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Last Thursday the 2nd "Twin Tech" event was held at Avenue in DC, and it was judged a success by all writeups seen so far. It was well-organized, thanks to the efforts of iStrategyLabs' Peter Corbett and others, filling three levels with hundreds and hundreds of DC tech & media & other types.

What was different from Twin Tech I was that this time there was more room to socialize and talk. The music was an enjoyable mix, but at a volume that didn't really affect the conversation. And with this crowd it is sometimes all about the conversation. Lots of networking, meeting new people and catching up with others.

The scandal of the event? (Oh, you mean the linkbait headline of this post?) Well, wish there was one, because then Twin Tech III would be larger due to the extra attention. Perhaps it's scandalous that an event can be pulled off so successfully in a town often accused of not being able to accomplish much!

Some video taken last week will be posted later, and while the video was a little dark it captures the positive energy of the crowd. It was a fun night.

The best place to find the recap of Twin Tech II is here on iStrategyLabs' writeup.

You can revisit Twin Tech I on the DC Piazza post-event page. On that page we created a widget to display Twitter tweets, and it still works well for Twin Tech II tweets, and probably will for Twin Tech III, which is possibly set for November.

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

How To Do The Dance Of DC Event Organizing

As an event organizer, and also as attendee, I've seen over the last year a coalescing of calendars for events in the tech & new media community. It's not perfect, but it's a start.

For those not familiar with the scene (which we attempt to have a sort of "Entertainment Tonight" show in our DC Piazza video episodes), it consists of a few thousand people who are actively involved in socializing, sharing, teaching, networking, and otherwise doing activities together.

The scene at the "Twin Tech" event in July 2008

We were invited to attend the Launchbox08 portfolio companies' demo day today, and will feature it in an upcoming DC Piazza video episode. Launchbox Digital is a DC-based early stage investment firm, and today's event lived up to their claim to being "a place for cutting-edge ideas and cutting-edge talent.".

A little fun, thanks to an old cartoon repurposed for the age of the social web.

It's always nice to get out to a Social Matchbox event, and there is one coming up next month. Rather than try to write better than the creators of the event, here's what it is:

This page is a mashup of media related to the Twin Tech Town DC ( twintechdc ) networking event happened on July 17, 2008 (into the 18th for some) at Local 16 in Washington DC, USA. On this page there are videos, photos (with links to more photos), and the live tweets (from Twitter) and blog posts will refresh automatically below. Among the many in the list of attendees here.was author Sarah Lacy who signed copies of her book & gave interviews.

The Twin Tech Town networking event is in a few hours, and the live tweets (from Twitter) and blog posts will refresh automatically below. You can read more about the event here and see the list of attendees here.