by Brian Solis

His vision: The Digital Family Reunion (DFR).

On Thursday, December 11th, the Digital Family Reunion united Southern California technology and business communities at the Skirball Cultural Center for one, absolutely epic event. In association with some of the region’s top trade associations and real world social networks, the DFR rekindled old relationships, sparked new alliances, and set the stage to kick off 2009 with a bright new hope and a head start.

The DFR aimed to fuse 1.0 + 2.0 to connect one another and inspire opportunities that will serve our industries, our region, and our society at large.

The theme?

“If we knew how connected we all are, how would that change everything?”

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Alexandra Mokh, Amanda Coolong, Heather Meeker

Laurie and Sean Percival

Desdemona Bandini

Ilija Ognenovski and Dragana Ognenovska of WorldSings.com, Sean Percival

Jeff Henderson

Becky Ryan wearning 1928

Nicole Jordan, Jackie Peters, Lotay Yang, Kurt Daradics, Andrew Warner, Francisco Dao, Sloane Berrent, Serena Ehrlich, Paige Craig, Shira Lazar

Matt Singley, Kurt Daradics, Matt McCartie

Cristina Cinque, Michael Pilla, Tony Adam

Dwayne Larring, Ryan Tallent, Jimmy Nelson, Scott Shavoni Parker, Kurt Daradics, Kurty D’s Mom

Joe Said, Heather Meeker

Stephanie Agresta and Mike Prasad

Jason Wilk & Carson Bowley

Francisco Dao as Elvis, baby

Nicole Jordan, Shira Lazar, Jackie Peters

Jackie Peters, Francisco Dao, Paige Craig, Lotay Yang, Robyn Nicole Cohen, Todd Cohen

Mark Jeffrey of Mahalo and Nicole Jordan

Becky Ryan, Heather Meeker, Serena Ehrlich

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by Brian Solis

When a good friend of mine, Kurt Daradics, gave me a call and asked if I would help him organize a tech holiday party, I have to admit, I was a bit reluctant – time has been a bit tight lately. But, when he shared his vision for connecting pioneers of 1.0 with the catalysts for 2.0 wrapped in a holiday theme, I was more than inspired to contribute.

His vision: The Digital Family Reunion (DFR).

On Thursday, December 11th from 5:00pm to 10:00pm, the Digital Family Reunion is uniting Southern California technology and business communities for the holidays at the Skirball Cultural Center. In association with some of the region’s top trade associations and real world social networks, the DFR will reignite old relationships, spark new alliances, and set the stage to kick off 2009 with a bright new hope and a headstart.

The DFR creates the optimum conditions for 1.0 + 2.0 to synergize with one another and inspire opportunities that will serve our industries, our region, and our society at large.

“If we knew how connected we all are, how would that change everything?”

Join us for this unique business networking event, which includes a leadership panel forecasting 2009, a conversation with the recipient of the DFR “Outstanding Achievement Honor”, promotion of an important non-profit initiative, showcase tables from over 25 technology associations and networking groups, entertainment and much more.

Register now…

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by Marissa Louie

Has the current economic climate caused our dear angel and VC friends to be delectably off-humor in their blog posts? Or are they merely giddy at the thought of becoming VC billionaires in the downturn?

10 Funniest Blog Posts by Angels and VCs this month:

-1- Brad Feld: It’s Monday. Do you know what your VC is doing?

“This doesn’t mean sit around with your thumb up your ass.”

-2- Dave McClure: Fear is the Mindkiller

“If you are running an existing startup, you are probably going to have to cut spending, cut hiring, and you may even end up firing people / doing layoffs.  And then you pay taxes and then you die.“

-3- Guy Kawasaki: Guy’s Index of Absurdity: The Top Ten Ways to Tell If Things Are Really Bad

“Pierre Omidyar starts selling stuff on eBay.”

-4- RRE Ventures: RRE Bikini Bottom Franchise

“Another way to think about the team at RRE.”

-5- Dave Winer: Flirting Her Way to Victory

“At least three times, Sarah Palin, the adorable, preposterous vice-presidential candidate, winked at the audience.”

-6- Jeff Nolan: Display Ads Gone Wild

“Apparently there is a new television show on CBS….”

-7- Fred Wilson: SWOT Analysis on America

“Your country is extremely lucky that it will have as a President someone who is universally acknowledged as the “deepest thinker to ever get in the Oval Office” “

-8- Mark Cuban: The Only Mavericks that Matter

“Anyone know of any decent players named McCain and Obama that I can sign for the preseason?”

-9- Jeff Clavier: One of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web. Moi?

“It is obviously very nice to share the investor spot with peeps like Peter Thiel and Paul Graham.”

-10- Christopher Griffin: “Sabers Up!” — Peter Thiel’s Criteria for Quality Entrepreneurs

“Create an internal drive to succeed unmatched by hopping from Ivy League to Wall Street to Stanford to employee #80 at successful startup X.”

**The black shih-tzu**

-11- Larry Chiang: Nine Biggest VC Mistakes in a Downturn

“Sell something you don’t own.”

**Honorable mention**

-12- David Cowan: Militant Avamparists are So Irritating

“Paschalepist – one who believes that on the Sunday following the full moon closest in time to the vernal equinox, a fluffy white mountain hare (of the species lepus timidus) hides chocolate eggs.”

**Your turn**

Suggest funny angel and VC blog posts through Halloween (you know these are going to be ridiculous!)

Marissa Louie founded AD Village (http://ad-village.com) to empower bloggers to maximize their ad space monetization and to enable advertisers to improve their audience targeting. She has written 10 Types of Ad Targeting, Top 10 Tips to Increase Traffic to Your Blog, and dabbles in blog poetry like *I REVOLT* (A Blog Monetization Poem). She is one of the Geekgirl GFs (The Gigis) and gets esoteric on Twitter.