Technology Evangelist went to Tech Cocktail 2006 in Chicago, IL to interview some of the interesting people attending. Troy Haaland and three fellow programmers in Chicago developed a tool called eSigma that aggregates Web-based business process software. eSigma has developed a global Web Service-based repository for business processes that provides process discovery, publishing, testing and management delivered over the World Wide Web. We are able to provide these services utilizing public networks, leveraging existing market services reducing the cost of participation significantly.
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A Microsoft employee named Anand Iyer recently founded an organization called the Global Network of Technology Evangelists (GNoTE) to catalyze technology evangelism, networking, learning, and tech agnosticism about the global technology evangelist committee. We here at Technolgoy Evangelist were, of course, interested in this project, so we’re catching flights out to the Bay Area for the very first GNoTECon this coming Monday. We’ll be covering the event in High Def. and blogging about who we meet, what we learn, and all kinds of fun stuff. If you’ll be in the Bay Area Monday, consider attending the event.
Also, be sure to track down the crew from TechnologyEvangelist.com to say high. We’re interested in capturing as much footage of the event as possible, including interviews with attendees, so tell us your story.
The event has an incredible line-up including a keynote by Guy Kawasaki, a tech evangelism success stories panel discussion with Jeremy Zawodny, Anil Dash, Jeff Sandquist, Buzz Bruggeman, and Rafe Needleman. It’s only $70 for non-members of the SDForum and $40 for members with food, so what excuse could you possibly have to not attend?
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“The rise of high-speed Internet and the explosion in online video content is fuelling a widespread decline in the number of people watching television according to a worldwide study by UK telecoms and media watchdog, Ofcom.”
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“The Bush administration wants North Korea’s attention, so like a scolding parent it’s trying to make it tougher for that country’s eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters.”
Technology Evangelist went to Tech Cocktail 2006 in Chicago, IL to interview some of the interesting people attending. Justin Chen and John Li are two UC Berkeley alumni who love eating and coming up with new ideas and one of those ideas was www.menuism.com. After college they took detours through large corporations, but kept dreaming of the day when they could do something smaller that was their own. That day finally came earlier this year at the end of a weekend brainstorm session, where the idea for Menuism was born. Amped up on excitement, opportunity and caffeine, Juston and John both gave their 2-week notices the very next day at work, and they have been working at this ever since.
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Technology Evangelist went to Tech Cocktail 2006 in Chicago, IL to interview some of the interesting people attending. Mary Beth Hughes founded Big Thinking By The Hour, Inc. in 2004. BigThinkingByTheHour.com helps users bring Internet video content to their web site to help their Internet marketing needs. Their objective is to "become the preeminent creators of strategic Internet video content, designed around the way people Web."
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“The biggest culprit of spam remains the United States, which accounts for 21.6 percent of spam coming into the 25-nation EU. China is the second-biggest producer with 13.4 percent, while EU member France is third with 6.3 percent.”
Technology Evangelist went to Tech Cocktail 2006 in Chicago, IL to interview some of the interesting people attending. Phil Kruzel works for LiquidTalk Networks in Business Development. LiquidTalk Networks creates enterprise business applications for digital media devices (iPods, smart phones, etc.). Their patent-pending technology combined with professional services enable new ways for businesses to create, organize, and distribute business content for sales enablement and employee learning and communication. Digital media players are the ideal platform for employee knowledge transfer due to their portability, ease of use, and start-and-stop playing flexibility.
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Technology Evangelist went to Tech Cocktail 2006 in Chicago, IL to interview some of the interesting people attending. Mike Evens and Matt Maloney are the founders of GrubHub.com. Around 2 years ago, Mike and Matt were working at a major Internet company in Chicago. They were just sick of ordering from <insert restaurant name here> and frustrated that one of the original promises of the Internet, ”Find out who delivers to you” was still unfulfilled. It wasn’t a eureka moment, it was more disbelief that no one had done this before. Matt started with,” Grub ” and Mike replied, ” Hub. ”
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Technology Evangelist went to Tech Cocktail 2006 in Chicago, IL to interview some of the interesting people attending. Kris Smtih is the founder and owner of Palegroove Studios, the first podcast production studio in the world.
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Technology Evangelist went to Tech Cocktail 2006 in Chicago, IL to interview some of the interesting people attending. Jason Jacobsohn is an entrepreneurial business professional with cross-functional expertise in consulting, research, strategy, relationship management, due diligence, and financial and business analysis
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