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Drawer: A New Take on Recommendations [One Spark Preview]

By |Apps, One Spark 2014|

There are going to be a ton of apps on display at this years One Spark. That said, one of the apps that we are most looking forward to checking out is Drawer. Drawer is an app that allows users to share their favorite venues with friends, as well as keep track of places you want [...]

CultureHUB: A New Media Experience, Empowering All Creators [One Spark Preview]

By |One Spark 2014|

"CultureHUB is a new media experience and technology for artist, filmmakers, musicians, entrepreneurs, photographers, authors, and creators of every kind. Users are able to discover, educate, store & share, monetize, and even order on demand manufacturing for their projects from within a simple and easy to use interface. "

QuickComet: Investment Education Application [One Spark Preview]

By |One Spark 2014|

QuickComet is "an app designed to make you a smarter investor with integrated tutorials, tools, and collaboration...all wrapped in a beautiful interface."

Help Name A New Event Planning App at One Spark

By |One Spark 2014|

     There are an awful lot of different ideas and projects at the upcoming One Spark. However, Curt Bender's The App is one of the most unique approaches to One Spark that we have seen. While The App does have a function and purpose, here is Curt's answer to why it is called "The App," [...]

Bucketwish: A Social Take on Your Bucket List

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

Another one of the One Spark Creators that we were really looking forward to checking out was Bucketwish. Essentially, Bucketwish is an online platform, through which users can share their goals, wishes and bucket lists in a social media setting: Bucketwish.com is a social media platform designed to organize and enhance gift giving for traditional and [...]

uConnectHome: The Social Network For Apartment Buildings

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

These days it seems that there is a different social network for everything in your life. Facebook for friends and family, LinkedIn for work. Twitter for news, and whatever else you may follow. It can get to be a little overwhelming, and at times pointless. Every new social network that comes along claims to be [...]

The Orb: A New, Passive Form of Communication

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

A few weeks ago, the Just Orb Me Team answered a few questions for us about their project, but we were still not 100% sure what the Orb was. The Orb itself is not an incredibly complex product, but there is nothing like it out there, so it makes a description difficult. After seeing it [...]

CLASSWrites: Solving the Massive Educational Software Fragmentation

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

During the One Spark Festival, we had a chance to speak with a great many education-based creators, owing in part to the creation of the #EdSpark venue. There were some really awesome proposals, including Flip Our Class. However, while there were a lot of education-based projects, there were only a couple really creative software/platform products. [...]

SweetSpot: Leading the “Packetless” Revolution

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

A few days before we hit the road to One Spark 2014, we wrote about the SweetSpot sugar dispenser.  What we wrote then is even more true after we had a chance to see it in person, "One of the more practical One Spark Creator Projects that we have come across is the SweetSpot sugar dispenser. [...]

QuickComet: Investing Education Platform [One Spark]

By |Interviews, One Spark 2014|

QuickComet is a pretty interesting platform. In a nutshell, QuickComet is an investment education platform/app with tons and tons of walkthroughs and tutorials. As we said in our One Spark preview on QuickComet, there are currently a ton of different investment platforms, but not many that are solely focused on education. Enter QuickComet. The investor education [...]

JaxHax: A Massive 8,000 sq. ft. Maker Lab in Downtown Jax

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

One of the more interesting booths we were able to check out at One Spark was that of the JaxHax Makerspace. They weren't really pitching a project, per se, but rather they were pitching their giant workshop. JaxHax is a 8,000 Sq. Ft. shared workshop right in the middle of Downtown Jacksonville. According to their Facebook [...]

ArtStarter: Changing the Way Art is Funded [One Spark]

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

As more and more crowdfunding platforms are popping up almost daily, it is hard to find any new or unique approaches. However, ArtStarter really stands out for several reasons. It is only fitting that we came across a really inventive crowdfunding platform at the 'World's First Crowdfunding Festival.' ArtStarter, as the name gives away, is [...]

Drawer: A New, Personalized Take on Recommendations [One Spark]

By |Editors' Picks, Interviews, One Spark 2014|

Drawer is a new take on recommendations. It solves many of the problems of Yelp and Tripadvisor. Further, Drawer allows for a more personal style of recommendations, allowing users to follow other users and curate their own favorites. The app is perfect for travel agents and hotel concierges, as it is a quick easy way to share the best restaurants and venues.

Indyoh: Matchmaking for Filmmakers and Distributors

By |One Spark 2014|

One of the more creative One Spark Creator Projects that we were able to check out during the first day of One Spark was Indyoh. In a nutshell, Indyoh acts a sort-of intermediary between independent filmmakers and movie distributors. Indyoh has built a software platform that serves a matchmaking function between filmmakers and distributors, agents, production [...]

SweetSpot: Cheaper, More Environmentally Friendly Alternative to Sugar Packets [One Spark Preview]

By |One Spark 2014|

Update: Updated product pictures One of the more practical One Spark Creator Projects that we have come across is the SweetSpot sugar dispenser. As someone who drinks a ton of coffee, probably too much, I can't believe that there is not one of these in every Starbucks. According to the companies One Spark Profile, "SweetSpot is [...]

Kitchen Cloud: Track Your Food Purchases [One Spark Preview]

By |One Spark 2014|

Another app that we are really looking forward to checking out at One Spark is Kitchen Cloud. Though the app is not yet available, it looks pretty awesome. Essentially, Kitchen Cloud combines analytics and big data with your kitchen and pantry. There are a fair amount of applications on the market that help you manage [...]

Share Your Bike Ride With Bycle [OneSpark Preview]

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

"Bycle is an app + product combo that was designed for bikers and cyclists, and it will bring a revolution on fitness and sharing...We want to be able to grow Bycle as a movement for cyclists around the world to share their rides"

Event Socially: Find Awesome Local Events [One Spark Preview]

By |One Spark 2014|

"EventSocially is the authoritative source for all events and parties across the nation making social events much easier to connect to. Taking from what is the most popular and trending in social media, EventSocially will lead you to the most talked about and relevant party in your area."

Follow Friday: One Spark 2014 Creators

By |Editors' Picks, One Spark 2014|

One Spark 2014 is just days away! We are getting pretty pumped. As you have probably noticed, we have been profiling One Spark Creators over the past couple of weeks. So, as its Friday, we thought a #FF for One Spark Creators was appropriate.

One Spark 2014

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Don't get lost in the shuffle at One Spark. Through our previous outlets including thedroidguy.com, nibletz.com, 8bitnewsroom, and even Gannett. We were proudly an inaugural media partner for last years OneSpark and were blown away. We covered 100s of creators through online content, videos and across social media reaching over 5 million during the festival through our [...]

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