New York Tech Meetup Afterthoughts

NYTM organizer, Nate Westheimer, welcomes the audience on July 5, 2011

With my second journey down to New York City for the New York Tech Meetup (NYTM), I was once again very impressed with what the presenters had to offer on-stage. With about nine tech startup demos, how can I choose a favorite?!

With the increase in popularity and evolution in mobile technology and social networks, there were trends in the demos along with a really neat surprise…break dancing!

What really stood out to me was Sonar.me. They built an application that can pull all of your social networks contact information and further connections, and also pull those people in your precise network of expertise at a particular networking event or area. I think this tool has the potential to bring great value at events and conferences for any individual.

SnapGoods created a great tool that recruiters and sourcers can play around with. Their site can pull all of your contacts from Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and simultaneously extract a particular keyword from all three networks. Super convenient and a huge time saver!

What really wowed the crowd was a tool that anyone can use to have the same experience as a doctor viewing every layer of the human body. It took BioDigital Human about seven years to create this interactive, HTML-based application… the first of its kind. Technology at its finest!

Lastly, presenters from SkillSlate went to a whole new level of “demoing,” and presented their results by searching a skillset from their site and brought the search results to NYTM. What did they search for in the city? Breakdancers! So the audience at NYTM got an awesome treat!

Overall, it was a great group of enjoyable demos, eye-openers, and several oohs, aahs, and cool moves. I’m thrilled to see what NYTM will bring to the stage next time. This leaves me thinking “What will people think of next?!”

Post written by Julie Skowronek, Assistant Marketing Manager at Whiting Consulting.