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Monday, December 13, 2010

NYC Innovation and Tech events, Dec. 14-17

This is copied shamelessly from www.thisisgoingtobebig.com - the email list Charlie O'Donnell sends out for NYC tech and innovation events.
Happy networking!
~Katharine Bierce


Tuesday, December 14th
 
6:30PM Scaling foursquare with MongoDB
 
Harry Heymann, the Engineering Lead for Foursquare, will present on scaling Foursquare with MongoDB.  Try not to all check-in at once.
 
 
 
7PM New York Tech Meetup
 
You'll enjoy demos from:
 
Marco -- The fastest way to find your friends. 
XYDO -- Get news from people you trust. 
Instinctiv -- A better music experience. 
Food52's Foodpickle -- Real-time food Q/A. 
Wanderfly -- Discover new experiences. 
Cleargears -- Continuous employee feedback.
 
Plus, you'll hear from fellow meetupsters running for a seat on the NY Tech Meetup Board.
 
 
 
7PM The Masters Series - Darko Hrelic, SVP and CIO, Gartner
 
Tech Career Advice and Industry Outlook From the Expert of the Experts.  Darko Joined Gartner in January 2007 from ADP, where he led all aspects of ADP’s technical Strategy, Architecture and Technology as VP & CTO of Employer Services... but what's really going to knock your socks off with this talk is when Darko introduces you to his friend Frank in the giant bunny suit.  
 
 
 
7PM Milton Mueller: Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet Governance
 
Prof. Mueller is a co-founder of ICANN’s NonCommercial User’s Constituency and a renowned cyberlibertarian.  Honestly, can you ever even say that you've said the word cyberlibertarian before?  Go ahead... say it now to yourself.  Cyberlibertarian.  Now say it into your phone, so the government can hear you.
 
 

9PM New York Night Owls
 
It's another night of coworking between the hours of 9AM - 3AM (or 4AMish). Bring your laptops and your projects for some late night hacking at New Work City. Expect pizza and lots of time to get your work done.  Free Four Loko's for all!
 
 
 
Wednesday, December 15th
 
6:30PM Digital Dumbo Ugly Holiday Sweater Party
 
You know some furry guy is just going to come shirtless for this, so not sure it's worth even participating in the contest.  Yes, I went there.  Still, fun times with Brooklyn creatives will be had.
 
 
 
6:30PM December 2010 NY Video Meetup
 
vYou.com: The hottest new start up for CONVERSATIONAL VIDEO. What is that? CEO Steve Spurgat will unveil his fast growing ny video startup.
 
Taboola. Want to learn how to convert traffic from your article, video pages, and your affiliates’ sites to additional views and traffic? CEO Adam Singolda will show you.
 
INTERVIEW: 2011: What Is the Future of Web Video? Consultant, Author, Professor Ava Seave will share her predictions and vision for 2011.
 
And Dan Grey presents: MPGomatic.com. Daniel Gray, best-selling tech author, lifelong automotive enthusiast, and breakfast serial entrepreneur.
 
 
 
Thursday, December 16th
 
6PM TechDrinks XXmas!
 
Bring a Santa hat, enjoy a special holiday drink, and befriend some of the awesomest people in NYC.
 

7PM Digital Learning: Demos and Discussion
 
Come gather with other NY Education Technologists!
Wondering who you'll see? Here's a sneak peek:
 
Aviary, Better Lesson, Neverware, Red Rover, Kno, Zooburst, Easel
 
 
 
Friday, December 17th
 
8:30AM DUMBO Tech Breakfast 
 
Everybody grabs some food (you have to pay for your own, sorry), grabs a seat, and talks tech. There's no particular focus other than meeting some new people hand having some interesting conversations.
 
 
 
9:30AM Jelly in Manhattan @ New Work City 
 
Leave your apartment, and come to NYC's mostest awesomest coworking space: New Work City!  Odd, that's the second time the term awesomest came up and both times it somehow related to Tony B.  Interesting...
 

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