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Francisco Dao

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    March 13, 2010

    Geeks Never Partied in High School? Pfft. TechSet Sets the SXSW Party Standard at Speakeasy

    Shannon CottrellBaratunde Thurston, Brian Solis, Nicole Jordan, Krystyl Baldwin, Melissa Jun Rowley, and Robert Scoble posing pretty at TechSet party​After a day of panels, (some painful, some filled with win), tech club reunions, impromptu hotel lobby drinkups and unconference geek-out sessions, ... More >>

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    August 2, 2009

    Twiistup 6 Mixer: the Producer, the VIPs, and the Stuff No One is Talking About

    AV FloxParty like it's 1997​Twiistup creator Mike Macadaan once hailed L.A.'s premier tech event as a nod to the dot-com days of excess. Geeks got together in uniquely Los Angeles locales to network and party like rockstars. But Macadaan sold Twiistup to an undisclosed party a few months ago, ... More >>

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    July 30, 2009

    Tech Please!

    AV FloxParty like it's 1997​Twiistup creator Mike Macadaan once hailed L.A.'s premier tech event as a nod to the dot-com days of excess. Geeks got together in uniquely Los Angeles locales to network and party like rockstars. But Macadaan sold Twiistup to an undisclosed party a few months ago, ... More >>

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    July 14, 2009

    Techcrunch Crunchup: L.A. Does it in Realtime

    SoCal native and the "Golden God of Tech" Michael Arrington was born and raised in Huntington Beach so it came as no surprise that the L.A. contingent was out in full-force at this year's Techcrunch Crunchup Real Time Conference and summer party at the August Capital offices in Palo Alto. There for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Social Media for Social Good: The Geeks That Keep on Giving

    Last week I attended a tech event... what else is new, you ask? Well, despite the barrage of silliness that has seemingly enveloped the L.A. tech community as of late (you know who you are Francisco Dao - congrats on Twiistup, by the way), this event did not involve the word "karaoke" and the only c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Local Tech Scene Sweetheart Twiistup...Sold! Mike Macadaan's Geek Chic Party Conquers Los Angeles, sets sights on World

    Twiistup...All grown up! Twiistup, the tech networking party juggernaut where innovative new start-ups go to show off, is onto the next phase of its existence: creator Mike Macadaan announced today (or yesterday, depending on when you read this) that he's sold the business to Los Angeles-based entr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    SxLA: Los Angeles Interactive in a Post-Network, Post-Geographical World

    S. TaylorHalo soldier reads up on Los Angeles at SXSWi ScreenBurn ArcadeAlthough we arrived back at LAX last night exhausted and missing Austin, we felt no symptoms of the dreaded SXSW SARS. Los Angeles was the new girl in town at SXSWi, and this was LAWeekly.com's first time covering Interactive. J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Last Night in Austin: Mashable Rooftop Bash at SxSW

    Erin BroadleyMashable.com's Pete CashmoreWe were at it again last night, and the party pings did not stop coming. Bumping into Fast Company guru Robert Scoble and PR impresario Brian Solis in the Hilton Hotel lobby after listening to an enlightening Core Conversation organized by Digg's marketing mu ... More >>

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