Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow
February 28th, 2007 | Published in Misc. | 3 Comments
Yesterday
Social Media Club - Austin: Let me give a great big round of applause to the lovely and talented Connie Reece for throwing together a terrific meeting of The Social Media Club last night. This group is extremely well organized — full of talented folk from diverse backgrounds. Also a big thanks to Eric Newman and Pluck for sponsoring this event. I was happy to find John Moore from Brand Autopsy attending this meeting — and am looking forward to seeing him present at the next SMC Austin meeting on March 29th. Well worth the drive — having left me with a million different ideas — and some new thoughts on how to implement Social Media here at STA.
Today
Tonight is Refresh Houston — http://upcoming.org/event/156351
This is a special event meetup — and I encourage everyone who can attend to do so. Here’s the meeting description:
Amazon Web Services (Thanks to Refresh Dallas for the stolen meeting description)
What’s possible in a post Web 2.0 world? Innovation continues at a mind-bending pace, and this presentation will showcase some thought-provoking new directions that Web Services are headed in. The presentation will provide an overview of Amazon Web Services, including a Web Service named Mechanical Turk that allows computers to make requests of people, an online storage service, a Virtual Server service, and more. There will also be a demo showing how to set up the virtual server. But mostly this will be an opportunity to have a discussion about innovation and entrepreneurial tools.
Amazon spent ten years and over $1 billion developing a world-class technology and content platform that powers Amazon web sites for millions of customers every day. Most people think “Amazon.com” when they hear the word; however developers are excited to learn that there is a separate technology arm of the company, known as Amazon Web Services or AWS. Using AWS, developers can build software applications leveraging the same robust, scalable, and reliable technology that powers Amazon’s retail business. AWS has now launched ten services with open API’s for developers to build applications, with the result that over 200,000 developers have registered on Amazon’s developer site to create applications based on these services.
About the Presenter
Mike Culver joined the Developer Relations Group of Amazon Web Services in May, 2006. Mike brings with him fifteen years of technology leadership experience, including at companies such as Microsoft. In addition Mike has a strong background running an IT organization, with several decades of experience in the Electrical Wholesale Distribution industry. As a Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, he helps developers take advantage of disruptive technologies that are going to change the way we think about computer applications, and the way that businesses compete.
Tomorrow
Tomorrow — will be a busy, busy day. Wish I could tell you more — but you’ll just have to wait.
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Erica O'Grady is a New Media and Loyalty Marketing Specialist based in Houston Texas. Her turn ons are: Community Building, Design, BarCamp, and Twitter. Her turn offs are: Trolls, Spammers, and Folks who "Just Don't Get It". 
March 1st, 2007 at 2:02 pm (#)
Not only did you steal the event description, you stole the presenter! (We had to make do without)
March 5th, 2007 at 1:18 pm (#)
@CKS — Sorry — I promise it wasn’t intentional. Mike had a family emergency — but he will be back up your way in April or May I believe.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:51 pm (#)
As Erica said, I’ll be in Dallas on May 23rd to speak to Refresh Dallas. I apologize for the last minute cancelation; however it was an emergency of the sort you hope you never have.