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• TECH cocktail Boston Coming Soon

  Published: August 6, 2007, 12:06 am

  Tags: Community, Event, Food Drink, Fun, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Boston, Techcocktail7, Techcocktailboston

  TECH cocktail, the tech mixer aimed at amplifying the technology signal in under served communities and having fun doing it, is going to be stopping in its third city soon - Boston.  Ironically, GigaOm recently published an article highlighting some of the startup activity in Boston and that is exactly why we have decided to make it our

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• Text2Store Local Deals Widget Launches

  Published: August 29, 2007, 7:02 pm

  Tags: Business, Businesspov, Cellular, Chicago, Local, Mobile, Mobile Wireless, Shopping, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Text2store, Tool, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Widgets, E Commerce, Coupons, Sms, Text Mess

  Text2Store, a Chicago-based startup, leverages text messaging to send deals and coupons directly to your cellphone. Text2Store recently launched a local deals widget that shares the revenue of each click-through. Similar to other advertising and affiliate programs, anytime you help someone save money with a coupon text message accessed from your

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• TECH cocktail Boston Was Wicked

  Published: September 8, 2007, 12:13 am

  Tags: Business, Community, Compete, Entertainment, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Eric Olson, Event, Fafarazzi, Frank Gruber, Fun, Geezeo, Local, Small Business, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Success, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technolog

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• Fafarazzi: Celebrity Fantasy Leagues

  Published: September 10, 2007, 12:33 am

  Tags: Blogs, Business, Celebrity, Dirt Locker, Fafarazzi, Fun, Games, Humor, Media 2 0, Social Media, Social News, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Widgets, Boston, Techcocktailboston

  Are you a celebrity news junkie? If so, you might want to check out Fafarazzi and put your celebrity tracking habits to use. Fafarazzi, a Massachusetts-based startup created by Eastland Media,  offers place for celebrity news lovers to go head-to-head via celebrity fantasy sports leagues. With Fafarazzi, users can select a ten celebrity

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• Fafarazzi: Celebrity Fantasy Leagues

  Published: September 10, 2007, 12:05 am

  Tags: Blogs, Business, Celebrity, Dirt Locker, Fafarazzi, Fun, Games, Humor, Media 2 0, Social Media, Social News, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Widgets, Boston, Techcocktailboston

  Are you a celebrity news junkie? If so, you might want to check out Fafarazzi and put your celebrity tracking habits to use. Fafarazzi, a Massachusetts-based startup created by Eastland Media,  offers place for celebrity news lovers to go head-to-head via celebrity fantasy sports leagues. With Fafarazzi, users can select a ten celebrity

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• TECH cocktail Boston Was Wicked

  Published: September 7, 2007, 11:54 pm

  Tags: Business, Community, Compete, Entertainment, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Eric Olson, Event, Fafarazzi, Frank Gruber, Fun, Geezeo, Local, Small Business, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Success, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technolog

  Cocktail Offered...CocktailsTechcocktail Boston at Tequila RainBoston's First Tech Cocktail Check out these photos from TECH cocktail Boston. Add TECH cocktail Channel to your

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• TECH cocktail Chicago Six Is Coming

  Published: October 23, 2007, 11:47 pm

  Tags: Chicago, Community, Event, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web 2 0 Culture, Web Tech, Eric Olson, Frank Gruber, Fun, Tech Cocktail Chicago 6

  I am pleased to announce that TECH cocktail Chicago 6 is coming soon and tickets are going fast. Just as a refresher, TECH cocktail is the social mixer founded by Eric Olson and myself in May 2006. This will be our sixth Chicago event and eighth overall (DC and Boston). Here are the details: Venue: John Barleycorn Wrigleyville (Map) Time:

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• A Trend TV Somewhat Frank Interview

  Published: November 3, 2007, 9:50 am

  Tags: Aol, Blogging, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Eric Olson, Frank Gruber, Internet, Interview, Media 2 0, Podcast, Social Media, Social News, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Trends, Video, Video Blog, Wash

  I got interviewed by trend junkie and entrepreneur Greg Cangelosi of Trend TV this week while at the The New New Internet Conference. Greg is a podcasting expert and just authored a book titled The Business of Podcasting. I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy. Greg and I sat down and chatted and he captured the casual interview on Trend TV.

