June 30th, 2008
This past weekend was the first ever InnovationCamp Austin held at GSD&M. Done in the “unconference” style of BarCamp, InnovationCamp set out to explore many aspects of innovation in our great city.
Austin 3.0’s take on the event, Part I and Part II.
David Giesberg writes about his impressions and posts some pictures.
A post from Michelle’s Blog.
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June 26th, 2008
Book your tickets now for the Austin stop of Mashable Summer US Tour. When the Mashable folks were making plans for which cities to visit for their US Tour, we told them Austin had a thriving tech scene and had some cool social media companies that were up and coming. The Austin Tech Happy Hour [...]
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June 18th, 2008
Guest blogger Doug Wick works for Powered and blogs on their Engaged Consumer site, as well as his own personal wicksite.
This past Saturday I finally got to attend my first “unconference.” ProductCamp Austin, an offshoot of the successful and irreverent BarCamp format, convened bright and early at 8 a.m. The event was held at St. Edward’s [...]
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June 13th, 2008
If you’re in the business world, you know the name Geoffrey Moore. He’s the author of such best selling books as Crossing the Chasm and Inside the Tornado. Each year, Texchange, the group for tech people in-the-know, holds one annual event that is open to the public. This year’s event is on June 18th at [...]
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June 12th, 2008
There is a great conference coming to Austin on June 27th that aims to help non-profits understand social media. It’s named Got Social Media (for non-profits). The website actually leads off with a really great businesscard cartoon from Hugh MacLeod. From their website:
It’s predicted that by 2012 Social Media/Community Marketing Budgets will outweigh Traditional Marketing [...]
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June 6th, 2008
Innotech Austin is coming up in October, and one of the most exciting aspects was the Innotech Beta Summit, which we covered last year. Those in attendance got to see some really great stuff from Phurnace, BoxCloud, and SpiceWorks. If you’ve got something to show at the Innotech Beta Summit, download the application and submit [...]
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June 4th, 2008
Tech Happy Hour
Mark your calendars for next Thursday June 12th for the next Austin Tech Happy Hour. It will be at the Hi-Lo on 6th and Lavaca from 5:30 - 8pm. Come network, mingle, meet some new people, and discuss the technology environment in Austin. Or just have a maragarita and chat. Here are some topics [...]
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May 19th, 2008
If you want to make sure you have a meal and a T-Shirt from ProductCamp, you had better register today. In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Marketing and Management topics. At ProductCamp there are no “attendees,” since everyone participates in some manner: presenting, leading a roundtable [...]
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May 14th, 2008
Mashable.com, the leading blog for social networking, announced their US Summer Tour dates today. Cities include Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, New York City, and yes of course Austin, Texas! Previous Mashable events have been incredibly popular, and we lobbied to make sure that Austin was one stop on the tour. Let’s make [...]
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May 13th, 2008
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when Ernst & Young recognizes Austin entrepreneurs. We always have a soft spot for the technology entrepreneurs, but the industry doesn’t matter. So here’s our recap of the finalists this year. Congratulations to all of you!
Entrepreneur Finalists
Mark Adams, Advocate MD
Tim Costello, Builder Homesite
Sam Goodner, Catapult Systems
Craig Malloy, [...]
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