Zombies To Invade P&L District Tomorrow Night
So tomorrow night (10/1) there will be a special zombie walk through the Power and Light District in Kansas City to help promote the movie ZOMBIELAND which comes out this Friday. Here is a little snipit of information on the event:
The Kansas City Horror Club is dying to walk the streets of Power & Light for a special Zombie Walk to celebrate the opening of Columbia Pictures’ new release ZOMBIELAND. Watch the dead as they haunt the streets from Flying Saucer to AMC Mainstreet to attend an advance screening of ZOMBIELAND.
Thursday October 1st from 6:45pm to 7:15pm (From The Flying Saucer to AMC Mainstreet
Zombie Walks are always a great time and always kool to see some of the great zombies of Kansas City. Hope to see you there!
Photo from ZCPhotography
Attending PodCamp Topeka Tomorrow
So I will be heading to the state capital tomorrow in Topeka, Kansas for PodCamp Topeka which is taking place at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library (9/19). For more information check out the website and to register check out the eventbrite page.
This will be the first podcamp I have been to since the one we had in Kansas City awhile back...they are always a good time with great people and you can learn a lot in the process. Will you be attending? Hope to see you there!
The Dogs of KC need your help! Kansas City Doggie “Food-raiser”
So Spay & Neuter Kansas City along with Volunteams.org have launched a doggie "food-raiser" which is geared towards helping poverty stricken people care for their animals here in the Kansas City area.
In 2008, SNKC distributed in excess of 10,000 pounds of dog food. Our goal is to raise at least that amount in one month. With your help we can. We’re asking to people to collaborate in teams to raise dog food. SNKC and Volunteams will be keeping track of pounds contributed by each team.
[side note] I have been challenged to collect 1000lbs of dog food during the "food-raiser" and I would love to reach this goal. lets smash this total everyone!!!
I think this is a great goal that with the help of social media services like blogs, twitter, facebook, ect ect it can be reached and help those pets out there who are suffering due to owners having to cut back in todays economic conditions.
So what can you do to help out? You can do a few of the following:
- pledge some money to me and I will purchase the dog food and get it to SNKC and you are done!
- take some food to SNKC directly or even give a cash donation to help SNKC reach their goal.
- spread the word by linking to SNKC, Volunteams, or my blog post.
here are some drop off points that you can leave your doggie food donations:
Brothers Pets
Located at 4015 Sterling at I-70 and Sterling
Phone: 816.358.6005
Spay Neuter Kansas City
1116 E. 59th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Phone: 816.353.0940
So there you go. If you are interested in helping me out to get the food to those dogs who need it either contact me via DM on twitter or email me at jeffisageek@gmail.com or if you decide to go your own route let them know you are donating on behalf of (jeff)isageek to help me reach my 1000lbs of food goal. Thanks everyone lets make a difference!
[update] you can also send me a donation right from twitter using twitassist.me
KC Twestival Tonight : 105.1 Jack FM Segment
So myself along with Mark Van Baale got the chance to go on local KC station 105.1 Jack FM and pimp out Twestival that will take place here in Kansas City tonight at 6:30pm at the Brooksider Bar & Grill. Take a listen to our little segment and of course thanks to Jack FM for help us get the word out for this awesome event. Hope to see ya there!
listen here....
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BarCampKC – Sept 26th @ JavaPortKC
So its that time again!!! Time for another BarCamp here in KC. The 2009 edition will take place at the JavaPort on Sept 26th from 9am to 5pm. Now maybe you are like what the heck is a barcamp anyways well here is a little info for you to digest:
BarCampKC is a user generated conference in Kansas City that's focused on innovative technology, blogging, and business projects local to the area.
