Last night’s Innovations in Commerce event was just another reminder that SF is the best place to be if you want to be in the middle of it all.   And to all those who are developing tools and services that impacts the evolution of commerce, we were thrilled to host you at this awesome event brought to us by our friends at PayPal, eBay, and Magento.

If you were there you learned a lot about what the x.com platform has to offer, as well as got to see some great new tech from the likes of Rapleaf, Offermatic, Stella & Dot, Retailigence, j-grab, TRUSTe, tinypay.me, and more.

If you weren’t there (and even if you were) you’d be well-served to join the discussion at the x.commerce Innovate conference taking place on 10/12-13 at the Moscone Center in SF, where the x.commerce platform will officially be released.    As one who frequents SF New Tech (events, or online) you’re welcome to use the code “pvc” upon registration to score $200 off tickets to the conference.  See you there, eh?  Register here.

In the meantime, check out the video from last night!

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Big Thanks to All who helped make SF New Tech’s Big (Endless) Summer Social a success!  

The day was a long time coming and when it arrived — it topped off the end of week with a bang!  

The photos tell the story:  Company founders, industry movers, tech shakers, money makers, media, and more, were among those who spread out across the Stonebrook Court estate deep in conversation on all-things-tech.  

You can view the event page and the attendee RSVP list right here, complete with the Twitter handles of those who wished to share.

Here’s my heartfelt thank you to all who helped make it happen.  Let’s start with the fun stuff.

We rejoiced with ice cold craft beer from Widmer Bros, sense-tingling varietals from Cass Winery of Paso Robles, and buckets full of chilled Magner’s Irish Cider, to boot!

Honest Tea and Glaceau provided non-alcoholic bevies both sweet and tasty.  And Kicks Ice Cream came armed with organically awesome ice cream sandwiches for all — a perfect refresher in the hot Los Altos sun!

Of course, it wouldn’t be an SF New Tech event with out a taco truck pulling up! 

Yep — we brought El Tonayense, our regular and uberfamous taco truck from our regular events, down to serve up everyone’s favorite tacos (and more!).  And to spice things up a bit more, we also invited Curry Up Now to dish out their super yummy (and spicy!)  Indian-style tacos and finger lickin’ samosas.  

Now — a big thanks to our big sponsors!

Thanks to Kelly Porter, director of Woodside Capital Partners, the dude who owns the house, and to Joy Ajlouny who made sure all went down without a hitch.  Kelly, a friend and confidant, is one of the few "valley guys" I know who’s actually really making an effort to intimately connect with the SF tech scene.  There’s word that sometimes it’s hard for tech hipsters of the city to connect with tech titans down in the valley, and vise versa.   Rest assured, SF New Tech is trying to address this problem. 

Thanks to Motorola who gave away the brand new phones!  Motorola says they had a great time at the event and appreciated the love everyone showed for the new Droid X. If you were at the photo-booth, make sure to check out your pics here. And to catch up with Motorola, follow them on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MotoMobile and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/motorola (Who knows, you may also win a cool new phone!)

Thanks to Citi Private Bank and my old friend Steve Gold (HGHS’88!) who rallied the troops to see what all the SF New Tech buzz was all about.   I would personally be happy to introduce anyone who has an interest in innovative wealth building strategies to Steve who’s real good at that kind of stuff. 

Thanks to Terry Kelly, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, the well-respected business law firm. Terry recognized a good time early on and was initially drawn to the Big (Endless) Summer Social so they could sponsor the beer…  Terry is a guy — and a lawyer — you want to know.

Thanks to David Lucatch, CEO of itiBiti Systems for not only giving away a brand new Slate tablet (Winner: @IdaRose) but for demonstrating how one shouldn’t forget the desktop in the delivery of content and communications, a place where you can actually drive engagement in ways you probably never dreamed of.

Thanks to our friends at CALinnovates.org, who are now quoting me when describing themselves.  "As Myles says," says Lane Kasselman, Executive Director, "we’re building a bridge from Sacremento to the valley…"  Can’t deny I’ve got a thing for bridge building!  And if there were ever a time for California politicians to learn from the economy-driving tech sector, it’s now… and CALinnovates is making it happen.

Thanks to Matt Perez and Marisol Ortega of Nearsoft who won the Big (Endless) Summer Social design contest with this beauty of a poster.  (Take a look at the famous poster from the surf classic "Endless Summer" from 1966… and you can see how we were inspired!)

Thanks to Founders Space for telling more founders about this.

Big thanks to the three great companies we selected to demo in the Grand Ballroom.  They include:

* OliveWoo, the first location based application for couples that analyzes your interests and mood to find the perfect date idea for you and your significant other.

* Quantenna Communications, Inc., a leading developer of Full-11n™ wireless networking solutions and the only one to deliver the entire complement of 802.11n Wi-Fi features for the highest possible quality and reliability in wireless home networking and digital entertainment.

* clp.ly, helping Internet users easily make visual clips and quotes of web content that maintain attribution and links back to the original source.

Thanks to all who volunteered (Jai, Peter, Shaun, Georgia, Missy, Patrick, Pat, for starters.)   And thanks to Matthew M. Gonzales his consistent delivery of passion, energy and personality.

Here’s to a great event everyone– and we can only hope to shine brighter next year!

Cheers,

Myles Weissleder
Founder, SF New Tech
sfnewtech.com // @sfnewtech
415-843-1850

Including:

1) Our Geo-Loco Smackdown Rocked! Thanks!
2) The Big Summer Social!
3) Next SF New Tech: July 20 – Save the Date!
4) Call for Designers!
5) Call for Writers!
6) Call for Sponsors! 
7) Geo-Loco Conference 2010
8 ) EventTech Con
9) FACCSF Business Booster 2010
10) Demo your stuff on our stage!
11) Membership has its privileges!
12) Big thanks!
13) Smart People

GO!

1) Our Geo-Loco Smackdown Rocked!
Thank you to all who came out to our Geo-Loco Smackdown last week.  Holy smokes! 

