http://eastcoastblogging.com A Look At The Local DC Tech Scene and Other Technology and Social Media Musings Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:14:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love two things and consume them veraciously, RSS Feeds in Google Reader and my Amazon Kindle.  Until now they have been mutually exclusive until I learned of this nice little workflow that led to a combination of the two. RSS feeds are great for consuming a lot of news ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/10/26/tip-google-reader-to-kindle-workflow/ A little while back one of the entrepreneurial leaders in our local community, Jared Goralnick, put on a great day conference at the University of Maryland that imparted some great wisdom on local budding entrepreneurs.  It was a good day with lots of new people and great advice.  Now round ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/10/25/event-bootstrap-maryland-what-you-need-to-know-about-money-for-your-startup-in-2009/ As the summer winds down to a close here in the DC area, many of us are getting back into the swing of things and are looking to some great events on the horizon.  One such event is the GrowSmartBiz Conference being put on by my good friend Shashi Bellamkonda ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/09/05/event-growsmartbiz-conference/ Yes it is apparently true .. Just kidding, but yes there is a quite robust technology world right on the doorstep of our little DC community.  The I270 tech Corridor that starts in the Rockville/Bethesda area and stretches north toward Frederick s one of America's largest and is sprinkled with ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/07/28/technology-corridor-community-social-networking-outside-dc/ Every day we continue to see how the power of broadband and the Internet powers new and exciting initiatives. Recently I received word from some local DC friends that they were planning the launch of a new and exciting project called Africa Rural Connect.  The project is a collaboration ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/07/22/local-firms-partner-to-create-africa-rural-connect-project/ So many times in our lives, especially these days, we get so caught up in jobs, work, project, etc that we forget we have a hobby or a passion.  On one hand while I completely endorse making your ideas happen, there is a fine line that takes many too far ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/07/19/dont-forget-those-other-passionshobbies/ What has become a mainstay in the local DC area networking/business events is announcing its newest edition taking place this summer.  For those of you who have not had the opportunity to attend a Social Matchbox event, in essence it is ...where East Coast entrepreneurs and startup professionals congregate, launch, stay ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/07/18/event-social-matchbox-dc-summer-2009/ Just over a year and a half ago I made my way down to Chevy Chase, MD to my first "tweetup" to finally meet some of the local folks I had connected with on Twitter.  I was in the middle of wrapping up the first phase of development on a ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/07/15/local-startup-grasshopr-goes-live/ As some of you know I am a huge fan of Amazon Web Services.  I work with them personally as well as professionally.  One of my first personal projects was a web site that I built to be a front end to their S3 (Simple Storage Service) that I have ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/07/13/calling-all-amazon-web-service-startups/ As the summer winds along to its mid point we have news of a nice evening event coming up this week.  As many of you know and have been following, the Apps for Democracy Community Edition competition has ended and the winners will be announced this week.  So the Happy ... http://eastcoastblogging.com/2009/07/10/event-summer-of-gov/