Shaya L.
Product manager at Answers.com, former news editor, newbie runner and artist in my spare time.

How often have you thought, there's got to be a better way to do comments? On May 26, do something about it.
<a href="http://meetupnyc.hackshackers.com/events/18715981/">Join Hacks/Hackers NYC</a> for an idea-generating session focused on creating more dynamic spaces for online news discussion with NYU's Clay...

Join us at the DEMO New York City Party!  We are visiting New York on January 11 to connect with the DEMO community in search of  the best innovation to showcase at DEMO Spring, Feb. 27-March 1,  2011.  We invite you to join us at Taj II, where DEMO alumni attendees and demonstrators along with local entrepreneurs and VC's will...

There's one more house party before summer ends, and it's happening at Answers.com in Midtown.

Come over - check out our new digs, hang with the crew, meet other people from the area and kick back with some snacks and drinks.

Let us know if you plan to come and feel free to share the invite with your coworkers, friends, heroes and...

The 140 Characters Conference: New York City (#140conf) will be taking place April 20-21, 2010 at the 92nd Street Y. This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people. (see: http://nyc.140conf.com)

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Local and location are all the rage right now, and its become clear that sooner rather than later every app in the world, big or small, mobile or not, will have mapping and geolocative abilities baked right in. So what about yours? This panel will cover the ins and outs of...

Location based advertising is a new, exciting mobile advertising opportunity with huge potential. Powering navigation devices, mapping and social networking applications with advertising enables advertisers to target consumers where they are and when they are looking for information and incentives. Consumers will thus receive enticing offers and...

Effective dashboard design delivers on the promise of targeted, accessible, and actionable information for organizations looking to maximize their profits. Through good, bad, and very ugly examples, you will learn about practical design techniques and challenges that dashboard designers face today.

Location Based Services [LBS] have finally arrived. Geolocation is proving to be a truly horizontal market; it can be applied to dozens of different types of businesses. Hear from industry experts about the vast array of LBS use cases and what trends are on the horizon in the LBS space.

Ignore Everyone

This panel features the founders of the "indispensable" Twitter apps. The purpose is twofold: 1) Enable Twitter users to hear "straight from the horses mouths" about the creation and use of key Twitter applications; 2) Provide inspiration for other Twitter developers.

Williams has co-founded several Internet companies, including Pyra Labs (creator of weblog-authoring software Blogger) and Twitter, the now ubiquitous social media platform that hit its tipping-point at SXSW in 2007. In addition to his role as Director of the Havas Media Lab, Umair Haque founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique...

Mashable, Cliqset and Sony are proud to present the 2nd MashBash SXSWi -- Mashables annual social media gathering at SXSW.

A conversation with Gmail team members. Hear from engineers, user experience, and product managers about how they work together, what theyve learned over the years, and how they see online communication evolving.

The Block Party, modeled after the popular pub crawl, was so popular last year that were bringing it back to the 2010 Trade Show. Mix and mingle with exhibitors in a festive atmosphere while enjoying complimentary appetizers and beverages.

New faceted search engines are emerging that promise smarter and more personalized results that take advantage of the Semantic Web. Do they deliver, and what do these engines mean for traditional search? How can obstacles such as scalability and diverse content provisioning platforms be overcome for Semantic Search to succeed?