Brightkite, Where, PlacePop, DoubleDutch, Booyah / MyTown, and Quova dove really deep into the geo-locational services landscape! And our panel format seemed to be a hit!  Expect more events like this one!  Check out video clips of the presenters and the panel at www.justin.tv/sfnewtech/videos  And see the RSVP list below!

2) The Big Summer Social!
A lot of folks have been asking me about our forthcoming "Summer Social". Here’s the scoop:  On Friday, July 23 from 4-9 pm, 150+ technology executives will gather at the private estate of Stonebrook Court (check it out: http://bit.ly/sHr0f) in Los Altos Hills, CA to celebrate summer over cold beer, tasty munchies, and bold new tech in typical SF New Tech-style.  We will begin inviting Founders and CEOs in the coming days and then will open up registration to others if/when space allows.  As much as we’d like to invite everyone, we can’t.  Sorry. House rules.  And it’s not my house. Now, if you run a tech company and want to get social with us please let us know at www.sfnewtech.com/stonebrook .  If you’d like to sponsor this event, here’s sponsorship info (PDF): http://drop.io/summersocialsponsorsheet

3) Next SF New Tech: July 20 – Save the Date!
The next SF New Tech at Mighty will be on Tuesday, July 20th.  Note, it’s on a TUESDAY, not Wednesday.  Details coming soon! 

4) Call for Designers!
We need a designer to help us with, um, some design work.  Specifically for our forthcoming Summer Social at Stonebrook Court. I could enlist 99designs.com but thought to throw it out to our community here first. Designers, send me a well-thought-out treatment (pdf or jpg) of a design element that captures (creates!) the essence of our Summer Social at Stonebrook  and if we dig it, you and a colleague will get into a year of SF New Tech events for free.  If we end up choosing your design, we’ll get you into the big bash too.  We’re looking for an image like http://bit.ly/bQM9Xe but more "summery" and, um, social.   We’ll use it on the event registration page and on event collateral, etc.  Any takers? (Deadline is Wednesday 6/30)

5) Call for Writers!
Calling all bloggers and excessive tweeters.  As part of our relaunch of sfnewtech.com in the coming weeks, we’ll be integrating more and more commentary from our community.  If you’re interested in writing event recaps, reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, or god forbid, "news" … we can get you published and in front of people who will want to read your words.   Interested pontificators are invited to drop me a well-written note with a link to their recent work for consideration!

6) Call for Sponsors! 
As you know, SF New Tech is the largest regular tech event in SF.  And we’re not too proud to beg. We need your help finding sponsors who want to get in with the cool kids.  We’ve got revenue share deals to offer for closed deals based on your referrals.  Who do you know?  Contact me for more info.

7) Geo-Loco Conference 2010
If you didn’t get enough geo-loco last week (or if you couldn’t swing it but really wanted to be there) than the BIG Geo-Loco Conference in SF on July 21st with Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures) keynoting is not to be missed.  All the major players will be there…  And so should you.   Click here http://bit.ly/doJU5F and use the code "sfnewtech" for 20% off ticket prices.

8 ) FACCSF Business Booster 2010
Calling all entrepreneurs! The French-American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco invites you to enroll in a dynamic 7-week one-on-one mentorship program to accelerate your business.  The French-American Chamber of Commerce’s longstanding Business Booster program has begun its 2010 cycle. This course equips entrepreneurs with valuable lessons on critical startup issues and connects them with high-level mentors and experts!  Challenge & Boost your Business with weekly interactions with mentors & experts and 1-on-1 exchanges on communication, marketing, legal, finance & business development; as well as benefit from an extensive network of high-level professionals and decision makers.  At the end of the program, you’ll better understand what it takes to successfully build your business strategy. Participation Fees: $900 + FACCSF Membership.  To learn more about the Business Booster program, apply, and to get involved visit http://bit.ly/96jUEp (Sponsored Message).

9) Demo your stuff on our stage!
Get your new tech in front of a standing room only crowd of geeks, bloggers, VCs, developers, and more!
Apply at www.sfnewtech.com/demo

10) Membership has its privileges!
Walk right into a year’s worth of SF New Tech events for less than $200.  www.sfnewtech.com/membership Makes for a great gift for your favorite VC!

11) EventTech Con
If you can’t get enough of my endless blather, I’ll be speaking at Silicon Valley Bank’s EventTechCon on Friday, June 25th in Mt. View with all the big shots in the local event scene (McClure, Shipley, Pirillo, Forrest, Phillips, Zisk, to name a few).  Care to join? You can get $10 off of the startup ticket ($70) with the code "10dollar" and $29 off of the regular priced ticket ($160) with the code "mtp2010b" More info @ eventtech2010.eventbrite.com

12) Big thanks!
We would like to thank our extended family: Bullivant Houser Bailey, Mylermedia, CALInnovates.org, Future-Works, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, NerdStalker, Justin.tv, our Annual members, Matthew Gonzales, Julie Blaustein, Matt Silvey, Conrad Wade III, Alli, Kelly Porter, El Toyanense,  Mighty, Meetup.com, Eventbrite, TweetWallPro, Startup Digest, @webwallflower, and YOU!

13) Here’s the list of really smart people who RSVP’d for our Geo-Loco Smackdown. 

   *  Aaron Barnes, Business Development, PlacePop
      Website: www.placepop.com
      Blog: twitter.com/placepop

    * Adam Jackson, Community Manager, Brightkite
      Website: brightkite.com
      Blog: blog.brightkite.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/adamjackson

    * Adam Bridge, Business Development Manager, Archanics – Digital Marketing
      Website: www.archanics.com
      Blog: www.archanics.com/blog

    * Adam Kane, Founder, Stealth Mobile Startup
      Website: twitter.com/adamjkane

    * agathe b, Engineer, GoParkr
      Website: www.goparkr.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/agatheb

    * Akash Agarwal, Consultant, AT&T
      Website: www.att.com

    * Akiko Bourque, VP, Business Development & Marketing, btrax, Inc.
      Website: www.btrax.com

    * Alec Dinner, Director of Sales, CloudCrowd
      Website: cloudcrowd.com

    * Aleem Mawani, Student, HBS
      Website: Ipoonow.com

    * Alex Levinson, Lead Developer, Katana Forensics
      Website: www.katanaforensics.com
      Blog: alexlevinson.wordpress.com

    * Alex Hoenig, Account Executive, CBS Interactive
      Website: techrepublic.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/alexhoenig

    * Alex Benn, VP, Strategy & Business Development, Minted
      Website: www.minted.com

    * Alexander Niehenke, Associate, Crosslink Capital
      Website: www.crosslinkcapital.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/aniehenke

    * Ali Mills, developer, Pattern Park
      Website: alimills.com
      Blog: asserttrue.com

    * Ambika Jain, CCO, AddToAny
      Website: www.addtoany.com/       Twitter? www.twitter.com/bikapants

    * Amot Khanna, Senior Accountant, Father and son
      Website: Ipoonow.com

    * Andre Kvitka, Principal, DigitalRig
      Website: www.digitalrig.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/erdna65

    * Andrea Mariotti, Research Manager, Ricoh Innovations
      Website: ricohinnovations.com
      Blog: ricohinnovations.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/andreamariotti

    * Andreas Rimbe, CEO, Gluu Inc.
      Website: www.gluu.tv

    * Andrew Rondeau, CTO, AppFeeds
      Website: appfeeds.com

    * Andrew Mager, Developer Relations, SimpleGeo
      Website: www.simplegeo.com

    * Andy Cary, Founder, Join Us Deals
      Website: joinusdeals.com
      Blog: andycary.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/acary

    * Andy Lammers, Founder, myfriendsandmusic
      Website: myfriendsandmusic.com

    * Aneil Mallavarapu, Founder, Blipboard
      Website: blipboard.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/aneilbaboo

    * Anthony Kline, Technical Recruiter, Riviera Partners
      Website: www.rivierapartners.com
      Blog: www.linkedin.com/in/anthonykline1

    * Anthony Krumeich, CEO, ShowForce
      Website: showforce.net
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/eak4

    * Antonia Borisov, Senior Product Manager, AAA
      Website: www.goaaa.com

    * Aren Sandersen, Entrepreneur, Parkzing
      Website: parkzing.com

    * Arnold Lee, Managing Director, Aria Capital Management
      Website: www.ariacapitalmanagement.com

    * Ashley Cera, Staffing Manager, PsiNapse Technology
      Website: www.psinapse.com

    * Ashraf Shabudin, Application Support Manager, First Republic Bank
      Website: www.firstrepublic.com

    * Benjamin Reesman, Principal Software Engineer, Good Technology
      Website: www.good.com

    * Bilal Ahmed, CEO, mytweetmark
      Website: www.mytweetmark.com
      Blog: blog.bilalahmed.org
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/mytweetmark

    * Bill Reichle, User Experience Architect, Contractor
      Website: https://twitter.com/sfsoma
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/SFsoma

    * Blair Swedeen, VP, Market Development, 1020 Placecast
      Website: placecast.net/developer      
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/placecastapi

    * Bob Brauer, President & Founder, StrikeIron
      Website: www.strikeiron.com
      Blog: strikeiron.typepad.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/sibob
   
     * Brad McKeon, Director, Quova
      Website: www.quova.com

    * Bradnon Hill, CEO, btrax, Inc.
      Website: www.btrax.com
      Blog: blog.btrax.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/btraxinc
   
     * Brandon Peele, Advisor, BookGlutton
      Website: bookglutton.com

    * Brendan Nee, Principal, BlinkTag Inc
      Website: blinktag.com

    * Brittany Hawkins, Communication Strategy, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
      Website: www.goodbysilverstein.com

    * Bruce Smith, Scientist, Scout Labs By Lithium Technologies
      Website: www.scoutlabs.com/       Blog: www.scoutlabs.com/blog/

    * Bruce McTigue McTigue, President, Tiguer LLC
      Website: tiguer.com

    * Bryan Sise, Director Product Marketing, Adify
      Website: www.adify.com
      Blog: blog.adify.com

    * Caitlin Gorman, Educational Consultant, self
      Website: www.facebook.com/caitlinjgorman

    * Carlos Cardona, Web Developer, Zazengo
      Website: zazengo.com
      Blog: zazengo.com/news       Twitter? www.twitter.com/cgcardona

    * Carolynne Schloeder, Advisor, eMbience
      Website: www.embience.com

    * Catherine Burke Dobbs, Sales and Recruitment Executive, Betts Recruiting
      Website: bettsrecruiting.com/

    * Chris Zimdars, Dir. – Syndication Product Mgt, IAC – Ask.com
      Website: www.ask.com

    * Chris Jarvis, GIS Technician, self-employed
      Website: sites.google.com/site/jarvisresume/

    * Christie Brophy, Entrepreneur, Startup
  
    * Christina Pan, Developer, Independent
      Website: www.na.com

    * Christine Brumback, New Product Development , Consultant / Self
      Website: christineb.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/Boomer

    * Christophe Daligault, CEO, BulbMinds Inc
      Website: bulbminds.com

    * Christopher Katsaros, Analyst, Internet Research Group
      Website: www.irg-intl.com
      Blog: www.infrastructure2-1.com

    * Conway Chen, Director, Business Development, Booyah, Inc.
      Website: www.booyah.com

    * Courtenay Bird, Manager of New Media, FutureWorks
      Website: courtenaybird.tumblr.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/courtenaybird

    * courtland smith, marketing manager, adify
      Website: adify.com
      Blog: marketinghipster.blogspot.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/mktinghipster

    * Craig Benson, Developer, Psychomechanix
      Website: www.psychomechanix.com

    * Cristin Zweig, Account Manager, Access Communications
      Website: www.accesspr.com

    * Dan Porter, Marketing and Business Development, RentJuice.com
      Website: www.rentjuice.com

    * Dan Gilmartin, VP Marketing, WHERE
      Website: www.where.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/dangilmartin

    * Dan Ryan, co-founder, d27n
      Website: d27n.com

    * David Staas, SVP Marketing, JiWire Inc.
      Website: www.jiwire.com

    * David Spark, Founder, Spark Media Solutions
      Website: www.sparkmediasolutions.com
      Blog: www.sparkminute.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/dspark

    * Delyn Simons, Director, Developer Relations and Platform Strategy, Mashery
      Website: mashery.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/delynator

    * Dennis Mink, CEO, Footfeed
      Website: www.footfeed.com
      Blog: blog.footfeed.com

    * Deren Tavgac

    * Devon Biondi, Platform Strategies Manager, Mashery
      Website: mashery.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/devon

    * Diane Bisgeier, Marketing & Business Development, self
      Website: bisgeier.blogspot.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/tbiz

    * Dick Filippini, Vice President, GCA Savvian Advisors
      Website: www.gcasavvian.com

    * Donald Case, CEO, BizCare, Inc.
      Website: Bizcare.com
      Blog: Bizcare.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/Gobizcare

    * donna bonifield, CVO, Revenue Chic
      Website: na.com

    * Doug Brackbill, CEO, Mobile Startup
      Website: Facebook.com/dougbrackbill

    * Duncan Logan, CEO, NationalBLS
      Website: www.nationalbls.com
      Blog: blog.nationalbls.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/nationalbls

    * Dylan Clendenin, developer, zazengo
      Website: github.com/deepthawtz      
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/deepthawtz

    * Elizabeth Chien, Attorney, Baker & McKenzie LLP
      Website: www.bakermckenzie.com/elizabethchien

    * Elsa Chang, Community Product Manager, Yahoo! Upcoming
      Website: upcoming.yahoo.com

    * Emily Taron, Student, NYU
      Website: www.nyu.edu

    * Eric Simundza, Product Manager, GIS Planning Inc.
      Website: gisplanning.com

    * Erin Tavgac

    * Erin Lehane, Membership Director, CALinnovates.org
      Website: CALinnovates.org
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/CALinnovates

    * Eva Diaz Santana, Founder, iNVASIVE CODE
      Website: Www.invasivecode.com
      Blog: Weblog.invasivecode.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/evdiasan

    * Evelyn Reyes Dixon, Product Manager, Quova Inc.
      Website: www.quova.com

    * Farshad Samimi, Systems Architect, GoldSpot Media, Inc.
      Website: www.goldspotmedia.com

    * Felicia Diaz, Director of Entrepreneur Services, Keiretsu Forum
      Website: www.keiretsuforum.com

    * Fotis Merakos, Business Development Manager, Mobics
      Website: www.mobics.gr

    * Garrett Dodge, CEO, Appetyte, llc
      Website: www.appetyte.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/garrettdodge

    * Gene Leybzon, CTO, Trusted Opinion, Inc
      Website: www.trustedopinion.com
      Blog: www.leybzon.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/leybzon

    * George Barnett, CEO, gabthinking LLC
      Website: www.gabthinking.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/gabthinking

    * George Cannon, VIce President, JMP Securities
      Website: jmpsecurities.com

    * Geppy Parziale, Founder, iNVASIVE CODE
      Website: Www.invasivecode.com
      Blog: Weblog.invasivecode.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/geppyp

    * Gigi Wang, Board Member, MIT/Stanford Venture Lab
      Website: www.vlab.org

    * Greg Silin, Senior Software Engineer, Jive Software
      Website: jive.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/gregsbriefs

    * Greg Ruff, President, White Space Strategy
      Website: www.whitespacestrategy.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/GregRuff

    * Heather Rivers, Engineer, PlacePop
      Website: placepop.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/placepop

    * Heidi Mayon, Senior Associate, Pillsbury
      Website: www.pillsburylaw.com

    * Ilya Bakshee, co-founder, d27n
      Website: d27n.com

    * Jaclyn Zhuang, Consultant, Deloitte

    * James bourque, Senior Vice President, UBS Financial Services
      Website: www.ubs.com

    * James Sanderson, Founder, DealThing.com
      Website: dealthing.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/dealthing

    * Jari Salomaa, Chief Architect, Nokia
      Website: www.salomaa.com
      Blog: salomaa.posterous.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/salomaa

    * Jasen Kim, Technical Product Manager, RIM
      Website: ipoonow.com

    * Jason Johnson, Organizer, TEDx SF
      Website: www.tedxsf.org

    * Jeff Tannenbaum, Founder, InSociety
      Website: insociety.com

    * Jeff Roberto, Sr. Director, Marketing, FooMojo
      Website: www.foopets.com
      Blog: www.foomojo.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/foopets

    * Jeff Stewart, Founder, Elohim Resources
      Website: www.elres.com

    * Jennifer Long, Product Designer, eBay Inc.
      Website: thejenlong.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/thejenlong

    * Jeremy Geiger, CEO, RetaiLigence
      Website: www.RetaiLigence.com

    * Jesper Andersen, Product Manager, Data and Econometrics, Trulia, Inc
      Website: trulia.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/jandersen

    * Jesse Taggert, Communication Strategy + Design, Citizen Space + Taggert Marketing Communications
      Website: taggert.net
      Blog: jtag.posterous.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/jag

    * Jesslyn Morrison, Regional Sales Consultant, TriNet
      Website: www.trinet.com

    * Jet Li, CEO, JM Alliance, Inc.
      Website: www.jm-alliance.com

    * Jill Smith, President, EventSmith
      Website: www.whitespacestrategy.com

    * Jim Youll, CTO, Swizzl
      Website: swizzl.com/

    * Jo Gilby, CEO, Torchglow
      Website: www.torchglow.com

    * Jochen Frey, VP of Technology, Lithium
      Website: www.lithium.com

    * Joe Robinson, Co-Founder, Poig
      Website: www.poig.com

    * johann seesmic, CTO, Seesmic
      Website: seesmic.com
      Blog: romefort.net
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/romefort

