Category: Technology
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Art of Cool (@theaocproject) Innovate Your Cool 2016 Conference Lineup #IYC
Durham, NC’s Art of Cool Festival just released the lineup for their 2016 Innovate Your Cool conference. As with last year, #IYC coincides with AOC’s annual music fest. #IYC focuses on innovation, music, culture, tech and more. This year’s event will include a round table with Rapsody and Terrance Martin on the creative process behind…
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5 Non-Tech Tips From The Phat Startup’s (@ThePhatStartup) #Tech808 D.C. #BossUp (Video)
The Phat Startup is a New York City-based startup that provides education for aspiring entrepreneurs. This is done via events, interviews and various media resources (blogs, tweets, etc.). I’d been following The Phat Startup for some time on Twitter (they share alot of great content there) and attended their first #tech808 event in NYC…
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5 Project Managements Tips For Getting Your Album Release (Project) Back On Track When Things Go Wrong
Last month, I’d posted some project management tips catering directly to artists and brands. [READ: 5 Project Management Tips For Your Next Album Release] These were based on my project management/project leader experience in corporate IT and for private customers. Since that time, a couple of y’all mentioned either on Twitter or at events where…
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Feli Fame (@FelonyFame) — Dirty Laundry: Greed Has No Face (Trailer)
It’s good to see more Carolina artists embracing well produced short films and vlogs as part of their digital marketing campaign. J.Cole did it with the #BornSinner vlogs, Charleston, SC’s Dirty Dave released the street-themed robbery gone wrong short film ‘Charleston’ last month and Columbia,SC ‘s BJ Cash has a big movie premiere going down…
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Paradoxos (@Paradoxos) Event Recap: Ideas Are Contagious, Durham Is Cool. #PDXS2013
Image from LifEKit Lifestyle Co.’s Instagram This past Thursday and Friday (June 6 and 7) was the inaugural Paradoxos in Durham, NC. The two days was billed as “a series of events around Durham’s center….entrepreneurial pitches, collaborations between tech companies and local breweries, keynote addresses and talks by industry leaders…jam-packed with inspiration, ideas and fun.”…
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J. Cole & Lisnr: Hip Hop + Mobile Technology + Startup Culture = A New Engagement Experience
Hip hop culture, fan engagement, startup culture and the use of mobile technology has been changed, all by a Carolina artist named J. Cole. June 5, 2013 was a regular evening at home. I was winding down and strolling my Twitter timeline for the daily news when the above Tweet from Hollywood Cole showed up.…
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Commentary: 5 Project Management Tips For Your Next Album Release
Some of y’all know I have a pretty cool “regular” job in corporate IT as a project leader and project manager. Basically a project manager (PM) is somebody who makes sure something (i.e. a project) gets done the right way, on time, within budget and in the way folks want it. I was blessed with…
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Technology News: 50 Cent Interview With First On Fox Business At CES 2013 (Video)
video.foxbusiness.com CES is the largest consumer technology event in the world. Every year, thousands of companies and personalities from around the world gather in Las Vegas, Nevada to see, experience plus talk about current and upcoming cutting edge technologies. This includes gadgets and software. 2013’s event kicked off earlier this week. In this video 50…
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Technology News: Gabriel Teodros (@GabrielTeodros) & TEDxRainier (@TEDTalks) — Hip Hop & Science Fiction (Video)
Hey look y’all. Another TED Talk where hip hop was incorporated into the event! This TED Talk took place at TEDxRainier in Seattle last month and featured Seattle, Washingston emcee Gabriel Teodros. In Teodros’ TED Talk, he discussed Ethiopian heritage and it’s impact to his rhymes, activism, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the effects on hip hop,…