Florida Creatives

Location(s)

Likemind.us just added a few more cities: Ankara (Turkey), Shanghai, Bucharest and Frankfurt. On the same day, people in these cities and 40 other places around the globe, other likeminded individuals will be getting together for some good coffee and conversation.

Coffee sponsorship ($25 is plenty) could be kindly paid for by your employer.

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Be ye photographers, videobloggers, people wanting to learn something about downtown Orlando? Are you interested in using your talents to showcase what the non-tourism-driven part of Orlando has to offer? The crew from OrlandoScene.TV will be taking the History Center's official walk of downtown, with dozens of historic stops all over the city.

We are asking photographers to come with us on a photowalking expedition, because our video piece will be about the photowalking trend and Downtown Orlando will be our setting.

At the end of the day we will be attending "Improv en Espanol" at SAK Comedy Lab. If you're interested in snapping some photos there, it will be their first anniversary doing the show on Saturdays, and I know they will appreciate it.

If you have any questions, please direct them to [info AT orlandoscene.tv]

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Create Magazine invites you to party like it's 1499! Come be the spark to a new renaissance within the creative community, where creative professionals of all walks of life come together in a collision of ideas.

That collision of ideas began with Create Magazine, expanded with our Create Network and will continue to grow into 2008 and beyond.

Join us for a night of renaissance-themed fun to celebrate a new era in the creative community. Door prizes, delicious appetizers, interactive art, and first drinks courtesy of Shipyard Brewery - you won't want to miss this!

Where: The Beacon
Address: 100 S Eola Drive, Orlando, FL 32801
When: Thursday, May 8th from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Creative cocktail or renaissance-themed attire.

RSVP to [rsvp AT createmagazine .com] please!

Since I don't really have anything to report in a blog update, I snagged this picture and decided to make, yet another, random list of things to mention:

Dear anyone:

We need a little help with the Wiki - I have all the posts moved over, but there are two tasks yet remaining.

1. Copying the timestamps from the old wiki posts' creation dates to the new ones. Call me detail-oriented, but I'd like to see that happen.
2. Creating an .htaccess file in the old wiki subdomain with a bunch of 'redirect permanent' lines to all the new wiki pages. This is a simple yet tedious task. If you'd like FTP access, email me via the sitewide contact form.

I've just been reading an article from last month's installment of A List Apart - if you don't know it, you're not working on the web. They talk about lots of sticky situations and they get some of the brightest minds working on the web to tell you how they got out of the stickiness. They also often have articles like On Creativity by Andy Rutledge.

Here I am again. Unmotivated, unsuccessful, unpublished, undesirable, uneducated, unmarketable, unemployed me.

I applied for at least 50 jobs online today. The only phone calls I got back were from the phone company who had to change my service for me because I can't afford frivolous things like Caller ID, some credit card collection agencies and my mother.

I've had a few folks hem and haw about coming to Florida Creatives Happy Hour because we meet in a bar. they are uncomfortable being around drinkers. I always assure them that it's not a big drunken mess.

Can we do anything to help foster the family atmosphere, but keep to the core values? Socializing is pretty much priority 1, and creating a space for people and other meeting organizers to get together to make plans or hash out community stuff is invaluable.

There's lots more to say about this topic, but I just want to get the discussion going.

Location(s)

2008 will be the year the first Florida Creatives chapter kicks off in another city! If you are in touch with folks elsewhere in the state, we want to talk to them and get them excited about joining the community!

Location(s)

Likemind.us just added a few more cities: tokyo, shanghai, bucharest and frankfurt. On the same day, people in these cities and 40 other places around the globe, other likeminded individuals will be getting together for some good coffee and conversation.

Coffee sponsorship ($25 is plenty) could be kindly paid for by your employer. I think Rasmussen College is helping out this month.

OK, maybe not so shiny, yet. Rob has offered to help with that...

IF you haven't noticed, there is a new web site up at FloridaCreatives.com

For the last week this site has been getting updated with bunches of old stuff from the previous blog and wiki.

Lots of things will be broken for a little while as we make the transition, but this is a very exciting time.

Anyone can make a group for any reason and get some basic resources, like mail, forums, a wiki, member profiles, events (that repeat), rss feeds and free web hosting.

