Ok, so our next party is at JBlack’s on February 12th. This will not involve buying flowers or candy, or calling around to restaurants trying to find the one place that isn’t booked. Will you meet the future Ms. (insert your last name here) at the February Geek Austin party? We doubt it, but at least you can count on having a good time.
We are cohosting this event with Dorkbot. Dorkbot is a group of many sorts that builds things and sometimes blows them up in the name of “electronic art” (in the broadest sense of the term). Want to see electronic art in action? Take your kids or the kid in you to the Austin Children’s Museum to check out De La Maquina’s “Electronic Gongs.” These Flickr photos don’t do it justice.
Will we be blowing up Valentine’s Day presents at the party? Probably not. Should you RSVP to find out what does happen? The link is here, my friends:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418904
The 2nd BarCampTexas will be held at the Fibertown campus in downtown Bryan/College Station. Centrally located between Austin, Houston, and Dallas, Bryan is a budding technology hub. BarCampTexas will be held on the last weekend in January (26/27). BarCamp topics range from advice on starting a technology business, developing software with cutting edge technologies, and anything else passionate, technology oriented people love. Everyone is encouraged to participate and present. You can find a list of planned presentations on the BarCampTexas wiki or just show up and present. BarCampTexas is sponsored by the Linux Journal, FIBERTOWN, and the Research Valley Partnership
To find directions, hotel accommodations, etc. visit the BarCampTexas.com website.
As many of you know, the first BarCampTexas was held in Austin 2006 in conjunction with BarCampEarth. Hat’s off to Ryan, Bill, Cody and crew for picking up the torch.
BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.
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For January, the GeekAustin Happy Hour moves downtown to the exceptional J Blacks. Some of you may remember that PhizzPop was hosted here last month. Well, we liked JBlacks so much that we decided to host the next few GA happy hours there.This month Refresh Austin will be joining us as co-hosts. Although it is entirely not necessary, please rsvp so that we can know how many additional staff to bring in for the eventing: | |
| Details:Geek Austin Happy Hour
Date: Tuesday, January 8th, 7-9PM Location: J Blacks 710 W. 6th St., Suite B, Austin, Texas 78701 | Google MapTo get on the invite list for future GeekAustin events, send an email to linearb@gmail.com |
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Do you hate commercials? So do I, and so do your potential customers. That’s why I’m attending Got Social Media? in Houston on January 24th. Technology allows marketers such as myself to communicate more closely to our audiences than ever before. “Got Social Media?” covers topics such as buzz marketing, web 3.0, designing for the interactive web, and more. Houston social media expert Erica O’Grady will be hosting this event at the Houston Technology Center. | |
| Who’s speaking at this event? giovanni gallucci: Buzz Generation, Guerilla Marketing and Branding via SEO, Social Media, and Social Networking Kelsey Ruger: Crucial Conversations: The Art and Science of Conversation in Social Media Registration is just $50 until January 1st, and $65 until January 23rd. Learn how to make your marketing stick by signing up to attend. |
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The PhizzPop Design Challenge is the Battle Royale of Design. Austin’s top interactive, Web, and design agencies are pitted against one another to push the limits of technology and creativity. Austin has some of the best interactive designers in the biz. If you are a designer wanted to check out the competition — or if you are looking for a new design gig — this is the place to be. Don’t believe me? Get the scoop from Shellie. Regional competitions have already taken place in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Austin’s winners will compete with them at (where else but) South by Southwest Interactive. Although it’s a not too late to register online, I just got confirmation from Chris Bernard at MS that there will still be room to come check out the action. |
The PhizzPop Design Challenge pits top interactive, Web, and design agencies
against one another to push the limits of technology and creativity in a battle
royale. Think Mad Max for design. The regional teams have been selected and
will duke it out in New York, Boston, Chicago, Austin, and Los Angeles, with the
regional winners competing against one another, and San Francisco winner AKQA, at South by Southwest Interactive
in Austin, TX.
Register now! before it fills up!
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For this month’s Geek Austin Happy Hour,
LinearB is teaming up with Connie Reece and Mike Chapman from Social Media Club Austin. This is the last Geek Austin event of the year, and one definitely not to be missed. details at: GeekAustin.com rsvp at: Upcoming |
Where is Linear going tonight? Tonight is the last Dorkbot of the year. Here’s the details:
Thursday, November 15, 7PM
1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35)
(512) 236-8634
Yummy food and beverages to accompany your dork euphoria.
