Events
Location:
UT Alumni Center
2110 San Jacinto Boulevard
Austin, TX 78712
Free.
Register here: http://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/cde.cfm?event=190932
Location: Café Caffeine on West Mary St.
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come. Bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever, and work alongside other creative, fun people. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside other unique people, exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out: http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
If you can make the Dec 20th get-together please RSVP here:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/Jelly-Austin-December-20-2007
Where: Genuine Joe's Coffeehouse in the Cellar
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come. Bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever, and work alongside other creative, fun people. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside other unique people, exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out: http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
If you can make the Jan 4th get-together please RSVP here:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/Jelly-Austin-January-4-2008
I am starting a focus group for my indie game. Surveys will start January 6th, so its best to join before that date. Link to me (Michael Lubker) on Facebook or LinkedIn, or email me at snowballz.game at gmail dot com
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Join us for an information session to learn more.
Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel
900 E. Lookout Drive
Richardson, Texas 75082
972-367-6422
Please RSVP to msstc@icc.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923
www.ic2.utexas.edu/msstc
International Association of Business Communicators, Austin chapter presents "The Eye of the Needle: Tools for Difficult Conversations."
University of Texas Club, sixth floor
2108 E. Robert Dedman Drive.
$15 students, $25 members, $37.50 nonmembers.
Contact: ellen.terry@texmed.org
The Project Management Certificate Program is coming right around the corner. We are offering a Project Management Test Drive for interested people to find out more about the program and make sure it is a good fit for them. The Certificate Program begins January 29th. The cost is $3,995.00. If you enroll before January 15th, you will save $500!
Project Management Test Drive
Come join other Austin web analytics professionals for information exchange and networking.
We meet at Peony on Balcones the second Wednesday of every month.
More information and to RSVP: http://www.webanalyticsdemystified.com/wednesday/
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Join us for an information session to learn more.
The Houstonian
111 N. Post Oak Lane
Houston, Texas 77024
713.680.2626
Please RSVP to msstc@icc.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923
www.ic2.utexas.edu/msstc
This will be an opportunity for students and prospective students to get their questions answered and meet and mingle with industry professionals like you.
Location: ACC’s Highland Business Center
The Information Session will be co-sponsored by SXSW Screenburn. There will be a drawing for free tickets to SXSW Interactive.
Young Men's Business League presents GSD&M's Roy Spence.
Headliners Club, 221 W. Sixth St. 20th Floor.
$15.
Contact 796-8991
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Our next event is Thursday January 10th at Epoch Coffee and goes from 10am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another. Hopefully exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
And if you can make the Jan 10th get-together PLEASE RSVP here:
American Society of Quality presents "Why Go Beyond Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard" by Forrest Breyfogle III, chief executive and president of Smarter Solutions Inc.
Applied Materials, Building 34
9700 U.S. 290 East.
Free.
Contact (636) 627-1290.
Y-FOCIS (Young Friends of Communities In Schools) is a group of young professionals, age 25-40, who support Communities In Schools and its mission to help kids stay in school and prepare for life.
What are the benefits of being part of Y-FOCIS?
* Engage with community and business leaders at Y-FOCIS events.
* Business and social networking opportunities with other young professionals.
* Service and volunteer projects at area schools, as well as opportunities to mentor/tutor CIS students.
Agile Austin and Austin SPIN joint meeting
Speaker: Jorge Boria, senior vice president of Liveware Inc. presents "Evolution of Software Development Life Cycles: Waterfallacies and Agile Methods."
University of Texas Applied Research Laboratories, 10000 Burnet Road.
Call 835-3200 or visit: www.agileaustin.org
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Join us for an information session to learn more.
Holiday Inn Market Square
318 West Durango
San Antonio, Texas 78204
210-225-3211
Please RSVP to msstc@icc.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923
www.ic2.utexas.edu/msstc
From weather prediction to automotive safety to big screen animated movies, high performance computing is all around us. Now, the Texas Advanced Computing Center is building the most powerful supercomputer in the world -- what does that mean for you?
See: www.tacc.utexas.edu
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration, networking & breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Presentation
Tickets: $15 per person
Tickets include breakfast.
