Out and about in Columbus technology and upcoming meetups

Good morning,

Happy the day after St. Patrick's day. Here's what's going on around town....

• 4 days left - Get your nominations is Ohio Interactive Awards -Call for Entries -  http://bit.ly/aWPcb - entries due 3/22
• Welcome to our new meetup sponsor HP iPAQ Glisten - The HP iPAQ Glisten is a productivity powerhouse neatly packaged in a stylish, 3G smartphone for on-the-go professionals who need to stay connected to the people and information they care about. - click here to learn more -http://bit.ly/brGD4y
• Frustrated in your current job?  - Check out - Gohow.com - Columbus Startup http://bit.ly/cyOV6W
• What's for lunch? -  Sevenlunches.com comes to Columbus http://bit.ly/cbeeW0
• Looking for a job in strategic web communication- Social Boomerang is hiring - http://bit.ly/dC5H3e

Upcoming Events:(click on the event for details) - the master calendar can be found at - http://bit.ly/bgyzj


Tech Networking, Coworking, Social media ,General interest

• 3/18  - Business Breakfast: Developing Resilience: Techniques - http://bit.ly/chEMNt
• 3/25 - Ohio Web Leaders (OWL) - How to Tell if Your Web site is Really Working -  http://bit.ly/bgNIl5
• 4/1 - TechColumbus Campus Start-up Mixer -  http://bit.ly/d1JWqp

Technical Professional Development - Blender, Sharepoint, Web Analytics, .Net

• 3/18 - Columbus Perl Mongers Meeting -  http://bit.ly/bgCSTi

• 3/18 - Central Ohio Sharepoint Users Group monthly meeting -  http://bit.ly/dAGiF4
• 3/18 - Peer Reviews, Walkthroughs and Inspections - COQAA -  http://bit.ly/aUGGJK
• 3/23 - Columbus OWASP - Q1 Meeting - PHP Security - http://bit.ly/dhIgZX
• 3/24 - Web Analytics Wednesday -  http://bit.ly/9oQvHb
• 3/25 - Central Ohio .Net Developers Group - http://bit.ly/9FkTqX
• 3/28 -  Arduino electronic brick and sensor workshop - http://bit.ly/d7vjcT
• 4/5 - Mobile Monday at Alliance Data - Mobile Payments -  http://bit.ly/b6jQ5H

For entrepreneurs and small business

• 3/18 - Jelly @ The DEC - http://bit.ly/cvDhab
• 3/18 - DEC Presents...Search Marketing 101 w/Oxiem -  http://bit.ly/dgsFpo
• 3/23 - DEC Presents...Information Security Compliance: What it Means to Your Company -  http://bit.ly/dqnxF2

Focus on Nonprofits

• 3/18 - GroundWork group's newest innovative workshop: A Board Member's Guide -  http://bit.ly/a6KRv8

Special thanks to our TechLife meetup sponsors the NYTimes. HP and blog sponsors Social Boomerang, Fast Switch, DLP Technologies and Strategic Systems. (interested in sponsorship - send me a note)