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We were ready for an exciting night of theater on Friday, October 4, 2013, when we were guests of Great Lakes Theater for the opening of one of our favorite shows, Sweeney Todd!

It was Social Media Night, and also Director’s Night, where we were able to attend a pre-show discussion with Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee and Sweeney Todd Director Victoria Bussert.  We learned lots of interesting behind-the-scenes “tidbits” about the show. For example, this show is considered a masterpiece of Stephen Sondheim, and is a crossover between musical theater and opera, with elements of both. The show has been performed by both musical theater and opera companies.

This production of Sweeney Todd is exciting and fast-paced. Go and see it for a “bloody good” time! 

Here are the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings for Monday, October 7, 2013 through Monday, October 14, 2013. October is another busy month. Please shared those meeting you think others would be interested in attending.

Anyone who has known Stuart for any length of time knows that he enjoys going to technology and arts events. IngenuityFest is his favorite event of the year. Most years that Stuart has been able to attend, he has gone all three days -- he tries to live the event, and drink in all that it has to offer. 

Julie, Kevin, and Stuart attended much of the weekend's activities, but found that there was more to do than anyone can fit in one weekend. 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings!

Anyone who knows me for any length of time knows that I enjoy going to technology and arts events. Ingenuity Cleveland's "IngenuityFest:Festival of Art & Technology" is my main event during the year! That is why I was excited when I learned that the three-day event now had a prequel - the IngenuityFest 2013 Preview Party!

The following are my photos, video, and tweets from the September 19, 2013, IngenuityFest Preview Party.

Can you believe this is the last week of September? Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings that I track.

One of the great Cleveland events I enjoy every  year is the Cleveland Museum of Art's Chalk Festival. I have not been able to fully participate for two years now, since it has been held the same weekend as the IngenuityFest. 

I did enjoy visiting and seeing the Cleveland art work that was created. Here are the photos I took of the pieces that I liked the most.

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In my presentation to WebSigCleveland.org on "HTML5 Video: Why & How," I covered:

1. Why: the pros and cons of using HTML5 video, and other options
2. Build: how to create the HTML5, and resources to create the HTML5 videos
3. Configure: list of additional HTML5 attributes

The slides, HTML samples, and text were originally created for my oral presentation. 

Here is a list of this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings that I track. This week I want to announce the fall lineup of www.WebSigCleveland.org meetings since the first one is this Saturday. Please mark your calendars for:

1.  9/21/2013​ Intro to ExtJS and Sencha Touch - Durlabh Jain (@Durlabh)

2. 10/19/2013 Introduction to HTML5 Part II - Sam Nasr (@SamNasr)

3. 11/16/2013 Developing Win8 Apps with HTML5 - Sam Nasr (@SamNasr)

4. 12/21/2013 Exploring Web 3.0 - Marc A. Majers (@LeadingHands - @DontFearForward)

5. Kicking off 2014 with
    1/18/2014​ Team Collaboration - Jonathan Knapp (@CoffeeAndCode)

Cleveland Tech, Entrepreneur & Social Media Meetings Monday, September 16^th to Monday, September 23^th...

GV Art + Design in Lakewood was the place to be on September 4th! Everyone shared in the excitement and anticipation of the Cleveland Browns’ opening game of the 2013-14 season at the “Brown and Orange TweetUp” sponsored by NewsChannel 5 and GV Art + Design. As we walked in the door, we received a T-shirt to show off our Cleveland pride! The GV Art + Design store was filled with apparel and more, featuring artwork and slogans promoting our great city.

Here is a list of this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings that I track. First, I want to announce the fall lineup of www.WebSigCleveland.org meetings. Please mark your calendars for:

1.  9/21/2013​ Intro to ExtJS and Sencha Touch - Durlabh Jain (@Durlabh)

2. 10/19/2013 Introduction to HTML5 Part II - Sam Nasr (@SamNasr)

3. 11/16/2013 Developing Win8 Apps with HTML5 - Sam Nasr (@SamNasr)

4. 12/21/2013 Exploring Web 3.0 - Marc A. Majers (@LeadingHands - @DontFearForward)

5. Kicking off 2014 with
    1/18/2014​ Team Collaboration - Jonathan Knapp (@CoffeeAndCode)

Cleveland Tech, Entrepreneur & Social Media Meetings Monday, September 9th to Monday, September 16th...