Online registrations ends 24 hrs prior to event start time.
Location: Texas Advanced Computing Center
Rice Alliance Austin Chapter Speaker Event
For details see http://www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/Austin.asp?
Speaker: Wade Adams, Director, Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin Hotel, 701 Congress Ave., Austin, TX
Online pre-registration deadline: Monday, January 14 at 5:00 p.m.
Networking and dinner series.
Jewish Community Association of Austin, 7300 Hart Lane.
$2 members, $5 nonmembers.
587-5824.
Central Texas Product Safety Engineering Society.
Speaker: Dave Lorusso, NEBS design specialist.
Location:
Dell, Parmer Campus, 701 E. Parmer Lane, Building S.4
Victoria Conference Room.
Free.
651-5338
Speed networking in the new year.
The University of Texas Club, 2108 E. Robert Dedman Drive.
$16 students, $30 members, $35 guests
See: www.awicaustin.org
Networking hour annual meeting.
Monarch Event Center, 6406 Interstate 35 N., Suite 3100.
Free.
Contact: anavarro@gahcc.org
International Association of Software Architects presents Bob Hughes, executive vice president of Cogentes
Microsoft Technology Center, 9606 N. MoPac Blvd. (Loop 1), Room MPR A.
Contact: 784-8874
or email: austin.iasahome.org
The next Austin Drupal Users Group will meet at Austin Optaros Office.
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Our next event is Thursday January 17th at Cafe Caffeine and goes from 10am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another. Hopefully exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
And if you can make the Jan 17th get-together PLEASE RSVP here:
Austin Human Resource Management Association presents "Competencies: the forgotten factor."
Austin Country Club
4408 Long Champ Drive
$25 members, $35 nonmembers.
Contact: pat@patgoodwinassociates.com
Baylor Business Network presents Dr. John Lilley, president and CEO of Baylor University.
Sullivan's Steakhouse, 300 Colorado St.
Cost: $25
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Join us for an information session to learn more.
IC2 Institute
The University of Texas at Austin
2815 San Gabriel
Austin, Texas 78705
Please RSVP to msstc@icc.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923
www.ic2.utexas.edu/msstc
American Society of Training and Development, Austin Chapter presents Dr. Linda Ford on "Managing your 800-pound gorilla, organizational culture."
Austin Women's Club
708 San Antonio St.
$20 members, $30 nonmembers
(877) 875-3601
Networking / mixer with Austin-area professionals. Free with online RSVP, or $25 at the door.
For all details, see: http://austin.netparty.com/networking-events.html
I went to the previous one in Austin, and it was a good time.
Matt
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Austin Functional Programmers' Topics Discussions are an informal opportunity to get together and pose questions and new challenges for the professional functional programmer.
Austin Functional Programmers is a group of programmers interested in applying functional programming to problems, in particular in industry. We advocate the use of functional programming techniques in the Austin's technical business community. Any functional programmers who are interested in coming are welcome (including beginners!).
See http://groups.google.com/group/austin-fp for more information.
Speakers are:
Rowland Reed -- Manager, Hardware Verification Team, Qualcomm-Austin
Willie Anderson -- Vice President, Engineering for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Qualcomm-Austin
Location: Norris Conference Center (www.norriscenters.com)
Northcross Mall, 2525 West Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78757
Lunch will be provided by our sponsor Cadence.
See http://dvclub.org/ for more info and registration.
Event: UT VLSI Seminar Series
http://www.cerc.utexas.edu/vlsi-seminar/
Speaker: Gu-Yeon Wei, Harvard University
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: ACES 2.302
Coffee: 4:30 pm
Host: Steve Keckler
ABSTRACT:
Register and find out more on our website: www.AWTAustin.org
Tickets: $35 per person - includes appetizers. Cash bar.
$25 for AWTAustin members with advanced registration. (Online registrations ends 24 hrs prior to event start time.)
WHO: Talented web professionals, designers and developers.
AND: Artists, musicians and arts organizations in need of improved web presence.
WHAT: AIR-Interactive 2008
WHEN:
January 24, 2008 (registration)
February 1, 2008 (competition begins)
March 1, 2008 (competition ends)
COST:
Web Professionals: $100 for a team of four, $25 for each additional member, and a desire to learn & give back to the community.
