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Have you been wringing your hands, refreshing @techboise, wondering what we have up our sleeve for this month's event? Oh, you're not? You should be! This Wednesday we'll be joined by Jay Larsen, Founder and CEO and Rich Raimondi, Chairman of the newly formed Idaho Technology Council , as they share with us the story of their formation and, most importantly, their vision for the future of technology in Idaho. Think of Idaho Technology Council as TechBoise's older sibling. You know, the one without stickers on his laptop. As always, we'll be meeting the last Wednesday, February 24, 5:30pm, at the Watercooler. (Link to map)

Jay Larsen founded the ITC after the hugely successful Utah Technology Council, and brought some of Idaho's best tech companies on board. If you're unfamiliar with the ITC Board of Directors, there are some names on there you might recognize. They've put together a solid group of technology veterans, as well as some promising young founders, to further their mission:

"The Idaho Technology Council’s mission is to become the premier member-driven technology association dedicated to fostering the growth of technology companies in the state of Idaho, primarily in the areas of information technology, agriscience, and energy. The ITC provides a valuable forum for industry, research, educators, investors, and government throughout the state. It also advocates for creating a strong technology ecosystem and a high quality, high paid workforce. "

Sounds like a worthy goal, and one that we can get behind. So, while TechBoiseans are in the trenches creating the technologies to build and sustain Idaho's technology core, these guys are doing the high-level stuff, helping to build the relationships, partnerships, and policies that make it all possible.

Special thanks to TechBoise's longtime friends Melanie Rubocki and Eric Bjorkman at Perkins Coie for providing pizza and frosty beverages!

Seeing as how today is Follow Friday, it seemed appropriate to highlight several tech groups and events in the Boise area with a presence on Twitter. Here goes...

• TechBoise
• Kickstand Idaho
• Boise Web Tech Meetup
• IgniteBoise
• Idaho Startup Weekend

Eagle, Idaho – (October 20, 2009) – Idaho-based technology start-up Unity Medical, Inc., today announced that the company won the audience award as the best new service at the Launch! competition at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. Unity Medical unveiled its suite of rich media technologies that offer video interaction for healthcare professionals – enabling them to provide a personalized, human touch when explaining everything from cold symptoms to complex medical procedures.

On October 28 at 5:30pm, please join us at The WaterCooler as we bring together several Treasure Valley organizations who lead the cause of math, science and technology in education: Cheryl Deitchler, Work Based Learning Coordinator for Meridian Technical Charter High School, Woody Sobey, Director of Education at Discovery Center of Idaho and Marilyn Whitney with Idaho National Lab.

Seattle has done it again. Just when you think there is not another cool way to celebrate and embrace all things geek, Seattle comes out and announces the creation of The Geek's Guide to Seattle.

Its brilliant! Geeks are people too - they realized that there is more to be seen in the Emerald City than the Space Needle and Pike Place Market. There's a whole lot of technology stuff there - and they're celebrating it.