TEDxSMU ooh yeah!

TEDXSMU!, originally uploaded by ParN.绯.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Yesterday left me speechless, and last night (which ran way too late) left me recuperating most of today.

I need to collect my thoughts, but suffice to say, TEDxSMU was the greatest thing to happen to Dallas in a long long time. (The first Barcamp almost four years ago and the soon-to-open Arts District expansion are in the same league in my mind.)

So many incredible minds in one place: 475 Dallas area influentials (many of whom I can increasingly count as friends) and an amazing number of people who traveled from all around the U.S. to contribute their big ideas to the day.

A big thanks to all who had a hand in the flawless execution; including Sharon Lyle, Geoffrey Orsak, Jim Young and many others.  While I am certainly looking forward to doing it again next year, I’m more interested in engaging all of the  change agents I met.  At the after-party, Jim Young, Sr. and I discussed the idea of hosting “TED Tuesdays” at CoHabitat.  Interested?  Get in touch.

Also, I’d like to thank Ajay Waghray, Bob Payne, and Frankie De Soto who accepted invitations to blog TEDxSMU.  Ryan Plesko manned the CoHabitat table where he explained our co-working and “hacker space” operation and the impact it’s having on the Dallas startup community.

Catching up on stage 3 of Le Tour de Fra…

Catching up on stage 3 of Le Tour de France. Yeah I like Français and things French. Seeing all this scenery of Provence is inpirational.

16Bit Party @ SXSW Interactive 2008

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SxSW 16Bit Party Ad, originally uploaded by joyent (textdrive).

Planning to be in Austin for SXSW Interactive? Don’t miss THE party. Last year’s 8-bit went on and on and on and with the time change, most of us didn’t make an early sessions the next day.

As a newcomer to Joyent as Platform Evangelist for Cloud Computing and Facebook, I’m excited to be a host for this party.

The venue is pure Austin! Outside, fire pit, and good music – just east of the freeway (don’t try walking though). I hope to see lots of you there.

Upcoming Facebook Developer Garages: Silicon Valley, Dallas, San Francisco

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Upcoming Facebook Developer Garages: Silicon Valley, Dallas, San Francisco, originally uploaded by davemc500hats.

If you’re anywhere near Texas on Tuesday, Nov. 13th, make sure Facebook Developer Garage @ SMU is on your calendar.

Register while there’s still room

If you can’t make it to the main conference sessions 10:00AM to 4:00PM, be sure to join us at Trinity Hall for the after party sponsored by Joyent.

Facebook Developer Garage Dallas, Nov. 15th

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Time to get your hack on Texas developers. Join us on Nov. 15th @ SMU to learn everything you wanted to know about building facebook apps – the API, what’s new, and who in Texas is building great stuff. Entrepreneurs and students welcome.

Join the facebook dallas group and follow us on twitter for updates.

Contact me if you’d like to participate in the App Expo, “Lightning Round” demos, or wish to sponsor the event.

ps. thanks to Aaron and Brandon at viewzi for his rendition of “Big Tex”

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Facebook Developer Garage Dallas, Nov. 13th

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dallas garage logo.jpg, originally uploaded by blakeburris.

Time to get your hack on Texas developers. Join us on Nov. 15th @ SMU to learn everything you wanted to know about building facebook apps – the API, what’s new, and who in Texas is building great stuff. Entrepreneurs and students welcome.

Join the facebook dallas group and follow us on twitter for updates.

Planning on joining us @ SMU? Registrater today (EventBrite)

blakestar.net – my new home on the web

All future blogging will be posted on my hosted WordPress site. In the spirit of the perma-web, I’ll be keeping previous posts live here.

iPhoneDevCamp Saturday

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Making a Philz Coffee run at iPhoneDevCamp Saturday, originally uploaded by Steve Rhodes.

iPhoneDevCamp was a good time for all. Working the event was rewarding in many ways and I met some great guys both organizing and developers hacking all weekend.

I’ve posted 5 developer interviews on CocoaRadio if you’re interested in learning more.

iPhone competitive specs

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iPhone competitive specs, originally uploaded by blakeburris.

Apple continues its build-up to the iPhone launch date with better specs posted today for both the screen and battery life. Coupled with the WWDC news about how developers can address the iPhone, these recent details answer developer, consumer and some analysts’ concerns. I wonder what else they have up the sleeve?

Now, we’re all anxious to see how Apple and AT&T handle the flood of switchers from other networks. I can think of a few carrier stocks to short.

Plazes

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testing srapblog …, originally uploaded by plazes.

With several years of data networks and place and increasing user knowledge of sms, it feels like it’s time for some proximity service to pop. Could Plazes go mainstream? I’ve started hedging my bets and am using the OSX Plazer app again while awaiting the re-launch of their main site and service.

It needs a dash or two of west coast design and sensibility imho. Fingers are crossed.

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