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Last weekend, LenovoDev sponsored Triangle Startup Weekend (TSW) Trailblazers, a business event for aspiring entrepreneurs to create startups, share skills, and support diversity in the startup community.

LenovoDev is sponsoring Triangle Startup Weekend Trailblazers, June 12-14, 2015, in Durham, NC. Come with an idea and leave with a business in 54 hours. 

We switched things up this month and decided to profile Lenovo developer and friend of LenovoDev, Greg Zaitsev. Greg works as a software architect in Lenovo’s Ecosystem and Cloud organization, and also volunteered as a mentor at the HackBCA II hackathon earlier this year. Originally from Moscow, Greg’s work focuses on Windows embedded technologies. He took a few minutes to sit down with us and tell us how he got started coding by complaining about Win95, and which American Idol champion he has on his iPod.   

Developing handwriting recognition into apps can increase their value, especially among users with pen-enabled devices. WRITEit now makes it simple for developers to allow screen handwriting in their apps.

Curious about WRITEit but want to see the technology in action before developing with it?

You can see how WRITEit functions in several apps that may be on your system running Windows 8.1. Check out the list of compatible Windows desktop and Modern style applications that you can test drive with WRITEit. 

HackBCA, one of the “premier high school hackathons on the East Coast,” is spreading real enthusiasm for programming and computer science among teens. Lenovo joined the student coders at hackBCA II in March, and we were blown away by their drive, passion and the projects they created in less than 24 hours. 

Hackathons are no longer just for professional or collegiate programmers. The events are also attracting youth to learn how to code and build useful technology. But some passionate teenagers are taking it a step further by planning and running hackathons catering to their peers. 

One of the common questions from developers is what the benefits are of implementing WRITEit into their apps. The WRITEit technology is designed to give users of your app seamless pen support and another way to interact wherever input is required. In this two-part post series, we will share ideas for developing with WRITEit.

Sam Kaufmann

  Jake Poznanski

This month's Developer(s) of the Month are Sam Kaufmann and Jake Pozanski, co-founders of Random Salad Games in Seattle, WA. 

Founded in 2011 by these 2 Carnegie Mellon University CS Grads, Random Salad Games is dedicated to developing fun and engaging mobile games. With over 15 titles available for download, Random Salad Games continues to develop simplistic quality across a wide range of mobile platforms. 

Recently Sam and Jake sat down with us and talked about such everything from hiccups to classic Nintendo games to the Foo Fighters.

Developers, we have a can’t-miss beta test just for you.  We are inviting a select group of developers to participate in the WRITEit beta program running February 16-April 1, 2015.