I think that I am like most Clevelanders who have heard of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens  -- we think it is a great idea, a real treasure for Cleveland, but never take the time to explore them. That is why I was so excited to hear that the One World Festival would take place in Rockefeller Park's Cultural Gardens.

The One World Festival was a huge event that pulled in a diverse cross section of our community with great entertainment, food, and a naturalization ceremony.

One of the highlights for me was Cleveland Shakespeare Festival's presentation of an Abridged Midsummer Night's Dream. Every summer, I enjoy the free Shakespeare plays that they perform in area parks, and was glad that the One World Festival gave me another chance to see one of their shows.

While I will miss all the free outdoor summer arts/cultural events that I promote over the summer (this is in addition to Cleveland's tech events that I promote year round), this fall is looking like a lot will be happening in Cleveland. Be sure to watch for information on Ingenuity Cleveland the weekend of September 20-22. Also, I have announced all my WebSigCleveland.org fall meetings. Please go to the www.WebSigCleveland.org website and mark your calendar!

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings as we start September and the fall season.

We have found that PechaKucha Night Cleveland always makes for an enjoyable time. Thus, we were excited to attend PechaKucha Night Cleveland's August 23, 2013, outdoor event behind the West Side Market in Cleveland's Ohio City.

Presenters:

• Paul Benner (@CLEBrewShop​ - ClevelandBrewshop.com) The Cleveland Brewshop
• Fred and Laura Bidwell (@TransformerStat - TransformerStation.org - @FredBidwell - BidwellProjects.com) Founders, Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation
• Marco Ciccarelli (@techne_m - TechneArchitects.com) architect, studioTECHNE|architects
• YouTube PKNCLE19 - #2 - Marc Ciccarelli - Aristotle, Emptiness, and Godzilla
• Brandon Juhasz (BrandonJuhasz.com) Artist
• Faith McFluff (Faithmcfluff.com) Hula Hoops: It's not Just a Toy Anymore....
• YouTube PKNCLE19 - #3 - Faith McFluff - Hula Hoops
• Mark Michel (ItMakesYouHappier.com) Graphic Designer/Street Artist
• Wayne Mortensen (@arlomort - www.npi-cle.org) Architect, Neighborhood Progress Inc
• ​Loren Naji (LorenNaji.com) Artist/Gallery Owner, Loren Naji Studio Gallery
• Johnny S. (JohnnyvilleSlugger.com) Johnnyville Slugger
• Marilou Suszko (@MarilouSuszko - MarilouSuszko.com) Behind-the-scenes stories of Cleveland's West Side Market
• YouTube PKNCLE19 - #1 - Marilou Suszko - The West Side Market: Myths and Made-Up Shit
• Andy Tveekrem (@Mrkt_Grdn_Beer - MarketGardenBrewery.com) Brewmaster, Market Garden Brewery
• Mike Zubal (@ZubalBooks​ - ZubalBooks.com) Zubal Books

WebSigCleveland.org has announced all of its fall meetings. Please go to the WebSigCleveland.org website and mark your calendar!

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings as we close out the last month of summer.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings for August 12th through August 19th.

Cleveland GiveCamp, which took place over the July 19-21, 2013, weekend was truly a remarkable event. Amazing work was done by over 200 volunteers providing tech solutions for nonprofits. This being the fourth year of Cleveland GiveCamp, the whole operation felt like a well oiled machine. 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings as we enter the eighth month of the year 2013! Plus I also list some free summer outdoor arts events. Be sure not to miss all that is happening on Cleveland! 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings! Plus some free outdoor arts events are listed and the "save the date" for Cleveland GiveCamp 2014. 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings that I track and promote via Twitter. Plus more...

