New York Silicon Alley Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 26 October 2012

Hi Everyone! I hope everyone has been well! We have some exciting events coming up. Please below for the details: EVENT #1: What: T.V, DISRUPTED When: Thursday, November 8th 6PM - 9PM Where: Internet Media Labs 122 West 26th Street 5th Fl New York, NY Cost: $5.00 RSVP HERE TechMeetups New York Silicon Alley will host "TV, Disrupted" a panel that will explore how television is changing not only experientially but also in terms of opportunities in underlying tech advancements, content creation and monetization. Panelists will include: Fred Cohen Fred Cohen is Chairman of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (The Emmy Organization). Prior to this position, he served as President of King World International Productions for 13 years as well as Executive Vice President of CBS Broadcast International until his retirement. His previous positions included President, HBO International; President Time-Life Films; Director of Cultural Programming and International, PBS (Washington, DC), and Special Assistant to the Chairman as well as a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, DC. Bernie Gershon

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Bernard Gershon is the founder and President of GershonMedia a digital strategy advisory firm. GershonMedia consults a range of companies in the digital media space from major media companies to start-ups. The firm consults on business development, strategic planning, marketing, fund-raising as well as legal, accounting and recruiting. Mr. Gershon has been responsible for developing new revenue opportunities and distributing Disney and ABC content to all digital media platforms -- globally. He served as General Manager for all business initiatives in the narrowband, broadband, wireless, cable, video-on-demand, home video and international markets for Disney and ABC products. Acknowledged within the industry as a pioneer in streaming media, as early as 1995 Gershon started ABCs first streaming media Internet siteABCRadioNet.com. In March 2003 he created ABC News Live, the Webs first 24/7 streaming news network. In July 2004 ABC News Live was re-launched as ABC News Nowa groundbreaking service available on digital cable, broadband and wireless. Previously, Mr. Gershon was vice president of ABC News Radio, responsible for all information programming produced for the ABC Radio Networks' 140 million weekly listeners. **MEMBERS MUST RSVP TO ATTEND.** Venue Sponsor:

Internet Media Labs, Inc. is a New York based digital media company. IML uses proprietary technology to build platforms that will allow individuals, businesses, and brands to engage in social media with greater efficiency, intelligence, and relevance. The mission of Internet Media Labs is, ultimately, to map the Internets digital DNA by observing, analyzing, and categorizing how consumers and businesses engage with and absorb content, marketing messages, and product offerings. By making sense of the fundamental connections that are the fabric of Web 3.0, IML aims to provide both consumers and businesses an ultimized Internet experience. http://internetmedialabs.com/ EVENT #2: TechStartupJobs Fair NYC WHEN:

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Thursday, November 29th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM WHERE: Internet Media Labs 5th Fl 22 W 26th St, NY 10001, New York, NY RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/New-York-Silicon-Alley/events/87395132/ We hope to see you all there! Have a great weekend! Best, Ellen

@techmeetupsNYSA Like us on Facebook for more updates! EVENTS TechMeetups presents: T.V, Disrupted November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Venue: Internet Media Labs [RSVP HERE] TechMeetups presents #TechStartupJobs Fair: November 29 NYC November 29, 2012, 6:00 PM Venue: Internet Media Labs [ RSVP HERE ] 29-Oct: Archtober Building of the Day: Gracie Mansion 29-Oct: Take a Stand! Why Your Purpose is Critical to Building a Better Business... 29-Oct: Fund-EX 29-Oct: METRO | Annual Meeting 2012

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30-Oct: Archtober Building of the Day: Mariners Harbor New Branch Library 30-Oct: [Startup Weekend + GDG] NYC Bootcamp 30-Oct: Content Strategy: How to Get Grassroots Growth 30-Oct: Write Emails Your Users Will Actually Read 30-Oct: EW Presents: The Spooky Halloween Costume Event 31-Oct: The {c}0dEd Costume Carousal 31-Oct: Getting Hired: How to Build a Career As a Social Media... 31-Oct: How to Teach Yourself to Code 31-Oct: Archtober Building of the Day: Poe Park Visitor Center 01-Nov: NYC UNCUBED - EMPLOYERS 01-Nov: NYC UNCUBED - TALENT 01-Nov: API Strategy & Practice Conference 01-Nov: JUMP 01-Nov: DevOpsDays NYC 01-Nov: eBay University Hackathon: Cornell 01-Nov: Insurance Social Communications Leadership Forum 01-Nov: State of the Startup: Politics 01-Nov: Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Happy Hour at Galway Pub 01-Nov: Running an Online Contest

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01-Nov: How to Get the Most Out of Social Media Marketing on Facebook 01-Nov: Crafting Tablet Magazines 02-Nov: NYC FinTech Startup Weekend 11.12 02-Nov: 2012 NYU Entrepreneurs Festival 02-Nov: Instructor-Only Onboarding Extravaganza 02-Nov: Instructor Happy Hour IN THE NEWS Remember When Timehop Got Better?The Time Machine For Your Social Updates Gets An iPhone App New York-based startup Timehop is still digging through your old tweets, Facebook posts and Instagram photos to make you remember your past self. Originally, Timehop aggregated all this data and sent you a daily email. New York Is No Silicon Valley Yet, But Its Making Progress New Yorks mayor has made no secret of his quest to have the Big Apple rival Silicon Valley as a high-tech hub. 7 apps making the most of HTML5 HTML5 is more than a few years old and no longer a curiousity. Web pages that used to simply emulate a piece of paper are now expected to do something snazzy to justify their existence. An Analysis Of Market Demand For Web Programming Languages A few months ago, I got the idea that one way to get leads for remote freelance gigs was to scour Craigslist. So after doing the manual work of crawling through at least 100 job postings by hand, I wrote a Ruby script to do the heavy lifting and filtering for me.

JOBS C++ Developer- Fixed Income @ Columbia Technology Corp

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Columbia Technology is seeking a C++ Developer in Fixed Income, Pricing, and Rates for a premier investment bank in NYC. Ruby On Rail (Full Time Job) Jr Level @ COA IT Solutions We have this below position with our direct client in Queens, NY. Software Engineer @ Google The area: Software EngineeringGoogles software engineers develop the next-generation technologies for which weve become world-renowned.

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