FREE EVENT
Highlights
- Mr. Fang and his Furby Youth Orchestra will be performing * Ward Christie presents a collection of his and his peers work,including his VRGoggle+Camera+ harness that makes you feel like you are viewing your own follow cam in a first-person shooter. (It’s hard to describe in text, but believe me, it is simultaneously the geekiest and most amazing things you’ll ever see) * Chase Hammock presents his garage-built invention - Space Pod: A Space Pod replaces your desk and chair with an ultra comfortable fully adjustable seating system. All of the key comfort points in the Space Pod are adjustable so the Pod molds to your entire body. The Space Pod even boasts an integrated personal air conditioning system * John P. Funk brings new and working robot props from his movie production, an homage to B-movie sci-fi special effects with honest to-goodness model making. He was a blue ribbon winner at Maker Faire * Learn details about the 2008 DorkbotAustin Workshop Series - a chance to get your hands dirty with everything from circuit bending to latex casting to subversive hacking * Before dorkbot from 5-7, drop in to the first gathering of the Austin ARDUINO SIG from 5:00-7:00 at cafe mundi. No agenda — just come with your boards, laptops, parts and projects and share what you’ve done. If you’ve never used an arduino, bring a board and we’ll get it to do the “hello world” blinking light and maybe turn a servo. A few loaner boards will be available. (see http://www.arduino.cc for more info about the Arduino)
Lynn Bender (LinearB) is holding another
GeekAustin.com Happy Hour. The happy hour will occur
next Tuesday, November 13, 2007 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
at Joe DiMaggio’s Italian Chophouse in the Domain.
Hope to see you there!
-LinearB
Dorkbot 12: the last of the season
Thursday, November 15, 7PM
Cafe Mundi
1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35)
FREE EVENT
Ward Christie presents a collection of his and his peers work, including his VRGoggle+Camera+harness that makes you feel like you are viewing your own follow cam in a first-person shooter. (It’s hard to describe in text, but believe me, it is simultaneously the geekiest and most amazing things you’ll ever see).
Chase Hammock presents his garage-built invention - Space Pod:A Space Pod replaces your desk and chair with an ultra comfortable fully adjustable seating system. All of the key comfort points in the Space Pod are adjustable so the Pod molds to your entire body.The Space Pod even boasts an integrated personal air conditioning system!
John P. Funk brings new and working robot props from his movie production, an homage to B-movie sci-fi special effects with honest-to-goodness model making. He was a blue ribbon winner at Maker Faire.
Learn details about the 2008 DorkbotAustin Workshop Series - a chance to get your hands dirty with everything from circuit bending to latex casting to subversive hacking.
Before dorkbot from 5-7, drop in to the first gathering of theAustin ARDUINO SIG from 5:00-7:00 at cafe mundi. No agenda — just come with your boards, laptops, parts and projects and share what you’ve done. If you’ve never used an arduino, bring a board and we’ll get it to do the “hello world” blinking light and maybe turn a servo. A few loaner boards will be available. (see http://www.arduino.cc for more info about the Arduino)
Kelley and Lee invite us to join them as they celebrate their upcoming wedding in April 2008. The party is at Homer’s Bar and Grill on Nov. 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. For all the details visit their wedding page.
I will be co-hosting a LinkedIn Happy Hour for Thursday, October 25th
on the garden patio of Truimph Cafe.
Matt Genovese, who just launched Door64, will be my co-host
In case you’ve never been, check out this patio:
It’s a great place for a party
Hope you can make it!
-LinearB
Details: Austin LinkedIn Happy Hour
Hosted by: GeekAustin
DateTime: Thursday, October 25th, 5:30-7:30PM
Location: Triumph Cafe
RGRistroph just informed me that ALE Linux Group will be
hosting a 10th anniversary party for Slashdot at Tek Republik. Here’s the details:
Slashdot10 year Anniversary Party
Ocotber 17th: 6pm to midnight
@ TekRepublik.
(This will overlap with the regular ALE linux group meeting).
(Yes, I’m back from the dead). Although we only seem to have two seasons in Austin,
I have scheduled my Fall party for Saturday September 8th
on the garden patio of Truimph Cafe.
I’m not calling this one a “GeekAustin” or “LJ Party,
but you can if you want. Hope you can make it!
LinearB
Details: Linear’s Fall Patio Party
DateTime: Saturday, September 8th, 7:30-10:30
Location: Triumph Cafe
Yuri’s Night, World Space Party, (www.yurisnight. net) is an international celebration of manned space flight. On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. Twenty years later, Columbia made the first voyage of the space shuttle fleet. The party as of the date of the release will take place in 104 parties, in 30 countries and on two planets.
April 12, 2007 from 7:30pm to 1:30 am at the Texas Union at UT Austin, the Austin Mars Society, UT Astronomy Department and the UT Space Society will host the 4th annual Yuri’s Night Party in Austin. This years event has grown to include three live bands, demonstrations on what it might be like to live on Mars, hooking up with other parties around the world.
Scheduled Bands
All Hail, http://www.myspace.com/allhail
Amy Atchley with Starcrush, http://www.amyatchley.com/shows.htm
Crawling with Kings, http://www.crawlingwithkings.com/
For more information, please visit:
http://chapters.marssociety.org/usa/tx/austin/