    * Johanna Lui, Teacher, ER Taylor
      Website: facebook/johanna.lui

    * John Katsaros, Principal, Internet Research Group
      Website: www.irg-intl.com
      Blog: www.infrastructure2-1.com

    * John Bennett, Creative Director, Howdy Cloud
      Website: howdycloud.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/howdycloud

    * john lin , Second Vice President , Morgan Stanley
      Website: fa.smithbarney.com/thecypressgroupsb

    * Jordan Uttal, Specialist, Quova
      Website: www.quova.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/juttal

    * Josh Gould, Director of Product Management, Flixster
      Website: flixster.com

    * JP Manninen, Writer, VentureBeat
      Website: venturebeat.com

    * Julia Graham, Marketing & Community, PlacePop
      Website: www.placepop.com
      Blog: twitter.com/placepop

    * Julian Metcalf, Student, NYU
      Website: www.nyu.edu

    * julie kahng, research associate, capital research

    * Julie Blaustein, Founder, Julie Blaustein Photography
      Website: julieblaustein.com
      Blog: www.techiestuffortherestofus.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/julierb

    * Kate Fiandaca, Recruiter, GreeneSearch
      Website: jobs.greenesearch.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/greenesearchk8

    * Kathleen Donahue, Director of Design & UX, Wellsphere
      Website: www.wellsphere.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/ovaworks

    * Kati Prescott, Digital Painter, Fine Artist, San Francisco State University
      Website: www.katiprescott.com/   

    * Katie Nagl, Strategist, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
      Website: goodbysilverstein.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/katnagl

    * Kazuhiro Koga, web designer, Student
      Website: www.japanese-web-design.com

    * Kedar Shah, Marketing Evangelist, MotherApp
      Website: www.motherapp.com
      Blog: www.motherapp.com/blog/
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/motherapp

    * Kelly Swanson, Sales Superstar, N/A

    * Ken Sandy, VP Product, VideoEgg
      Website: www.videoegg.com

    * Kent Lindstrom, CEO, PlacePop
      Website: www.placepop.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/placepop

    * Kilimanjaro Robbs, Product Management – For Hire, Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business
      Website: www.linkedin.com/in/kilimanjarorobbs

    * Kirk Palmer, sem, SDG
      Website: sdg.com

    * Krishna Ganti, Sr Software Engineer, TheFind
      Website: www.thefind.com

    * Kristy Shipman, VP of Business Development, Cognitive Match
      Website: www.cognitivematch.com

    * LA Lassek, VP Marketing, Quova
      Website: www.quova.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/notla

    * Lance Joe, Regional Director, Heartland Payment Systems
      Website: heartlandpaymentsystems.com

    * Lane Kasselman, Executive Director, CALinnovates.org
      Website: CALinnovates.org
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/CALinnovates

    * Laura Diaz, Strategic Business Development and Partner Managem, Verizon Wireless
      Website: developer.verizon.com

    * Lee Ladisky, Principal, pdaAnyware
      Website: Pdaanyware.com

    * Letian Liu, Business Development, Platinum Group Media Inc.
      Website: www.secretoffer.org

    * Lisa Sculati, Community Manager, SNG
      Website: www.linkedin.com/in/lisasculati

    * Maria Rimbe, Business Development Manager, Gluu Inc.
      Website: www.gluu.tv

    * Mark Jacobson, Founder & Managing Partner, Ignition Search Partners
      Website: www.ignitionsearchpartners.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/mark_jacobson

    * Mark Barosko, Marketing Director, Stealth
      Website: www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=10541544&trk=tab_pro

    * Marsha Knight, Digital Art DIrector – UX design – Strategy , independent contractor
      Website: cargocollective.com/Marsha
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/MarshaKnight

    * Martin Chai, Sales, IBM
      Website: www.ibm.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/martin_chai

    * Matt Perez, COO & Co-founder, Nearsoft, Inc
      Website: www.nearsoft.com/nearsoft-quick-intro
      Blog: www.nearsoft.com/blog

    * Matt Hatoun, Co-Founder, Wholeshare
      Website: www.wholeshare.com

    * matthew silvey, Photographer, Me, Inc.
      Website: dancewithdevils.com/

    * Melroy Saldanha, Software Engineer, Adify
      Website: www.adify.com

    * Michael Madison, CEO, menumodo
      Website: www.menumodo.com

    * Michael Goff, Founder, Cocoafish
      Website: cocoafish.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/mikegoff

    * Michelle Koh Potts, Consultant, *
      Website: www.iampersandi.com
      Blog: www.consumablejoy.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/mkohpotts

    * Mike Blume, Visiting Fellow, Singularity Institute
      Website: singinst.org

    * mike mcgrath, Principal, Blendr Media
      Website: www.blendr-media.com/blendrblog
      Blog: www.blendr-media.com/blendrblog
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/mikefj40

    * mike hennessey, Dir BD, DNA Games
      Website: www.dnagamesinc.com

    * Mike Malone, Engineering, SimpleGeo
      Website: www.simplegeo.com

    * Mimi Steele, Manager, Quova
      Website: www.quova.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/MASMECO

    * Nate Hennings, Dir of Bus Dev, NationalBLS
      Website: www.nationalbls.com

    * Nathan Beckord, Principal, VentureArchetypes LLC
      Website: www.venturearchetypes.com
      Blog: www.seedstagecapital.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/startupventures

    * Nipun Jethi, Product, TBD shortly
      Website: twitter.com/nipj

    * olafur gudjonsson, Owner, Gudjonsson Group
      Website: www.linkedin.com/in/olafurgudjonsson
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/olafur_g

