Just back from Izea Devasaurus put on by Ted Murphy, Founder/CEO of Izea. The idea behind Devasaurus is to get the Orlando Dev Community to meet the folks at Izea, foster local innovation and get us crazy O-town folks mingling.
I got to check out their offices, which were pretty cool and their new innovation, CloudShout which is a tool that enables conversation across blogs and websites. I have to tell you, I was very impressed. While I didn’t get the Dev Mumbo Jumbo, I definitely got the idea of what they were trying to accomplish — and it rocks.
They opened up their request for blogger and dev invites today for their alpha phase and I just signed up. They also announced their “Gadget Challenge” in which they are inviting developers to create the coolest gadgets for a chance to win a $5,000 prize to be awarded at IzeaFest.
Unfortunately, I will not be attending IzeaFest this time around as I’ll be walking 60-miles in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-day as captain of Affiliate Marketers Worldwide. Maybe the lucky winner, will donate some of their winnings to the walk 
There are some slides of the presentation in my pictures.
Check them out and let me know what you think about CloudShout.
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Thanks for stopping by last night Missy, it was a pleasure meeting you. I hope to see you again soon at Affiliate Summit.
Hey Missy. So great that you got to meet the Izea team. They are great (and yes, their offices are so funky). Looking forward to a great Affiliate Summit and spending some time all together on the Party Bus and Blogger Lounge!
Thanks Ted –
While I didn’t get how it all works, all I care about is that it will
Great offering and can’t wait to test it out!
Hope to see you in Boston or at our Social Media show in NYC.
Sam –
Whew — I’m glad that you told me that! I didn’t have the blonde hair excuse to use anymore
Those big Tech words you use are kinda hot though, lol.
Thanks for stopping by last night Missy, it was a pleasure meeting you. I hope to see you again soon at Affiliate Summit.
I just make them up!
CloudShout looks pretty interesting. Thanks for the tip!
Sam