Artists, musicians, orgs: $100
CSIdentity: Giving People Control of their Identity Again; Bill Morrow, CEO
Place: The Austin Club, 110 E. 9th Street (@ Congress), 3rd Floor Dining Room. Street or garage parking is available.
We’ve lost control of our identity and the same technology that has improved our lives has been the vehicle for it. Come to the TAG meeting on Friday, January 25th to hear Bill Morrow, CEO of CSIdentity, tell how his company is helping people avoid identity theft and get their identity restored when it is stolen.
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Our next event is Friday January 25th at Genuine Joe's Coffeehouse and goes from 10am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another. Hopefully exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
And if you can make the Jan 25th get-together PLEASE RSVP here:
Creating New Customers and Clients Online is a free luncheon seminar offered by Austin, Texas based NLI Media Group. The seminar will be led by Mark Lassoff, Director of NLI Media Group, an Austin, Texas based web media firm.
The seminar will cover:
• 5 Ways to Reach Out To New Clients Online
• The Top Mistakes Companies Make on Their Web Sites
• Converting Opt-in Subscribers to Clients
• Be Compelling! How the Artwork on Your Web Site Drives Sales
• 10 Ways to Make Your Email Marketing Effective
• Quantifying Conversion: How to Track Your Conversion Rates
You're invited to BarCampTexas
What is a BarCamp?
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.
Did we mention BarCampTexas is free?
You're invited to BarCampTexas
What is a BarCamp?
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.
Did we mention BarCampTexas is free?
Event: Computer Architecture Seminar Series
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cart/arch
Speaker: Jim P. Held
Intel Fellow and Director of Tera-Scale Computing Research
Title: "The Future of Multi-core: Intel's Tera-scale Computing
Research"
Date: Monday, January 28, 2008
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: ACES 2.402
Coffee: 3:00 pm
Host: Derek Chiou
To subscribe to the Computer Architecture Seminar Series email list, see here:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cart/arch/mailinglist.html
501 Tech is a social and networking group for technologists working for or interesting in benefiting nonprofits.
Host: Austin Free-Net
Location: Austin Free-Net World Headquarters, DeWitty Center
2209 Rosewood Ave, 2nd Fl (corner Rosewood and Northwestern), Austin, TX 78704 US
When: Monday, January 28, 5:30PM
Phone: 512/576-9666 (cell for Dale Thompson)
If you can't read this, go to:
http://groups.nten.org/group.htm?mode=gvb&igid=6493
Moodle and Pizza
5:30 Pizza and networking (free thanks to N-TEN)
6:00 - 7:00 pm Demo:
Sponsored by Texas State University Small Business Development Center
One Highland Center
314 E. Highland Mall Blvd.
$35
Contact: 716-4820
Town hall meetings bring Austin together to redesign
City Web site
For immediate release: Jan. 16, 2008
Austin residents have a unique opportunity to
contribute to the development of a leading-edge City
Web site and bring a new era of open government to
Austin with a series of town hall meetings planned for
January and February.
The town hall meetings are part of the Austin GO
project, launched late last year to collect and
utilize the public’s feedback about improvements to
the City’s Web site. During the six town hall
Sponsored by Texas State University Small Business Development Center
One Highland Center
314 E. Highland Mall Blvd
$35
Contact: 716-4820
All information is here: http://www.youngexecs.net/happyhour.html
Happy Hour and Membership Drive
Network with other professionals and join us for happy hour as we kick off our 2008 Membership Drive at The Belmont on January 30th at 6:00p. Drink specials and appetizers will be sponsored by Young Execs, and attendees will be eligible to win door prizes!
Learn about the benefits of membership, preview the 2008 Young Execs Calendar, and meet the Young Execs Chairs to learn more about each committee.
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
Leadership Austin Board Room
1609 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 202.
499-0435
Serranos Caliente Room at Symphony Square
1111 Red River St.
Free, dinner for $20.
