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🎸 Battle of the Tech Bands: We Want Your Feedback! 🎤 It’s been a couple of months since the event, and we’re already gearing up for next year’s Battle of the Tech Bands! As we start the prep, we’d love your feedback—and to hear if you’re interested in taking part in the next event. What an incredible night of music, creativity, and good vibes at the Battle of the Tech Bands! 🙌 Whether you were rocking the stage, cheering from the crowd, or part of the event crew, we want to hear from you. 👉 Please take two minutes to share your thoughts and help us make future events even better: https://lnkd.in/gm9845RJ The survey also includes a section for companies or individuals looking to take part in the next event. Whether you’re keen to represent your workplace or join a band, we’d love to hear from you! 🎶💡 Let’s keep the music and the tech community thriving. 🎶💻 #bottb #battleofthetechbands #charityevent #livemusic #techandmusic

Should we meet for real or not? My first company was called meetforeal, a startup aimed at fostering face-to-face connections using technology. It was the year 2008, a time when social media was scaling up, and the internet's influence on our lives was steadily deepening. Through meetforeal, I first learned a lot about face-to-face gatherings and analyzed deeply the impact of technology on human interactions. My approach to creation and innovation is intuitive, driven by subtle signals. And specially in the last year of 2023 ive noticed a persistent desire for deeper and more meaningful face-to-face interactions. However, amidst this longing, and the growing sense that we don't really belong to any real face to face community there's a growing impatience and fickleness among people. Meaningful connections, whether personal or professional, seem elusive. Despite the efficiency of Zoom for all types of connections, they often lack the depth necessary for genuine collaboration, innovation or event just friendship. While face-to-face interaction remains paramount for human development, We need an AI to help us augment face to face interactions. We need to get a sense of the conversations, interactions, and topics that characterize various communities and groups. AI will be a community facilitator which will foster continuous engagement, suggest relevant topics, and organize meetups. In a world now where distractions abound, AI can help maintain the health of communities by guiding members toward valuable interactions and encouraging participation in existing and new groups and communities. The key lies in bridging the gap between Zoom meetings, face-to-face gatherings, and virtual communities. AI will be a super connector and community manager. I long for stronger community interactions but at the same time I am stuck with so many other things to do, that finding the time and organizing gatherings become challenging. Oh but wait I will create the AI that will solve this problem and is called Agent-A. Below is a javascript program I wrote in 2011 matching people real time at an Ignite event.

What's unique about attending Tech Weeks by Sebastian Martinez CEO and Co-founder of Thaloz in our latest Bluo Industry Talk. Also: What's the difference between the Tech Weeks? Do decision makers attend Tech Weeks? How to plan and connect for a Tech Week Organizing an event for a Tech Week ROI of organizing an event in a Tech Week And much more... Full version 👉 https://lnkd.in/gjCbTuA9

Please join me at CloudFest 2024 Fireside Chat: The ARPANET: First steps toward the Internet March 21 (Thu)4:10 PM4:35 PM(CET) .COM Dome StageDome Dr. Steve Crocker was one of the key contributors to the ARPANET project—the precursor to the modern Internet. He participated in the development of both the Arpanet protocols and the initial organizational structure of the protocol development process. The multi-layer protocol architecture and the IETF evolved from this early work. The Request for Comments (RFCs) were intended as a temporary way to share technical details. That series is now 55 years old, exceeding the original expectation of six months to a year. The true paradigm shift was not just technical, though. Like Obi-Wan giving Luke a lightsaber, we were given control of the internet and thus able to expand our potential beyond what could be imagined before. Join a true internet pioneer for the inside story on how we got from there to here, why global participation is just as important today, and what tomorrow’s internet could look like. https://lnkd.in/ewV8XEKp

I can think of quite a few worthy nominees for multiple categories at the Leeds Digital Festival Awards If you or your team is one of them then please go for it, using the link below. #LDFAwards #Leeds #Digital #LeedsTech #TechAwards

About to go on stage at #BIZFEST for a panel discussion on future tech. Great turnout!

Are you overwhelmed with deciding which Tech Conferences to attend this year? Budget not matching your desires to attend them all?…Well you’re in luck! Our team at Venture for THEM is sponsoring 2 tickets for you and a friend to attend Roadmap to Billions (powered by Black Women Talk Tech ) in New York from May 16th - May 19th - you don’t want to miss this! How can you win these 2 tickets?? 1. You must be a current HBCU student 2. You must be following Venture for T.H.E.M. and Black Women Talk Tech 3. Tag the one friend that you would take with you, below 4. Our team will select a winner at random this Friday! Stayed tuned for more giveaways to attend the top tech conferences in the world! 🚀

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Excited to dive into #TornadoVM and explore how it can supercharge my Java use cases with GPU and heterogeneous computing power! Perfect for accelerating computation-heavy workloads like ML and real-time systems. Can't wait to see the performance gains! #Java

We caught up with Francesco Cesarini to ask what he thinks about Code BEAM Conferences and why they're so important for the community! 👇 Discover your favourite thing about Code BEAM Europe by joining us in October ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ea4V7fjf #CodeBEAMEurope #myelixirstatus #webeamtogether #Elixir #ElixirLang