{"id":1501,"date":"2010-08-16T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T18:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2010-08-16T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T18:17:34","slug":"geek-week-a-pitch-slam-a-tweetup-pii2010-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2010\/08\/16\/geek-week-a-pitch-slam-a-tweetup-pii2010-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Geek Week: a Pitch Slam, a Tweetup, pii2010, and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlegeekweek.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Geek Week logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/2010\/08\/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a>This is &#8220;Geek Week&#8221; in Seattle .\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah, yeah, every week is geek week here, but this is especially geeky with pii2010, gnomedex, and a host of other events.\u00c2\u00a0 Thea Chard&#8217;s got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/seattle\/2010\/08\/13\/seattle-techies-take-to-the-streets-for-a-10-day-geek-week\/\">a good overview in XConomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be at a couple of events on Tuesday, August 17, and probably more later in the week.\u00c2\u00a0 Please let me know if you&#8217;d like to sync up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pii2010.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"pii2010 logo\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlegeekweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/pii2010_button.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a>at 4:30 in the Bel Harbor conference center, it&#8217;s the pii2010 opening reception followed by the the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovate100.com\/program\/pitch-slams\/seattle-pitch-slam\/%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Innovate 100 Seattle Pitch Slam<\/a> is on August 17.\u00c2\u00a0 Innovate  100 is run by Guidewire Group, which includes Chris Shipley (best known  for DEMO); they&#8217;ve already done over a dozen in Eastern Europe, and this is just the second one in the US.\u00c2\u00a0 Judges include Rebecca Lovell of NWEN and Fran Meier of TRUSTe.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know details but it looks very interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s $40 to attend, and if you&#8217;re looking for an interesting window on innovation or a good networking opportunity, it could be a good deal.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"NWEN logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nwen.org\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/nwenblogtheme\/images\/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"61\" \/>at 8:30, pii2010 and NWEN and the CFP coference are having an impromptu tweetup somewhere in Belltown.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;re still finalizing the location; look for more info on the #nwen and #pii2010 hashtags on Twitter.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s no cost to attend (in this context, &#8220;Tweetup&#8221; is code for &#8220;everybody buys their own drinks&#8221;), so if you&#8217;re a night owl, come join us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking of NWEN, if you&#8217;ve been considering applying to the First Look Forum, we&#8217;ve pushed the deadline back to August 23 to better align with Geek Week.\u00c2\u00a0 Rebecca Lovell&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwen.org\/blog\/?p=313\">Help us Help You: The Art of the One-Page App<\/a> on the NWEN blog has some very helpful advice.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of pii2010 (privacy identity innovation), if you&#8217;re doing anything related to online identity,  privacy, or the social web, by all means check it out. \u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s pii&#8217;s first year, and they&#8217;ve got a really  exciting program.\u00c2\u00a0 The pitch slam is one of several other things going on  their, including a Startup BootCamp on Thursday at the space needle.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s a lot more information at <a href=\"http:\/\/pii2010.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/pii2010.com\/<\/a> &#8230; see you there, perhaps<\/p>\n<p>jon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is &#8220;Geek Week&#8221; in Seattle .\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah, yeah, every week is geek week here, but this is especially geeky with pii2010, gnomedex, and a host of other events.\u00c2\u00a0 Thea Chard&#8217;s got a good overview in XConomy. 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