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. Mike O'Connor -- I was going to talk about the Corp.com 3rd-level domain registry. But that's so 3-months-ago. Keep an eye on Bar.com. It's going to turn into something cool a few days before the demo. I'll tell ya all about it.
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. Bonsai (Erik Haugo} -- Bonsai is a highly-configurable web-based personal note manager.

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. Jumpnode (Jumpnode)
3. 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 Routes:

• From North or South on Nicollet: Take the 18 or 17
• From East or West on Franklin: Take the 2

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

Free drinks for the first 75 people

Acadia's known for their diverse range of specialty beers, so we've hit up some sponsors to spring for drink tickets for the first 75 people.

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

(Please click the "Edit Page" button at the bottom to add your name to this list/RSVP)

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 Carmichael Lynch
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. Tim Elliott Winecast
43. Brian 'Bex' Huff
44. Eric Grumdahl, Hearth Connection
45. Chris Gwinn, Four51
46. David Saber, Saber Associates
47. Irfan Khan, Jumpnode Systems
48. Drew Geraets, Running Design
49. Jason Baker, VISI
50. Adam Gedde
51. Timothy Wee Thomson West
52. Jim PIchler, Digital River
53. Michael John
54. David Opsahl
55. Pam Ludford U of M
56. John Ladwig MN State Colleges and Universities
57. Bjorn Stansvik, MentorMate, Inc.
58. Jonathan Waldoch, MentorMate, Inc.
59. Chris Sandberg, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP
60. Tom vonKuster, Amex
61. Eric Lampland, Lookout Point Communications
62. Graeme Thickins, Tech~Surf~Blog
63. Nate Schutta, ntschutta.com
64. Aaron Fulkerson (?) OpenGarden.org, nbLogn
65. Rick Kuula Solutia Consulting
66. Tom Kieffer
67. David Farmer U of M
68. Nate Yourchuck
69. Ralph Jenson
70. Justin Peck
71. Sheldon Mains (maybe, probably late)
72. Matt Zumwalt MediaShelf, LLC
73. Kharmen Roman Dow Jones
74. Cecily Sommers The Push Institute
75. Ron Fresquez The Open Source Technology Alliance
76. Ashley Fresquez The Open Source Technology Alliance
77. Ben Moore, Curbly.com
78. Mark Fredrickson, Advantage Labs
79. Benjamin Ortega
80. Cuong Tran, PragmaQuest
81. Brandy Carrier, New Horizons Computer Learning Center
82. James Ludlow, DiscgolfTV.com
83. Steve Stevenson, Dow Jones
84. Randy Vescelius
85. Stephen Heuer, Arux Software int42.org
86. Jonathan Lord, Dr. Wingnut
87. Paul Cantrell, assorted nonsense
88. Mike Calvo Citronella
89. Brian Westrich McWest Corp.
90. Levi Yourchuck Levi Yourchuck
91. Ben Wallace, Link Positive, Inc.
92. Neil Mix, Pandora
93. Brent Gustafson, Walker Art Center
94. Annette Gustafson, page10
95. Josh Byrne, Adayana
96. Dustin Bruzenak
97. Pusit Sompong, MPR
98. Dan Stone
99. Steve Peterson, Acorn Bay Software
100. Mary Jo Delise, ION Communications
101. Aaron Mentele, Feed Rinse | Electric Pulp
102. David Hedrick Skarjune MN MySQL User Group
103. Adria Richards, BlueTurtle Hosting
104. Deb Alexander, U of M

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