Last Friday, the A100 Apprentices demoed what they have been working on for the last two weeks in 4-5 person teams — building a new community-based jobs portal for Connecticut’s emerging Innovation Ecosystem.

Today, we are joined by SB Chatterjee, Acting Director of CTDotNet/ CTDevStartup, an organization of startup enthusiasts in CT who are interested in honing their programming skills among a community of like-minded peers. In this article, SB shares his experience, along with information on the group, and how you can get involved.

Are you a computer science student at a Connecticut university? Looking for a summer job at a hot startup company? A100 is accepting applications from students who want to work at a CT startup this summer. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2013. Apply now!

Local startup SeeClickFix has seen much success with their one-of-a-kind web application that’s designed to help citizens log “quality of life” issues in their communities. We recently heard some fantastic news surrounding SeeClickFix and the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Check out what’s going to be unfolding this year for everyone involved.

Every other week, the Whiteboard’s software engineers will share with the community some strategies for successful development. This week, we cover how to face the difficult challenge of user interface design. In order to attract (and keep) the right customers, your app must look as good as it works.