Baltimore Weekly

In addition to our regular preview of upcoming events, Baltimore Weekly focuses on one of the most popular and well-established tech meetups in the city. Chris Stone of E-moxie joins Sharon Paley and Andrew Hazlett to talk about the history and evolution of the Baltimore Mobile Meetup.

Anticipating the return of TEDx Baltimore, Sharon Paley and Andrew Hazlett talk with curator Sarge Salman about the event, the speakers, and this year's theme "Pioneers, O Pioneers!" Andrew and Sharon also discuss civic hacking and other hot topics and events in Baltimore tech.

Rubys offered to artistic entrepreneurs! This week Andrew Hazlett and Sharon Paley talk about the intersection of art and tech, and a major new funding opportunity from the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. Sonja Cendak of the GBCA encourages hackers and designers from the tech community to apply for the "Rubys." Learn more at: http://gb.tc/channels/baltimore-weekly/episode/venture-capital-for-creative-technologists-baltimore-weekly/

A weekend hackathon at one of America's great museums? That's Art Bytes! Dylan Kinnett (@dylan_k) of the Walters Art Museum (@walters_museum http://thewalters.org/) joins us to talk about the second annual Art Bytes hackathon which will take place at the museum over the weekend of January 24-26 2014. (details: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-bytes-at-the-walters-tickets-9534980383) This episode of Baltimore Weekly was recorded at the cool confines of the new(ish) Highlandtown location of the Emerging Technology Centers (@etcbaltimore http://www.etcbaltimore.com/). A lot of great new companies are blossoming there.

In a relatively calm moment over the holidays, we sat down with Mike Subelsky, co-founder and CTO of Staq, impresario of Ignite Baltimore, and so much more. In this discussion, we review the biggest stories in Baltimore tech from a momentous 2013. We also look forward to the big challenges and opportunities before us as the tech scene evolves and matures.

Startups can now apply for $400,000 in grants and much more through the InvestMaryland Challenge program. Sharon Paley and Andrew Hazlett interview Michelle Jackson of DBED about this terrific opportunity [more info: http://investmarylandchallenge.org]

Sharon and Andrew visit with the inimitable Paris Pittman of Advertising.com to talk about next week's Tech Night celebration. They preview the food, drink, activities, and great people expected at the event. They also discuss a cool web app built by Advertising.com developers that will allow Tech Night attendees to connect with one another in fun new ways.