Should I say that again? Any group can host their entire group's data and conversations on this site, no questions asked. Please keep it legal, y'all. Any attempts to overthrow the government will likely get me arrested along with you so please be kind to the guy giving you the free hosting.

Quick administrative notes:

Florida Creatives Happy Hour is this Monday at Crooked Bayou
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/463563/

Likemind.orl is this Friday at Lake Eola Panera Bread
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/472759

More to come. It's after 3... again.

It's really simple.

1. Before you start your own group, ask around and do some web searches to see if there are similar groups, or people who seem like they might know about a group in town.
2. Create a group on this site if one doesn't exist. If one does exist, it may just be a placeholder. The resources here are free, and we have very open policies. If the group does exist, use the Contact tab on the group home page to get in touch with the person who created it.
3. Pick a time and a place to have a meeting or Happy Hour in your city.

Business

• Florida Venture Blog by Dan Rua: No-BS Venture Thoughts for No-BS Entrepreneurs.

Companies owned and run by FLCreatives members

eCommerce

• Grooveshark, everybody gets paid

• ArtBeat

• Sun State Activist
  • Web site & event calendar
  • Editorial contact: jerry@sunstateactivist.org

• Community Events Calendar by Rollins College Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center
  • Submission form: http://www.pnlc.rollins.edu/CommunityEventForm.pdf

Newspapers

• Florida Catholic
  • Publication schedule:
  • Editorial contact:
  • Advertising contact:

Magazines

• Watermark
  • twice monthly
  • LGBT
  • Editorial contact: http://www.watermarkonline.com/content.php?action=staff
  • Advertising contact: http://www.watermarkonline.com/content.php?action=adrates
  • Classifieds contact: http://www.watermarkonline.com/content.php?action=classifiedplace

• Florida Trend
  • Publication schedule:
  • business

For content having to do with the state

A home page for coworking orlando, on the official coworking wiki.

• wiki.coworking.info/CoworkingOrlando

Alex has also set up a coworking google group:

• groups.google.com/group/coworking-orlando

Most of the places where you can find Ryan's thoughts about coworking.

• floridacreatives.com/archives/category/coworking/
• floridacreatives.com/index.php?s=coworking

video created for the internet

Podcast Networks

• imakepodcasts
• Liberatr.net
• Radio Rickshaw
• SomaCow.com
• OCPS Orlando Tech

Arts & Culture

• Orlando Arts Podcast hosted by Mark Baratelli
• The Arts Connection WMFE 90.7FM hosted by Becky Morgan
• Blogging Fringe hosted by Ryan Price and friends

Tools

• Emurse, resumes improved
• Pudding, visual collaboration

eCommerce

• WineQ, create a list of wines, get new wines sent every month

Media

• Liberatr.net, Media Network - podcasts, blogs, Internet TV
• SomaCowMedia podcast network
• MarkBaratelli.com Podcasts, Blogs, Live Shows
• Brain Scan Studios Publishing, blogs, video

Community

Downtown

• Dandelion CommuniTEA 618 N Thornton Ave, Orlando near Colonial & Mills
• Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar 444 N Bumby Ave, Orlando near Colonial Dr
• Pom Pom Teahouse and Sandiwcheria 67 N Bumby Ave, Orlando at Robinson St
• B&S Daily Market 47 E Robinson St, Orlando next to Kinko's downtown
• 903 Mills Market, 903 S. Mills Ave, Orlando at the corner of Gore and Mills

For schools, classes, workshops & tutors

Feel Free to add more categories and groups/links to this list as you see fit, that's why we have a wiki. If groups meet on consistent dates and locations (i.e. third Mondays @ Crooked Bayou, Central Ave downtown), specify what you can.

Websites

• Apartment E hand-edited lists of awesome Orlando stuff
• Orlando Weekly local indie newspaper
• Red Chair Project Central Florida's Official Guide to Arts & Culture (event & ticket listings)

Please do not use this space for monthly meetup events - place those in the Networking section where applicable. Feel Free to add more categories and events/links to this list as you see fit, that's why we have a wiki. If events happen at consistent dates and locations, specify what you can.

Arts

• ArtsFest Every February in Orlando

Crafts

• Grandma Party (3rd Annual) Earth Day @ Stardust Video & Coffee

Film

Feel Free to add more categories and groups/links to this list as you see fit, that's why we have a wiki. If groups meet on consistent dates and locations (i.e. third Mondays @ Crooked Bayou, Central Ave downtown), specify what you can.

