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SXSW Panels by Refreshers
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
South by Southwest (SXSW) is the biggest interactive conference in the world. Several of our RefreshMiami members have submitted panels for the conference. Please consider taking a look and supporting them with your vote in the SXSW PanelPicker!
- Against All Odds – A Media Literate World Alex de Carvalho
- Culture in the Digital Workspace Richard Lent
- Getting Your Designs Approved: 12 Simple Rules Larissa Meek
- How to Be a Productive ERT Chris Fullman
- Storyboards, Wireframes and Prototypes: OH MY! Larissa Meek
- The 10 Commandments of a Digital Agency Richard Lent
If there are any more SXSW panels proposed by South Floridians, please feel free to mention them in a comment, especially with a link.
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Ad:Tech Miami update
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
As a follow up to last week’s post, Ad:Tech Miami is coming June 22. We still have the discount code available 25% off using coupon code: ATMB2A. Myspace executive Shawn Gold will deliver the keynote presentation outlining where Myspace is heading in the US hispanic and Latin American markets. Terra Networks CEO Fernando Madeira will also be keynoting.
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AdTech Miami coming soon
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Hey everyone, AdTech Miami is coming up in under a month, and we’ve still got some great discount coupons/codes for you all.
So get your 25% off using coupon code: ATMB2A
Thanks,
Brian
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DemoCampMiami
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
After a fun and interesting BarCamp in Miami in February, we’re going to hold the second one in September. For more about our first event, here are some links:
http://barcamp.org/Barcamp-Miami
This time, it’s a DemoCampMiami, which is a lighter version of BarCamp. This means that the presentations are consecutive and are limited eight startups, four of which have already signed up. DemoCamp will last about 2:30 hours on Wednesday, September 19th.
We know it’s four months away, but if you think you will make it, please sign up already on the DemoCampMiami page so we can plan for the right sized venue. You may sign up at:
http://www.barcamp.org/DemoCampMiami
The password is c4mp
If you’re not familiar editing wikis, please feel free to message me directly and I’ll add your name to it.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event//
If you would like to help setup DemoCampMiami and in the process get more closely involved with the RefreshMiami community, please let me know, we could use your help! There’s nothing major to do, but the more people help, the easier it is for everyone.
-Alex
www.scrapblog.com
www.tapio.com
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Bring the Future of Web Apps conference to Miami
Friday, March 9th, 2007
This link has been posted to our Google group, but if you’ve just discovered the Refresh Miami site for the first time, live in Florida and are interested in technology and the web, please click this link to vote for Miami to host the next Future of Web Apps conference.
If you’re not familiar with this conference, check out the site, you’ll see an impressive list of speakers and topics discussed. So please vote today.
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BarCamp Miami Memories and Recap
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
BarCamp Miami came and went but the memories remain excellent.
Before talking about the event, though, a very well deserved round of gratitude is due:
- first and foremost, to Professor Kim Grinfeder and the University of Miami School of Communication. The School programmed BarCamp into its annual Communication Week program and supplied the venue, projectors, and free wi-fi, essential for the live demos. Kim in particular was a driving force behind BarCamp Miami and he secured the sponsorship for the event, which allowed us to order T-shirts and catering. We also appreciate the help of Sanjeev Chatterjee, the School’s Vice-Dean, and Lelen Bourgoignie-Robert, Jim Virga and others at UM who helped make BarCamp a reality.
- to Nick Dominguez and Brian Breslin. Brian created RefreshMiami last April and has done more than anyone to get the web/tech/design community started and going in Miami. We owe him for his vision and his execution. Brian also provided guidance and support when the idea of holding a BarCamp Miami first occurred and helped select the logo. Nick has been a key driver of RefreshMiami and took time out of his busy schedule to help us with the banners and in publicizing BarCamp Miami.
- Finally, to our sponsors Aurora Ventures, Knight Center for International Media, ServerGrove Networks and Scrapblog, where I work, as well as to our suppliers, Gateways Unlimited and Once Upon A Party.
