Parisoma Innovation Loft

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Here’s a recording of our very first LIVE broadcast from PariSoMa. It features Blip.fm CEO Jeff Yasuda presenting July 23 at Musi2k. It begins at 01:01:20 (timeline).

Join us for the first meeting of The iPhone Network Lounge at PariSoMa, where Carlos Icaza of Ansca will present Corona, a new iPhone software development kit for designers and developers. Refreshments will be served.

Why should you come? Because you’ll be among the first in the country to discover Ansca’s mobile competitor to Flash, recently written up in VentureBeat.

This networking event is for designers, developers and iPhone lovers.
This is a free event, organized by Bamboudesign and hosted by PariSoMa.

Please RSVP on Facebook.

Program
iPhone Development for Designers
Presented by Carlos Icaza, co-founder of Ansca

Mobile devices, led by the iPhone, are the next design frontier. Find out how the new innovative software from Ansca will empower you to create native iPhone applications in Lua, a scripting language similar to JavaScript and ActionScript. Unleash the creative potential of mobile and get a live demo on building an iPhone app in a matter of minutes! You’ll find out how others have used Ansca to create native iPhone applications within days.

Why is tea good for you? Because not only is it a beverage to drink, it’s also a form of creativity to discover and enjoy with your eyes and mind

Savor a serving of art at the opening reception of “Tea Bags Inspiration” by Chris Howard White, July 30th at 8pm.

The opening will include tea, delicacies, French wine, live music and an exclusive live performance by Chris Howard White.

More about Chris: http://www.christopherhowardwhite.com/

Please RSVP by sending an email to office [at] parisoma.com.

Time 6:30-8:30

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PariSoMa’s Musi2k series gives people a chance to come hang out in our beautiful converted loft and listen to speakers give talks on a range of music/tech related topics. PariSoMa is coworking space that provides desks, wi-fi, coffee and community to independent professionals. We’re all about innovation, collaboration and collective intelligence.

This month we are excited to host Jeff Yasuda, CEO and founder of blip.fm. Jeff is the CEO and Founder of Blip.fm, a social DJ service which has been described as the Twitter for Music. Music has always been an important part of Jeff’s life and he considers himself a bona fide hack on guitar. Prior to Fuzz, Jeff has worked with numerous technology companies in software, hardware, computer services, semiconductor services and telecommunications equipment companies. Most recently, Jeff was Managing Director and CFO of Redwood Ventures where he managed investments in their technology portfolio. Prior to that he worked in Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers, and did strategic consulting, M&A and financial valuation at Arthur Andersen. Jeff is a CPA, has an MBA from New York University, and a BA from Dartmouth College. He is also a co-founding director for Little Kids Rock, a non-profit helping to teach music to children in our public schools.

Sneak into the first session of our new local French expert’s wine course. Let Raphael take you through various French wine regions, while you pick up tips on tasting, production, cultural significance, vocabulary and more. The course includes a tasting of 5 to 6 wines.

Tonight’s region: Rhone valley in France

When? Thursday, July 30th from 6.30 to 7.30pm
Where? PariSoMa, 1436 Howard (at 10th), San Francisco
How much? $30 ($35 at the door)
How many? 15 people maximum

RSVP : http://parisoma.eventbrite.com/

PariSoMa is now a member of the Coworking Visa plan.

This means PariSoMa members can cowork, free, for up to 3 days each in more than 60 other coworking spaces around the world when they’re traveling. (Some restrictions apply for certain spaces, as described at the link below.)

Details:

http://coworking.pbworks.com/CoworkingVisa

Coworkers of the world, come and visit us!

July 27 at 6:30pm

RSVP here

A Level 6 pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organization. Right now the world’s governments and corporations are gearing up for significant social disruption this fall when the H1N1 virus comes back for its second wave. The virus is already causing significant disruption in South America and cases in the U.S. are growing steadily.

Current stats as of Friday July 10 for the United States
Total cases: 37,246
Deaths: 211
Mortality rate of seasonal flu: 0.1%
Mortality rate of H1N1: 0.5%
Infection rate of seasonal flu: 10% to 20%
Expected infection rate of this fall’s H1N1 strain: 50% to 70%

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told government leaders at a swine flu preparedness summit on July 9 to plan for the worst-case scenario of the virus reappearing with renewed strength this fall. She advised 500 emergency planners in government, health and education “What we need to assume is that it will come back in a much more severe form.”

For this Meetup, André obtained permission to present the very latest information from Emergency Management Solutions (whose client list includes the world’s largest organiztions like MasterCard, Microsoft, the World Bank, Visa, the U.S. Department of Defense and many, many others).

What we will cover:

• What are the appropriate masks and other items to purchase now?
• What does it mean to receive a quarantine order?
• Which pandemic in the past is the Center for Disease Control saying this pandemic will be most like?
• What is the expected impact to businesses? What supply disruptions are expected? How many employees will stay home?
• How can an individual and family prepare now?
• How much food and water should you stock up on?
• When will vaccines be ready and who will be eligible to receive them?

The official flu season starts October 1. There is still some time to get ready, but not much. Mingle starting at 6:30 and the presentation will start at 7pm.Please RSVP. We’ve had good turnout for our first two events (>25 people both times) but without RSVP’s it’s hard to gauge how many people to prepare for :-).

-André

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This month we have two great presentations. Keeping in line with the way we have been running the meetup we will have a showcase web site presented and then a cool technical presentation, and then at the end we have our open social time.

I am really happy this month to have http://www.edutopia.org present thier web site to us. Edutopia.org is honored to be the recipient of a Webby Award for Web site excellence: the 2009 People’s Voice Award for Best Education Web Site. Education and Drupal work, come hear why the The George Lucas Educational Foundation choose Drupal to power their vision.

For the technical showcase we have the creators of the Skinr Module. http://drupal.org/project/skinr Skinr’s main purpose is to allow the theme to define a set of reusable and modular CSS styles, and to make those styles available in Drupal’s UI. Skinr was developed for themers to allow them to tap into the power of Drupal’s modularity and apply those same principals to theme development.

These are cutting edge Drupal topics which empower all of us with the knowledge of whats possible with Drupal development.

Please join us for another night of totally awesome Drupal discussions.