Over the summer I like to promote a few of the free outdoor arts events in which I am interested.  This week, in addition to WOW Concerts and Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, I have learned that the Cleveland Museum of Art is having free concerts and films at their new space for contemporary art in Cleveland -- Transformer Station.

Cleveland GiveCamp - ClevelandGiveCamp.org - This is a special week in Cleveland in which over 200 tech volunteers meet once a year to assist local nonprofits with their technical needs.

This week I list 7 new northeast Ohio tech meetings -- some free arts events, plus Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings.

Can you believe we are in the last week of June? So much happening in Cleveland that time is just flying. 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings! Plus over the summer I track some of my favorite free outdoor arts events.

Summer started out sizzling last Saturday night at the Cleveland Museum of Art! The museum welcomed 5,000 people for its fifth annual Solstice party -- an evening of art, music, dancing, food, and drink. 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings for Tue 6/18 - Mon 6/24!

As we enter the last week of May 2013, here are my list of Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings I track.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings!

Writing about the May 3, 2013​, Rustbelt Refresh Conference is difficult, since there was so much interesting information shared at the meeting that it is impossible to include it all. It was the first Cleveland conference dedicated to web design and front-end development.

• The Era of Intentional Layout
• Responsive Layouts Beyond the Sidebar
• Making Our Users Feel Great
• HTTP: Get to Know the Foundations of Your Career
• Finding Your Perfect Web Type Match
• Take Your Markup to 11
• Your CSS is a Mess

Here are my tweets announcing the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings I track for this week.

Plus, I want to let you k now that on Saturday, May 18th, is my WebSigCleveland.org meeting where I will be presenting on: HTML5 Video: Why & How​ I hope you will attend. All meeting are free and open to all. Please visit WebSigCleveland.org for more information and future meeting announcements. Thank you.

IMPORTANT: Please spread the word! Applications are now being accepted for 2013 Cleveland GiveCamp!

Great start to the first full week of May 2013! 

Here are my tweets announcing the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings I track for this week.

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If you have seen my sos_jr Twitter bio, you know that I am interested in both technology and art, so IngenuityFest​ is an event that I really enjoy! Ingenuity Cleveland's Bal Ingénieux fundraiser is a costume party with vaudeville circus, burlesque, music, dance, and more.

Here are the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings I track for this week that we enter May 2013.

Here are the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings I track for this Happy Earth Day week.

Here are the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings I track for this week. I hope to see you all on Saturday, April 20th, at the WebSigCleveland.org presentation on Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Here are the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings I track for this week. Plus I since I will not have time next week to post to my blog, I have added some future meetings to this blog post. 

I also want to take this opportunity to ask you to mark your calendar, and let others know that the 4/20 WebSigCleveland.org presentation will be about Adobe Photoshop Elements.

​The evening of March 20, 2013, was filled with great food, fun people, and the anticipation of an exciting, new season for the Cleveland Indians! We were fortunate to be part of the Cleveland.com TweetUp with the Cleveland Indians, held that night at the new Collection Auto Club at Progressive Field.

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Here are the Cleveland tech, entrepreneur & social media meetings I track for this week, the final week of the first quarter of 2013. A lot of great activities happening in Greater Cleveland, with more to come.

Please let me know what meetings/events you attend, and what you enjoyed! Please share this blog post with others who would be interested.

I also want to take this opportunity to announce my April WebSigCleveland.org topic.  Please mark your calendar, and let others know that the 4/20 presentation will be about Adobe Photoshop Elements. 

"Code for America is a new non-profit, and a new kind of organization. Our team is made up of web geeks, city experts, and technology industry leaders. We are building a network of civic leaders and organizations who believe there is a better way of doing things and want to make a difference."

Learn more details about what Code For America is doing across our nation to to get government and nonprofit organizations to work together.

I will focus here on what happened at the Code For America: Highlight Summit County event (#cfaSumCo), the larger plan for Summit County, and how you can learn more if you want to get involved.