RSVP by Monday to gnugap@aol.com
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Our next event is Friday February 1st at Genuine Joe's Coffeehouse and goes from 10am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another. Hopefully exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
And if you can make the Feb 1st get-together PLEASE RSVP here:
Live online Q&A with Paul Terry Walhus, talk tech of all types. Windows, Linux, Mac, operating systems, applications, software, hardware, pda, phone, gadgets, and more
Leadership Austin with Laura Kilcrease and Andy Martinez.
Chez Zee, 5406 Balcones Drive.
$20 Essential Class Alumni Association, $25 nonmembers.
Panel discussion on Agile software testing.
Microsoft Technology Center
Stonebridge Plaza One, 9606 N. MoPac Blvd. (Loop1), Suite 200.
Free.
See: www.agileaustin.org
Tailored for busy schedules, these two-year programs provide the unique opportunity to pursue a master’s degree while continuing to work full-time. What’s more, students receive the same master’s degree that a traditional, full-time graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin receives. Students are presented with the best the top ranked Cockrell School of Engineering has to offer: rigorous coursework that encompasses the latest advances and core fundamentals.
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Join us for an information session to learn more.
IC2 Institute
The University of Texas at Austin
2815 San Gabriel
Austin, Texas 78705
Please RSVP to msstc@icc.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923
www.ic2.utexas.edu/msstc
Project Management Institute, Austin chapter hosts Robert Orlean, founder of Orlean Technical Solutions, on advanced creativity tools for excellent project innovation.
Texas Association of School Boards
Walker-Davis Conference Center
12007 Research Blvd. (U.S. 183).
Free.
Call 347-7410, or see: www.austinpmi.org
In partnership with the Austin Technology Council, Forbes is presenting Power Up Austin, a roundtable series of luncheons, each of which will bring Austin's best and brightest business and technology leaders together to discuss and promote Austin's emerging technology sectors.
Each event will be hosted by a Forbes editor and technology expert. Austin's technology leaders will share ideas on the business-critical needs of CEO's and their executive teams, how to build domestic and global business alliances, and best practices for enhancing business operations, among other topics.
" For Hire: What Game Companies Are Looking For "
hosted by Austin Community College, Digital Media Council, and SXSW ScreenBurn (the game dev portion of the Interactive Festival)
Austin Community College sponsors executive showcase featuring Jim Caldwell on 'Lean manufacturing – The key to increased productivity.'
Highland Business Center
5930 Middle Fiskville Road
Room 201.
Free
Call 223-7737, or email: mkennedy@austincc.edu
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Our next event is Thursday February 7th at Cafe Caffeine and goes from 9am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another. Hopefully exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
And if you can make the Feb 7th get-together PLEASE RSVP here:
Thursday, February 7
5-7 PM
Iron Cactus North
Don’t miss OnRamp’s High Tech Happy Hour featuring must-see items from Red 5 Games’ collection, including the “Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich,” and Michael Jackson’s Malibu Grand Prix Driver’s License. Mingle with industry professionals, enjoy FREE food and drink plus register to win a Sony PSP. Co-sponsored by TekSystems.
This is weird enough for Austinites:
Leading Non-profits Discuss "Best Practices" for Using Virtual Worlds for Activism, Collaboration, Education, and Fundraising
Friday, February 8, 8:30AM PST [?! -- I'd check this]
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater -- in Second Life
teleport SLURL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%2520Nonprofit%2520Commons/130/125/22/?...
more info:
http://www.holymeatballs.org/pdfs/BestPracticesforNon-profitsinSecondLif...
or
Rik Panganiban at rik@globalkids.org or in-world IM to Rik Riel.
Event: Computer Architecture Seminar Series
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cart/arch
Speaker: Mateo Valero
University of Catalonia
Title: "Supercomputing for the Future, Supercomputing from the Past"
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: ACES 2.302 **different location**
Coffee: 3:00 pm
Host: Yale Patt
ABSTRACT:
Austin Business Bloggers dinner, Guero's. RSVP to Thom Singer at thom@thomsinger.com
Bootstrap Network Meeting Today - Feb 11th at 6pm Waterloo Icehouse on 35th.
Austin Wireless Alliance presents:
"Mobility and physical world connections, information ubiquity and near field communication" with C. Enrique Ortiz, chief technology officer at eZee Inc.
