Graphs below: Favorite Demo, Least Favorite Demo, Who Folks Came To See, Event Rating As A Whole, Host Rating (Myles) and Venue Rating (Mighty).

 More than 250 people showed up and needless to say, the energy in the room was amazing.  And the energy from up on stage was equally as exhilerating.   This month, not only did we have a great crop of demos, we had two mini talks that started the evening off on the right foot.  First up we were thrilled to welcome back Brian Solis, a long time friend of SF New Tech and industry titan who took to the stage with the venerable Ben Parr, one of Mashable‘s most-trusted voices, to discuss the state of public relations in the world of technology, and beyond.  Brian recently published a book entitled, "Putting the Public Back In Public Relations" and needless to say has a lot to say on the topic.  In all, Brian and Ben were able to shed some light on how and why it’s so incredibly hard for companies to burst through the clutter and get noticed.  There are no easy answers here but these guys did a great job in de-mystifying the age old question on how to get noticed by the media, and more importantly, by the public, and getting them talking about you.

Second up, we welcomed J.R. Johnson back on stage (he demo’d Lunch.com a few months back).  This time around he was here to discuss Lunch For Good, a provocative series of events and discussions he sponsored with the help of SF New Tech and The Social Media Club, to get people thinking of how participate responsibly online, how to spark critical thought, and most importantly, how to find common ground with others online to make the world a better place.   Earlier that day, 90+ innovators and influencers met on the top floor of the Spear Tower in downtown San Francisco to break it all down and explore what it requires to facilitate ways/means to make finding common ground the rule, not the exception, in our online dealings.  It was a really amazing discussion.  Check out how Stephen Lawson from PC World summed it all up in this great article, "Techies Gather for a Lunch to Save the World".

And then the demos!  Demos demos demos!  Big thanks to ItiBiti’s NBC.com Communicator, Webvanta, Reframe It, NationalBLS, and Smedule.com for stepping up! You guys all rocked it!

But don’t believe me, check out the ratings (in real-time ) here!

Also, the 60 Second Spots are here!

Thanks to Jeff the PizzaHacker for serving up his yummy gourmet pizza, Smitten serving her made-to-order Ice Cream, and of course, the Taco Truck for dishing out famously delicious tacos to the teaming SF New Tech masses!

Finally, an even bigger thanks to Bullivant, Sun Startup Essentials, Mylermedia, Future-Works, The New York Times, and Mashable for all your support!

See you next month!

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!

Lots of great demos on the stage and great questions from the floor.  Woot!  

Sun’s giveaway had people on the edges of their seats — and one lucky SF New Techster walked away with a brand new WDTV.  Woot woot!

Here are the real-time ratings — favorite demo, least favorite demo, event rating, venue rating, and host rating (me).

Check out pictures on Flickr and Facebook

60-Second Spots from 7.8.9 are here.

For those who were at the event please remember your special discount code for our August 12 event where we’ll see WDTV in its full glory!   More details coming soon!

Hope to see you on Tuesday for bizSessions 1.0:  VC:  FTW or WTF?

And here are the 60 second spots as they were announced from stage.  Enjoy!

Sasha Supra-zhenko
say @svitla.com
   
Svitla Systems
http://www.svitla.com
Excellent technical talent out of Ukraine headquartered in SF 24 hour free triaL

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Andres Acosta
andres @clothingswaps.com

DavidPerry.com & ClothingSwaps.com
http://www.clothingswaps.com
Anyone interested in social media training or cutting edge local PR? http://www.davidperry.com

Interested in refreshing your wardrobe for free. Check out http://www.clothingswaps.com local startup.

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A. "Karriem" Khan
ak2consulting @gmail.com

GAME KILLER APP POC

http://www.bigsixbones.com http://thebirthogwebd3.blogspot.com
Come to THE NEXT GEN GAMING & FREEMIUM WAve of WEB D3
http://svwebbuilder.com
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Eric Purviance
epurviance @bitpusher.com

BitPusher, LLC
http://www.bitpusher.com
Managed IT infrastructure, for web based applications… Simply put, managed hosting solutions for large and small companies.

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Carrie Bolls   
carrie @kkpromos.com
   
KK Promotions   
http://www.theschwagwag.com
I sell hip and unique promotional products.

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Note: If you entered your info last night and it’s not showing up here, there was a glitch.  Sorry.  Please leave your info in the comments.

After every event we ask those who registered for online tickets what they thought of the event.

In case you were wondering, here’s what folks thought about the demos from our October shindig.

Wow!  Widgets up the Wazoo was AWESOME last night.   It was literally standing room only and the demos were world class.    Thanks to all who joined us .. and big thanks to Lawrence Coburn for his moderating prowess. 

Those who attended the event were asked to send in their feedback.   If you’re interested in seeing what they thought of the: Event, Host, Moderator, Venue … and what Demo they thought was the best, check out the ratings here.  The password is "wazoo".

Some more post-event notes:

1) 60 Second Spots are posted!  Password is also "wazoo".    Note, for some wack reason only two people are listed there.  Not sure if there was a bug in the form or if only two folks took advantage of it.  If you gave a 60-second spot and are not listed here you can hit the form now and you’ll be added. Just visit the form here.   (If you didn’t give a 60 second spot but would like to post a need/want/desire you can go ahead and post it now.  No worries!

2) For our September 4th event, we’ll be working with the SanFran MusicTech Summit to showcase some of the greatest tech plays in the music space. Working on something we should be aware of?  Hit this now:  http://www.sfnewtech.com/demo

3) Smile!  You’re famous!  See photos from last night here.
Got any of your own?  Tag ‘em "sfnt" on Flickr and they’ show up in the sidebar!

4) I’m off on a biz trip tomorrow but I’ll try to post video from the event before I split.

5) And finally, if you want to hang with a bunch of geeks, the SF New Tech Belly Up (to the bar) happy hour is on Wednesday, August 13th @ the Mars Bar.  Details @ http://augustbellyup-blog.eventbrite.com/

Click here to view real time ratings for Event, Host, Venue … and to see what Demos people thought were the best.

Lawrence Coburn, Grand Poobah of SexyWidget.com and Rateitall presided over a full house and a star-studded line up of some of the best widget companies on earth.

We’ll be posting some hack video of parts of the event soon.

In the meantime, 60 second spots from the open mic have been posted.  Go track down that lead!  (password is widget)

And ratings are in!  How’d we do?  How’d they do?  Not too shabby from the looks of it! 

We’re brewing up another Widget up the Wazoo event for August.  Stay tuned.

If you have a widget or two you’d like to show off, apply to demo here.