    * Olivier Ricordel, Principal, Ricordel Consulting
      Website: twitter.com/ricordel
      Blog: ricordel.wordpress.com

    * Pablo Monzon, Co-CEO/Co FOunder, GIS Planning Inc.
      Website: gisplanning.com

    * Pamela Schmitz, CSM, Quova

    * Paolo Privitera, President, Digitix Holding
      Website: www.linkedin.com/in/paoloprivitera
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/pppaolo

    * Pat Diven II, Founder, AddToAny
      Website: www.addtoany.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/micropat

    * Paul Murphy, Systems Analyst/Lead Engineer, Flowcurve INC
      Website: flowcurve.com

    * Paul Gassée, Founder, BeThere
      Website: www.betheredeals.com

    * Perry Tancredi, Sr. Director, Product, Quova
      Website: www.quova.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/ptancredi

    * Peter Olfe, President, Yojo Mobile, Inc.
      Website: www.yojomobile.com

    * Peter Mullen, Acct Exec, Sonic.net
      Website: sonic.net
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/pemullen

    * Peter Berg, Vice President, October Three
      Website: octoberthree.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/peter

    * Rain Hayes, Specialist, Quova
      Website: www.quova.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/RainHayes

    * Reina Hashimoto, Project Manager, btrax, Inc.
      Website: www.btrax.com
      Blog: blog.btrax.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/btraxinc

    * Renee Chu, Community Manager Intern, Citizen Space
      Website: reneecoding.blogspot.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/reneighbor

    * Richard Scherek, Software Developer, Informatix Laboratories Corp.
      Website: www.dssinc.com

    * Richard Landry, CEO, richmedium
      Website: www.richmedium.net
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/richmedium

    * Rissa Shaw, Associate, CALinnovates.org
      Website: CALinnovates.org
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/CALinnovates

    * Rob Dull, Sr. Marketing Manager, Appitalism
      Website: www.appitalism.com

    * Rob Bailey, Vice President, SimpleGeo
      Website: www.simplegeo.com

    * Rob Giuffre, Director, Business Development, CityGrid Media.com
      Website: www.citygridmedia.com

    * Ruchir Srivastava, Product Manager, 23Var
      Website: 23var.com
      Blog: Blog.23var.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/ruchir70

    * Scott Petoff, Senior Product Manager, Tracker Corp
      Website: www.trackercorp.com

    * Sebastian Storfner, Vice President, Corporate Finance Partners
      Website: www.cfpartners.com

    * Sébastien Lefebvre, CxO, NA
      Website: NA
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/S_Lefebvre

    * Seth Socolow, Partner, SF App Studio
      Website: sfappstudio.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/sethsocolow

    * Shawn Shah, Developer, EyeFi, Inc.
      Website: www.eye.fi
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/theshah

    * Siddharth Bajaj, Principal Engineer, VeriSign, Inc.
      Website: www.verisign.com

    * Simon Suh, Agile Coach, Independent
      Website: ted.com

    * Simon Lu, Geo, Twitter
      Website: www.twitter.com

    * Sophia Perl, Product Manager, IBM
      Website: www.sophiaperl.com

    * Stephane Rangaya, Designer, Seesmic
      Website: seesmic.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/stephane

    * Stephen O’Donoghue, CEO, WorkWyze
      Website: workwyze.com

    * Stephen McCurry, Product Manager, Betfair
      Website: www.betfair.com
      Blog: thefutureofonlinegambling.blogspot.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/StephenMcCurry

    * Stephen Debruyn, Principal, SDB Strategic Communications Consulting
      Website: www.stephendebruyn.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/stephendebruyn

    * Steve Hughey, co-founder, d27n
      Website: d27n.com

    * Stuart Schmukler, CTO, Breath Research
      Website: www.breathresearch.com

    * Suzanne Yu, Division Manager, Heartland Payment Systems
      Website: heartlandpaymentsystems.com

    * Sylvia Luneau, President, PsiNapse Technology Ltd.
      Website: www.psinapse.com

    * SYlvia Luneau, President and CEO, PsiNapse Technology Ltd.
      Website: www.psinapse.com

    * Ted OHanlon, SVP, Corporate & Business Development, CityMint
      Website: www.citymint.com

    * Thomas Hessler, Founder, Globumbus
      Website: globumbus.com
      Blog: thomashessler.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/thomashessler

    * Thuy Pham, Founder, eNovalink
      Website: www.enovalink.com

    * Tibet Sprague, Senior Software Engineer, 1BOG
      Website: www.1bog.com

    * Tom McCabe, Visiting Fellow, Singularity Institute
      Website: singinst.org

    * Tom Piliero, Associate, Morgan Stanley
      Website: www.morganstanley.com

    * Tom Brehme, Founder, BlockWild, Inc.
      Website: blockwild.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/blockwild

    * Tom Montgomery, Associate, IDG Ventures
      Website: www.idgvsf.com

    * Tom Tunguz, Associate, Redpoint Ventures
      Website: www.redpoint.com
      Blog: expostfacto.posterous.com

    * Tracy Chan, Product Manager, ngmoco
      Website: www.ngmoco.com

    * Trucy Phan, Developer, BlinkTag Inc
      Website: blinktag.com

    * Trung Nguyen, MBA Grad, Univ. of San Francisco
      Website: www.linkedin.com/in/tqnguyen

    * val ornoy, Business Development, Footfeed
      Website: footfeed.com

    * vinay nagaraj, Engineer, Dtech
      Website: vinaynag.wordpress.com
      Blog: vinaynag.wordpress.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/vinaynag

    * Vishal Shah, Engineering Manager, IAC – Ask.com
      Website: www.ask.com

    * Walter Roth, CEO, Founder, Appfeeds
      Website: www.appfeeds.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.comsweatinvestor

    * Wesly Michel, Founder, Mosion
      Website: www.mosion.me

    * Will Park, Editor-in-Chief, IntoMobile.com
      Website: www.IntoMobile.com
      Blog: www.IntoMobile.com
      Twitter? www.twitter.com/WillPark

    * Yogi Patel, Director of Biz Dev, Waterfall Mobile
      Website: www.waterfallmobile.com

    * Yvonne Lin, Intern, Education pioneers
      Website: Ipoonow.com

. . . and conquered!

