Albert Willis
Social + tech entrepreneur, educator and freelance agitator. Vegan since ’99. Religion: deep soulful house. @MacFlow_ is my Mac IT biz. 1 of @SoJust’s Starz.

The purpose of Blogging While Brown is to give Bloggers of Color an opportunity to meet each other for the first time, discuss current issues affecting Bloggers of Color, and learn about the latest technology that will assist them with publishing their work.  Blogging While Brown holds an annual conference which will be held in Philadelphia in...

The past few years have seen a surge of activity around technology and the nonprofit world. Boston is a hotbed of innovative ideas that might really be interesting to cause-related organizations - but it seems like new ones emerge daily. Who has time to keep track - let alone hear what they might be able to offer you?   Join us for a morning...

Social Mobile and Cloud are one thing, not three

SoJust is throwing a party for RESIST Foundation! RESIST has been funding social change since 1967. Each year RESIST funds over 100 amazing grassroots organizations around the country. These groups use grants from RESIST to develop leadership, work on innovative grassroots campaigns, hire organizers, distribute literature and videos related to...

Three of Boston’s most active early-stage investors will discuss the current investment climate, recent trends, and what they look for in potential investments. James Geshwiler, Co-Managing Director of CommonAngels.  James joined CommonAngels in 1999 and manages its investments in Apperian, Insight Squared, Skyhook Wireless and Vela Systems,...

GaggleAMP will be hosting the Tech After Dark at our offices in the Cambridge Innovation Center. Food, drinks, and wifi will be provided. Bring your own laptop and something to work on. We will have a conference room and desks to work at. Please RSVP, otherwise you won't be allowed to enter the building Location Info: When you arrive at the...

[HTM] Harvard Tech Meetup Sponsored by: Come out to see several awesome presentations and demos from young entrepreneurs in the Cambridge / Boston tech community, hear a q&a with Special Guest Bijan Sabet, as well as meet others in the Boston startup community at Harvard Business School's campus. We'll conclude the evening with an...

The 9th monthly education technology meet-up brings together entrepreneurs who are in the education technology space and those who are interested in learning more. It is an informal networking event to allow entrepreneurs to meet one another and build a community. We encourage educators to come as well! Two special guest speakers from the...

**This is the final meeting of the year! Tell a friend to tell a friend.** Join us each month at our powerful learning and networking event for entrepreneurs of color. Hear experts in a wide variety of fields share advice to take you and your enterprise to the next level. This month's speaker is Mike Bruny, a certified life coach,...

Recognizing the great work Ayanna Pressley has done since becoming the first woman of color ever elected to the Boston City Council, and further recognizing how crucial it is that her voice remain on the Council, I invite you to confirm here that you will be casting a vote for Ayanna on Nov. 8. Let's prove the pundits wrong by turning out more...

For details about this event, view the description on the MIT Forum Cambridge website.

If you're in Cambridge the night before Music Hack Day Boston 2011, we'd love to treat you to a drink and some appetizers at John Harvard's Brew House in Harvard Square. Follow @SpotifyPlatform for updates. Please only RSVP if you plan on attending, as space will be tight. If you have any questions, contact Andrew Mager (mager at...

Chris Marstall, the Boston Globe’s creative technologist, is throwing open the doors to GlobeLab, the news organization’s space for exploring how news is changing.
In his words: “We're a space at the Boston Globe dedicated to understanding, imagining and demonstrating the (near) future of news & advertising....

** Please RSVP for this event on the Eventbrite page: http://thestateofblacktech.eventbrite.com **

Join DiversiTech for The State of Black Tech, a dialogue on the absence of black tech entrepreneurs & innovators.

Early Bird Ticket: Free (Ends Oct 15th, 2011)
Attendee Ticket: $10

LOCAL SUCCESS LEADS TO NATIONAL IMPACT
The growing national...

Want to take your startup or your concept to the next level with the right connections? Bring your entrepreneurial challenges and questions to the ePowerhouse “Meet the eConnectors” event on BU campus!   This month, ePowerhouse is co-hosting our eConnector program with BU Entrepreneur Club to bring the eConnectors to BU campus. The eConnector...

We’re pleased to have Brightcove present App Cloud (http://www.brightcove.com/en/content-app-platform) at the Boston PDA Developers October meeting. App Cloud lets you create App Store-quality apps for iOS and Android using HTML5, CSS and Javascript without the headaches and overhead of other tools. The develop/debug/build cycle is greatly...

The Why: Untappd has hit a major milestone this fall, our 2 millionth check in! That's right  2 million beer check-ins (actually 2.4 million as of 10/6/11 but who is counting?)  We'd like for you to join our Product Manager in Boston, John Vajda at the Mead Hall in Cambridge to toast this major milestone.  Just reserve you spot,...

Join us each month at our powerful learning and networking event for entrepreneurs of color. Hear experts in a wide variety of fields share advice to take you and your enterprise to the next level. This month we will discuss some of the many programs available to assist you on your path to entrepreneurial success. Do not miss this VERY valuable...

***This event is now held on the 3rd floor of 1 Broadway**** GaggleAMP will be hosting the Tech After Dark at our offices in the Cambridge Innovation Center. Food, drinks, and wifi will be provided. Bring your own laptop and something to work on. We will have a conference room and desks to work at. Please RSVP, otherwise you won't be allowed...

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http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2011/10/valerie-fletcher-on-assistive.html

Tonight’s main topic: Kris Noland is covering iOS 5 in-depth. iOS 5 is due to be released Wednesday, October 12—tomorrow. We’ll also look at the iPhone 4S and the updates in the iPhone line.

Social Media Amplification is the next frontier of using and delivering on the promise of social media as part of corporate/organizational marketing efforts. Join Glenn Gaudet, president & founder of GaggleAMP as he leads a hands-on workshop enabling the attendees to identify and leverage the various stakeholders and constituents that can help...

This will be a free, one day informal conference, created by the Boston chapter of OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) The goal is to try to increase awareness and knowledge of web and mobile application security in the greater Boston area. The conference URL is https://www.owasp.org/index.php/2011_BASC_Homepage Specific presentations...