I usually sync Google contacts and calendar to the BlackBerry using Google Sync. This will end June 24, due to switching to iPhone, but until then I’ve noticed that, since a few days ago, the contacts won’t automatically sync anymore on the BlackBerry. After a few failed manual sync attempts, the next option was to [...]

Envolve is growing nicely. With 7 new topics presented last Monday May 24, 2010, at the amazing Skylight Coffeehouse, both speakers and attendees were busting the “don’t care” myth once again. Next event is as soon as the end of June 2010. If you have something going on, make sure you shout it out – [...]

We are going to experiment a garage sale technique by putting Foursquare, Twitter and Facebook to work on attracting potential leads. Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 There is a garage sale open to shoppers between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM, this Saturday, May 22nd. How to find the garage sale Local people may find the location [...]

Envolve has now officially kicked off in Greater Lafayette, Indiana. You may find more details on the official web page from now on: http://lafayettech.com/envolve. What I wanted to highlight here about this event – and I may sporadically quote the other organizers – is that we really hope that the dreams discussions that actually happen [...]

If you work with APIs, create your own API. Try to build your own data library that will eventually accommodate to any significant changes in a developer ecosystem. Photo Balakov Back in December of 2008 I was still pushing out the 2006 idea (web archive, in Romanian) of “travel offers inquiries”, where travelers didn’t have to [...]

The latest tweetup/twestival event in town reminded me (once again) that there’s more music to play, rather then more online to code. Thanks Joy and Gary for a wonderful evening.

There are so many ways people can express their visions, and O’Reilly Media’s Ignite framework is an amazing one of them. 20 slides. 15 seconds auto-advance. 5 minutes. This is one of the perfect recipes that keep us connected to breathtaking stories of other people. They break news about how they think the world is [...]

I know is often hard to choose a name for a potential future brand (last experience was for the local event kicking off in April), but what I don’t know is what drives people to deliberately pick out specific names which they know for sure they will create confusion or funny jokes. Interesting is the fact [...]

I am ready to face the risks. The pro arguments are a lot and it may turn out very well for our community. Let’s tweet about this with #tippygoogle and talk more next Thursday at our local tweetup. Meanwhile, you may go ahead with this survey: To determine participating communities, Google is asking people across the [...]

Starting with the first local tweetup I put together early 2009 I really hoped this will become a popular type of event in the Greater Lafayette, IN area. Simply because it really can connect people, like it has proved many times in the process. What’s that, again? A tweetup? Since it turned out that not [...]