Welcome to sosAssociates.com - - Promoting the Cleveland and Akron Areas, and More!

sosAssociates.com is an extension of my long time social media interests -- taking it beyond the 140 280 characters. Focus areas include:

  • Cleveland and Akron Cultural Events, Art, and Theatre
  • Parks and Trails
  • Cleveland and Akron Tech Meetings, Social Media Events, and Entrepreneur Groups
  • Website Design, Technology, and the Former WebSigCleveland.org

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Blog

February 2015 Status: @FCC and #NetNeutrality
February 2015 Status: @FCC and #NetNeutrality

February Status: @FCC & #NetNeutrality | Having heard of the February 26, 2015, FCC Open Commission Meeting to vote on the issue of net neutrality, I decided it was time to write a third blog post on this issue.

TechPint Cleveland V: Winter Jam
TechPint Cleveland V: Winter Jam

TechPint Cleveland V: Winter Jam | I was fortunate to attend TechPint Cleveland V: Winter Jam on January 22, 2015, at the Beachland Ballroom. It was a lively evening for Cleveland entrepreneurs!

Codemash 2015 - Part 2 of 2
Codemash 2015 - Part 2 of 2

Codemash 2015 - Part 2 | My goal is to share some of the flavor of the event and some of the useful information developed for the Codemash conference. I hope you find these two blog posts interesting, if not useful -- enjoy!

Codemash 2015 - Part 1 of 2
Codemash 2015 - Part 1 of 2

Codemash 2015 - Part 1 | I've been to several Codemash conferences and highly recommend them. I enjoy the conference every year, and am writing this blog post as my way of thanking all the many people who volunteer their time and financial support to make it a success.

Cleveland Foundation Day of Family Fun
Cleveland Foundation Day of Family Fun

Cleveland Foundation Day of Family Fun | Cleveland Foundation Day of Family Fun was the final centennial event for 2014 -- A great year celebrating the world's first community foundation.

#NewYearsEve #Thx!!!
#NewYearsEve #Thx!!!

#NewYearsEve #Thx!!! | As we ended 2014, I took some time to review the year. 2014 = good year. The following are my New Year's Eve thank-you tweets and some other tweets/retweets. 

Cleveland To Become First 100-Gigabit Fiber Network City!
Cleveland To Become First 100-Gigabit Fiber Network City!

CLE First 100-Gigabit Fiber Network City! | Cleveland To Become First 100-Gigabit Fiber Network City! Congratulations, @CityOfCleveland and @OneCommunity, for making Cleveland the first city in the United States to have a commercially available 100-gigabit fiber network!

Arras Keathley & LeanDog Boat Christening Celebration
Arras Keathley & LeanDog Boat Christening Celebration

Boat Christening Celebration | I have been to the LeanDog boat many times for tech meetings, but when I received my invitation to attend the Arras Keathley and LeanDog boat christening celebration, I knew that this would be different -- that this would be big!

Robots & Makers in Akron -- Oh, My!
Robots & Makers in Akron -- Oh, My!

Robots & Makers in Akron -- Oh, My! | Robots! 3-D Printers! Hackers! Mobile Broadcasting! Makers! Astronomy! Circuits! Kites! Make A Telescope! - Akron's October 2014 Mini Maker Faire had all of this and more! Congratulations, Akron library staff, for doubling the attendance to over 1,500!

Cleveland Amplify Panel & Tech Town Hall
Cleveland Amplify Panel & Tech Town Hall

Amplify Panel & Tech Town Hall | ​Cleveland Amplify Speaker Series & ​Tech Town Hall: Two events about the positive things going on with the growth of technology in Northeast Ohio, and the new challenges created.

Cleveland Technology + Art = Ingenuityfest Weekend 2014!
Cleveland Technology + Art = Ingenuityfest Weekend 2014!

Cleveland Ingenuityfest 2014 | Cleveland Technology + Art = Ingenuityfest Weekend! 2014 marked the 10th anniversary of this event, which supports artists & technologists. My goal is to share a little bit of Ingenuityfest 2014. To truly experience it, though, you must attend this annual Cleveland event.

Visiting Wally Waterdrop - NEORSD Open House
Visiting Wally Waterdrop - NEORSD Open House

Visiting Wally Waterdrop  | Over 500 people registered for the NEORSD Open House & tour. We had no idea that so many others would be interested in the technology behind how all the wastewater for our region is handled.