The other day, in Portland, Oregon, a congregation of a dozen girls agreed that they did not like Justin Bieber; what excited them was Xcode, the suite of tools that Apple provides to software developers. Most of the girls were hearing of it for the first time, at the “beta” session of App Camp For Girls, a weeklong program that teaches participants, ages twelve to fourteen, how to design and pitch iPhone apps. The camp’s founder, Jean MacDonald, is now preparing for a full launch in August, with the help of a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo.
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