Florida Creatives – Creating a Community of Innovation

Location

BarCampMiami will take place once again at the outstanding Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, kicking off an exciting week for technology in South Florida.

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. BarCampMiami 2009 will include WordCamp!

Location

(O)rlando Elec(tron)ic (I)nteractive Entertainment (Con)vention

The inaugural Otronicon V.1 event in January 2006 attracted more than 16,000 to experience how the cultural phenomenon of video games is changing everything from art to education to business to military training. Otronicon is uniquely Orlando and spotlights Central Florida's growing digital media industry.

Come join more than 15,000 people, and have fun on more than 100 gaming stations, including Wii, Playstation 3, Game Cube and Xbox, and play some of the newest (and oldest) video games. Experience real life, cutting edge, military training simulators such as those used by the Marines, Lockheed Martin and more. Play alongside your friends or battle it out with tons of video game competitions. Jam with your band mates in the Rock Band Concert Hall, or duke it out with your friends in Central Florida's biggest Super Smash Brothers Festival. Don't miss all the action at this year's Otronicon V.4!

Family
Who said video games are just for kids? Live out your childhood dreams behind the wheel of a racing car or in the cockpit of a fighter jet in one of our state of the art simulators. Or crank up your favorite classic rock hits on a customized Rock Band stage. Oh, and don’t worry, there’s stuff for the kids too!

Gamers
Are you good? Really good? Good enough to face off on some of your favorite games in person? At Otronicon, you can test your skills on more than 100 gaming stations in a variety of competition formats. This year’s highlight – Central Florida’s biggest Super Smash Brothers competition. When you need a break from playing, check out this year’s brand new Machinima Film Festival.

Educators
Otronicon offers interactive classes uniquely designed for middle and high school students to explore the world of gaming technology. Students can work with industry-based tools for 3D modeling, animation and game design. Teachers, we’ve got you covered, too, with special “Teachers Only” workshops to increase your knowledge of technology.

Location

From a recent New York Times article on Likemind:
a monthly kaffeeklatsch for creative professionals, held in 55 cities around the world, including Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Malmo, Sweden.

Likemind gatherings have no formal structure, no fees and typically no agenda. But participants exchange ideas, job tips and useful contacts, while also batting around ideas about technology, art, business and culture.

Location

2009 is going to be a big year for Florida Creatives, and this month's happy hour is going to be the kick-off to a lot of that activity. We are starting a monthly conference call for a steering committee, so look at floridacreatives.com for more details.

Location

The Next Planning Meeting will be held this week and you are invited. Ignite Orlando is a community event and all our welcome.

This planning meeting will be held at CoLab, we will be discussing topics such as;

- What is Ignite Orlando
- The Event Coordinator role
- The role of the Talk Coordinator
- The role of the Space Liasion
- The role of the Make Project Coordinator
- The role of the Volunteer Coordinator
- The need for a Videographer

Location

From a recent note by local poetry guy and Orlando Sentinel contributor Tod Caviness:

You have no idea how long I've waited to bust this out: Spoken word returns to Will's Pub next week.

Download Show 21c
flcreatives_21c_rachaelpage.mp3
Length: 6:30

Rachael Page and Ryan Price discuss a bit about Rachael's history and voice some ideas and possibilites for Florida Creatives as a community.

The discussion doesn't end here. You are encouraged to call in with your feedback by leaving a voicemail at 321-441-3964.

Shameless Links:

• Get notified about future Steering Committee meetings by joining the official group on FloridaCreatives.com
• Florida Creatives on iTunes

To view the meeting notes, please check out previous parts of this Steering Committee recording on FloridaCreatives.com

Location

An American Jewish-Swedish Chanukah Celebration... In Orlando.

Who: Orlando Jewish Theater / Brian Feldman Projects

Use this space to talk about ideas for Florida Creatives projects, promotions, traditions and recurring events.

Fractured Atlas is: a non-profit organization that provides services and support to artists and arts organizations. Also: a community of over 50,000 artists and arts groups from every discipline across the country and around the world.

(from the Fractured Atlas blog: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/blog/)

Adam Forest Huttler | Dec 16, 2008

The Economist recently had a short piece about the opportunities and pitfalls in Obama’s plan to make massive investments in infrastructure projects. The writer observes that the US has historically underinvested in infrastructure, while the projects that are carried out are funded in a haphazard manner through Congressional member items with little or no federal oversight or planning.

In our current rush to stimulate the economy by funding many projects as quickly as possible, it's more important than ever that we have a coherent strategy to ensure that infrastructure spending is really an investment in economic growth instead of just a way to provide some short-term jobs. Part of that strategy should include targeted investments aimed at bolstering the creative sector.

