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title: 'Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 21'
date: '2008-10-21T23:02:14-07:00'
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# Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 21

#### [Strands Social Player wins the BlackBerry Developer Challenge as best multimedia application!](http://blog.strands.com/2008/10/21/blackberry-winner/)

Via the Strands blog “Strands Social Player has won today the BlackBerry® Developer Challenge 2008 as the Best Multimedia Application!! The challenge is designed for BlackBerry developers from around the globe that have created their own BlackBerry applications.”

#### [Earth Class Mail lands VC round – Silicon Forest](http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2008/10/earth_class_mail_lands_vc_roun.html)

Mike Rogoway writes “Onetime Oregon startup Earth Class Mail, which long ago fled to Seattle, announced a $5.1 million venture capital round today…. But he left behind 80 of the company’s 100 employees at a Beaverton office, where ECM processes mail and does its technology development.”

#### [The Big Showcase Update](http://expressionengine.com/blog/entry/the_big_showcase_update/)

Via the ExpressionEngine blog “We’ve added over a 100 new sites to the Showcase Gallery. We also took the opportunity to tweak the Showcase navigation to make exploring easier.”

[View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia](http://ma.gnolia.com/people/siliconflorist/bookmarks "View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia")