Florida Creatives - Creating a Community of Innovation

If you pay attention to hardware at all, you'll have seen people building interesting tools for fun or profit with openly designed, hackable devices such as Makerbot and Arduino.

We also see lots of popular media featuring open hardware, like this episode of WebNation from the Canadian Discovery Channel, filmed at a hackerspace in Toronto.

Hey, we have a hackerspace, too!

Download Think and Drink Part B
thinkdrink20091016_media_b.mp3
Length: 57:18

John Rife, Darren McDaniel, Julie Norris, Chris Blanc, Lance Turner, Gwendolyn Anello, and Ryan Price gathered with an audience of Central Florida's community organizers, marketers, independent publishers and entrepreneurs to discuss the ways they communicate with their respective groups, clients, users and the media.

Speakers for the New Media Think and Drink: Focus on Community

Gwendolyn Anello is a co-owner of Anello Consulting out of Merritt Island. She consults several organizations in the areas of communications, market development, community and public affairs, and fundraising.

Chris Blanc is the Marketing Director for the Enzian Theatre and the Florida Film Festival. As if that wasn't enough, he's involved in several other local communities, and had a hand in creating the Dandelion Cafe.

Darren McDaniel is the creator of a feature film (The Essence of Irwin), the founder of a local internet startup (Petentials), former programming director at the Downtown Media Arts Center, and has done PhD-level research Sociology at Vanderbilt.

Julie Norris is the owner of Dandelion CommuniTEA Cafe and the host of Front Porch Radio on WPRK 91.5FM every Wednesday. She's also a new mommy! Congrats!

John Rife was a media missionary in S. Pacific / Asia, a founding member of Interactive Expeditions, is an independent documentary filmmaker, a video blogger and is currently pursuing an MFA in Digital Media at UCF.

Lance Turner is the founder of the Ourlando movement and the owner of AEonBlu in Winter Park. You'll see Lance at tons of local events snapping pictures or signing up small businesses to bring the local color.

Ryan Price is the creator of the Florida Creatives Happy Hour and a partner in a web, media and training company called DrupalEasy. He produces several podcasts and blogs when he's not busy organizing events and community functions, or posting to local websites.

Download Think and Drink Part B

Download Think and Drink Part A
thinkdrink20091016_media_a.mp3
Length: 43:38

John Rife, Darren McDaniel, Julie Norris, Chris Blanc, Lance Turner, Gwendolyn Anello, and Ryan Price gathered with an audience of Central Florida's community organizers, marketers, independent publishers and entrepreneurs to discuss the ways they communicate with their respective groups, clients, users and the media.

Speakers for the New Media Think and Drink: Focus on Community

Gwendolyn Anello is a co-owner of Anello Consulting out of Merritt Island. She consults several organizations in the areas of communications, market development, community and public affairs, and fundraising.

Chris Blanc is the Marketing Director for the Enzian Theatre and the Florida Film Festival. As if that wasn't enough, he's involved in several other local communities, and had a hand in creating the Dandelion Cafe.

Darren McDaniel is the creator of a feature film (The Essence of Irwin), the founder of a local internet startup (Petentials), former programming director at the Downtown Media Arts Center, and has done PhD-level research Sociology at Vanderbilt.

Julie Norris is the owner of Dandelion CommuniTEA Cafe and the host of Front Porch Radio on WPRK 91.5FM every Wednesday. She's also a new mommy! Congrats!

John Rife was a media missionary in S. Pacific / Asia, a founding member of Interactive Expeditions, is an independent documentary filmmaker, a video blogger and is currently pursuing an MFA in Digital Media at UCF.

Lance Turner is the founder of the Ourlando movement and the owner of AEonBlu in Winter Park. You'll see Lance at tons of local events snapping pictures or signing up small businesses to bring the local color.

Ryan Price is the creator of the Florida Creatives Happy Hour and a partner in a web, media and training company called DrupalEasy. He produces several podcasts and blogs when he's not busy organizing events and community functions, or posting to local websites.

Download Think and Drink Part A

This is a lot like a Chumby, with no screen, but adds the ability to read RSS.

http://www.violet.net/

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

Download Show 21c

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 21b

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

Download Show 21a

Download Show 20
flcreatives_20_edcwakefield.mp3
Length: 38:32

Jennifer Wakefield is the Director of Public Relations for the Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC). In this inteview with Ryan Price, she shares a number of exciting industries taking root all over Central Florida, including Film and Digital Media, Helath and Biomedical, Military Simulation and Training, and of course the Entertainment industry.

Shameless Links:

• Orlando EDC
• Metro Orlando Film and Entertainment Commission, headed by Suzy Spang Allen
• Film in Florida, the Governor's office of Film and Entertainment
• Employ Florida Digital Media Banner Center
• Florida Interactive Entertainemnt Academy Downtown
• Enzian FilmSLAM
• Orlando Film Festival
• Florida Film Festival
• Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitor's Bureau
• Nemours Children's Health Care
• Burnham at Lake Nona
• City of Orlando Community Venues
• UCF College of Medicine
• Orlando Health and Adventist Health System
• Winnie Palmer Hospital
• Disney Children's Hospital
• Institute for Simulation and Training
• IITSEC Conference
• National Center for Simulation
• Engineering & Computer Simulations
• Texture Magazine
• Global Robotics Institute
• Florida Creatives on iTunes

Download Show 20

Download Show 18
flcreatives_18_eric.mp3
Length: 1:34:26

Eric Marden, AKA Xentek or Dr. XNLB, shares with us some stories from his past about starting record labels, trying to form creative collectives, and the creative climate in Orlando.

Shameless Links:

• Xentek
• Dr. XNLB
• Polyvibe Records
• Egyptian Zombie Robot Party Machine
• Florida Creatives on iTunes

Download Show 18

Download Show 17
flcreatives_17_darren.mp3
Length: 52:20

Download Show 17