While we catch up on email and hangovers, we want to send a big congrats out to Francisco “ @theman “ Dao for not only surviving, but managing to make  Twiistup one hell of an event. Latest Twiistup Photos from Flickr ...Tags: Tags: Featured Photos twiistu Some photos from are starting to roll in, here are some of our favorites so far. Photo by socaltech

We have received notice that the much celebrated Twiistup brand is changing hands. Conference founder Mike Macadaan (disclosure: a colleague) started Twiistup and quickly turned it into THE Los Angeles tech event. few years ago I attended my first Twiistup, it was a very small and intimate event. One of the worst keep secrets in Los Angeles tech is finally ready for public viewing. A

Twiistup 6 is right around the corner and most of the showoffs have been picked. The site was named a 2009 Webby Award Nominee for Best Social Network. Tags: Articles twiistu We thought you might want to get to know some of the companies that made the cut before the big event. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, they are still available here .

Twiistup , the popular Los Angeles technology showcase and networking event started by Mike Macadaan, is announcing today that the event has been sold to a undisclosed, private investor. According to Twiistup, it will expand beyond its showoff events to include a full conference agenda, and also be expanding to similar events in other cities. Twiistup said its next event will be in July. Financial details of the ownership change were not disclosed. The event's new producer for the events is Francisco Dao.

The word went out today that Twiistup is now accepting applications for their coveted show off spots. The upcoming Twiistup, which takes place this July, is in its sixth year and continues to grow and evolve with the communities ever changing needs. The people behind Twiistup may have changed but the judging of the showoff’s has stayed the same. There are a total of 10 slots available for innovative startups to showcase their products at this one of a kind tech event . The organizers have realized the necessity of a larger venue and have secured the biggest location

Twiistup 6 took place last week and this time around, under new management, the event went through a few changes. This part of Twiistup was entirely new, previously the showoffs only had the ability to connect with the attendees at their booths.  Each Hanging out in the back lounge, I ran into the Co-founder of the Twiistup 5 fan favorite, Michael Broukhim, from Totspot. Instead of a one evening mixer that highlighted the showoffs and gave people a chance to mingle and get to know the companies, it was expanded to a two day conference with panels, and plenty of time for mingling.

In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. LA CTO Forum Dealmaker Media Digital Family Reunion Startups Uncensored Social Media Club, LA Twiistup Mindshare LA LA Hadoop Meetup Dorkbot Geek Dinners LA Cloud Computing LA Web Application Developers LA PHP Developers In addition to these, I'd recommend looking at: Technology Council of Southern California – Surprised John didn't mention this one.

Mark mentioned Twiistup and VentureNet , but generally the room felt that it was hit and miss with all events. And when you think about the return on your time, it becomes even more discouraging. This past week has had an interesting confluence of events that's led me to conclude that I want to start doing a lot of visible networking among the tech / web crowd here in Los Angeles. I want to take you through a bit of what brought me here, because I think it will help explain what I mean by visible networking. Networking Events – Questionable Return on Your Time Last week I

While you make your plans for the upcoming Twiistup event lets take a look back in time to Twiistup 2. Tags: Events Videos twiistu In this hilarious video from Bonny Pierzina , we go back a few years (an forever in Internet time). See anyone you recognize? ...Tags:

While you make your plans for the upcoming Twiistup event lets take a look back in time to Twiistup 2. Tags: Events Videos twiistu In this hilarious video from Bonny Pierzina , we go back a few years (an forever in Internet time). See anyone you recognize? ...Tags: