Nerd Stalker

If you don't know by now we flat out love SF New Tech, yes we do have the honor of being a media partner but even if we didn't we would beg, borrow or steal to get in to their events. It's just flat out the best meetup in the bay area, we are amazed by how many (and how often) quality startups they showcase. The next meetup on 10/20 is no exception we will most definitely be at Mighty and if your there find us and say hello. Get tickets Red Vines Mike Kelly, Consumer Communications Manager American Licorice Company began making Red Vines in San Francisco in 1920. While the process used to make Red Vines hasn’t changed much in nearly 100 years, the technology used to market the brand is changing dramatically. Introducing the Red Vines World of Sharing, a social media platform engineered to spread goodwill and happiness from the Bay Area to the world. http://www.redvines.com EasySign Sunil Patro, Founder EasySign enables you to sign any document using you...

(5mins) Nerd Stalker interview with co-founder of Newton Software, Joel Passen at a recent SF New Tech. Newton provides a streamlined approach to recruiting with all the essentials built-in including an easy-to-edit careers page , free job advertising, space to collaborate , a rock-solid recruiting process , and a powerful analytics dashboard . Newton works the way recruiting works, anticipating your next steps and capturing valuable information along.

(8mins) At a standing-room only SF New Tech event, I spoke with Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, a software application that allows users to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient. It makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. We discussed history, humor, and the future of Evernote.

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The Nerd Stalker crew hits the Mashable SummerMash San Francisco Party at Mighty in San Francisco 7/15/08. This is the preview for the soon to be released episode 4. Saw/met tons of people, Will Pate of CommandN fame there but scurried away with his beer before I could say hello. We had a blast and consumed mass quantities.

Part 1 Backblaze Gleb Budman, CEO/Co-Founder Backblaze provides the "easiest" online backup service to enable everyone to backup. TechCrunch says Backblaze provides “Online Backup With Time Machine’s Finesse” and Ars Technica writes the company is “Making off-site backups brainless." http://www.backblaze.com Part 2 Snappy Stuff Brook Eaton, Founder/CEO SnappyStuff provides a snap shot of what you own and a system to help sell, trade and share it. http://www.snappystuff.com Part 3 Govit Taylor Norris, Founder/CEO Govit brings direct democracy to US citizens, helping voters learn about, discuss, and vote on active legislation. Members can vote on active legislation and have their vote sent instantly to their elected representatives. http://www.govit.com Part 4 Tipjoy Ivan Kirigin, Co-Founder/CTO of Tipjoy. Tipjoy is a micropayments service that makes it easy to leave tips for stuff you love online. http://www.tipjoy.com

Despite initially butchering the name "Disqus" pronounced "discuss" co-founder/ceo Daniel Ha was kind enough to speak with the Nerd Stalker crew. Daniels tells us what Disqus is, what happened during a brief down time and where this company is going. I expect this "widget" to do quite well.

This demo is way better on a computer, but it's pretty impressive that it could be done on an iPhone as well. I was really impressed with the simplicity and amount of services that Add to Any works with. Add to Any Pat Diven II, Founder & CEO Add to Any’s "Share/Save" and "Subscribe" widgets help your website visitors share, save and subscribe to your content using any service. http://www.addtoany.com

Welcome to the first episode of what I'm calling Nerd Stalker, in this episode we are at The San Francisco New Tech meeting held at Mighty . We start the first interview with a really great guy/CEO of Triggit Zach Coelius. In the following posts we get 4 of the companies that night on tape. Sorry Mike (Seeqpod) you were pitching some VC or something when it was your turn, next time. Widget demos that night (6/11/08) were: Seeqpod Mike Muldoon, CTO SeeqPod helps people find, discover, play, and enjoy "Playable Search" with an array of easy-to-use tools to make playlists, share, embed, and purchase results. From video to audio, slideshows, and Adobe Flash, SeeqPod accesses the vast multitude of rich media files and applications that exist online. http://www.seeqpod.com Clearspring Mike Harkey, Director, Business Development Clearspring offers a media platform that provides widget distribution, analytics, monetization and advertising solutions. http://www.clearspring.com Gy...

I had the honor of attending a New Tech meetup at Mighty a few nights ago, it was a blast and had the opportunity to discover some exciting new companies. Nirvino Christian Schroeder, Founder Nirvino is a free, website and mobile wine resource that aggregates wine critic reviews into a single score. Users can quickly find or confirm great bottles of wine when they are on the go as well as receive food pairing tips specific to that wine. http://nirvino.com/ Zivity Cameo Wood, Product Manager Zivity is a community-powered showcase of female beauty. http://zivity.com/ Razz Jeff Malkin, Co-Founder Razz is creating and leading a new category in photo enhancement called "audio-enriched photos." Users can mash well-known pop-culture audio clips and user-recorded voice with their favorite photos. With simple-to-use creatiion and consumption tools, Razz aims to be the YouTube of Talking Photos. http://razz.com/ MyMeemz/Skollar Alex Trolley, CEO / Founder Skollar is a Web 2.0 tool th...