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Florida Creatives Happy Hour #38
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Come join Orlando's longest-running art and tech happy hour for our first gathering of the new year! Lots of exciting things are happening in Central Florida, and people who are well-connected and passionate about the future can't afford to miss out on these tribal gatherings.
Whether you're a poet, an actor, a photographer, a producer, a marketer, a programmer, an entrepreneur or a combination of them all, you'll find some great conversation and new friends by attending, and coming back every month on the third Monday.
We also have a chapter in Melbourne that has been meeting for over a year now with great success. If you'd like to see events like this in your town, feel free to start one!
Crooked Bayou has some of the best food in downtown Orlando, and drink specials for people who show up in the first hour. Monday is also when they run a special on their wings - check them out. Of course, the traditional "hot tots" and fried pickles are always a favorite.
P.S. Please bring a camera and snap some photos! You'll want to show your friends what it was like.
Florida Creatives 3 Year Anniversary
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In just a few days, Florida Creatives will have been a regular event in Orlando every month for 3 years. This is a cause for celebration. I hope you can all make it out to the festivities.
2010 is going to be a big year for Florida Creatives, with the Brevard circle turning 1 year old, and new circles starting in South Florida and Lakeland.
Come and meet some likeminded folks - people who are always learning, working to change the world, looking to create something new, or people who just like being social.
Thanks for 3 awesome years of your input, ideas, friendship and support. This group is reaching a new plateau, it is entirely due to our members, whom we ask little of, but who give us so much.
Admission is free, there is no sign-up form, there are no nametags, just come and be yourself, and the creatives will guide you from there!
Gainesville Networking
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Gainesville Media
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- The Iguana Gainesville's progressive events and calendar and newsletter.
- The Fine Print Monthly progressive magazine for and by students at the University of Florida
- WGOT-LP Low Power community radio - a project of the CMC
Gainesville Resources
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Venues
- Civic Media Center 433 S. Main St.
Polk Museum of Art
http://www.polkmuseumofart.org/content/interior.asp?section=exhibitions&...
If you think you have a good series of paintings, photos, or mixed media artwork you can submit it to the curator at the polk museum of art in Lakeland, Florida. The response times from the museum are long but they do get back to you eventually. Why not try it. You art could be seen by thousands.
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If you can see this message, the site has been upgraded! Please let me know what is messed up... the upgrade went a little TOO smooth.
Update: OpenID login as well as Facebook Connect are working again. Now I am going to send a comment to see if the notifications still go out.
In a few minutes, I will be disabling commenting and any new posts or edits. I don't want the content on the site to be inaccessible, but I am going to be upgrading the site software, so I don't want any changes to get lost in the process.
The site should be back to normal in a few hours, running on some new software!
LessConf in Jacksonville Florida
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We just announced that we're putting on a conference in Jacksonville, Florida - Oct 17th 2009.
We have an awesome venue and a killer set of speakers for this one day conference. First 100 signups for the conference get to eat lunch with the speakers.
- Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibrary.tv
- Derek Sivers founder of CDBaby.com
- Kevin Hale founder of Wufoo.com
- Mike McDerment founder of Freshbooks.com
- David Hauser of Grasshopper.com/GotVmail.com
- Eoghan McCabe and Des Traynor of Contrast.ie
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Erik Hersman's TED Talk
At TEDU 2009, Erik Hersman presents the remarkable story of Ushahidi, a GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cell phone texts following the 2008 elections, and has evolved to continue saving lives in other countries.
Blogger (AfriGadget, WhiteAfrican), geek and power networker Erik Hersman is a key member of the African blog revolution. As a builder of Ushahidi, he helps expand the power of everyday people to share vital news via text.
http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting.html
Design Contest
Hello everybody. This year, the University of Florida cycling team is having a contest to design their uniforms for the upcoming season. The winner will received an incalculable amount of targeted advertising for their design business, because this clothing will be sold heavily throughout florida as well as on a national level. The type of people who buy $200 cycling kits are also usually the type of people who can afford graphic design work.
Get all of the details here:
http://teamfloridacycling.org/cycling/contest
Thanks for reading!
- Joel
Univ. of Florida's Innovation Showcase
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Don't miss the University of Florida's Celebration of Innovation–Showcase 2009! This a unique opportunity to see 16 start-up companies in the areas of life sciences, medical devices, and information technology that are commercializing the latest technologies generated from research conducted at UF.
BarCamp Orlando #3
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BarCampOrlando is back and is going to be bigger and better than ever. The Orlando Scene has quickly proven it can put on one of the premier BarCamp events in the US, and quite possibly the world.
BarCampOrlando is a 1 day 'unconference' offering all attendees the opportunity to share their knowledge by giving short talks on ANY subject. This year we will have 3 different rooms to showcase the participants and sessions of different lengths to accommodate more content then you can shake your marshmallow stick at.
BarCamp by it's nature has no schedule, no keynote speaker, and no main topic of conversation - the participants decide the who, what, how, why and when - we just pick the where!
Please register for the event so we can plan accordingly!
P.S. BarCamp may still be looking for sponsors - any amount will be accepted. We have a "fill in the blank" sponsorship available for those who can't swing $100 or $300, as much as they might like to.
Gainesville Blogs
Business
- Florida Venture Blog by Dan Rua: No-BS Venture Thoughts for No-BS Entrepreneurs.
Gainesville Companies
Companies owned and run by FLCreatives members
eCommerce
- Gator Tutoring, online tutoring for Business classes at UF
- Grooveshark, everybody gets paid
Software
- Tao Effect, makers of Espionage for the Mac
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