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7:54 am on February 20, 2013 · bloomberg (4), made in ny (1), nytm (8), rachel haot (7), sxsw (2)

VIDEO: NYC Launches “We Are Made in NY” Initiative to Support Local Tech Industry #madeinny #nyc @nytm

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Made in NY

Made in NYYesterday, Tuesday February 19 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited the offices of Buzzfeed to launch the City’s “We are Made in NY” initiative. (Video below) Local tech companies can apply for permission to use the ‘Made in NY’ service mark in their products. There is already a list of almost a 1000 qualifiers. To qualify 75% of their production must be New York based. The mark has been in existence since 2005, mainly applied to films and tv. Further components of the initiative include training,  resources, job guidance, and exposure. Companies are being asked to submit 60 second videos.

The site says:

We Are Made In New York is an economic development initiative that supports the city’s vibrant tech community by highlighting job opportunities in the sector, celebrating the growing number of NYC-based digital companies, and providing access to resources and programs that help tech companies grow, and novices learn how to become part of the innovation ecosystem.

Launched by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in partnership with the New York Tech Meetup, We Are Made in NY highlights New York City’s burgeoning digital industry and underscores Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s commitment to strengthening the city as a global hub for innovation.

The same coalition is backing,as it did last year, a showcase of NY Tech startups, at SxSw – this is now known as Made in NY:Austin and has its own website.

7:33 pm on February 14, 2013 · code corps (1), nyc (131), nyc digital (8), nytm (8)

@NYCDigital’s Code Corps: A National Guard for technologists #nyc @codecorps

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NYC Digital

NYC DigitalAnnounced in NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s State of the City address earlier today was the creation of the Code Corps, a public-private partnership scheme to co-ordinate volunteer technology responses in cases of emergency. This follows initiatives by the New York Tech Meetup in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Founding participants include some of the City’s top startups and academic institutions.

According to the NYC Digital division of the Mayor’s office:

Code Corps is the nation’s first municipal program that engages vetted volunteer technologists to realize lifesaving City government initiatives with an emphasis on emergency and disaster recovery needs. Code Corps partners include nonprofit and private sector organizations whose data scientists, developers and designers will partner with City agency representatives to develop strategic projects that serve civic needs. To facilitate effective collaboration, partners will liaise with the Data Advisory and Research Taskforce (DART), a newly formed advisory committee of data scientists, developers and experts from across City government.

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Organizations interested in participating can fill out this form. Email [email protected] for more information.

7:49 pm on January 25, 2013 · access (43), nyc (131), nytm (8), policy (40)

New York Tech Meetup kicks off public policy initiative #NYTMvote #nyc

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New York Tech Meetup

New York Tech MeetupThe New York Tech Meetup has today launched NYTMvote – a new public policy development initiative to improve NYC’s tech environment. The program includes a forum where members can suggest, comment, or vote on policies. The hashtag is #NYTMvote. Initial policy suggestions (you know that ISOC-NY likes #1!) are:

  • Tech Policy Goal #1: Make New York City the most wired city on earth by providing every New Yorker and every New York business regardless of location access to the fastest broadband networks at the lowest cost.
  • Tech Policy Goal #2: Reinvent the education system to allow every child, young adult, and all New Yorkers to develop the skills necessary to thrive in a 21st century economy.
  • Tech Policy Goal #3: Make New York City the clear choice for entrepreneurs, software engineers, and other technically skilled professionals to start a business and build a career by making it easy to find partners, financing, office space and housing, employees, and access to markets.
  • Tech Policy Goal #4: Support the appointment of a Deputy Mayor for Technology Innovation with an appropriate budget charged with the responsibility of reinventing New York City government with a 21st century framework.
  • Tech Policy Goal #4: Make New York City’s system for civic participation the most open, transparent, accountable, participatory, and innovative in the world.
  • Tech Policy Goal #6: Make New York City the most citizen-connected community on earth, where its people connect with each other to unleash a powerful 21st century economy: selling to each other, renting to each other, funding each other, sharing with each other, coworking with each other, meeting up with each other, and hiring each other.
  • Tech Policy Goal #7: Support public policies that would ensure that technology and the opportunities available to the tech community can reach all New York’s citizens, and help solve issues related to healthcare, human rights and justice, gender equality, transportation, the environment, and other issues of fundamental importance to all New Yorkers.
11:33 am on October 8, 2012 · clay shirky (3), fred wilson (1), nytm (8), politics (8), Susan Crawford (26)

The Open Internet and the 2012 Election – NYC event Oct 25 @nytm @EngineAdvocacy @NYUStern

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On October 25 2012 Engine Advocacy and the New York Tech Meetup will present The Open Internet and the 2012 Election at NYU Stern School of Business. The event will be in the form  of a conversation with Fred Wilson, Clay Shirky, and Susan Crawford. Space is limited, tickets are $10 and you need an Amazon account to buy one. No webcast has been announced as yet.

What: The Open Internet and the 2012 Election
Where: NYU Stern School of Business
When: Thursday, October 25 2012 – 6pm-7:30pm
Webcast: None announced as yet.
Register: Tickets $10 via NY Tech Meetup
Twitter: @nytm | @EngineAdvocacy

5:25 pm on January 13, 2012 · nytm (8), PIPA (5), protest (1), SOPA (14)

EMERGENCY NY TECH MEETUP – Jan 18 2012 #SOPA #PIPA #nytmSOS #stopSOPA #nyc

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New York Tech Meetup

New York Tech MeetupThe NY Tech Meetup is organizing an Emergency Meetup to protest the proposed SOPA/PIPA Internet censorship legislation. The protest will take the form of a rally outside the offices of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand on Jan 18 2012, which will also be a day of national protest including the blackout of many sites. The rally will immediately follow the live webcast of a related Senate Oversight Hearing at which Brad Burnham of Union Square Ventures will speak. (postponed)

Confirmed speakers: Clay Shirky, Alexis Ohanian, Scott Heiferman, John Perry Barlow, Andrew McLaughlin, Eli Pariser, Tim Karr, and David Segal.

What: Emergency NY Tech Meetup
When: Wednesday January 18, 2012, 12:30-2:00PM
Where: 780 Third Ave (at 49th street) – outside the offices of New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand
RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/47879702/
Twitter: #nytmSOS
More info: http://nytm.org/sos

4:11 pm on November 9, 2011 · evan korth (5), hackNY (12), nytm (8)

Video: Nov 2 NY Tech Meetup academic evening #nytm #hackny

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ISOC-NY Vice President Evan Korth is a co-founder of hackNY. On November 2 2011 he hosted the NY Tech Meetup’s second annual academic evening. This event featured demos from individuals who are attending or teaching at academic institutions such as NYU, Columbia, Parsons, Rutgers, Syracuse University, Waterloo University, and MIT.

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4:30 pm on October 12, 2011 · BigApps (3), bloomberg (4), nyc (131), nytm (8)

Video: Mayor Bloomberg at New York Tech Meetup @MikeBloomberg @nytm #nyc

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On Tuesday Oct 11 2011 Mayor Bloomberg joined the NY Tech Meet Up to launch the third NYC Big Apps competition, immigration seminars for startup companies, and a new mayor’s council on technology