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• Dawdle Video Game Search & Marketplace

  Published: November 19, 2007, 10:57 pm

  Tags: Business, Dawdle, E Commerce, Personalization, Personalized, Search, Shopping, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Tool, Video Games, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Chicago, E Commerce, Gaming, Sale, Video Game S

  Dawdle, a Chicago-based startup, recently launched to offer video game lovers a new place to buy and sell games, gaming systems and accessories. Dawdle tries to take the hassle out searching for items online by devoting the site to matching buyers with sellers via an innovative matching engine. Dawdle plays video game product matchmaker for

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• Dawdle Video Game Search & Marketplace

  Published: November 19, 2007, 10:53 pm

  Tags: Business, Dawdle, E Commerce, Personalization, Personalized, Search, Shopping, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Tool, Video Games, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Chicago, E Commerce, Gaming, Sale, Video Game S

  Dawdle, a Chicago-based startup, recently launched to offer video game lovers a new place to buy and sell games, gaming systems and accessories. Dawdle tries to take the hassle out searching for items online by devoting the site to matching buyers with sellers via an innovative matching engine. Dawdle plays video game product matchmaker for

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• CES Should Move to Chicago

  Published: January 10, 2008, 7:58 pm

  Tags: Chicago, Community, Eric Olson, Frank Gruber, Social Media, Social News, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Video, Video Blog, Web 2 0, Web 2 0 Culture, Web Tech, Campaign, Ces, Conference, Geek, Las Vegas

  CES, the largest consumer electronic trade show, is wrapping in Las Vegas and it was reported by an NBC affiliate that CES may be leaving Las Vegas! PC World also echoed this news. We thought it would be great if we could help bring CES to Chicago. Why not? Chicago is a world class city with the facilitates to host a huge event like the World

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• TECH cocktail Chicago 7 Announced

  Published: January 22, 2008, 2:06 pm

  Tags: Chicago, Eric Olson, Event, Frank Gruber, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web 2 0 Culture, Web Tech, Business, Midwest, Startups, Tc Chicago 7, Tech Cocktail Chicago 7

  I am pleased to announce that TECH cocktail Chicago 7 details have just been posted on the TECH cocktail web site. This is the seventh TECH cocktail in Chicago and ninth event overall since Eric Olson and I founded the community building startup TECH cocktail in 2006. RSVP now for TECH cocktail Chicago 7! If you are interested in supporting

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• EveryBlock: A Hyper-Local News Aggegator

  Published: February 2, 2008, 4:40 pm

  Tags: Aggregator, Ajax, Chicago, Community, Content, Craigslist, Data, Everyblock, Innovation, Local, Mashup, Media 2 0, News, Resource, San Francisco, Social Media, Social News, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Techcocktail5, Tec

  Map mashups have become almost a dime a dozen these days as the release of open APIs by just about every major online mapping site and and development tools has lowered the barriers of entry. That was not always the case though and as recently as 2005 trailblazing mashup like HousingMaps.com (a cross between Google Maps and Craigslist housing

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• TECH cocktail Boulder Colorado

  Published: February 7, 2008, 6:13 pm

  Tags: Business, Colorado, Community, Demo, Demo08, Eric Olson, Event, Frank Gruber, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web 2 0 Culture, Web Tech, Boulder, Fun, Startups

  us at: cofounders [at] techcocktail [dot] com. Looking forward to some Rocky Mountain air in March!

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• Twitter A Little Valentine's Day Love

  Published: February 14, 2008, 7:10 pm

  Tags: Fun, Holidays, Social Networking, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Tech Cocktail, Techcocktail, Technologies, Technology, Twitter, Feature, Hearts, Messaging, Social, Twitter, Valentines Day, Web 2 0

  Twitter rolled out a fun and timely little feature today to enable users to send a little Valentine love through Twitter. Users can tell others who they "heart" by simply listing another Twitter user and then making a heart with the "<3" characters. I just tested it out and sent some love to some of my friends and of course

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