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Vote for "Drupal: Content's Magic Bullet" Session at Internet Week NY!

Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:12pm — decibel.places

Drupal: Content's Magic Bullet

Drupal powers a huge number of Enterprise (Sony), Government (White House), Education (Columbia University) and Non-profit (DoSomething) web sites. How has this FOSS project grown in 10 years from an experimental student CMS to a full-blown Content Management Framework? How is Drupal adapting to support Responsive Web Design and Mobile-first content delivery? Drupal Application Engineer Randall Goya has worked with Oxygen Media, Adidas, Guess Watches, Columbia University, Pronto Media/IAC and B&H Photo to tailor Drupal for their content publishing needs. Kelly Bell founded the Gotham City Drupal collective for the NYC Drupal Developer community. Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg is Co-Founder & CEO of Zivtech, a web development company focusing on expert Open Source Software services. Richard Baldwin is President at epiSolve, a company providing technological innovation and targeted solutions. What makes Drupal such “awesomesauce?”
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Internet Week NY 2010 - NY Tech Mixer at Gallery Bar

Fri, 06/11/2010 - 7:39pm — decibel.places

About 300 tekkies gathered at the trendy Gallery Bar for the NY Tech Mixer (a Meetup.com group) to have a good time at the Internet Week "Demos and Drinks" event.

There were live 10-minute demos by the founders of Auldabees.com, MyFitSolution.com, VillageVines.com, IsWearing.com, and SocialWish.com. Interviews with the founders will be posted over the next couple of weeks on http://www.nytechblog..., so stay tuned.

I met contacts including an MLB event coordinator, an Angel/VC funder, and someone I know from LinkedIn but never met in person.

I also enjoyed the art by Aljosa Daumerie including many rock and roll icons.

Jimi Hendrix

Keith Richards

After I photographed the Keith Richards painting, I asked an attractive woman if she knew who he is?

"No"

"Ok" I said, "I'll give you a hint: he's a very famous heroin addict."

"No"

"Keith Richards-"

"Oh"

"Why are you sitting here and not mingling?"

"I'm waiting for my husband."

"Oh"

Sid
Vicious

Internet Week NY 2010 - VC and Angel Financing Bootcamp

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 1:35pm — decibel.places

David Rose (left) of New York Angels and Adam Dinow (right) of Wilson Sonsoni Goodrich & Rosati presented "2 semesters of business school in 2 hours" at a funding bootcamp presented by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the NYU Stern School of Business.

David Rose of New York Angels and Adam Dinow of Wilson Sonsoni Goodrich & Rosati

Although in the Q & A David dismissed my proposal as a "lifestyle business with no interest to investors" I learned a lot.

VC and Angel Financing Bootcamp is a program designed for entrepreneurs seeking advice on venture capital and angel financing. Presenters will discuss a broad range of topics regarding the venture capital fundraising process, such as strategies to secure an initial meeting with an investor, how to best present your idea, financing strategies and alternatives, overview and timing of the process, identifying and negotiating key business and legal points of the deal, and how to position the company for a successful liquidity event.

The event was streamed live by Livestream and you can watch the archived video

Internet Week NY 2010 - New York Social Media Roundtable

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 12:43pm — decibel.places

I walked in not realizing the focus was on pets and animal rescue, but I was pleasantly surprised.

I spoke with Kimberly and Jane about Faith the Dog, and with "Computer Historian" Jason Scott about feeding punch cards into a mainframe for my archeology thesis.

Internet Week NY 2010 - New York Social Media Roundtable

Panelists (left to right):

MC from Flightpath and NYSMRT whose name is not listed on any of the event pages...

Kristyn Pomranz
Editor
I Can Haz Cheezburger

Kimberly Miller
VP, Consumer Marketing
PeoplePets

Jane Harrell
Associate Producer, Petfinder.com
Discovery Digital Media

Jason Scott
The Most Famous Cat Owner on Twitter (1,512,163+ followers)
Sockington

Join NYSMRT on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 from 2:30 - 5:00 pm for a special Internet Week event on social media and pets. Be part of an exciting discussion featuring a panel of pet people and top talent who figured out how to work social media to create real commerce and even "realer" community. The panel will share their experiences, insights, and give specific examples of how they turned pet passion and social media into significant business growth and genuine relationships!

