Filtrbox, a Boulder-based startup which was founded about a year ago as part of the first TechStars program, will soon be launching a self-service business-grade keyword driven alerts product. Filtrbox offers keyword driven media search which includes the blogosphere & mainstream news. “Filtrbox is a business-grade version of Google Alerts.” – SOMEWHAT FRANK The filtrbox…
Read MoreOn Thursday May 29, 2008 in Chicago we had an action packed day of TECH cocktail activities which included our first ever full day conference, TECH cocktail CONFERENCE, followed by our 8th Chicago mixer, TECH cocktail Chicago 8. It was a lot of fun as we were able to further our mission of better connecting…
Read MoreIn preparation of the TECH cocktail CONFERENCE taking place on Thursday, May 29th in Chicago we thought it might be nice to offer up a little musical flavor in the form of the TECH cocktail Song which is a bit of a ballad. Enjoy!
Read MoreWith the TECH cocktail CONFERENCE just a few days away we wanted to take a moment to preview our super lineup of speakers. The conference will be taking place on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Loyola University Water Tower Campus, 25 E. Pearson in Chicago, Illinois and offers two separate session tracks spread between the…
Read MoreFor those of you that may have missed it, Lijit Networks hosted a breakfast after TECH cocktail DC 2 at Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2008. The event was a lot of fun and offered a great opportunity get to know several of the DC TECH cocktailers better over coffee, OJ,…
Read MoreIf your are in the D.C. Metro area on Friday afternoon May 16, 2008 tell you boss you need to head to Busboys & Poets for a social media workshop. Speakers sessions will be followed by interactive workshops. Here is the full schedule: Justine Lam ………….. Back to the future: How the internet brought the…
Read MoreDo you know someone looking for a summer internship? TECH cocktail is looking for summer interns. Aside from hosting our popular mixer events and our upcoming conference, both of which are “cocktails of tech people,” we are working on some other community projects and need a hand. Do you have a son, daughter, friend neighbor,…
Read MoreTECH cocktail CONFERENCE is just a month away and it is shaping up to be a super event, which brings together expert TECH cocktailers from across the country to help other TECH cocktailers learn from their experiences and take a “no nonsense” approach to running a business, leveraging technology and the Web. The goal of…
Read MoreTECH cocktail DC 2 took place last Thursday evening in Washington, D.C. showcasing six startups from the local area along with a number of sponsors. The event united over four hundred guests for an evening of conversations and fun. SOMEWHAT FRANK TV was able to capture some of the evenings happenings on video as episode…
Read MoreNick O’Neill, a D.C. native and founder of Social Times, has leveraged Animoto, a product we played around with previously, to create the coolest TECH cocktail Photo Mashup. To date, it is one of the best I have seen. Check it out the TECH cocktail DC 2 Photo Video Mashup on Social Times. Thank you…
Read MoreThanks to the over 400 TECH cocktailers that came together at MCCXXIII (1223 Club) last night on the warm spring evening in Washington, D.C. We are happy we were able bring the community together and show off some of the local technology startups. We had some great demos from the following companies: AwayFind – a…
Read MoreRefresh DC was nice enough to move its April event up a day to avoid a conflict with tomorrow TECH cocktail. Thanks Refresh DC! Now we can have fun two days in a row this week. The Refresh DC event will take place right next to the Virginia Square Metro (between Clarendon and Ballston) courtesy…
Read MoreIn the spirit of amplifying the technology signal in under served market; we love to support and bring light to the startups in the cities like Chicago, D.C., Boston and Boulder. We do this through our sponsors, as well as having the local startups demo at our events. One of the startups showing off its…
Read MoreWith over 350 TECH cocktailers have RSVP’ed for TECH cocktail DC 2 and it approaching fast we wanted to take an opportunity to give a brief preview of the event. We could not do it without the support of our fine sponsors. TECH cocktail DC 2 is sponsored by AOL, Viget Labs, Voxant, Network Solutions…
Read MorePodcampDC – April 18-20, 2008 Podcamp DC is an “unconference” focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. There are waiting lists spots still available. TECH cocktail DC 2 – April 24, 2008 The second TECH cocktail in DC…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was re-syndicated from SOMEWHAT FRANK. The Illinois I.T. Association CityLIGHTS 2008 Awards Gala took place in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, April 3, 2008. The event was held at Union Station which you might recognize from the epic scene from the movie The Untouchables where Kevin Costner saves a baby carriage while…
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