All-Purpose Groups

• Florida Creatives - 6-9PM, third Mondays @ Crooked Bayou, Central Ave downtown
• Likemind.orl third Fridays 8-11AM @ B & S Daily Market, Robinson & Magnolia downtown, hosted by Alex and Ryan

Really simply:

1. Go to node/add/group_home_page
2. Fill in a short, meaningful name
3. The description field will appear in the groups directory
4. Founding Date is optional
5. Meeting time can be something like "Third Mondays, 7pm"
6. The next box is for your mission statement or an extended description
7. You can set the membership type - I recommend "Open" or "Moderated"
8. Once people are a member of your group, they can post any blogs, wiki pages, forum posts, events to the group

Really simply:

1. Register
2. Go to node/add/book (book is Drupal's wiki module)
3. Enter a meaningful, short title - one or two words is best
4. Select a parent - this page's parent is "Help". Others include "Florida", "Guides", "Florida Creatives", etc.
5. Wiki pages use MediaWiki Syntax
6. Add you page to a group?
7. Please don't forget to check the "Public" box

Looking for answers? You've come to the right place.

Tampa Bay Area, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Ft. Meyers (for now)

• Tampa Bay & Company, The TB Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Film Commission
• Tampa on Wikipedia

Tallahassee & Florida Panhandle

Gainesville & Ocala

Miami & South Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm

Download Show 16
flcreatives_16_barcamp_ladies.mp3
Length: 14:00

The idea here is that we can reproduce all of the features of Meetup.com and Google Groups in about an hour using a couple of off-the-shelf open source tools, like Drupal with the Organic Groups module installed.

I just did a really quick setup at FloridaCreatives.com/community - nothing fancy yet, but groups are turned on, so once you register you can create any group you like and ask your friends to join.

Today at BarCamp I suggested we create a "secret" handshake for Florida Creatives members or people who are involved in the local community.

Here are some suggestions: hugs, peace sign, hang loose, three-fingered wave, etc.

Download Show 15
flcreatives_15_barcamp_sunir_alex.mp3
Length: 9:19

Presented at BarCamp Orlando Dev Day, April 5th, 2008

History of Technology

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Current State of Technology

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Looking Forward for Technology

What's happening down the road?

• BioTech
• Entertainment
• Engineering
• Internet

Orlando Technology

History of the Media

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Current State of the Media

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Looking Forward for the Media

What's happening down the road?

• Gaming
• Interactive / Theme Parks
• Military Simulation & Training
• Internet
• Traditional Media
• Performing Arts?

Orlando Media

Over on the Orlando Sentinel Theatre blog, there has been a recent discussion about how to get Orlando's Theatre (and theater) community together. They decided on having a pot-luck dinner in a local theatre space, namely Mad Cow. The date is April 6th at 7PM, the same day as BarCamp Media Day, one hour after our event wraps up, right across the street from our event.

Chris Abani, an exiled Nigerian author and human rights activist, will speak Thursday, March 6, at UCF.

Abani, a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, will speak about “Human Rights in Politics and Art” at 3 p.m. in the Cape Florida Ballroom, room 316, of the Student Union. The event is free and open to the public. Details here.

Every month, tons of events happen in Orlando. We post lots of them on this site, and sometimes people attend. This month, our group or our members are planning some cool things:

• Florida Creatives @ Enzian FilmSLAM (2008/03/09)

• Business Happenings in Orlando

• Metromix Orlando
  • Web site & event calendar
  • Event calendar: Submit online

• icFlorida.com
  • Web site & event calendar
  • Event calendar: Submit online

• Red Chair Project
  • Web site & event calendar
  • arts & culture

Newspapers

• Orlando Sentinel
  • daily
  • Editorial contact: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/about/orl-feedback-2,0,4041118.customform, 407-420-5000
  • Event calendar: communityevents@orlandosentinel.com
  • Advertising contact: https://advertise.orlandosentinel.com/
  • Classifieds contact: https://advertise.orlandosentinel.com/

• Orlando Weekly
  • weekly (Thursday)
  • Editorial contact: http://www.orlandoweekly.com/aboutus/default.asp, (407) 377-0400, fax (407) 377-0420