"User generated" means the people who attend BarCampKC are the same people organizing and presenting at the conference. In other words we hope that if you come to BarCampKC you'll also present something ("run a session"). If not, just be ready to listen to other presenters, contribute to their content, and ask a lot of questions. For more info check out this Wikipedia entry
BarCampKC isn't about sponsorship by any single company, headhunters trying to recruit you, charlatans trying to sell you something, or lecturers showing you how to do your day job more efficiently.
BarCampKC is about presenting on the projects you're passionate about, involving your friends and colleagues, getting inspired by others, and meeting some talented and creative folks you'd likely not run into otherwise.
To register for BarCampKC jump over the the Eventbrite page. Also there is a blog that will be updated with information soon about the event as well.
So who is going to BarCampKC? Will I see ya there? I hope so! Can't wait.
KC Twestival 2009 : Fun Night For A Great Cause
So maybe you have heard about this KC twestival event that will take place Friday 11th, 2009 maybe you haven't but let me tell you this will be a great event full of food, fun, prizes, and live music with the intent to raise money for a local charity in Wayside Waifs.
For the ticket price of $15 dollars you will get pizza, beer, live music, hang out with Kansas City tweeters, bloggers, geeks, podcasters, ect. ect and its all for a great cause.
Below is a flyer with some more info as well as a little video put together by Judy-Anne Goldman. Hope to see you there!
Kansas City DewLabs Taste Party
My buddy Jeremy recently contacted me about a kool event he was going to get to take place in where he would get a case of 7 new secretive flavors of Mountain Dew and a Flip Cam to have a taste party and let Mountain Dew know which flavors we liked the best.
So last night we setup shop in our basement and along with myself, Jeremy, Allison, and Sarah we tried all the new flavors and gave our thoughts.
The first video below is the one Jeremy sent in as a submission to get the DewLabs pack....and then the other 2 are the videos we took last night giving our thoughts on the different flavors. enjoy!
submission video
part 1
part 2
I think this is a very kool thing for a company to do and embrace social media by giving the fans a way to share their thoughts and of course give the company great information from its fans as well as some great genuine advertising.
Thanks again to everyone who made this happen.
KC Tech Cal : Calendar + Wiki = Events Galore
There is a new calender that has emerged in the Kansas City area called KC Tech Cal which is a calendar with a wiki feel that allows anyone to add an event they would like to share with the community.
KC Tech Cal is a unified calendar for the technology community of Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas. We are an all-volunteer effort and encourage anyone to import, create, and edit events. KC Tech Cal is a fork of Calagator, the unified calendar for Portland. Calagator also refers to the open source software running this site.
Calagator aggregates events so that users can visit a single source to discover interesting activities. Event organizers and participants share events with others through Calagator. Event planners use Calagator to check for possible scheduling conflicts, allowing them to make smarter decisions. Many people check the site regularly to find out what events they can attend each day.
One nice feature is the abilty to export or subscribe to the calendar you can add it to your favorite calendar application.
So with KC Tech Cal you have no reason to miss an event (as long as someone has posted the event in the first place though)
KC Kiteup : Brightkite Meetup – June 18th
So I just found out Brightkite is gonna be in town next weekend and holding a Kansas City Kiteup for fans of the service. [blog post on the event]
The Kansas City kiteup will be taking place at The Cashew starting at 6:00pm CT and we will have a couple people from Brightkite HQ on-hand to answer any questions, hand out goodies, and of course hang out with our fantastic community.
I am planning to make the event and hope to see some familiar faces as well as maybe some of you I have not met at events around the city.
Party Bus Tweetup In Kansas City – June 13th
So I recently found out about a sweet tweetup that is gonna happen here in the Kansas City area involving twitter users, a bus, and bars! How much better can it get then that!
When: Saturday, June 13th
Where: Lawrence/KC
What: Party Bus
Cost: $15
The Plan
* 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Lawrence group will meet at Paddy O’Quigleys at the Lawrence Holidome. A chance to get some dinner and drinks before boarding the bus in the Holidome parking lot.