Refreshments served.
IC2 Institute
2815 San Gabriel St.
Free
Pre-SXSWi mixer and meet & greet, held at The Mohawk. RSVP to interpress@sxsw.com
Refresh Austin is an organization of Web professionals working together to foster new ideas nd refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of their trade.
Topic: Grids in Depth & Intro to Rails
We have an info-packed meeting set up for February 12, which is full of design and development goodness. Grant Hutchins will cover the use of grids for design, showing you the ins and outs of their usage and how they can help you on your next project. David Humphreys will present an Introduction to Ruby on Rails, the popular programming framework.
Organized by
Andy Meadows
Details
Bob Carnaghi has requested / recommended we cover compiling php/apache from source. I will put together a demo of how do do this under CENTOS 4 Linux (free version of RHEL 4). Here are things I plan to cover:
1) compile basic PHP and Apache from source
2) Compile MySQL from source
3) recompile PHP to add/remove libraries, and understanding library dependencies
4) how to compile and add PECL or external shared libraries to PHP
5) Why bother compiling any of it from source when it comes with your Linux distro?
Found on GeekAustin.org
http://www.geekaustin.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/29/1327218&mode=thread
Register here:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418904
J Black's Feel Good Lounge
710 W 6th St Ste B
Austin, Texas 78701
Speakers: Andres Carvallo, CIO of Austin Energy; Steve Hauser, chairman of Gridwise Alliance; Chris Hickman, COO of SiteControls; Milton Holloway, COO of CCET; Jeff Osborne, equity analyst of Thomas Weisel Partners and Kelley Speakes-Backman, director of marketing of SunEdison.
Austin City Hall
City Council Auditorium
301 W. Second St.
$20 pre-registration, $30 at the door.
American Society of Quality presents "Maximizing customer value through advanced testing and design for reliability methods" with Jon Fitch.
Dell Parmer South Campus
Corner of Parmer Lane and Interstate 35.
Free.
Call (636)627-1290 or email: john.hartzler@austinasq.org
Rackspace Technical Job Fair
February 13th, from 5:30-8pm
Monarch Event Center
6406 North I-35 Ste. 3100, Austin Tx 78752
Rackspace is Hiring Fanatical:
Windows and Linux Systems Administrators
Java and Python Developers
Network Security Professionals
Windows Systems Engineers
MySQL DBAs
Ruby on Rails Developers
For more info, visit www.rackspacecareers.com
Sun Microsystems and the Austin Technology Incubator request you to join us to preview the world's first datacenter in a box.
Code-named “Project Blackbox”, this Sun innovation is the first virtualized datacenter, optimized for extreme energy, space and performance efficiency. Project Blackbox will enable instant-on expansion and rapid deployment, while maximizing savings and providing operational flexibility to address two of today’s most critical IT issues – soaring energy prices and space constraints.
THE ANSWERS ARE HERE
Breakfast with James Parsons
The Austin Club
110 E. Ninth St.
$20, includes breakfast.
Call 502-8258, extension 2, or register www.theaustinleadershipforum.com/register.html
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Our next event is Friday February 15th at Cafe Caffeine and goes from 9am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another. Hopefully exchanging ideas and making new connections.
To get involved check out:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin
And if you can make the Feb 15th get-together PLEASE RSVP here:
Proclamation
Ubuntu User Group
Flipnotics
1601 Barton Springs Rd
Novotus, LLC and Avaya invite local tech-forward executives and directors to network with one another at this Happy Hour style event. Enjoy great smoked Texas barbecue and other refreshments with a backdrop of the beautiful hills of River Place.
We'll have the amazing Avaya Demo Truck on hand for all of the Technophiles, so come join us for gadgets and some good eatin'. Click here to register. Registration deadline is noon on Monday February 18, 2008.
River Place Country Club
4207 River Place Blvd.
Austin SCORE
3809 S. Second St.
Building C, Suite 300
$30
Call 928-2425, or see: www.scoreaustin.org
Hacking Business Networks - February 19th
presented by Tex Mitchell
* See how hackers can quickly penetrate standard perimeter security!
* Watch as we demonstrate how easily we can harvest user passwords!
