AustinStartup

A few weeks ago, I participated in a panel at Semantic Web Austin that discussed open data initiatives and how the City of Austin might benefit from incorporating such a philosophy around its data. (If you want to know more about this idea, check out Juan Sequeda’s recent post on this blog.) It was an excellent discussion and I was fortunate to connect with some of the Austin tech scene’s most innovative minds.

One of the more interesting facets of the evening for me, however, was the make-up of the room. The new Texas Coworking space was packed – and not a fellow female in the bunch. The immediate effect was so striking that my first words upon arrival were a Tourettes-like exclamation of, “Holy crap, I’m the only woman here.”

When we heard that Sprint was rolling out 4G service in Austin, we knew it was something that we wanted to check out. For years people have been talking about how great WiMax was going to be, and now it’s finally here. We’ve all had or tried out 3G network data services that generally saw [...]

We hope you had a great holiday break! We’re excited to kick off the new year with a happy hour at Molotov on Thursday, January 28th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. We’d like to thank our sponsors Spiceworks and TicketCity. Come on out meet some of the folks from Spiceworks and TicketCity, as well as your [...]

Come kickoff the holiday season with your colleagues in the Austin technology scene by joining us for Austin Tech Happy Hour on December 3rd from 6pm – 8pm at Molotov Lounge. This happy hour is sponsored by Constant Contact and Porter Novelli. We will also have a few companies showing off their early stage ideas [...]

Have you ever read about the things that go on in Washington DC, and think to yourself that some piece of legislation isn’t very helpful for those of us who work in the technology field, or are trying to start a business? Well, now we have a chance to send one of our own — [...]