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Anything cool happening in Madison for Chinese New Year? Looking to get some authentic Chinese grub!

JR Moreau

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 1:49pm

Yen Ching on Midvale Blvd. is the best Chinese food place in town.

Ryan Paugh

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 2:06pm

Anything cool happening in Madison for Chinese New Year? Sure! Jump in your car, hop up on the freeway and head southeast for two hours. Once in Chicago, head on down to Wentworth and Cermak and you'll find something cool for Chinese New Year.

If you want to stay local, the six Chinese people in this town *might* be celebrating if you can find them.

...and stay away from Yen Ching unless you enjoy vomiting. Imperial Garden on U and Allen is FAR superior.

Jeremy Maritz

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 2:11pm

Interesting! I'm also looking forward to the Dragon Boat Festival time of year (are there celebrations for that here?) because they have seasonal sticky rice dumplings wrapped in banana leaves stuffed with all kinds of good stuff.

JR Moreau

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 2:13pm

Besides the Madison Social Media Club Kelly was just writing about, what are the other good events/organizations for the local web industry scene?

As one of the founders of a new Madison startup I'm anxious to meet other web startups and meet (and hopefully hire) great people.

Who's connected and knows the hubs?

Lucas Dailey

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:54am

Hey Lucas, you should connect with our friends Nate Lustig & Jesse Davis. They run the Capital Entrepreneurs.

Here's a link to their website: http://www.capitalentrepreneurs.com/

You can also find them both on Brazen Careerist:
http://www.brazencareerist.com/profile/nathan-lustig
http://www.brazencareerist.com/profile/jesse-davis

Ryan Paugh

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:12pm

Beautiful, thanks Ryan, I had no idea.

Lucas Dailey

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:19pm

There is also Web608.org which is not only it's own group but it's also an umbrella website for many other local web groups. Web608 already has monthly Geek Dinners, but starting this month there will also be presentations about things of interest to people involved with the web. I'll be leading the Web608 meetings but I haven't scheduled the first one yet.

Andrew Shell

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:35pm

Yeah yeah. I had the good fortune of meeting Abraham Williams, who was actually involved with Logical Consensus in its previous iteration, so I'm on the web608 bandwagon, though I haven't made it to a geek diner yet. Really looking forward to the presentation/talk series. Thanks

Lucas Dailey

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:40pm

Madison MAGNET is great - Dale Beermann (http://www.brazencareerist.com/profile/dale-beermann, @beermann) heads up the Entrepreneur committee. He also co-founded Propel Wisconsin - http://www.propelwi.com/.

Also, check out this list of tech groups in town- http://www.ibmadison.com/webchefcafe?id=375

Accelerate Madison has two great programs coming up, my CEO is speaking in March.

Rebecca Thorman

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:29pm

The deadline to enter has passed, but you might want to keep your eye on the Wisconsin Governor's business plan competition.

http://www.govsbizplancontest.com/

Checking out the past entrants could be a good way to connect with other web startups.

Ellen Nordahl

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:14pm

Ryan, I just added you. Rebecca, you too. Hopefully that's cool with you! For anyone else that wants to be added, let me know or send an email to madisonsmc@gmail.com.

Kelly Cuene

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:28am

That's definitely cool with me. Thanks!

Ryan Paugh

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:06pm

Hey Madison folks: If you haven't already, check out the Madison Social Media Club: http://madisonsmc.org/ (@MadisonSMC). We're just getting started and would love to have some Brazen folks be a part of it. First meeting is coming up later in February!

Kelly Cuene

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:29am

I definitely want to be involved and was telling some of the other members to keep me up to date. Great idea!

Rebecca Thorman

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:33am

@Rebecca - Yay! Glad you want to be involved! Board members are in the process of putting together their committees now, so if you are interested in getting involved that way, check out the different committees here: http://madisonsmc.org/theboard/. Details for the first meeting are still being worked out, but when they're confirmed I'll be sure to post an update!

Kelly Cuene

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:13am

Definitely interested in getting involved, too. Let us know when the first meeting is taking place.

How can we be added to the members page on the site?

Ryan Paugh

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:21am

I'm definitely in!

Lucas Dailey

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:44am

Did anybody go to the Frostiball this weekend? I missed it this year. How did it go?

Ryan Paugh

Mon, 02/01/2010 - 9:40am

Madison startup looking for 2 additional PHP/mySQL skilled web devs. Want to change the world? Come help. http://bit.ly/8joJRj

Lucas Dailey

Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:46pm

Alice just posted an Account Manager job opening in Middleton ... Check it out if you're interested on their Employer Branding Page - http://www.brazencareerist.com/alice

Ryan Paugh

Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:42am

Jake Wood, a former UW fb player who joined the Marines after graduation. He's now retired and has led a civilian mission to Haiti to provide medical relief. They are completely self funded and need donations. Please check out his blog http://badgerjake.blogspot.com/ and donate if you can. I can vouch that the money will be spent actually helping people. Jake is an amazing person and is providing help as we speak. Please donate if you can. http://badgerjake.blogspot.com/

Nathan Lustig

Mon, 01/18/2010 - 1:09pm

Anyone from Madison heading down to Austin for SXSW Interactive? I'm looking into booking my hotel and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions.

Ellen Nordahl

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 6:03pm

I actually live in Austin. Do you know what part of town you're looking to stay in?

Kelsey Balcaitis

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 6:50pm

I'm probably attending. Once you register, you can put your name into the hotel queue to get the SXSW rates for whatever hotel you choose. The closest are already booked I think. Check out availability - http://sxsw.com/hotels/availability and the map - http://sxsw.com/attend/hotels/map/

Rebecca Thorman

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 6:57pm

I thought about going and staying with my parents LOL! Austin's usually a bit of a drag but it's a GREAT city during South By.

Being a former Austinite and SXSW Film exhibitor, I can say that most of the hotels on that list are a good bet. Austin's downtown is laid out such that getting anywhere is pretty simple. That said, if you want to stay close to the center of the buzz during South By, stay at the Omni, the Driskill, or the Radisson Town Lake.

Jeremy Maritz

Thu, 12/31/2009 - 2:08am

--cont'd--

Interestingly enough, the Hotel San Jose isn't on that list, but it's easily the coolest hotel in town and just up the street from Guero's Taco Bar (which isn't all that great in terms of food but anyone you'd ever want to network with will be at Guero's at some point). It's also just a few blocks south of downtown and totally worth the walk.

Jeremy Maritz

Thu, 12/31/2009 - 2:09am

--cont'd--

The best part of getting around is that taxis in ATX charge mileage only; NOT time. It's pretty nice when you have to get somewhere all the way across town on a Saturday night and you're stuck in gridlock...when you get to your destination you only owe like 5 or 6 bucks.

Enjoy your trip!

Jeremy Maritz

Thu, 12/31/2009 - 2:09am

Thanks for all the info - I think I'll be booking the trip tomorrow. Hope to see some of you there!!

Ellen Nordahl

Sun, 01/03/2010 - 12:00am

Ellen, some of the closer hotels (like the Hilton) are overrated. You can take a cab to the Convention Center for fairly cheap. At night, all of the parties are scattered about the town.

Ryan Paugh

Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:45am

Hey Madtown Crew. Any good New Year's Eve parties in town this year?? Preferably fun ones for singles that don't require a "couple" to attend??

Katie Landmark

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 9:45am

There's a great show going on at the Orpheum if you're into Atmosphere-esque hip hop.

Ellen Nordahl

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 6:01pm

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