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…
On Tuesday December 9, Digital LA and the Television Academy (home of the Emmys) hosted top video creators & executives to discuss the current state of the video industry 2014 (booming), as well as the challenges & opportunities ahead (not easy, but continued growth & maturity as advertisers flock to the space and MCNs become networks, broadcast networks become producers, and the…
On Thursday December 18, Nir Eyal dropped by Cross Campus to discuss his book ‘HOOKED: How to Form Habit-Forming Products’ (buy now at Amazon) Eyal started out with a lively 15 minute preso that perfectly applies clinical psychology, in a plainspoken manner, into the buildout of a product. Technology is the cigarette of the 21st century, it’s up to us to apply…