This post is a recap of a post on the DC New Media Technology meetup group for local tech items of the week.
Locally-blogged articles & video:
- SomewhatFrank - lots of videos recently, including local news aggregator Mixx.com video visit and a video on SMS business-card replacement MyDropCard.
- TechnoTheory - From Getting to Done to Getting to Happy (GTD applied to GTH)
- The Letter Two - The Two Faces of Facebook
- TechPost - Nine Tips for Building a Brand Online
Local tech in the news (members of this meetup):
- Mapufacture (local) acquired by Arlington-based FortiusOne - Search Geo-Data With Finder. Sneak Peak At GeoCommons (Map) Maker. (TechCrunch)
- diditz Shows Off Your Life Stories in Style (The Startup Review) - 500 Invites- Mashable
And not sure if this belongs in local tech in the news, or upcoming events:
* Speakers Set for Growing Your Business through Social Media Seminar - has local Jeremy Epstein keynoting the Sept 10 Tech Council MD event "Growing Your Business Through Social Media", which also features Shashi Bellamkonda.
Upcoming Events:
Many of these upcoming events can be found in DCTechEvents, but a few were less-published or unpublished until recently.
Today, 9:00 a.m. - OpenCoffee Baltimore at Cosi, 6181 Old Dobbin Lane Suite 200, Columbia, MD. (repeats every 2 weeks)
Sept 10 - morning - the Tech Council MD - "Growing Your Business Through Social Media"
Sept 10 - DC Design Babes DCDB2
Sept 11 - DC Concierge Relaunch Party at The Space in DC.
Sept 13 - Social Rockstar Workshop 2 (reply to this email if interested in attending)
Sept 15 - Social Ad Summit in NYC - from Social Times - see schedule & speakers
Sept 17 - 6pm - Trademark 101 - A Networking Event for Designers, Developers, and other Web Professionals - hosted at Network Solutions, Herndon.
Sept 18 - Twin Tech 2 at Avenue in DC - large networking event.
Please suggest via email reply with posts/sites/events to suggest.
Paul
