Cogi , a service which helps you capture meetings and phone calls in text transcripts, scored the judge’s award (I was one of the judges);  the other firms were Causecast , eHow , FixYa , GoGreenSolar , Meebo , RoboDynamics , TheScene , Totspot , Viewdle , and Yammer . ...Tags: In what was a remarkable turnout–given the horrible economy we’re in–there were more than a thousand people at last night’s Twiistup 5 event. Twiistup 5 –the brainchild of Mike Macadaan–lets startups show off their products to the crowd in a very non-conference

Cogi - Cogi set out with a simple goal – give professionals a way to effortlessly recall and track everything in their important conversations through the use of an intuitive, browser-based service that seamlessly transcribes the important parts of conversation – the ‘COGent Ideas’ or Cogi. Yammer - Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: ‘What are you working on?’ [Thank This video will show you the sartups that will show off at the next Twiistup , an event which highlights promising startups.

Cogi = conference calls + (personal stenographer - sexy outfits) + typewritten notes Yammer = progress reports + your boss + Twitter Still trying to figure out whether Twiistup 5 will be worth going to? Yes, anyone who’s anyone in tech will be going — just check out some of the judges — but are you wondering whether the ten Showoffs spots will make it worth attending on Feb.