* 8:00pm, The bus leaves for J Murphy's at Shawnee Mission Parkway & Hwy 7 in Shawnee, where we will meet up with the KC Metro group.
* 9:30pm, Travel towards downtown and make our second KC stop at Martini corner (Sol Cantina, Velvet Dog, Tower Tavern, The Drop).
* 12:00am, Finish the night at The Brooksider.
* 1:30am, Leave The Brooksider and drive back towards J Murphy's and drop off the KC Metro group.
* Finally, we end back in Lawrence at the Holidome/Paddy O'Quigley's.
for more information and to purchase your ticket --> Party Bus Tweetup!
Night Ranger Tweetup In KC
If you are in the Kansas City area and are looking for a tweetup there is gonna be one at the Night Ranger concert at Old Shawnee Days...now what says tweetup more then Night Ranger!! 
The event takes place this Saturday night from 7pm to 10pm. For more details check out the facebook event page. Looks like right now there are about 33 coming with another 61 maybes so could turn out to be a pretty nice group.
Let me know if you plan to attend. I think I will be able to make it out.
Zappn Launch Party Tonight
I will be attending the Zappn launch party tonight here in Kansas City in the Crossroads District. Looking forward to chatting it up with some friends and hearing the music of NOMATHMATICS. Should be good times. Look for pics, tweets, and maybe some video action tomorrow from me. If you will be there see ya in a bit...and if you want head over to Zappn as you can sign up for accounts now.
nomathmatics
I must say it is really kool to have an event like this in KC. Always hear about them on the coasts.
Startup Weekend KC Finalist – Annotify
First let me say that my intent when going to the presentations on Sunday night for Startup Weekend KC was to get video of all the demo's and post them on (jeff)isageek.net but my flip video had other ideas and decided to flip flop or something. I was able to get the demo from the eventual winner Activism2Go as well as the 3rd place team which ended up being Annotify.
With Annotify their thought process is the web is full of documents...why cant you mark up a site, add notes, save your own personal copy and annotate the web. As I stated the service came in 3rd out of the 8 startups and below you can check out the video of their presentation to everyone last night.
Want more information then check out the site at www.annotify.com [note the site is currently not live at the time of this blog post]
As I had mentioned earlier I had wanted to get video of all the presentations from the weekend but my flip had other ideas. If you were part of one of the groups and want to share your presentation or just talk about you startup then feel free to contact me and we can get something setup to film a little demo or something.
And The Startup Weekend KC Winner Is…….
Congrats to Activism2Go for a great presentation as well as a great startup. There was some great ideas that came out of Startup Weekend but when the dust settled these guys were the winners.
the team
Joshua Dieker
Ryan Renner
Jennifer Bruenjes
Sean Blaes
Bruce Lill
Serge Bushman
Joel Buckingham
Jonathan Wagner
Susana Bruhn
Startup Weekend Kansas City
This weekend there was an awesome event that took place here in Kansas City called Startup Weekend. So what is Startup Weekend you ask?
It’s an experience unlike any conference you’ve attended before. Over the course of a single weekend, you get to take time out from your current venture/business and practice building a new one. Think of it like time off the field.
Most ventures fail on Monday morning, which isn’t the point. The point is, you learn new skills, processes, coding frameworks, legal jargon, business practices, spread sheet programs, etc that you can bring back to your current venture. Startup Weekend is a weekend warrior event where anything goes, and practice is implied. You’re not judged (unless you judge) and learning is paramount.
People who attend the weekend stay in touch, hire each other and form new ventures as a result of ‘colliding’ for 54 hours. Its an awesome three days of networking, team building, coding, business planning and pitching (with some added cocktails and food).
Even though I missed the major part of the weekend I did get to attend the presentation part on Sunday night and let me tell you there were so many kool and smart people there showing off their hard work getting the startup from and idea to a working model. The startups that presented were as follows:
Activism2Go
Annotify
Covalent Bonding
Eussi
MyConcerts.FM
Rare Brew
Stashmate
Top Chirp
TreadEX
[Check out the Startup Weekend KC site]
[Check out the Startup Weekend KC Vimeo videos]
[Check out the streaming broadcast of the presentations on ustream]
So as you can see the event was a great success and I look forward to following the startups that were born this weekend to see where they go and how they grow into who knows maybe the next twitter or friendfeed? Great work to everyone involved!
[on a side note I will make sure and make it for the whole weekend next time]
AMC Mainstreet – A Trip In History To See The Future
This past week I got a chance to check out the new AMC Theater in downtown Kansas City called "AMC Mainstreet".
Now AMC Mainstreet is not your typical new theater setup in the suburbs of a major city. This is a building that opened in downtown KC in October 1921 as a vaudeville and movie house bringing it a rich history that adds to the movie experience when you walk around the complex. One of the kool parts of the tour was getting to see part of the original 3200 seat amphitheater still intact! very kool!
Now what about what you will find today? what are some of the features of the remodeled theatre?
* Cinema Suites - The ultimate in luxury moviegoing at an affordable price, featuring Seat-Side Service™, with special amenities like plush reclining seats and a custom menu of favorites from The Marquee Bar & Grill.
* Self-serve drinks with flavor shots and popcorn seasoning station to give your concessions an extra kick.
* Reserved seating in all auditoriums.
* Grab a warm cappuccino, latte or cup of joe at the Coffee Café.
* Sit back and relax with a cold beer or glass of wine while you enjoy your movie.
* Digital Projection and 11-channel surround sound puts you in the feature.
With all the great history of the theater as well as the food options of a bar and grill right there my awesome moment was the cinema suites...Now you may have been to the cinema suites at Olathe 30 but the added features at Mainstreet really took movie watching to the next level.
You have a bigger screen, you have extra speakers including ones in the ceiling raining sound down on you from above, as well as the butt kicker under each seat which brings the feeling of that huge explosion right to your chair! It was so much awesome sauce!
Here is a little video I took of the tour we took
So when can you check out all the great things going on with the new AMC theater downtown? Opening day is May 1st and it is located at the corner of 14th and Main, in the Power and Light District.
Free Tickets To The New AMC Mainstreet In Kansas City
Next Tuesday April 28th thanks to the local movie site the Scene Stealers you have a chance to participate in "Free Movie Day" at the new AMC Theater in downtown Kansas City which is called "AMC Mainstreet".
All you have to do is jump over to the Scene Stealers, be one of the first 25 people to sign up, and you are in!
The Mainstreet originally opened in October 1921 as a vaudeville and movie house. Having closed in the mid 1980s, it will have its grand opening on May 1, 2009, and now features an all-digital projection, six-screen movie theater. There are three traditional auditoriums and three Cinema Suites (for the plush in-theater dining experience), plus The Marquee Bar & Grill for drinks before and after the show. This is a true historical gem in downtown Kansas City. Back in its heyday, the theater hosted live performers such as Cab Calloway, Charlie Chaplin, and the Marx Brothers.
This looks to be a pretty sweet place to check out films and I think will be a great addition to the downtown area. So jump over to the Scene-Stealers and get you some free passes!!!
AMC “Best Picture Showcase” Recap
So this past Saturday I had the opportunity along with my buddy JJ aka vivid13 to be part of an awesome event called the "Best Picture Showcase" put on by AMC.
Basically the concept is all 5 movies nominated for best picture for this years Oscars shown in 1 day, add unlimited popcorn, tons of movie geeks and you have an awesome event on your hands.
I did a little recap video with some input from others who attended so check that out below:
As I mentioned in the video I had an awesome time at the event, AMC put on one heck of a movie marathon and I cannot wait until next year to do it all again!
For some extra coverage of the "Best Picture Showcase" check out all the tweets tagged #amcbps from all over the country, as well as my fellow kc geek shane with his blog post running down the showcase and movies as well as his flickr pics of the event.
So did you go to the event in your city? What was your experience? Maybe you didnt but you saw the movies...what was your favorite? Let me know.
Heading Out To The “Best Picture Showcase”
Well today is the day for the AMC "Best Picture Showcase". 13 plus hours of fun, unlimited popcorn and 5 movies nominated for best picture this year at the Oscars.
You can follow my day at the event on my twitter, brightkite, friendfeed, and facebook streams. Gotta love social media!
Let the fun begin now! (first stop Chick-Fil-A for breakfast)
Interested In “Watchmen” Early Screening Tickets?
If you are in the Kansas City area, a Watchmen fan, and able to answer questions about the graphic novel then do I have a scavenger hunt for you!
Screen Stealers has put together a little scavenger hunt on their site for everyone to complete and those with the correct final answer will be put in a drawing to win a pass for 2 to the early screening of the movie on March 30th, 2009 (20 total winners) at the AMC Olathe 30. The drawing will be Friday Feb 27th and the winners will be contacted by email with instructions.
Good luck everyone and if I win some passes I will see ya there!! Is it the 27th yet? hehe
a little trailer action for ya. cant get enough of this!
(jeff)isageek.net tv : “Best Picture Showcase”
* 5 Nominated Films * Free Large Popcorn * Unlimited Refills *
* Collectible Pass * All In One Day *
Join Team Twitter For The AHA Heart Walk
The American Heart Association is committed to fighting heart disease and stroke and raising awareness of these diseases. As part of our mission, we focus on specific causes designed to help people achieve a heart-healthy lifestyle. Each of our cause initiatives reaches out to the public with resources and information to help them take positive action.
Me and my buddy Jeremy (aka vivid13) last year did the Heart Walk here in Kansas City and had a blast....so this year we decided to have our own team and try to raise even more money so with that I am proud to announce the launch of the Kansas City Twitter Team.
Are you interested in walking with us? The Heart Walk this year is May 30th and it is at Theis Park in Kansas City. Not sure of the exact time but it is in the morning for sure.
If you have any questions about joining the team please feel free to contact myself or Jeremy and if you want to help but do not want to walk you can always go to my donations page and pledge a little money....even a small amount goes a long way!
[my donation page] - help support me in my walk and the American Heart Association in its quest to help others.
Thanks for all of your friendship and support!
AMC Theatres “Best Picture Showcase” – Five Films, One Day!
I recently was contacted to participate in a very kool event put on by AMC Theatres called the "Best Picture Showcase" which takes place Saturday Feb 21st at select AMC Theaters and features the five movies nominated for best picture at the Oscars.
Besides promoting the event I plan to live blog while I am there (no shocker there huh?), as well as what I thought of the movies or which was my favorite. Should be a good time!
So you say you are interested in attending the event? Then head on over to the AMC website and see if there is a theater in your area participating in the showcase and then purchase the tickets online.
Now onto some details for the event:
Showtimes (Saturday Feb 21st)
(think these times are for kansas city so check with your theater)
* Milk 10:30 a.m.
* The Reader 1:05 p.m.
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3:45 p.m.
* Slumdog Millionaire 7:15 p.m.
* Frost/Nixon 9:45 p.m.
Free popcorn with unlimited refills
Collectible Pass (which will let you come and go as you please)
Cost : $30 dollars or $25 dollars (for Movie Watcher club members)
[twitter note: if you tweet about the event use the hashtag #amcbps]
My KC Twestival Promo Video
Put a little promo video together this afternoon to talk about twestival coming to Kansas City and the world Friday Feb 12th. Check it out and hope to see you at the event!
KC Twestival : Having Fun For A Good Cause
On Friday Feburary 12th Kansas City has a chance to be part of a global cause to help millions even billions of people around the world who dont have access to an essential item in clean water. The event - Kansas City Twestival 2009.
What the twestival is aiming for is to raise 4 thousand dollars at the KC event to help the organization charity: water.
why water?
Right now, 1.1 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in six of us.
who is charity : water?
charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We give 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. Just $20 can give one person in a developing nation clean water for 20 years.
So whats the 411 on the Kansas City event?
You can now buy your Kansas City Twestival Tickets and 100% of your ticket price goes directly to Charity: Water.
The Kansas City Twestival offers a night of socializing, complete with live music and food/beverages! There will be more announcements about this event in the days to come!
What: Kansas City Twestival - joining over 185 cities around the world to raise funds and awareness for Charity: water.
Where: Tower Tavern - 401 E. 31st St., Kansas City, MO
When: February 12, 2009
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Why: We want this event to be a time for all of you to come together to socialize, eat, drink, listen to live music, and have fun all while supporting a great cause.
So what exactly is a twestival suppose to be?
175+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness.
By rallying together globally, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, the twestival hopes to bring awareness to this global crisis.
A video I found about twestival
(jeff)isageek tv : talking about startup weekend KC
Talking about Startup Weekend Kansas City which is April 24th thru April 26th. Hope to see ya there!
Tickets On Sale Now For Startup Weekend KC
The other day I blogged about Startup Weekend which will be coming to Kansas City April 24th thru the 26th and now I am happy to report that tickets are on sale for the event as we speak.
From what I have heard they are capping the attendance at 75 and with such a kool idea and the buzz going around about this you know those are gonna go fast!
SMCKC Meetup A HUGE Success!
Last night there was food, there was beer, and most of all there was a huge crowd. Nicholson Kovac was the location and the audience was hovering around 90 or so.
Social Media Club KC put on a meetup for those in the community who are interested in all types of social media and the social web.
I got the chance to be on a panel that discussed using twitter to help your business and what was kool about it was in social media fashion the panel pretty much grew to the whole room. Social media at its finest!
The crew from the Life In The Tubes Video Podcast were there with their cameras so once that video makes it's way on the interweb you can bet I will be sharing it with everyone.
Are you interested in learning about social media? Do you use it now and want to find like minded people to discuss your thoughts and ideas? Well then we invite you to come to our events some time. We have an events page on our site keeping you upto date on what is going on and they are open to all in the public.
Upcoming Events
1/24 Pool Hall meetup in Lenexa
1/27 Lawrence tweetup
I have to say over the last few months we have seen incredible growth in attendance and participation and with some more great events coming up in the Kansas City area like Startup Weekend and in the midwest with Big Omaha we are really seeing the region grow and make its presence felt in tech/social media arena. It is exciting times and I am glad to be a part of getting things going.
Hope to see you all soon!
Startup Weekend Coming To Kansas City
Big news in the Kansas City area as I have learned that we will be having a Startup Weekend here April 24th thru the 26th. Now I have never had the chance to go to a Startup Weekend but sounds like something kool to check out.
What is Startup Weekend?
Startup Weekend is an intense event bringing brilliant tech minds together to create companies, projects and great tech communities!
What is the weekend like?
The weekend is fun, mentally simulating and always profitable (2 of those are true)! It starts Friday at 6pm and finishes up Sunday at 6pm, the hours in between are up to the community. Startup Weekend gets everyone in the same room, sometimes clothes and always feeds. What is next is really up to the people that show up, it is your drive and passion that will lead the weekend.
What is the agenda?
Have you ever worked at a startup? Startup Weekends don’t really have agendas, just general times when the building is open for everyone to meet and work. If you are an agenda driven person, Startup Weekend might not be for you. You make the agenda based on the people, ideas and mood.
Sound like something you are interested in? For the KC event you can check out the blog, the twitter feed and if you tweet about the event make sure you use the hash tag #kcsw.
Right now the details are getting ironed out but keep your eye out on the blogs or twitter for any new updates as they become available.
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