Maryland Tech Crawl

Why create another technology event?

It’s a good question– I think a lot of folks feel like there’s been a deluge of events in the past year — Innovate, Ignite, Refresh, TEDx, TechNite, Tech Cocktail, BootstrapMD, Outlet, Barcamp, not to mention the myriad of local user groups — so why create the Tech Crawl?

While I love all of these events, I feel that none of them provide a venue for our entrepreneurs to actually showcase their technologies. The Tech Crawl is primarily a “show and tell” event. It’s an opportunity for our community to get acquainted with the superb work that our technology entrepreneurs are pouring their blood and sweat into.

Why did SmartLogic want to get involved?

As an active member in both the business and technology communities in the mid-Atlantic region, I felt that I was still in the dark about the work a lot of companies were doing. I’ve noticed that the most interesting innovations are achieved by folks who are not out actively networking. Just consider the nature of a technology startup– you’re either building or selling, but not necessarily marketing or showcasing on a large scale. I thought there was room for an event that brought the community to the entrepreneurs.

Who am I excited to see?

• Juxtopia: these guys are doing some really cool stuff in the realm of wearable tech. I can’t wait to see the actual equipment!
• Direct Dimensions: they do some impressive work in 3D scanning and modeling. They were recently recognized in the BBJ for work they’re doing digitizing museum collections.
• Videntity: this team has been developing identity verification software that allows doctors to more easily exchange sensitive information securely.

Obviously I’m also excited to see the media (BBJ, Sun, BmoreMedia, and Mario Armstrong, tech contributor for NPR, CNN, and Sirius XM Radio) all come out to cover the Tech Crawl.

If you haven’t already signed up to attend, please register online. If you’d like to present your product please send an email to fgursel@etcbaltimore.com.

• LifeHacker: SpotCrime Maps Local Illegal Happenings
• Mashable: SpotCrime: Mapping The Criminal Landscape
• KillerStartups: SpotCrime.com – How Safe Is Your Neighborhood?

See our original blog post on SpotCrime getting TechCrunched.

We want everyone in the company to be happy and have the necessary equipment to get work done efficiently.

To that effect, we’ve decided that after 6 months of service to the company, all employees get dual 20″ LCD’s. So this past week, we ordered 5 or so 20″ LCD’s to spread throughout the office. Enjoy!

• We hired Greg, Abou, Terence, Scott and Joseph
• We moved out of our apartments and into one office and then moved again into another office
• We’re working on larger and more interesting jobs – check out our Portfolio and this blog for more info

We have some grand plans for the next year, let’s see what we can get accomplished!

Of course, there was pizza (9 total!) and some Ramen noodle packs as well. About a dozen students showed up for our talk – and then another dozen or so slackers showed up after our talk for some free food!

Thanks to everyone that came and if you’re interested in a career or internship with us, send us your resume.

SmartLogic Solutions is a software development and consulting company located in Baltimore. We specialize in creating interactive data-driven web applications.

In the future our employees will blog about projects we’ve been working on, company news, events and conferences we have attended, technical articles of interest to the community and whatever else comes to our minds.

Thanks for visiting and feel free to contact any of us. Visit our website for more information on what we do.