* Listen as we intercept a private VOIP phone call!
Special! - The first ten pre-registrants to sign-in will get in FREE!
Click Here to Preregister Now. (you will be transferred to a secure server)
Judd Chism, founder of Xitronix Corp., on exploiting a niche in competitive semiconductor equipment marketplace.
Tokyo Electron America
2400 Grove Blvd.
$15
See: www.semi.org/austin
Central Texas Product Safety Engineering Society: 'Investigating Field Failures' with Ivan VanDeWege of CASE Forensics.
Dell
Parmer Campus
701 E. Parmer Lane
Building S.4
Victoria Conference Room.
Free
Call: 651-5338
Bootstrap Web welcomes Rob Campanell of Blastro, one of the oldest and hottest video music sites on the web. Rob's going to talk about his experience with Internet video for the past 12 years, and make some comments about short term trends. He'll also discuss how Blastro has survived as an internet media company. Join us! Absolutely free; you don't have to be a member. (Bootstrap Web is a forum for web entrepreneurs and technologists.)
We meet at Cafe Caffeine, 909 W. Mary in the heart of South Austin.
A full day conference featuring brilliant speakers and useful sessions all there to support you in your life - whatever leaps you're wanting to take.
Website with speaker and session detail coming soon at www.AWTAustin.org
Early Registration (through January 24, 2008)
$65 Members
$85 Non-Members
Standard Registration (after January 24, 2008)
$80 Members
$100 Non-Members
Take advantage of the Early Bird Special and register now: www.AWTAustin.org
Also see: http://www.wbconference.org/
We wanted to let you know about the upcoming User Experience 101 event in your area (at the Cool River Cafe - 4001 Parmer Lane,Austin, TX 78727) that may interest you and others within your organizati
LOCATION: Austin
VENUE: Sun Microsystems, 5300 Riata Park Court, Building 8 - Longhorn Conference Room
TIME: 6:00 PM
Please join us for the February 2008 meeting of the Austin Sun Users
Group. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month. This is a
great opportunity to network with your peers in the Austin area.
"Innovation Matters: Multi-Core Multi-Thread in your DataCenter"
The computer industry has always had a fixation with megahertz. CPU
cycle times. Clock speed. Sun's UltraSPARC processor has been obsessed
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Join us for an information session to learn more.
IC2 Institute
The University of Texas at Austin
2815 San Gabriel
Austin, Texas 78705
Please RSVP to msstc@icc.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923
www.ic2.utexas.edu/msstc
Special joint meeting - Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society:
Next A-SPIN Meeting:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm, National Instruments HQ, 11500 North Mopac, Rm 1S13
Creative Commons is a an easy licensing method used by artists, musicians and writers worldwide to allow others to use their work according to a set of guidelines you select, including control over any profits. It increases the creativity and profile of those who share in the licenses.
For a full introduction to Creative Commons and examples of prominent and rising artists who are using this, join us at the first Austin Creative Commons Salon. It will be held will be held at Cafe Caffeine on February 20th starting at 7:30.
Austin Social Media Club Presents
Breakfast with Bryan Person
Join us for the Austin debut of the Social Media Breakfast with the event's originator, Bryan Person. This free event is sponsored by GCI Read Poland.
Register here: http://smcaustinbreakfast.eventbrite.com/
Please print and bring your registration confirmation with you to the breakfast.
About Bryan Person
Austin Human Resource Management Association Monthly Meeting
9 to 11 a.m. 'Leadership vs. management' with Randy Anderson, E3 Professional Training.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tonia O'Neill, founder and CEO of Soverex Inc. on employment practices solutions.
1 to 4 p.m. Pamela Hutchison on 'employer or big brother.'
Austin Country Club, 4408 Long Champ Drive.
$25 members, $35 nonmembers.
328-2476
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Austin Chapter of the American Marketing Association presents John McGrath of GSD&M's Idea City and freelance writer Glenda Goehrs.
Cool River
4001 Parmer Lane
$25 members, $40 nonmembers.
