I have not attended the New York Tech Meetup in a while, and I went last night and got excited again. My friend Matt introduced to this monthly event about six years ago. It was first at Cooper Union, then at IAC, FIT and its current home is at NYU. At one point I was even on the NYTM Community Committee.
For blogging, I plan to play around with Bubble.ly Pixable and Zemanta. The presentations that wowed me are Shapeways, Kogeto and Livestream.
Shapeways is a 3-D printing online marketplace. So much has progressed with 3-D printing in only two years. I remember when Bre Pettis first presented the MakerBot at the Cupcake Social in May 2009.
Livestream used to be called Mogulus and I am so glad they changed their name. Livestream is the mogul of streaming live events and the latest iteration makes covering live events even better.
Kogeto makes a DOT camera which is an “app-cessory”. It is a 360 camera for your iPhone that creates panoramic video that you can embed into Facebook or website. Their motto is “Put down the camera and enjoy the party”. Coincidentally, Kogeto is a sponsor for the iPhoneography Group Show which is December 16th. I am doing event publicity for the event which is being produced by FX Photo Studio and Soho Gallery For Digital Art. Kogeto is giving away 5 Dot camera to the top five winners.
Tags: "New York", bre pettis, fx photo studio, kogeto, livestream, nytm, shapeways, start-up
