Last week, the former CEO of Foxconn (manufacturer of the iPad, iPhone, Playstation, Xbox, etc.) spoke about how corporations can work with hackers and makers. What’s at stake? Connecting things, devices, and people.

The Metroplex is home to a large number of corporate companies but also is becoming a hub to many startups. And for these startups, a collaborative, modern environment is essential to productivity and overall success. Common Desk, a co-working community designed to revolution the way people work, is open for startup workers and has recently […]

The premiere search marketing conference of the South, State of Search Conference 2013, will take place Monday November 18th from 8:30am to 7pm, at the Hyatt Regency, with opening keynote by Rand Fiskin of Moz.org , a full day of learning presentations on SEO, Local SEO, paid search, and social media, from 40+ speakers, followed by a cocktail reception and networking from 5:00 to 7:00pm.

Digital strategies and emerging technologies seminar, Dallas Digital Summit 2013, is set to take place December 10th – 12th at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, and plans to bring together more than 1,500 innovators, senior marketers, entrepreneurs and technology professionals to listen to and engage with 75 industry leaders and speakers’ as they share their insights on the latest digital trends.

In this twelfth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview Merrick Pickens, Community Manager, and Nick Clark, Owner of Common Desk. Common Desk is a coworking space on Commerce Street in Deep Ellum where entrepreneurs, startup companies, and freelancers office for the purpose of collaboration and synergy. Common Desk acts as an alternative to working from home or a coffee shop where engagement with other like-minded business owners and entrepreneurs may be minimal to nonexistent.

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DFW Rocks Social Media Day 2013 Conference, hosted by Lissa Duty, will take place Saturday, June 29th and Sunday, June 30th at Holiday Inn Ballroom in Richardson, Texas, with the purpose of teaching social media marketing tactics and strategies to 250 professional and business owner attendees. This is DFW Rocks Social Media Day Conference’s second year, a Dallas social media workshop that coincides annually with the celebration of Social Media Day.

*See text of transcribed digital flyer below. Social Media celebrity, Internet entrepreneur, Creative Master, and Renaissance man, Ori Bengal to host his first art show Tuesday, April 23rd,  at Infest in Austin, Texas, starting at 7:30. This free to the public art show will consist of a whole year’s worth of painting, which Bengal did […]

if you’re looking for something to do to bide your time before the world comes to a cataclysmic end, or if the Mayans got it completely wrong and we’re stockpiling water and C-rations like it’s 1999 all over again, you should head on over to Winspear Opera House tonight.

Dallas Content Strategy will host Kristina Halvorson, the preeminent authority on the topic of Content Strategy, on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Seating is limited, so make sure you RSVP.

This Friday marks Cohabitat’s 4th annual Crawfish Boil. Cohabitat is a Dallas cowering space for tech startups, freelancers, and entrepreneurs in Uptown Dallas. The Crawfish Boil tradition began in 2009 and has gotten increasingly more popular for their delicious mud bugs, good music and great community networking.