SiliconValley NewTech Meetup – February 2009
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 | Author: vinnie | Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
A great superbowl on sunday right? What’s funny, is thing I hear talked about most around the valley is not the touch down scored via some Steealer’s head, but what advertising budgets looked like and how this was not a strong year for commercials :P
So there’s a new item at the bottom of the newsletter that goes out each month. Even as optimistic as I love to be, the effects of the economy have definitely hit Silicon Valley with lay-offs (the tech-sector globally has seen more then 1/4 million lay-offs in the past year). I think 2009 will be an interesting year and I have nothing but high expectations for solid companies to really shine through this time. Benjamin Hill had the great idea of including a job board on the newsletter – so that our community has another outlet to help each other out. A new member from nyc, Chris Hutchins, is organizing http://laidoffcamp.pbwiki.com. In addition to the newsletter, I’ll post a copy at on our forum at: http://forum.newtechmeetup.org/forum/category/job-postings/
On Deck for tonight
adhearsion.com – Write a mobile voice feature for your website. This is Open Source Telephony on a full featured framework. Go multi-modal and add voice capabilities to your website or mobile app. [Jason Goecke & Jay Phillips]
alphagrade.com – Help teens take a break from facebook! AlphaGrade is a tool to link school grades and chores to their weekly allowance. [Mahesh Hinduja]
peanutlabsmedia.com – New ways to make money on your site – From cell phone payments (for the kids that don’t have credit cards) to creating markets with virtual goods. [Murti Hussain]
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When: Tuesday, Feb 3, 2009 7:00 PM
Where: DLA Piper, 2000 University Ave, Palo Alto
More: http://newtechmeetup.org
Cheers,
Vinnie
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