Internet Week NY 2010

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 9:51pm — decibel.places

I had a good time at Internet Week NY 2009

(see my blogs from 2009).

You would think they would have let me know the 2010 dates, but it took my daughter whose ex-boyfriend is working maintenance to let me know it is already upon us... Why do I suddenly feel like a persona non grata?

Well, I missed the first day and many of the events are more about video production than the internet anyway - if you are an independent media producer do not miss the IndieGoGo panel! - here is my schedule so far.

Party, party, party.

Internet Week NY

Internet Week NY 2009 - Day 7 - IndieGoGo

Mon, 06/08/2009 - 9:32am — decibel.places

Slava, the founder of IndieGoGo (and a genuinely nice guy), presented a discussion about film funding, promotion, and distribution. Panelists included Noah Harlan (401st Blow), Christopher Roberts (The Believer, Up With Me), Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Objectified) and Scott Kirsner (Cinematech, Variety) as moderator. Other IWNY media panels focussed on short-form comedy web tv, this one discussed 'traditional" film.

I know three indie films in production, I am definitely telling them about IndieGoGo!

There was an intimate party afterwards at Katra - with $5 Buds/Bud Lite/Bud Ale/Newcastle - Hallelujah! Also, free food! Fries with spicy mayo, hummous on pita pieces, and chicken bites (not for vegetarian me!)

So, that's it for me - Internet Week NY actually runs 8 days, like the Beatles, but I am not going to Day 8, and I was not invited to the Webby Gala at Cipriani (sob)

Internet Week NY 2009 - Day 5 - The Webutante Ball

Sat, 06/06/2009 - 1:38pm — decibel.places

To celebrate Internet Week, Gawker's Jessica Amason and Richard Blakeley produced The Webutante Ball. A cocktail-formal event for both male and female - and other - WEButantes held at the swanky rooftop of the Empire Hotel.

I missed the Stolichnaya open bar because autopilot took me first to the mad46 rooftop at the Roosevelt Hotel where Tuesday's Internet Oldtimers party was held.

Internet Week NY 2009 - Day 4 - NSFW Content, BUGging out, and the Microsoft Surface

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 10:44pm — decibel.places

Don't look for Day 3 - I did not go to any events and did not write about them

Time Warner Conversations

Thursday began, literally, with a networking breakfast at the Time Warner Center prior to the panel NSFW The Best Creative Content Online. I found myself at a table with 4 people from Mad magazine, which had corrupted my impressionable youth.

I was a bit surprised that all 3 panelists were online video producers, but that has actually been my primary focus this week.

I left convinced that the current

short-form web tv movement is quite similar to the independent filmmakers I knew in the mid 80s. After, I talked with Jonathan Stern who also spoke at the NYTVF panel on Tuesday - I think he has his finger on the pulse of web tv and a production model that works. Moderator: Cyndi Stivers (Managing Editor, EW.com) Panelists: Josh Abramson (Founder, CollegeHumor.com), Andrew Steele (Creative Director, Funny or Die), Jonathan Stern (Producer, Wainy Days, Horrible People, TheWB.com's Childrens' Hospital)

Internet Week NY 2009 - Day 2 - Tech and Schmooze

Wed, 06/03/2009 - 9:24am — decibel.places

The NY Tech Meetup presented an exciting exhibit of projects, including many apps for mobile: iPhone and/or Android.

Internet Week NY 2009 - Day 1 - NYTVF web tv panels

Tue, 06/02/2009 - 9:35am — decibel.places

I attended 3 really great panels about web tv presented by NYTVF (New York Television Festival) - I worked on major feature films (and also with indies) in the 80s and it's exciting to see media exploding on the web - unless the ISPs clamp down on bandwidth.

I also learned that NYTVF has free beer at the festival in September!

Damn Internet Week web site lets you sign up for events, then when you arrive they say the event is sold out and anyway costs $$$ - so I'm sitting in the lobby of the Millenium Times Square - I hacked the cmsummit event wifi (guess the password? - "cmsummit") - why bother making it secure?