SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

And here's where you can find more events: SoCalTech Calendar – A great aggregation of events around Southern California that has been pulled together for years by Ben Kuo. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them.

Southern California 243

Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

One startup, SwoopThat (www.swoopthat.com)--started by a recent college grad Jonathan Simkin --has made it much easier to buy books for student, by pulling up books based on a student's schedule. How did you come up with the web site? We spoke with Jonathan about the advantages of SwoopThat over existing sites.

UCSD 185

UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. What's the story behind the company--I understand this started at UCSD? They got an NSF grant, and basically started up the original web site, as a video web site.

Journal 124

Journal Technical Review UCSD Web 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. We caught up with CEO Aaron Crayford to learn about the company. Those are buddies of mine from UCSD, and the open source community.

UCSD 145

UCSD Social Network Content Sites 145