As Co-Founder and CTO of FeedBurner which sold to Google back in 2007, Eric Lunt has experience building a successful tech startup into a business. Eric’s new venture, BrightTag, looks to ease the pain that publishers have with inserting ads, metrics and other includes into a web property. BrightTag creates a simple system that can be controlled…
Read MoreAs a web developer I’ve noticed that over the past five to eight years, a trend to develop applications that can run ubiquitous of their environment. With the rising popularity of cloud computing and the emerging mobile markets, enterprise clients have started to move away from the model of building web applications that would only…
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Built to hack, the Allerta inPulse watch may not be for everyone but it’s the world’s first watch for BlackBerry. Created and designed with a passion for mobile development by a small team of engineers from Waterloo, Canada, this watch offers a canvas for anyone interested in creating a new watch experience on the inPulse….
Read MoreMany people don’t realize that there’s more to building mobile apps than just designing and developing them. In fact, roughly 30% of an app should focus on aspects outside of these areas. This includes, but is not limited to, doing some initial research about similar apps, understanding key differentiators, and outlining potential functionality. This type…
Read MoreIf you are inspired to learn a new developer language or just sharpen your current development skills you might want to check out the handful of offerings provided by Holland, Michigan based Idea Foundry. Situated near the gorgeous Lake Michigan beach, Idea Foundry offers world class training in ExpressionEngine, MongoDB, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, iPhone…
Read MoreHey Chicago TECH cocktail’ers! We’re excited to share with you news of a great developer event coming up in Chicago at the beginning of November. SocialDevCamp Chicago is the unconference for developers, entrepreneurs, and marketers working with the social web. Here are the important details: When: November 7-8, 2009 – (9 a.m. to 6 p.m)…
Read MoreSocialDevCamp East is the Unconference for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web Following up on the successful premiere of SocialDevCampEastSpring2008, held in Baltimore in May, SocialDevCamp East Fall 2008 once again invites east coast developers and technology business leaders to come together for a thoughtful discussion of the ideas and technologies that will drive…
Read MoreIf you are developer in the midwest you might be interested in checking out the upcoming SocialDevCampChicago. SocialDevCampChicago is an unconference for people passionate about social networks, web applications, platform development, new media, and any of the exciting (but messy) topics in-between. This event promises to be a packed day of sharing, learning, coding, and…
Read MoreThis post is for all the developers in Chicagoland, DC, Boulder and Boston. Bottom line: We run into a handful of interesting companies each week looking for developers and development help. These companies range from brand new start-ups to young, growing companies to larger companies. Often times we know a couple of good folks to…
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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
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
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
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More