The App Engine That Google Built
Submitted by zzelinski on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 11:44.
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This Startpad Countdown is sponsored by:
This month, StartPad presents a talk by Mano Marks, a Developer Programs Engineer at Google. Google App Engine lets you run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow. With App Engine, there are no servers to maintain: You just upload your application, and it's ready to serve your users. In this talk, Mano Marks will go over the basics of Google App Engine, and walk through creating a sample application.
What: StartPad Countdown 5 -- The App Engine That Google Built
Who: Mano Marks
When: 6:00 pm, Tuesday August 26th, 2008
Where: StartPad offices -- 811 First Avenue, Suite 480, Seattle, WA 98104
Cost: Free!
Pizza and drinks will be served.
About the presenter: Mano Marks is a Developer Programs Engineer at Google, where he helps developers work with Google Geo products, particularly KML. Mano has a MIMS degree from UC Berkeley’s School of Information, and has a history of working in social service non-profits.
News: Google is holding an all-day Seattle Hack-a-Thon on Thursday (Aug 28). There are still invites available (you should know some Python already to attend).
Amazon returns to StartPad - Open Office Hours
Submitted by mckoss on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 11:10.
What: Amazon Web Services Office Hours and Open Co-Working
When: 2pm - 6pm, July 22, 2008 (4th Tuesday of each month)
Where: StartPad, 811 First Ave, Suite 480, Seattle - (206) 388-3466
Amazon is returning to StartPad today for their monthly - Amazon Web Services Office Hours.
Stop by for one-on-one support and get your questions about EC2 or S3 answered in person!
You're also free to setup your laptop in our conference room for a (free) co-working session.
Chatterous, RescueTime, and Faves - Social Tools for StartPad Members
Submitted by mckoss on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 12:46.
One of the pleasures of being at StartPad is meeting the founders of some pretty cool new web services. I've recently been trying two of them and finding them to be really useful.
RescueTime has been a StartPad tenant for a couple of months, and several of us in the office have been using their service. RescueTime is great for productivity nerds - it will tell you how many hours per week your spending on different applications and web sites. I've found it really interesting in helping me focus on spending more time on actual software development, and less time on email and web surfing. It's pretty eye opening to see just how few hours per week I can be "inside" my dev tools when I thought I had been working pretty hard at it.
Chatterous is working at StartPad just for the month of July, and then heading down to the Bay Area. Their product lets you set up group chats and will direct communication to your choice of GoogleTalk/Jabber, email, or cell phone. We've tried in the past to set up a group chat room for StartPad members (using CampFire), but I've gotten out of the habit of opening up the web site to use it. Since Chatterous integrates with my existing IM client, I'm more likely remember to use it. Come join us at: StartPad chat group.
P.S. A while back I set up a Faves.com account called StartPad. Members are invited to send a friend request to that account, and this will allow you to bookmark sites of interest to our other members which will then show up on the sidebar at right.
Venture Capital Unplugged: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Submitted by zzelinski on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 11:47.
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The Startpad Countdown series is sponsored by:
This month, StartPad presents a discussion guided by Bill Bryant, currently a venture partner with DFJ and Appian. Here's your opportunity to learn *EVERYTHING* you need to understand about venture capital in one informative, entertaining evening. Get behind the curtain and leave with a better understanding of what venture capital is all about, including whether your startup should target this source of funding and how best to go about that. No question is off limits so come prepared with your list of issues that you want to have addressed.
What: StartPad Countdown 6 -- Venture Capital Unplugged: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Who: Bill Bryant
When: 6:00 pm, Tuesday July 22th, 2008
Where: StartPad offices -- 811 First Avenue, Suite 480, Seattle, WA 98104
Cost: Free!
Pizza and drinks will be served.
About the presenter: Over the past 20 years, Bill has been involved as a founder, senior executive, investor and Board member in over 25 successful startups, spanning software, Internet, digital media and mobile. Companies where he has been instrumentally involved include Visio, Netbot, Qpass, Medio, Mixxer (each of which he helped found), Corbis, Getty Images, Isilon Systems, Loudeye, Cascadia Capital, Throw, Singing Fish, Exchange Applications, HandsOn, Headbone, Jabber, Teamplate. Current involvements include blist, LiquidPlanner, Widgetbucks, mInfo, Limeade, Conenza, Sensors in Motion, Shelfari, ACL Services and Winshuttle. Bill has raised over $175M in venture capital for the companies he's been involved with, is a personal investor in over 15 leading venture funds, and has been a venture partner with three VC firms, including Atlas Ventures, DFJ (current) and Appian (current).
There are no more open seats for this free event!