What an amazing night!    I’ll tell you — us folks here in SF and Silicon Valley better watch out!   We witnessed some real genius last night that could easily rival what we see coming out of our little techscene here.  

I’m thrilled the Beligans made a pit stop at SF New Tech while on their "Webmission".    I urge you to kick the tires of WooRank for your analytics, Beebole for a new, fresh approach to business apps (wish ‘em good luck at Google IO 2010 Sandbox today!), Knowledge Plaza for their super cool and robust collaboration tools, Raz*War for their new approach to SHAVING as a service (SAAS!), TweetWallPro, for their awesome Twitter wall (debuted for the first time last night!), and musescore.com for their truly amazing approach for musicians to share sheet music. 

We would like to also thank the Belgian Trade Office for their sponsorship, as well as thank Belgium’s Minister-President Rudy Demotte, fresh off a trans-Atlantic flight, who joined in to support the awesome tech that’s coming out of his country.  

In all, a really, really great group of companies led by a great group of guys.   

Congrats  — and thanks for a really insightful and educational evening!

Hola!

Bet you never knew how well technology and tacos really went together, huh? 

On Cinco de Mayo, we tested the theory and proved it to be very true. 

Toss in a few free cocktails (thanks to Alcatel-Lucent), a bunch of killer demos, great people, and some good music before and after, and there you have one of the best tech events SF has to offer.  But then again, I’m biased.   But you can see for yourself… go check out the event ratings as they’re reported in real time right here.  

The 60-second spot listings from the brave souls who took to the mic to make an announcement can be found right here.

Shawn Cunningham, VP, Marketing Snaptic presents the Android to lucky winner, Julie Kahng, CFA, Research Associate, Capital Research Global Investors.

Big congratulations to Julie Kahng, CFA, Research Associate, Capital Research Global Investors, who was the lucky winner of Snaptic’s Android phone give-away!   Snaptic also gave away a few tickets to its forthcoming Move Your Apps Developer Conference on 5.27 with Marten Mickos, Former CEO of MySQL; Juan Enriquez, Excel Ventures; George Zachary, Charles River Ventures; Brian Chen, Wired; Cindy Alvarez, KISSMetrics, and others!.   And we’ll be giving away more soon, so stay tuned.  But don’t wait on a possible give-away!  Register now and score a 25% discount with the code "SFNewTech".  Go!!!

Next up … The Belgians on 5/18.  Stay tuned!!

photos by Matthew Silvey

Wow!  What a night! 

I want to offer up a BIG THANKS to everyone who joined us on Wednesday to celebrate our 4th year anniversary!  How thrilling it is to be surrounded by high style, cool tech and great people! 

It’s hard to believe we’ve evolved from a meetup of 8 geeks in a bar to a constant barrage of awesome standing-room-only events. 

Have you seen the list of companies who’ve jumped on stage with us over the years?   Like 200+ of ‘em.   Check them out (and rate them!) here. 

I’m really looking forward to jumping into year number 5 with y’all!   Like maybe as early as May 5th when we take another deep dive in to mobile tech, Cinqo de Mayo style?  Or perhaps when the Belgians take to the stage on May 18th?  Tickets will go on sale soon. Stay tuned for discount codes! 

OK, without further ado, here are some nifty links from Wednesday’s SF New Tech…Enjoy!

    *   So, Zuumer, Citizen Effect, Collaborize, Threadbox, Task Squid, Encoding.com, Apture .. who was the crowd favorite?  Not so much?  See the charts! 

    *   Who jumped on stage and why for 60 second spots? 

    *   See the Justin.tv raw stream in its entirety.   (We’ll be cutting individual clips of the presenters soon.)   Mahalo to Corporate Cinematographer -  ConradWade.com- @ThriveHD for the capture!

    *   More awesome photos . . . !
 

photos by Jennifer Simpson

photos by Julie Blaustein

photos by Matthew Gonzales

Thanks to all who braved St. Patty’s Day nuttiness with us!

There was a pot of gold at the end of the SF New Tech rainbow last night … and the little leprechaun running around was actually me. 

We witnessed demos from 8 great companies each on their own mission to do something good for the world.  Click here to see who the crowd favorites as they’re being tallied in real-time.

And the the 60 Second Spots (and lots of ‘em) are here.

Photos and video are coming soon.  

Without further ado, we’re onto our next event — tonight! — to see and hear from a crop of french tech companies who are here to show the SF Tech scene what’s going down in France.  Hope to see you there!  

How about that?!

We squeezed out two stellar events in as many weeks during the shortest month of the year!  

Last night’s "working smarter" event was kick-ass.  If you were there you know.  If you weren’t there, well, you missed out! 

Big thanks to BizVideosOnline, CloudCrowd, Tweetajob, Refollow, Livevol, SlideRocket for stepping up to demo! 

Those in the house got to see this special video about SF New Tech!  Check it out (and please ask me where I got that silver-threaded beauty!)

And even better, Allen Tatomer, who made this video for us invited everyone to make their own video for dirt cheap with BizVideosOnline.com.  Reach him at (925) 439-0434 Email:allentatomer @hotmail.com

Without further ado, here are some raw links pertaining to last night’s shin dig…

*  If you’re interested in following up with one of the folks who made a 60 second announcement, you can find them here: https://sfnt.wufoo.com/reports/60-second-spots-021710/

*  The real-time ratings for the demo companies last night are here: https://sfnt.wufoo.com/reports/ratings-21710/

*  Check out some (purple) photos from the festivities here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/msilvey/show/with/4367569918/

*  The video stream from last night’s event thanks to justin.tv is here: http://www.justin.tv/clip/519f70b9c2b2e9dc

Big thanks to our sponsors who help keep the boat afloat! Bullivant Houser Bailey, Sun Startup Essentials, CALinnovates.org, Mylermedia, Future-Works, The New York Times, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, Justin.tv, and NerdStalker.

