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Event: Twin Tech Party !
I was totally excited when I saw the invite for this one pop in the inbox the other day from Peter Corbett of iStrategyLabs. It is fresh on the heels of the Scoble and Vaynerchuk event last week at 1223. That was supposed to bring a cross section of the local tech community out, but as we saw later from a post in the WashingtonBiz Blog of the Washington Post, there is still a divide between the two cultures. So Peter has taken the next step: bring those two worlds together and see the sparks fly. It’s ‘very special’ because we’re going to bringing together what the Washington Post has called “Washington’s Twin Tech Towns”. You can read what the Post has said here and here By mixing together the so called ‘new tech’ crowd with veterans in the industry, we think sparks... [Read the full story]
DC Tech
Summer Meme
Ok, so I looged into the old East Coast Blogging admin page today and saw I had been tagged in this summer meme deal by Maddie over at the Diary of a Reluctant Blogger … This should be short considering i HATE the summer. I wish it could be late fall/winter all year around and I would be happy as a clam … That being said, lemme try to answer these questions. SUMMER MEME 4 things you like about summer cold beer non humid summer evenings Sorry I could only think of 2 …. 4 of your favorite vacation destinations San Fran Monterey San Fran Monterey 4 of your favorite summer foods Dry rubbed ribs Grilled Ribeye Blue Crabs Nathans Hot Dogs 4 concerts not to miss I’ll be totally honest … I can miss them all. No time for concerts 4 things to avoid during the... [Read the full story]
Social Networking
Centralized vs Decentalized
I have written a post before on FriendFeed, the social media aggregator if you will. I didn't really get it then and I still do not now. To me it seems like a bit of social media overload. Many bloggers I think have come to the same conclusion. Anyway, I came across a post my Michael Arrington this morning referencing a post by Loic Le Muer on the decentralization of our social networks. In his post, Loic argues that our social presence used to be very centralized. Basically it revolved around our blogs, if one wrote a blog. Whereas now, that presence has been scattered and diluted all across that so called "series of tubes".(Sorry I couldn't help but throw this in somewhere, it is too damned funny). We post updates on... [Read the full story]
Local Focus
Twitterwhore Shirts for Everyone !
Well it would seem that the DC area has its newest entrepeneur in its midst. Everyones good friend and Jonnys ParTay producer extraodinaire, Scott Stead, has gone and launched a new web site pimping out his brand new product, Twitterwhore tshirts. This enterprising young fellow saw fit to buy the twitterwhore.com domain name some time back and has finally made time to capitalize on the Twitter phenomena. I mean how many times have you met someone at a social media gathering and introduce each other by your twitter names ? Happens to me a lot … Well now with your very own Twitterhore tshirt, you will gain followers by the boatload. Now if the damned service would only stay up long eough for them to get to a computer and follow you … So I want everyone to head over an support... [Read the full story]
MyDropBin
MyDropBin: Beta Update
Things have been going fairly well with the testing of the system. It is sometimes hard to get people engaged in testing it all out. I find I am like that as well. An initial burst of activity after sign up and then it tails off. But I did get some good feedback from what has been done so far. I thinkk the one major change I incorporated was to the UI, or user interface. I am no designer, by any stretch. But I tried to take some feedback and open things up a bit. I took out a couple of elements, one being the meta-data pane, which form what I heard think confused people more than it really helped. I will admit, having the code outsourced has been a bit of a challenge, especially recently as I try to tie up all the loose ends. The main developer on the project that was working... [Read the full story]
Utterz
Have we regressed as a society ?
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Events
Event: Capital Connection ‘08
This coming week, the Mid Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) is holding Capital Connection ‘08 the region’s premier event that brings together the country’s most prominent investors with leading-edge technology companies, has expanded... [Read more]
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Startups
Need Some $$ For Your Startup ? Start Here
I came across a great post today over at Jason Nazar’s blog about raising money for a startup. Jason is the founder and CEO of Docstoc, an online repository of professional documents. Docstoc looks incredible and I am going to explore it some... [Read more]
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