See: www.austinama.org
AUSTIN SALESFORCE USER GROUP
Monthly Meeting for February
Thursday, February 21st
4:30pm to 6:30pm
LOCATION
Bulldog Solutions Conference Room
5608 Parkcrest Drive, 3rd Floor
Austin, TX 78731
CONTACTS
David Franklin: david.franklin@genband.com
Alice Jones: ajones@bulldogsolutions.com
FOOD & DRINKS
Beef & Chicken Fajitas
Chips, Salsa & Queso
Water, Soda & Beer
SCHEDULE
Tired of networking and making the wrong kinds of connections? Well Stop Networking and Start Connecting™ - Ripple Style!
Marketing training presented by Sanjay Nasta, CEO and founder of MicroAssist.
Radisson Hotel
6000 Middle Fiskville Road
$24 members, $32 nonmembers
See: www.astd.org
Austin Advertising Federation presents The Austin Show/2008 Addy Awards.
Austin Music Hall
208 Nueces St.
$45
See: www.austinaddys.com, or call 997-9994.
Pizza and Public Computers
Monday, February 25, 2008 [note corrected date]
5:30 - 7 pm
at the Austin Free-Net offices
2209 Rosewood Ave, 2nd Fl
Austin, TX 78702
Sign up to attend at:
http://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form&form_id=101944&returnUR...
Signing up is not required, but it helps the organizers order the right amount of pizza.
Come, share, learn
Presenter: John Neale, Austin Free-Net Technical Services Manager
5:30 Pizza (thank you N-TEN), networking, catching up with friends
When: February 26th, 2008, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Who: Michael Howard, Author of Writing Secure Code
MICHAEL HOWARD, PRINCIPAL SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGER, MICROSOFT’S SECURITY ENGINEERING TEAM
Cool New Developments for Java on the Web
Presentation Abstract
The first SEEN event was a Sell-Out.
SEEN 2 is scheduled;
Wednesday, February 27, 2008. 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto Street, Austin TX
Wednesday, February 27 @ Pangaea Ultra-Lounge
Time: 6 pm-10 pm
Address: 409 Colorado Street
Admission: Free w/ rsvp; $25 at the door
As seen in Forbes (Best of the Web) and Cosmopolitan ("Top New Ways to Meet"), NetParty Austin is a unique event that is held at the hippest venues and "combines business networking with social fun" (Forbes).
Please join us on Wed, February 27 as we return to the exclusive and newly-opened Pangaea Ultra-Lounge. Open yourself up to meeting hundreds of new people for business contacts and social connections, and gain acess to the new Austin hotspot!
Biotech is a complex area that doesn’t quite fit the traditional High Tech commercialization model.
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
The Texas Community Media Summit will bring together Texas community media makers, stakeholders, activists, and advocates on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Unio
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2005 product features and tools related to implementing a database.
This course is intended for IT Professionals who want to become skilled on SQL Server 2005 product features and technologies for implementing a database.
Before attending this course, students must have:
• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
Blake Hastings and state Sen. Kirk Watson on 'The Global Economy: The good, the bad and the ugly.'
Chez Zee
5406 Balcones Drive.
$20-$25.
512-499-0435
PCB Austin 2008, a conference and exhibition for the design, engineering and manufacturing professional, is coming to Austin March 4-6.
Featuring:
* Educational Training
* Industry Experts
"From March 4-6, aspiring entrepreneurs may attend free RISE Sessions led by successful members of the Austin business community.
Engineering and Technology
Career Expo
March 4, 2008
Palmer Events Center
900 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX 78704
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Software developer Scott Bellware on 'User stories, acceptance criteria and behavior-driven development.'
Microsoft Technology Center
Stonebridge Plaza One
9606 N. MoPac Blvd. (Loop1).
Rice Alliance Austin Chapter Speaker Event
"Fundraising Without V.C.'s – Austin as the Alternative Capital Capitol"
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Tailored for busy schedules, these two-year programs provide the unique opportunity to pursue a master’s degree while continuing to work full-time. What’s more, students receive the same master’s degree that a traditional, full-time graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin receives. Students are presented with the best the top ranked Cockrell School of Engineering has to offer: rigorous coursework that encompasses the latest advances and core fundamentals.
PCB Austin 2008, a conference and exhibition for the design, engineering and manufacturing professional, is coming to Austin March 4-6.
