It's been a busy month, and there have been several tech events of note already. Last night was the first-in-DC JobMatchbox / SocialMatchbox event, at American University.

Among many presenters was the just-launched AwayFind.com (now available to sign up for free) and Sharememe (see video below).

The second SocialDevCamp East is this weekend, on Nov. 1 in Baltimore. The event's wiki page here has the full scoop on socialdevcampeast. The event is expected to have over 100 participants, in an unconference format focusing on social media & technology.

We've found some videos related to the first event and embedded it below:

From now until Nov. 12, there is an innovation contest going on with $20,000 in cash prizes - Apps For Democracy (open in new window). The interview below was done at BarcampDC2 in October 2008, and in it Peter Corbett of iStrategyLabs discusses the contest.

Last Thursday the 2nd "Twin Tech" event was held at Avenue in DC, and it was judged a success by all writeups seen so far. It was well-organized, thanks to the efforts of iStrategyLabs' Peter Corbett and others, filling three levels with hundreds and hundreds of DC tech & media & other types.

What was different from Twin Tech I was that this time there was more room to socialize and talk. The music was an enjoyable mix, but at a volume that didn't really affect the conversation. And with this crowd it is sometimes all about the conversation. Lots of networking, meeting new people and catching up with others.

The scandal of the event? (Oh, you mean the linkbait headline of this post?) Well, wish there was one, because then Twin Tech III would be larger due to the extra attention. Perhaps it's scandalous that an event can be pulled off so successfully in a town often accused of not being able to accomplish much!

Some video taken last week will be posted later, and while the video was a little dark it captures the positive energy of the crowd. It was a fun night.

The best place to find the recap of Twin Tech II is here on iStrategyLabs' writeup.

You can revisit Twin Tech I on the DC Piazza post-event page. On that page we created a widget to display Twitter tweets, and it still works well for Twin Tech II tweets, and probably will for Twin Tech III, which is possibly set for November.

This post is a recap of a post on the DC New Media Technology meetup group for local tech items of the week.

Locally-blogged articles & video:

• SomewhatFrank - lots of videos recently, including local news aggregator Mixx.com video visit and a video on SMS business-card replacement MyDropCard.
• TechnoTheory - From Getting to Done to Getting to Happy (GTD applied to GTH)
• The Letter Two - The Two Faces of Facebook
• TechPost - Nine Tips for Building a Brand Online

Local tech in the news (members of this meetup):

• Mapufacture (local) acquired by Arlington-based FortiusOne - Search Geo-Data With Finder. Sneak Peak At GeoCommons (Map) Maker. (TechCrunch)
• diditz Shows Off Your Life Stories in Style (The Startup Review) - 500 Invites- Mashable

Jonny Goldstein's show, Jonny's Par-tay, streamed its FInale episode on August 27, 2008, hosted by Viget Labs . Jonny had about a dozen guests, including Aaron Brazell (creator of Technosailor.com, who did a little guitar-playing on the show). We've put a little of the par-tay fun in this week's episode.

Also in the clip below is a dual interview of Shana Glickman and Qui Diaz by Jimmy Gardner. Shana, who is The D.C. Concierge, discusses her site facelift done this month, and her upcoming relaunch party on September 11, 2008. Qui discusses Alexandra Rampy's upcoming 1st Changemakers/Changebloggers Meetup event on October 15, during which Alex Steed from NetSquared will listen to how D.C.'s changemakers are making this world a better place, and how they are doing it.

Jimmy blogs on East Coast Blogging, and his company 2Plus11 Technology just launched MyDropBin.