Location

“Completely Unsanctioned” – Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly
“Fortunately, no guns were drawn. Mazel Tov!” – Al Pergande, Ink 19

Location

“Completely Unsanctioned” – Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly
“Fortunately, no guns were drawn. Mazel Tov!” – Al Pergande, Ink 19

Location

“Completely Unsanctioned” – Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly
“Fortunately, no guns were drawn. Mazel Tov!” – Al Pergande, Ink 19

Location

“Completely Unsanctioned” – Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly
“Fortunately, no guns were drawn. Mazel Tov!” – Al Pergande, Ink 19

Download Show 21a
flcreatives_21b_steering.mp3
Length: 42:26

On December 8th, 2008 the first Florida Creatives Steering Committee meeting and conference call was held in my kitchen downtown. In attendance were people with an invested interest in the continuation and growth of Florida Creatives. Among the contributors are:
Ryan Price, Eric Marden, Gregg Pollack, Darren McDaniel, Rachael Page, David Rogers, James Tryon, James Caruso

The discussion doesn't end here. You are encouraged to call in with your feedback by leaving a voicemail at 321-441-3964.

Shameless Links:

• Get notified about future Steering Committee meetings by joining the official group on FloridaCreatives.com
• If you need to be represented as a non-profit 501c3, talk to Fractured Atlas
• Florida Creatives on iTunes

To view the meeting notes, please check out Part 1 of this Steering Committee recording on FloridaCreatives.com

Download Show 21a
flcreatives_21a_steering.mp3
Length: 32:43

On December 8th, 2008 the first Florida Creatives Steering Committee meeting and conference call was held in my kitchen downtown. In attendance were people with an invested interest in the continuation and growth of Florida Creatives. Among the contributors are:
Ryan Price, Eric Marden, Gregg Pollack, Darren McDaniel, Rachael Page, David Rogers, James Tryon, James Caruso

The discussion doesn't end here. You are encouraged to call in with your feedback by leaving a voicemail at 321-441-3964.

Shameless Links:

• Get notified about future Steering Committee meetings by joining the official group on FloridaCreatives.com
• Florida Creatives on iTunes

Brain Noise Studios is compiling a list of Florida Artists.

What we need is:

Name
location
Job title, example - graphic designer, muralist, comic book artist
Website or email

The list is a way to keep tabs on all the Florida artists. The longer the list, the better. If you are not on the list all ready post your info and I'll add you. I hope to keep the list growing - a service to anyone seeking certain art or artists.

In just a few days, Florida Creatives will have been a regular event in Orlando for 2 years. This is a cause for celebration. I hope you can all make it out to the festivities.

2009 is going to be a big year for Florida Creatives, and this month's happy hour is going to be the kick-off to a lot of that activity. We are starting a monthly conference call for a steering committee, so look at floridacreatives.com for more details.

The Doterati are also having a holiday party the following night at Monkey Bar (which is across the street from Crooked Bayou.

We are having our very first event planning meeting and you are invited. Ignite Orlando is a community event and all our welcome.

This planning meeting will be held at CoLab, we will be discussing topics such as;

- What is Ignite Orlando
- The Event Coordinator role
- The rolle of the Talk Coordinator
- The role of the Space Liasion
- The role of the Make Project Coordinator
- The role of the Volunteer Coordinator
- The need for a Videographer
- The need for a Photographer
- Event Promotion
- Future Meetings
- Projected Costs to run the event
- The event date

Location

Come celebrate and network with doterati as 2008 comes to a close and the holiday season gets rolling. doterati is hosting a Holiday Networking Bash at Monkey Bar in Downtown Orlando Wall Street.

Friends, family, colleagues and clients of doterati are all invited to join in the fun at this free event. There will be a cash bar and doterati will raffle off prizes. Raffle tickets will be on sale throughout the evening.

You are hereby invited to the first ever Florida Creatives Steering Committee meeting - this is not a Board of Directors, as there is nobody to direct. Participation is voluntary, and the agenda is flexible, but it's long past time for this group to achieve something closer to its full potential.

Location

There is normally very little information about Grandma Party ANYWHERE on the internet (when I google for it, stuff from about 3 authors turns up, and I'm one of them)... therefore, I will let previous coverage speak for itself.

Grandma Party from Jason Hawkins on Vimeo.

Creatives,

In 3 weeks, Florida Creatives will have been a regular event in Orlando for 2 years. This is a cause for celebration. I hope you can all make it out to the festivities.

We just don't know what those festivities will be, until we figure it out.

Last year, we went to Orlando Brewing Co, which is only about a mile from our normal meeting place. We ordered in some pizzas, collected some funds, ate Christmas cookies and had a hoppy jolly time in one of the only certified organic breweries in the country.

One of the best uses of the landing page as a communication tool. Conceptually driven and to the point.

This just looks like a lot of fun. Who's down for some Battledecks? I think this has even been brought up at past FL Creatives events.

The Employ Florida Digital Media Banner Center at SCC had their first-annual Digital Media Workforce Summit in November 2008. Here is some video from the event, captured on my point-and-shoot camera.