And this just in… The New York Times would like to report that they are on Foursquare at http://foursquare.com/nytimes. Article on Mashable explains: http://mashable.com/2010/02/12/new-york-times-foursquare/. And followers have the chance to compete for the NYTimes Olympian badge while in Vancouver at the Olympics: http://foursquare.com/user/iamkhayyam/badges/811134

See you on 3/17 at the next SF New Tech!

It was hump day in the middle of Social Media Week and the tech scenesters (that’s you) came out enforce for one of the biggest and best SF New Tech’s to date.  I’m still buzzing from it!

We’d like to give a big thanks to Superfeedr, Bonvoy, Soundtrckr, LikeMinds, Amadesa, Talenthouse for coming out to strut their stuff! 

And, without question, we are thrilled to be working with some of the best companies on earth who’ve stepped up to sponsor our amazing event and community. 

Three cheers for: Bullivant Houser Bailey, Sun Startup Essentials, CALinnovates.org, Mylermedia, Future-Works, The New York Times, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, Justin.tv, and NerdStalker.

The next SF New Tech is scheduled for 2/17 and the theme is "working smarter".   Final details coming soon.  You’d be well-served to follow us on Twitter @sfnewtech if you’d like to be clued-in on how to score free or highly discounted tickets.  (You’re also invited to follow me on Twitter @mylerdude for meaningless drivel and unsubstantiated blather on nothing in particular.)

Without further ado, here are some key links (and tidbits) from the big event on Wednesday night:

1) The "People’s Choice" Winners, only Geekier!  See who won over our hearts and minds …. and who didn’t.

2) Check out the 60 Second Spots!  Folks are hiring!  Seeking partnerships!  More!

3) Thanks to Matthew Silvey, photos are up on Flickr (tag: #sfnt) and are also posted to the SF New Tech Group on Facebook.  Join the group and tag early and often!

4) CALlinnovates.org, one of SF New Tech’s newest sponsors, announced their launch and some awesome poll data from stage.  Like "iPhone users like Jerry Brown for Gov, BlackBerry users like Meg Whitman"   

5) See the night as it unfolded thanks to the archived live stream from Justin.tv 

6) If you’d like to follow up with Amadesa, the good folks who picked up the tab for awesome El Tonayense tacos last night, please feel free to contact Jay Sahourieh, who did the demo, directly at jay@amadesa.com or 415-690-3425.

Also of note…

David Siegel, my good friend, fellow geek and author of Creating Killer Web Sites and Futurize Your Enterprise, has spent the last two years investigating the semantic web, asking what it is, why businesses need it, and how it will appear. The book is called Pull, published by Portfolio Press. It’s all about making the switch from pushing information at consumers to letting them pull it. Siegel combines his own vision for a web of data with a nontechnical overview of what’s happening today and how it will change our lives tomorrow. Business people, technologists, VCs, and entrepreneurs will find plenty of new ideas here. You’re invited to visit the web site for the book to read Siegel‘s blog and learn more about pull at www.ThePowerOfPull.com

And, be sure to check out Tech Search Party this Saturday (February 6, 2010) in SF.  EA and Geeknet are offering prizes, and SF New Tech members get 25% off with Discount Code: SFNEWTECH. Get thee to www.techsearchparty.com today!

Finally …
Want to do a demo from the SF New Tech stage?  Apply here.
Want to walk in to the next event like you own the place?  Become an annual member and get your own comp code!
Want to sponsor this most-aweome event?  Let’s tawk!  Call me at 415-843-1850.

See you soon!

Cheers,

Myles Weissleder
Founder, SF New Tech
http://www.sfnewtech.com
415-843-1850

And another full house for the record books! 

Imagine: we only announced this event a week prior and still, over 200 people found their way to Mighty to indulge in some great conversations, cocktails, tacos, and of course, tech demos from some awesome companies. 

Big thanks to Bodukai, YourVersion, MeeHive, ZoomPool, FamiliLink, and Plurchase for taking to the stage to strut their stuff.  

As promised, here are …

Real Time Ratings – see how registered ticket buyers rated their favorite (and least favorite) demos
60 Second Spots  — go track down that lead!
Photos! — Jennifer Simpson rocked the camera, I think she even got a shot of YOU!  (Photos are also on Facebook — go to the SF New Tech group and tag ’til your heart’s content!)
A link to apply to demo at SF New Tech
How to join SF New Tech as an Annual Member

Thanks to our sponsors once again!  Sun, Bullivant Houser Bailey, Mylermedia, Tractor, Future-Works, you help make SF New Tech what it is!  And thank you Networks In Motion, too, for sponsoring the Taco Truck!    And a special shout out to Jeff the Pizza Hacker for setting up shop outside and serving up some of his most tasty artisan pies!  Come on back, Jeff, and do it again!

The next SF New Tech is on November 18th.  Stay tuned for details, coming soon.

In the meantime…

It’s not too late!  If you’re a tech company founder or CEO (or you’re in the VC community) and you’d like to be considered for an invitation to the exclusive Founder’s Feast on October 19th at Stonebook Court, one of the most majestic private estates in California, please let us know!  More info here!

Or — if you have an interest in engaging in a thoughtful dialogue with some of the brightest online community thought leaders on how to best spark critical thought online, we still have a few seats left at the second of three "Lunch For Good" symposiums taking place on 10/22.  Lunch for Good is an event series put together by myself, Chris Heuer, founder of the Social Media Club, and J.R. Johnson, CEO of Lunch.com.  You can read more about the mission and participate in the conversation here.  If you would like to be considered for an invitation to the next Lunch For Good event on 10/22, please click here.

 Until next time …  be well, be good, and stay cool!