MinneDemo Holiday Edition

It's time for another MinneDemo! MinneDemo is the Minneapolis/St.Paul version of DemoCamp, where we showcase the most kick-ass software in town and have a few beers together.

This time around, we've arranged to have the Acadia Cafe, located on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis' "Eat Street" district, close their doors to the public and make both their stage/theater and the cafe/pub space available exclusively for MinneDemo attendees on the evening of Monday, December 11th.

The Acadia can accommodate a larger audience, provides us with separate spaces for presentations and networking, offers a nice menu and a really diverse set of beers all in a non-corporate setting. The place has soul, and lets us address the valid gripe last time 'round about not being able to hear the presenters over the chatter.

Demo Schedule

We will have seven 15-minute demos. Sign up below if you're interested and, of course, there's no fee or any BS associated with presenting. Also, email dan at unpossible dot com and look at recursion dot org so we know how to reach you. This is really important so that we can confirm that you're still in when we get closer to the event.

Schedule:

1. Data_Pix (Jeff Beddow) -- Data_Pix is a self-descriptive data presentation method that allows visual interactive browsing of large complex datasets.
2. Fetchster (Eric Caron) -- Fetchster is a locally-owned, nation-wide job board that spiders company websites for job openings (eliminating the middle man, such as CareerBuilder)
3. imp (Dan Carroll) -- Through imp, users can legally discover, acquire and share songs, movies and more -- all of which is recommended to them by sources they trust.
4. Doomtree Reactive Video Utility (Paul Wenzel & Justin Heideman) -- In real time, we manipulate motion graphics, video footage, and imagery for on-stage performance. Using Quartz Composer and Max/MSP, it is not Web 2.0.
5. Corp.com Domain Registry - Another domain-name stunt by Mike O'Connor. Missed your corporate name in the dot-com space? Looking for another SEO solution? Want to convey a corporate image? Corp.com might be just the ticket.
6. Co-Pilot (Eric Grumdahl) -- Co-Pilot helps housing and human service agencies end homelessness in Minnesota, by streamlining information management, simplifying accountability and providing feedback to policy-makers, funders and programs.
7. Open

Have a project in the pipeline that you'd you'd like to present at the next MinneDemo, sign up below:

1. My weather project (Ben Tesch)
2. Your name here?

Getting there

Acadia Cafe is located just south of downtown Minneapolis, at the corner of Nicollet Avenue South and West Franklin Avenue. The address is 1931 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403.

Metro Transit Bus Route 18 stops at the corners in front of Acadia Cafe.

Parking is available at the Lorring Nicollet community center - Plymouth Church lot just North of the Acadia on Nicollet. Street parking is also available.

Appetizers/Sponsors

Acadia's known for their diverse range of specialty beers and wine, as well as gourmet appetizers. We've hit up some sponsors to spring for appetizers and drink tickets for the early arrivers. Menu and details to follow.

Our sponsors:

1. ipHouse - ipHouse specializes in Internet Plumbing, done by Internet Professionals
2. Mosquito Mole Multiworks - Consulting, Hosting and Product Development
3. Kinetic Data - Builds applications and tools for internal IT organizations to deliver business service management
4. Road Sign Math - driving + math = fun
5. New Counsel - New Counsel is a law firm dedicated to assisting technology based start-ups

Attendees

1. Dan Grigsby (Co-organizer)
2. Luke Francl (Co-organizer) Central Standard Tech
3. Scott Vlaminck
4. BenEdwards refactr
5. Peter Fleck PF Hyper
6. Jeff Pester Text Capital
7. Dan Carroll imp
8. Robert Metcalf Flyspy
9. Eric Caron Fetchster
10. Norm Orstad Slantwise Design
11. Ron Lancaster license 2 code WidgetWeb
12. Jamie Thingelstad, Road Sign Math & Dow Jones
13. Harold Slawik New Counsel
14. John Sundberg Kinetic Data
15. Matt Thompson vita.mn Snarkmarket
16. Dan Weinand Slantwise Design
17. Paul Wenzel, Co-Op Media Yamamoto-Moss
18. Bob Hastings
19. Derrick Shields Adscape Internet Marketing SotanLIFE
20. Dylan Petersson WWW Design & Development SotanLIFE
21. Robert Foster SotanLIFE
22. Adam Cozine SotanLIFE
23. Dane Seivwright SotanLIFE
24. Morgan Catlin Valtira
25. Jeff Beddow
26. Chris Barber CB1, INC.
27. Justin Heideman, Walker Art Center & Co-Op Media
28. John Murphy, Dow Jones
29. John Vaughn, Capella University
30. Ira Mitchell freemind
31. James Swanson freemind
32. Nick Santrizos Dow Jones
33. Jason Wankerl
34. John Roberts New Counsel www.newcounsel.com
35. Les Lim CTEP
36. Garrick Van Buren Working Pathways MNteractive.com
37. Courtney Lind EatonGolden
38. Kate Pabst EatonGolden
39. Todd Emmel Slantwise Design
40. Jon Dahl Slantwise Design
41. Andy Kvamme Slantwise Design
42. Dan Weinand Slantwise Design
43. Tim Elliott Winecast
44. Brian 'Bex' Huff
45. Eric Grumdahl, Hearth Connection

Mailing List, Tags, Previous Events

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