So how did the event go? Douglas Hanks from The Miami Herald wrote about us in the Business section:
So it goes at BarCamp, a sort of viral convention with no schedule, featured speakers, or agenda until the attendees themselves create one. For South Florida’s first BarCamp, organizer Alex de Carvalho posted a notice on blogs he and his friends run, as well as a collaborative ”wiki” Web page dedicated to BarCamps held around the world.
And from this “viral” word of mouth, about 60 people showed up. The format of BarCamp is “open-source” in the sense that anyone can present and indeed everyone is encouraged to participate. We had three areas with projectors and four time slots to present, and of these twelve slots, 11 got filled in:
- Mike Gibaldi talked about Businesswire.com’s new “social media” and search engine optimized press release offering
- Michael Froomkin presented the security and privacy challenges of getting municipal wi-fi in Miami-Dade. Now’s the time to get involved to avoid restrictions on your access to wi-fi!
- Ruben Duque created digital graffiti with a laser pointer!
- David Hoff drove from Naples to present IMified, which helps you manage everything through your IM client (and then he drove back!)
- The Calleiro brothers demoed ourscene.com
- Leonard Boord presented The Gorb reputation manager
- Nick Dominguez and Ant Bryan spoke about an enhanced download standard for bittorrent, metalink
- Donald Llopis presented python and pygame for rapid prototyping of video games
- Caleb Elston spoke about usnacks.com, which helps busy college students buy their snacks
- Tim Hoyt showed us picturemarketing.com while Cortney Mills took our pictures
- I gave a live demo of Scrapblog.com. We offer a rich, enhanced photo and video sharing experience and will launch in three weeks
Update: Blaine Zuver presented as well. He spoke about ArcticTropic Blog and Metroblogging Miami
Besides the presenters listed above and people mentioned earlier, I also met and spoke to Benjamin Li, Jason L. Baptiste, Francisco Martin, Maria de los Angeles Lemus, Danay, Jackie Paz, Caleb Elston, Blaine Zuver, Denise R. Jacobs, Jorge Barroso and Eduardo Henriques.
We are also grateful that some venture capitalists showed up, including from Longworth, Aurora Ventures and H.I.G. This is very reassuring and I hope we’ll see you participate in future events.
What’s next? We hope to do another BarCamp soon. How soon? It’s up to you. And who’s “we”? It could be anyone. BarCamps can be run on any theme and anyone can take the initiative. And if anyone would like to do another BarCamp Miami on web/tech/design, please do so. The BarCamp wiki is open to all and the BarCampMiami blog is open to more authors.
We would also like to create a more formal conference, called webpl.us. Why more formal? Because we would like to have speakers from across the US, from Europe and from Latin America present, and when you fly in people and pay for their hotels, you need to ensure attendance, cover your costs and provide your speakers with a forum.
Which brings us back to running a BarCamp. The experience is exhilarating and there is a definite adrenalin rush to organizing one, and it stays in your system. Why? Because after all the preparation, you really don’t know if anyone is going to show up … and BarCamps are all about people.
And everyone that showed up have each other to thank for making the event so enjoyable.
See you soon, I hope!
Here are some links:
- Flickr photos of BarCamp Miami
- The Miami Herald article
- BarCamp Miami wiki page
- BarCamp Miami blog
- RefreshMiami monthly events
Cross-posted to tapio.com, RefreshMiami, BarCamp Miami
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We Media Conference in Miami
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
The third annual WeMedia conference will be held in South Florida next year, at the University of Miami from February 8-9, 2007.
The program (pdf) is built around two themes:
* Community: How can media and communications in a multitude of forms, produced or influenced by an ever-expanding multitude of sources, serve and strengthen the communities where people live?
* Investment: In a shifting communications marketplace, how will investors, public and private funders or new formulations of social entrepreneurship pay for and sustain the civic enterprises of news and information?
There will also be a consumer-generated VideoFest running concurrently to We Media, but considered an essential part of the conference experience. The most recent confirmations include monster.com founder Jeff Taylor, Weblogs founder Jason Calacanis and craigslist founder Craig Newmark.
Ifocos.org has kindly extended a few fellowship seats to those connected with Refresh Miami and you can apply for one here by November 13th, 2006.
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refresh06 conference
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
The first annual Refresh the Web conference hosted by refreshOrlando will be held on November 16th – 18th, 2006. More at refresh06.
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