorldBlu LIVE conference to engage with other freedom-seekers and soak in all the speakers. On day 2 of the conference, Ingrid spoke in an afternoon panel discussion titled “Women Leading Freedom-Centered Companies” about rewriting the rules of business by taking a democratic approach to management style and organizational design.

You asked, and we answered. We're bringing sexy back to Backbone.js. Sign up today for our Intro to Backbone.js workshop July 25 at Galvanize in Denver. Early bird pricing on registration ends tomorrow! Space is limited.

Learn to use the Backbone.js library to organize your JavaScript, simplify data handling, and speed development. Implement Backbone to provide structure to web applications by creating models, collections, and views, and connecting them to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface.

Behind every great developer team are a couple of key ingredients. I would love to say that one of them is their Ops Coordinator but it isn’t always about me (false). Anywho, here are 5 things that I have found that seem to keep the builder-geeks happy - or, at least quiet.

The May 6, 2013, Crash Course lecture “The Crucible of Leadership” with Jerry Colonna at CU’s Silicon Flatirons Center was memorable for everyone in attendance. Jerry Colonna is a successful venture capitalist and executive coach who has coached some amazing entrepreneurs and CEOs on how to use what he calls "The Crucible of Leadership" to become the leader you were meant to be. (He blogs at www.themonsterinyourhead.com and tweets @jerrycolonna.)

The talk revolved around the stresses of being a CEO, and what it takes to be in that role of leadership. “The startup life is intense and intensely personal experience,” he said. And for him startups are the perfect crucible: an opportunity to know thy mettle in the heat of it all. Traditionally, a crucible is what an alchemist would use to turn lead into gold. For those in the startup life, he believes “it’s where the magic happens.”

In the previous post I explained how computers store data internally. Everything is stored as a base 2, binary number, then that number can be taken at face value (if treated as an integer), mapped to a character (if it represents text), or interpreted differently based on the use case. We’re now in a position to understand how computers execute binary instructions.

We're hosting BoulderUX Wednesday, May 22 with guest speaker Brian Baker of The First User, the recognized authority in User Experience for consumer electronics, as well as a thought-leader in the User Experience of mobile apps, websites, outdoor gear, and automotive experience. We asked him to provide us with a guest post hinting at what you'll hear when you attend the event. Register for the Meetup. Space is limited.

I’ve been calling User Experience (UX) the ‘final frontier’ of product development for some time now, and people often ask why I use that title.

Technology, tools, and knowhow are aligning to make pulling meaning out of massive data sets a piece of cake.

Boulder Startup Week is less than a week away and you betcha Quick Left is participating! From startup crawls to chair racing brawls, we'll be doing it all! We'd love to see your entrepreneurial spirit for #BSW13 so join us, ok y'all!?

Having tried to get my own start up into Open Angel Forum last year, it was fun to attend last week’s OAF as a sponsor with Quick Left. We've sponsored the last three sessions in both spring and fall and will continue to support this event because it provides entrepreneurs free and open access to the angel investors that they need. Keep reading to learn about the entrepreneurs in attendance.