Comic books have been around for quite sometime with the first U.S. comics appearing in the early 1930′s newspapers. Graphic.ly, a startup we previously covered, is looking to change the way we think about comics by offering an interactive online comic book experience. We recently caught up with Graphic.ly CEO, Micah Baldwin in this video…
Read MoreIn this episode, I’m chatting with the folks at Daily Planet, a Chicago based editing and motion graphics studio. Here are some highlights from my chat with Daily Planet: Daily Planet is a motion graphics, editorial, and production company that works on TV commercials, TV shows, music videos, corporate videos and more. They created the…
Read MorePlancast, the startup that offers a simple way to create, manage, and share your plans, which we covered previously made a big splash at SXSW earlier this month. We got a chance to sit down and talk to Plancast founder Mark Hendrickson about their plans (no pun intended) in the video conversation above.
Read MoreSouth by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in Austin, Texas can be a lot of things, none of which we really wanted to hear about. So we challenged the leaders of over sharing to distill their message into one simple word. Watch how they did in the video (below). The video features an all-star cast which includes:…
Read More“Let’s hear it for new dorks…social networks are what dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do…the geek is now damn cool…” Oh how long have some of us waited for that last line to hit the airwaves. Turn up the real speakers for this one and get your hands up in the air…
Read MoreAmulet Devices is on a real mission – to make technology simple to use. While many technology companies make that claim, Amulet Devices seeks to take it to a new level by creating devices that are completely voice controlled: “We believe that voice is the panacea for control of many types of end-user devices.” The…
Read MoreLast night, I attended the DC Lean Startup Circle in Arlington, Virginia, hosted by Kevin Dewalt and Ken Yarmosh, featuring a couple of industry heavy weights, Dave McClure and Eric Ries, talking about everything “Lean Startup.” The group was in town for the Startup Visa Act which we covered previously. The duo spoke for a…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This video episode was created by Tim Jahn, a longtime Chicago TECH cocktailer and storyteller who produces the online video series, Beyond The Pedway focused on better telling the local business stories in Chicago. You can follow Tim on Twitter: @timjahn. In this episode, I’m chatting with the folks at Kartemquin Films, a…
Read MoreWith the Internet a mainstay in almost everyone’s daily life, let’s take a second and reflect on it. To help us reflect, Washington, D.C. based creative agency JESS3 created the motion-graphics, visualization video (above) titled The State of The Internet showcasing lots of data associated with the use of the Web. “I made the video…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This video episode was created by Tim Jahn, a longtime Chicago TECH cocktailer and storyteller who produces the online video series, Beyond The Pedway focused on better telling the local business stories in Chicago. You can follow Tim on Twitter: @timjahn. In this video episode, I’m chatting with Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky…
Read MoreJibJab 2009 Year In Review Every year, JibJab, a Venice Beach-based viral video and interactive agency pulls together an original video that captures some of the biggest events of the year. With 2009 coming to an end very soon, JibJab just released it’s 2009 Year In Review titled Never a Year like ’09 and I…
Read MoreWith the curtain coming down on 2009, it is a time to look back at the best of the year. In the world of online videos YouTube currently reins as the online viral video king. So it only seems fitting that YouTube just released a list of the top videos of 2009. Earlier this year…
Read MoreThanks to our friends at Washington, D.C. based iStrategyLabs the 2nd Facebook Developers Garage DC is being streamed live. The event includes David Recordon of Facebook, Yul Kwon of the FCC, Aaron Batalion of LivingSocial, Hart Rossman of SAIC, and more. If you are at the event in DC, be sure to wave. Watch it now and feel…
Read MoreThank you again to everyone that came out to TECH cocktail DC 7 on December 3rd. We had photographer and entrepreneur Jen Consalvo taking photos at the event. Check out the TECH cocktail DC 7 photos (a sampling is below). Also entrepreneur producer and videographer Mark Fitzpatrick was on hand and produced the TECH cocktail…
Read MoreThis past weekend I had the pleasure of having brunch with Natalia Luckyanova and Keith Shepherd the co-founders of Washington, D.C. based iPhone development startup Imangi Studios. If you are new to Imangi Studios has also created the popular iPhone apps Harbor Master, Little Red Sled and Word Squares. At this particular brunch they shared…
Read MoreWhat a name, right? I was honored to be invited as a member of the panel (with such an exciting name!), talking to local businesswomen about social media last night at the TRAK office in downtown DC. Here’s a recap of the experiences I relayed, some pictures (yes, I whipped out my extra-large camera while…
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Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More