Here are the meetings I track for this week. I know that I will be having a busy week with so much going on. Let me know what meetings/events you attend, and what you enjoyed!

Also for those of you who missed it last week, please share with others the information I gather in my Blogiversary blog post. 

Please share this blog post with others who would be interested.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings!

I want to bring to your attention two meetings for those of you interested in open source content management systems, plus ask you to share with others the information I gather in my Blogiversary blog post.

I can't believe I am celebrating my first "blogiversary!" Just one year ago, I posted my "Hello, World! My First Blog Post!" message!

Check out my blog page to see all the fun I have had this year! - sosAssociates.com/Blog/ Thank you to all the people who made the events happen.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings!

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On Friday, February 22, 2013, we had a hauntingly good time at Great Lakes Theater’s first-ever social media night. On the opening night of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit,” we were treated to a wonderful evening of martinis, manners, and theatrical mayhem.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings!

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings!

A single-day conference in Cleveland, dedicated to web design and front-end development, was announced this week -- here are details. Plus, I also highlight two other events this week

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings!

My WebSigCleveland.org meeting is this Saturday. I look forward to seeing you there. 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings! So much is happening!

I also included some announcements of other events happening in our community. I recommend following thee Twitter names I mention in the blog post to learn more. 

"This is so future!" - my son overheard this from a young child at the grand opening of the Cleveland Museum of Art Gallery One on January 21, 2013. This one exclamation perfectly expressed the excitement of the day.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings! I have also included an important announcement about Cleveland GiveCamp 2013, and a link to learn more about CodeMash 2013. 

If you are on Twitter, please re-tweet those meetings that you find interesting to share with others. Thank you.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings! It's a very busy week in the Greater Cleveland area. If you are on Twitter, please re-tweet those meetings that you find interesting to share with others. Thank you.

Sharing here my photos and experiences - Friday, January 11th, CodeMash 2013.

I also included links to other people's CodeMash photos, videos and blogs -- enjoy!

We are very fortunate in Cleveland to have the Cleveland Museum of Art. With my interest in the museum and in technology, it is with great civic pride that I share the following about our art museum being the first in the nation to feature interactive technology.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings! It's a very busy week in the Greater Cleveland area. If you are on Twitter, please re-tweet those meetings that you find interesting to share with others. Thank you.

Also, I hope you come to my WebSigCleveland.org meeting this week: Saturday, 1/19/13, Rethinking SEO – Facts, Figures & Data with Chad Pollitt (@CPollittIU)

Sharing here photos and videos of our experiences - Thursday, January 10th, CodeMash 2013.

Sharing here photos and videos from our experiences - Wednesday, January 9th, CodeMash 2013.

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings!

In addition to the incredible CodeMash conference happening this week, there is also a lot happening in Cleveland. 

Today, I also updated the listing for my WebSigCleveland.org meetings. 

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings! 

This is my first 2013 blog post of the Cleveland tech and social media meetings that I track. I am expecting many great things to happen in this new year, so please come back to my website each week!

Tech testers attended a sneak preview at the Cleveland Museum Art. Cleveland now has the most advanced digital gallery display in the USA.

This event was the perfect combination of my interests:

• Cutting Edge Technology
• Art
• Cleveland Events - our city leading the nation!

Thank you News Channel 5 (@WEWS) and Hodge's restaurant for  #MeetAndTweet5 we attended on December 17, 2012. We had a great time. 

We wanted to share with those that attended, and those that could not, the good times in Cleveland!

Here are this week's Cleveland tech and social media meetings! For the week before Christmas still a lot happening early this week.

This looks like it will be the last Cleveland tech and social media meetings i track for 2012. I am looking forward to more great things happening in 2013!

Here are this week's Cleveland tech, entrepreneur, and social media meetings!

This week, there are at least four meetings each weeknight, plus my WebSigCleveland.org on Saturday. Have fun, Cleveland!

Meeting topics for this week include: Blogging, Python, UX, Drupal, ​Security, ​Astronomy, ​Graphics, InDesign, and much more!