http://www.93south.net Promoting new technology within the Boston Area Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:28:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As interesting for anyone interested in the national economy as it is for those of us concerned about the Boston technology sector, here is a video that you must watch.  It comes from a recent presentation given at a TED conference in February by Juan Enriquez, Managing Director of Excel ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2009/03/24/must-watch-video-why-boston-might-just-be-the-center-of-the-universe/ I spend quite a bit of time wasting away the day with Twitter as I mentioned in the earlier too-infrequent post to the 93South blog.  Like anything else in this software world, using Twitter effectively takes a bit of philosophy or strategy.  Especially when it comes to who you ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2009/01/28/my-twitter-follow-policy/ Ah yes, I am afraid I have become one of those blogs that goes blank for awhile and drops out of date.  My post on Webinno 18 was so stunning and hard hitting that I needed to keep it up for 4 months straight!  Exciting. ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/11/19/to-blog-or-to-twitterthat-is-the-question/ It was another great night at 18th Web Innovators Group. I have not heard of an actual count but it was easily the largest turnout yet. My favorite demo from the main 3 presenters had to be Totspot but Zeer and WebNotes both look like promising startups. Of ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/07/16/huge-turnout-at-webinno18/ Mark your calendars, July is now the web networking month for Boston area.  It marks the return of the several premier tech events including schmooze-fest TECH Cocktail Boston 2, PodCamp3 Boston and the uber Boston web 2.0 event - WebInno18. I will attempt to attend all of these...hope to see you ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/07/06/big-event-july-dust-off-your-networking-shoes/ Had a great time last night at the North Shore Web Geek meeting.  I arrived a bit late so I did not get a chance to meet everyone there but I'll put it on the list for next month if I am not traveling.   The great thing about this event ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/06/20/the-rise-of-the-north-shore-web-geek/ This weeks 93Startup profile, currently in Alpha, brings a crowdsourcing approach to sourcing vendors for your business.  We all know that finding a new service provider can be a risky and frustrating process.  VendorCity is looking to make that process easier through customer recommendations. I met founder Craig Gillespie at the ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/06/10/93startup-profile-vendorcity-crowdsource-your-vendors/ Our next local 93Startup profile, TotSpot is a very well designed application (it's a Ruby app!) that strives to make it easy to spread the news of juniors latest achievement through the web. Although I have not had the chance to dive deeply into TotSpot yet, I plan a ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/06/05/93startup-profile-totspot-a-place-for-kids/ Does your site need a fresh new look?  Medford's Templamatic is looking to help.  The business, started by local designer Ben Harper,  is building a marketplace for  high quality web templates supplied by a community of graphic designers. Ben, who I am currently working with on professional projects, also ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/06/03/93startup-profile-templamatic-premium-web-template-marketplace/ Our next 93Startup Profile is from another MITX finalist that is taking on the task of managing social communities for top brands including AOL and ESPN.  It looks like they have been doing quite well with "14,000 communities under management". What do you think of Mzinga? Let Boston Know. ... http://www.93south.net/index.php/2008/05/28/93startup-profile-mzinga-enterprise-community-management/