On Wednesday December 10, over 400 people gathered at the Skirball Center for the annual Digital Family Reunion. It was a mix of old-school techies with new-school techies, many of which were honored as part of the SoCalTech 50. Kristen Gabriel, Aunny De La Rosa, Efren Toscano (TechZulu), Amanda Coolong (TechZulu), Jason Crilly (PageWoo) Jamie McClury (ROC), Serena Ehrlich (Business Wire), Charles…
So yeah, um, Thursday the 11th of December was kind of busy — The day started out with a breakfast gathering hosted by Business Wire, in which Serena Ehrlich explained Why 2015 is the Year of PR, offering tips for publicists & marketers to make the most of today’s social platforms to promote their clients and get more ink from press partners.…
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… okay, Christmas 1977 to be exact, children everywhere were on the cusp of a digital revolution. It was quite an exciting time, and yet none of us knew how the toys of our childhood would take a quantum leap and influence products & apps built mere decades later. And so we harken…
LA’s growth in the global tech scene should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the progress Silicon Beach for the past couple years. Yet for all the headlines that areas like Santa Monica, Venice, and Playa Vista grab, downtown LA has been attracting a strong base of up & comers, including Nasty Gal, Hyperloop, Nationbuilder, FEM Inc, and Seedling.…
CicLAvia celebrated its 11th event in since its launch on 10/10/10, this time through the neighborhoods of South LA. The route was launched on Central Ave with a speech from Mayor Eric Garcetti, as well as a special appearance by Jaime Ortiz, who created the movement 40 years ago in Colombia with Ciclovia, which now runs every Sunday morning in the city…
Kevin Winston’s DigitalLA drew a few hundred people to the W Hollywood on a rainy Tuesday night to celebrate the holidays. In addition to DigitalLA, the party also included members of alum group Yale in Hollywood and performers from Ivy Entertainment and Planet LA. Endi & Meg from Hollywood & La Brea co-working space WeWork Michael from Vespa and Maria from Roger…
DIYGirls, which offers afterschool programs, summer camps and workshops to girls in LA, had their very first social at Cross Campus on Thursday night, in order to raise funds for the organization and help spread the word about the org. “Girls wearing safety goggles, holding a soldering iron, programming a video game, or building with a 3D printer are images too rarely…
On Monday December 22, well over 100 attendees braved the fog & the holidays in favor of networking & growing their brains for the 28th Santa Monica New Tech Meetup. Now going into its third year, the meetups have showcased nearly 200 creations by area developers. SMNT also marked 2014 with the launch of a mentorship program, a coffee club, a YouTube…