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Upcoming events
- Tallahassee Film Festival 48-Hour Movie Contest(Now)
- Orlando InDesign Users Group(3 days)
- Burrow Press Launch Party and Book Signing(3 days)
- BarCamp Orlando 2010(13 days)
- Yuri's Night Space Party(20 days)
- @67Books @oclslibrary(21 days)
Mac and iPhone Developers
Monthly meetups to share and discuss development for the iPhone. Bring your friends. You do not have to have anything working or even develop for it yet. We want to garner interest in the topic in the Orlando area.
See also: http://orlandococoaheads.org/
BarCamp Orlando 2010
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Artists, trend-spotters, activists, geeks and performers from Orlando and all around the SouthEast will be flocking to Orlando for an annual event unlike any other in Central Florida. BarCamp is a conference with no keynote speaker, no pre-defined schedule and no admission fee. It sounds like a bunch of chaos, but in fact it's one of the most fun days you can participate in. It's very easy to be involved, speak your mind, meet likeminded folks, maybe get a job, or just hand out and listen to all the passionate conversations happening in and out of the rooms where sessions are held.
This ad-hoc day of sessions invites participants to control the programming by preparing a 20 minute talk on any creative topic and presenting it to other participants. A large board separated into time slots will be opened at 9AM. Those wishing to lead discussions should be present early to write the name of his or her session on the board first thing in the morning.
Or ask Nick about BarCamp:
There will be an hour break in the middle for lunch, which is being provided thanks to our generous sponsors.
Creative Resources Across the Globe
Outside of Florida, a whole tumultuous world of content exists. What are some that may be useful to folks on this site?
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- TED: Ideas worth spreading Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
- South by SouthWest on YouTube Every year in March, SXSW entertains thousands of attendees at its Interactive, Film and Music conferences & festivals in Austin TX.
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!
Looking for someone to crate an iPhone app
I have an idea for an iphone app. Let me know if anyone is intreated.
Application Showcase: Speed Dating for the Digitally Infatuated
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Fall in love with a new application during doterati’s version of speed dating. During this fast paced round robin event, developers will have two minutes to showcase their hottest application and, in turn, you’ll have two minutes to ask questions. Then it’s on to the next application until you find your perfect match.
Apps of the digital kind are the only ones you’ll find at this showcase. Enjoy a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres while mingling with others that are wild about widgets too.
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CocoaHeads Hack Night @ Stardust Coffee
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Come join the Orlando CocoaHeads for a Hack Night at Stardust Coffee.
Meet & Greet, Hack on a Project, or just come hang out!
Give Your Creative Projects a Kickstart
I heard about Kickstarter on a podcast interview with board member and contributor Andy Baio recently, and I am blogging about it as soon as I could. It's a way to get micro-investors for just about any project you would like to carry out, but can't afford to. Andy's project is to create an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis called "Kind of Bloop".
From Andy Baio's blog: Kickstarter Launches!
iPhoneDevCamp - Florida
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THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
iPhoneDevCamp was formed just a week after the launch of the original iPhone device and now meets annually to promote the work of developers and designers for iPhone and iPod touch. This year iPhoneDevCamp 3 will be hosted at Yahoo!‘s Sunnyvale, CA campus.
We are thrilled to announce that MOSI will sponsor and host the Inaugural iPhoneDevCamp - Florida 2009.
iPhoneDevCamp - Florida will run simultaneously with iPhoneDevCamp 3 as one of 19 simultaneous Satellite events to connect developers around the world.
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