Have a happy 4th of July and a safe weekend!!! We’ll see everyone next month at a new location. More details to come next week.
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UPDATE: Here are some videos from the event:
http://www.vimeo.com/5174186 http://www.vimeo.com/5294735This from Joao Prado Maia of the Houston PHP Users Group:
Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP language, will be in Houston in June and graciously volunteered to do a presentation to our group! Sorry about the last minute modification, but we will need to move our meeting from our usual date/time to Wednesday June 10th at 6:00pm. The presentation details below from Rasmus himself:
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Architecture, Performance, Optimization and Security.
I take a look at the performance of some popular PHP applications and go
through and show the common mistakes people make and show how much of a difference just a little bit of optimization makes.
Then, if there is still time and interest I’ll explain the current state
of XSS on the Web with some live examples of XSS issues on some local
sites. I usually like to have 2-3 hours, but I can squeeze it into less.
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I hope to see you all here for this great opportunity!
– Joao
Check out the full interview here and be sure to make an effort to attend one of the BioWeekend events, BioCamp Houston ‘09 in particular.
We took March off for SXSWi but are back in full swing for the April 2009 Houston Startup Happy Hour this upcoming Thursday, April 2nd from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Saute Bistro at 2303 Richmond Avenue. This will be a dual purpose happy hour in that we are also kicking off BioCamp Houston ‘09 Weekend. The weekend will start with the happy hour Thursday night, move into the 6th Annual BioHouston Chili Cook-off 2009 held by our friends at BioHouston on Friday from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. and then BioCamp Houston ‘09 at Rice University’s Keck Hall from 9:00 a.m. until we close her down. We’ll conclude the weekend at Valhala, Rice’s on campus graduate student pub.
Should be an amazing weekend so all of you researchers, doctoral students, biopreneurs, doctors, Hooters’ waitresses, and other bioenthusiasts come and help make it a weekend to remember.
Time: April 1, 2009 from 11:15am to 1:15pm
Location: Maggiano’s Restaurant – Galleria Location
Street: 2019 Post Oak Blvd
City/Town: Houston, TX 77056
Website or Map: http://www.mapquest.com/map…
Contact Info: (713) 961-2700
Event Type: monthly, luncheon
Green Talk
Getting Skeptics to Buy Using Interactive Marketing Tactics
A growing population of environmentally conscious consumers is emerging from the convergence of environmental concern, energy prices and limitless information. These customers are demanding “real green” products from “real green” companies and are skeptical about most companies’ claim on green. The outcome is a longer selling cycle and a reduction in customer loyalty. Join guest panel speakers from Houston’s leading green businesses: New Living, Green Lily Events and forGreen Marketing & Design. They will address key issues at the forefront of the challenging green marketplace and share how they overcome obstacles using interactive marketing strategies.
Key Takeaways:
- Discover the language and communication style that appeals to niche consumers;
- Learn how to use the interactive & social media tools that connect with the green audience;
- Polish your marketing voice to attract and retain a specific targeted audience;
- Engage with a cautious and even smarter consumer;
- Customize your online marketing efforts to create a community of buyers; and
- Outpace your competition through a unique brand message.
About the Panel Speakers
MARY FRANCES Blatchley is founder and president for both forBri, Inc. and forGreen Marketing and Design. Her experience encompasses everything from innovative marketing strategy to interactive technology to green initiatives. Mary Frances has been helping her clients build strong brands with beautifully executed, award winning campaigns for nearly 20 years.
JEFF Kaplan founded New Living in 2007 and began selling eco-friendly products on one aisle of Wagner Hardware in January 2008. Jeff later leased the entire store and recycled the historic building into New Living, Houston’s Green Building + Home Store. He is completely passionate about making the green building movement accessible for everyone and hopes that New Living can be a paradigm shift for how business is done.
JESSICA Zapatero is Founder and Director at Green Lily Events has over 11 years experience in social and corporate event planning. Her passion for sustainability was the inspiration to create a new, progressive event planning company. She considers the effects of the environment at every level of planning resulting in a lighter footprint event.
Startup Company Lawyer has a great post that breaks down the various elements of determining what kind of entity your startup should operate within. Great read from a great blog.
This coming Monday, February 16, SXSW Interactive is hosting a pre-party in Houston to bring together the emerging tech/Web 2.0/social media scene in our neck of the woods. the event will be from 7-9 pm at the House of Blues Foundation Room located at 1294 Caroline Street.
This is the first year that SXSWi is throwing a pre-party in Houston (they’ve always done SF, NY, Seattle, etc), which really validates the hard work we’ve all been doing to prop up the local tech community. You can RSVP to interpress<at>sxsw<dot>com but do so soon…they are limiting attendance at 300 people.
For those of you not from around these parts:
“The SXSW Interactive Festival offers five days of panels, Core Conversations, book readings and keynote discussions. Also look for the Film and Interactive Trade Show, the ScreenBurn Arcade, the all-new Accelerator Event plus an exciting lineup of evening activities. Attendees benefit from hands-on, how-to training as well as long-term, big-picture analysis in an atmosphere that charges creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. More to the point, coming to SXSW Interactive is a great way to recharge your creativity. Listen to some podcasts or watch videos from the 2008 event to get a better idea of what to expect.
“The 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival will take place Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17. The ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade will run from Friday, March 13 through Sunday, March 15, and the Film + Interactive Exhibition & Trade Show will open Saturday, March 14 and close Monday, March 16.
“Daytime panel programming (as well as the Trade Show & Exhibition) takes place at the Austin Convention Center located at 500 E. Cesar Chavez. For 2009 additional panel programming will also take place at the Austin Hilton Downtown, which is located right across the street from the Austin Convention Center at 500 East 4th Street. Evening events will occur at the Hilton and at various nightspots around the city.”
See you there!!!
Local developer of games for health, Playnormous, recently announced a partnership with Humana in which the company has licensed several of their more popular games, Bubble Trouble and Lunch Crunch, to Humana for the recently developed Humana Games for Health (HG4H) game portal. The release about this partnership has been picked up by the mainstream media (you can link to all of the articles here) which is a major coup for the Playnormous team.
Serious games have been around for some time but the explosion in flash based casual gaming has provided a new model for Playnormous to take many of the games that they have developed for academic use and flip them back to the marketplace for our enjoyment. I’ve spent many hours with the team at Playnormous and expect that they will continue their leadership role in this space well into its heyday.
Congratulations to the team!!!
Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center invite everyone to join us in celebrating 2009 with our first Houston Startup Happy Hour of the year.
The happy hour will be at a new Houston venue, same as our December event: Saute. Founded by Connie Lacobie (and co-owned by Houston software entrepreneur and technology community leader Kevin Lacobie) also the founder of Té House of Tea, Saute is a strong believer in fair trade concepts and supports international culture by highlighting international recipes, art, and dance. They are also firmly attached to our local communities, and strive to bring you local produce and free-range products, and local art and dance connections. Here are the details:
When: February 5, 2009
Time: 6:30pm until we get tired, bored or too hammered to press on…
Where: 2303 Richmond Ave., Houston TX 77098
Between Kirby and Greenbriar, sharing the parking lot with Blue Fish Sushi, Hobbit Cafe, & LZ Pub .
This ought to be a grand event and one you should not miss. We’ll see you there and let’s get started!
I am just now catching up on many things from 2008 and noticed that David Heller has decided to shut down his startup, Supplier View. You can read more about it from David himself at his blog. Once I can connect with him to learn more, I will let everyone know what’s up.
I hope that we see many new startups in 2009, but fear that we may see more cease than start. These are interesting times…
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