Author: Keith Instone
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Pitch and Pour, November 12
Tech Toledo is happy to be a sponsor of Pitch and Pour on November 12, starting at 5:30pm (NTCC at the University of Toledo). Pitch and Pour is a business competition and a major startup community event for the Toledo region. The following teams will be making pitches to the judges and the audience: AudiblEye…
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EPIC Toledo’s Connect I.T.
September 2nd will be another epic event for the Toledo Region Information Technology (IT) community (pun intended). EPIC Toledo (“Engaging People, Inspiring Change”) works to attract and retain young professional talent and seeks to develop future business and community leaders. On September 2nd, EPIC Toledo will launch “Connect I.T.,” a new event aimed at serving the IT community…
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Summer Fun
Tech Toledo is part of two summer events that you are invited to attend. On Thursday, July 23, Tech Toledo will be part of the Seed Coworking Ultimate Anniversary Party. Celebrating anniversaries with us: Spoke, GroundSpeed, StartUp Toledo, and, of course, Seed Coworking. The party will also celebrate other milestones by companies in our community. The Ultimate Anniversary…
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CoderDojo Toledo
Saturday, June 6, 2015, will be the initial CoderDojo Toledo meeting! RSVP for your child! What is CoderDojo? From coderdojo.com/about: CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. At a Dojo, young people, between 7 and 17, learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and explore technology in…
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Save the date: December 10, 2015
Save the date, December 10, 2015, for the 5th Annual TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer. The Holiday Mixer idea: Several meet-ups and IT user groups make their December meetings “geek dinners”: they meet at a restaurant and each person pays for themselves, in place of a speaker or more formal meeting. Instead of having many separate, small geek dinners,…
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2014 Mixer Recap
We had another great TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer on December 11th! We had over 50 people again and over-filled the Outfield Room at Packo’s at the Park. (Some pictures below.) The Toledo Web Professionals had the best showing (10 members indicated on the sign-in sheet) with great showings from FANUG (from Findlay) and the UT student ACM…
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Open Invite: 2014 Geek Dinner
Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 11th for the 4th Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. We have been averaging 50 people over the first 3 years. It starts at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2014. We are meeting at Packo’s…
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“Region’s tech culture starts reboot”
Jon Chavez has a great lead article in today’s Business & Real Estate section of The Blade: Region’s tech culture starts reboot: Incubators, collaboration foster rebirth of entrepreneurship, start-ups We are proud to have part of the TechToledo collaboration story included in the article! One slight clarification: we did not “create” ToledoTechEvents.org. We “adopted” it: Jason Slagle…
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Save the date: December 11, 2014
Save the date for the 4th Annual TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer: December 11, 2014. 5:30pm at Packo’s at the Park (as usual). The Holiday Mixer idea is simple: Many groups usually make their December meetings “geek dinners” where they meet at a restaurant and each person pays for themselves, instead of having a speaker or more formal…
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Summer 2014 Tech Group Update
A review of the status of tech groups in the Toledo region. This will help us figure out who to invite to the GeekDinner HolidayMixer in December. New in 2014 Girl Develop It Toledo (website, meetup, calendar): Announced at the 2013 holiday mixer, GDI has already hosted 4 code-and-coffees and 10 days of workshops. Northwest Ohio…
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Tech Fun at Toledo Museum of Art
Today marks the first day of many upcoming months of fun and interesting activities for the Toledo region tech community at the Toledo Museum of Art. Huh? Tech stuff at an art museum? Yes! May 16th is the opening of “Zeros and Ones: Computer Generated Art” in the Community Gallery. Three dozen invited artists created 70…
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Another great GeekDinner HolidayMixer
Thanks to everyone who showed up for the 3rd TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer on Thursday, December 12th. We filled the Outfield room at Packo’s at the Park again. Check out some photos. We had representatives from a record number of groups. TWP seemed to have the most members, with great showings from NWNUG and ISACA. The…
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2013 Summary
Recap of IT-related groups who were active in 2013. A handout of this information was shared at the 2013 GeekDinner HolidayMixer. Get your own copy (PDF). Group 2013 activity Web sites Social media Toledo Web Professionals: Promote the web industry, education & employment resources, keep and attract talent 2nd Wednesdays Meetups, Speakers, Road trips, World…
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Open Invitation to 2013 GeekDinner HolidayMixer
Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 12th for the 3rd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. Last year we had over 50 people and expect more this time. The festivities start at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 12th, 2013. We…
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3rd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer
It is time to start planning the 3rd TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer. 2011 was the first, 2012 was the second. The idea is simple: many groups usually make their December meetings “geek dinners” where they meet at a restaurant and each person pays for themselves, instead of having a speaker or more formal meeting instead of…
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2013 Planner
To help plan 2013 events for the tech, entrepreneur & design community in the Toledo region, we compiled a list of commonly-scheduled monthly meeting times for area groups. These were general meeting times: groups often varied from month to month based on speaker availability and many other factors. Most groups met in the evenings: other…
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2013 Welcome
Tech Toledo was created by Stuart Bertsch and Keith Instone in an attempt to create a local tech community. Keith is a local UX guru and works closely with local startups and regional businesses in the UX space. Stuart has worked on several tech startups and consults with local and national tech companies. The idea…
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Events, 2012
We started organizing and hosting events for the tech community in 2011. By the summer of 2012, many groups had formed and were hosting a variety of events, so we switched into helping others organize events (like Startup Weekend) and summarizing the various efforts. We focuse on being the “glue” across various efforts. The events…
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2012 Summary
Below is a list of various technology-related groups and what they did in 2012. Software Developers (focus on back-end) Organization/Event More info Calagator # Meetings Schedule Types of Meetings NWNUG (Northwest Ohio .NET User Group): Promote learning, share enthusiasm, provide a forum for discussion regarding Microsoft’s .NET technology nwnug.com @NWNUG nwnug 12 3rd Tuesday Presentations…
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Thanks for participating in the Mixer
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2nd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer! We had a great crowd – over 50 people – and we just barely fit into the room at Packo’s. We had representatives from 10 groups in attendance to tell us more about what they do. You can learn more about these groups (and…
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Work, Eat & Party on December 13th
Coworking, IT community dinner, & Start-up party on 12/13/2012 Three events are taking place on December 13th to celebrate what the Toledo Region technology and start-up community has accomplished in 2012 and to start planning for 2013. All are happening in the warehouse district of downtown Toledo (where there is plenty of parking, see below).…
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Recap of 2012
To help us celebrate the Toledo region tech community accomplishments in 2012, we have compiled a list of the various groups we know about and what they did so far this year. 2012 Tech Group & Event Summary Please check out the list and help us make it better. What is missing? What is wrong?
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Invitation to GeekDinner HolidayMixer
Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 13th for the 2nd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. Last year’s event was a huge success: you will not want to miss this one! The festivities start at 5:30pm…
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2nd annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer
It is time to start planning the 2nd annual Geek Dinner / Tech Toledo Holiday Mixer. The first one was in December, 2011. The idea is simple: many groups usually make their December meetings “geek dinners” where they meet at a restaurant and each person pays for themselves, instead of having a speaker or more…