Featuring:
* Educational Training
* Industry Experts
"From March 4-6, aspiring entrepreneurs may attend free RISE Sessions led by successful members of the Austin business community.
PCB Austin 2008, a conference and exhibition for the design, engineering and manufacturing professional, is coming to Austin March 4-6.
Featuring:
* Educational Training
* Industry Experts
"From March 4-6, aspiring entrepreneurs may attend free RISE Sessions led by successful members of the Austin business community.
With the help of two local south Texas organizations, the March 6
Innotech trade show should have a program or event for every
technology business leader or advocate. The event will be held at
both the Norris Conference Center, located within the CrossRoads Mall,
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the San
Antonio Technology Center, 3463 Magic Drive.
"We are fortunate to have the help of the North San Antonio chamber
and the Technology Connexus Association working with us to promote the
growth of technology within the San Antonio region," said Sean Lowery,
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
Stop by the St. Edward's University Professional Education Center and find out more about our popular Project Management Evening Certificate Program which begins April 8th. You will hear an overview of the program from the instructor, get your questions answered, meet other folks who are also looking into the program and most of all, see if it is a good fit for you.
Please contact Teri Turner to register for the event at 342-4103.
9420 Research Blvd
Echelon III
Austin
See here to sign up: http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustinIII
What is BarCamp?
See here to sign up: http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustinIII
What is BarCamp?
Come help promote Knowbility's mission at the SXSW trade show.
Come help promote Knowbility's mission at the SXSW trade show.
Plutopia is gang of artists, techs, and futurists creating a mutation of the annual EFF-Austin party at SXSW Interactive - probably the most ambitious party on the SXSW calendar, with a green utopian sci-fi theme, Bill McKibben speaking, The Heather Gold Show, David Demaris, electronic composer Carl Stone, Intimate Stranger, the Lance Van De Kamp show, many more... at Scholz Beer Garten, 1609 San Jacinto. Event is free with a SXSW badge or costume, all others pay $10.
Tentative schedule...
6-7 Bootstrap Austin Cocktail Party (Biergarten)
7-8 Bill McKibben (Biergarten)
An open session with mobile Web experts James Pearce and Brian Fling.
Austin City Hall, Room 1101
301 W. Second Street.
Free.
RSVP to rsvp@austinwirelessalliance.org
The Austin Technology Council (ATC) is hosting a SXSW Interactive Happy Hour sponsored by Time Warner Cable Business Class.
Federated Media and Dell, along with Bulldog Solutions, The Conversation Group, and Social Media Club Austin, cordially invite you to join us for an evening of "Conversation Starters"
*** Deadline for paper submission is 10-Mar-2008 ***
AUSTIN CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS & CIRCUITS
CALL FOR PAPERS!!
MAY 7-9, 2008
THE COMMONS CONFERENCE CENTER, AUSTIN, TEXAS
www.acisc.org
The 3rd Annual Austin Conference on Integrated Systems & Circuits will
again serve as a forum for the dissemination of technical information and
advances in electronic technology at chip, board and system levels,
covering design, CAD methodology, and test. Austin, the Silicon Hills of
the USA, is a hotbed of electronic design with most of the world’s major
Come help promote Knowbility's mission at the SXSW trade show.
Austin Bar Association, Technology Section presents Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on 'Copyright in the Age of YouTube: Protecting Rightsholders and Free Speech Online.'
Please join us for our March Web Analytics Wednesday.
Jace Dicker from Omniture will join us to discuss the state of
web analytics, observations from his customers and other insights.
A panel of experts discusses 'Carbon pricing and the transition from voluntary to mandatory markets.' Preregistration recommended.
Austin City Hall
City Council Auditorium
301 W. Second St.
The next STC meeting will focus on three Semiconductor Test Interface eXtensions (STIX) Working Groups.
American Society of Quality presents Wayne Drews on 'An Overview of Clustering and Multidimensional Scaling.'
Applied Materials
Building 34
9700 U.S. 290 East.
Free.
Call (636) 627-1290
We invite the Austin software community to come and describe their requirements for finding and sharing information about software practices and technology in Austin.
Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.
