Events
Agile Austin is pleased to announce its first Open Space Conference!
I am pleased to welcome Thomas Finsterbusch to speak to us. He will
be giving us an introductory talk on Orc with a focus on web service
A Green IT forum sponsored by Microsoft, IBM, Hitachi, Dell & Sychron.
Come and meet the Green Technology Alliance founders as well as several of our rock star launch team community and business leaders.
Event: Computer Sciences Colloquium
Speaker: Brad Chamberlain
Cray Inc.
Title: "Chapel: the Cascade High Productivity Language"
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Time: 3:30 pm
Robin Dymond, managing partner and vice president, and David Douglas, president and managing partner of Innovel, present 'Appropriate Metrics for Agile Teams.'
Microsoft Technology Center
Sun Microsystems
Building 8 - Longhorn Conference Room
5300 Riata Park Ct
Austin, TX 78727
This will be the 2nd meeting. Would love to see more users from the Austin community!
Come out to AMCC Networking Night!
In conjunction with door64.com, AMCC is holding a networking night for Austin-area chipheads!
If you work or manage in chip design, verification, processor or system architecture, integration, or in a similar capacity, come on out to this free event. Enjoy free drinks, food, and a chance to win some great door prizes! Network with your peers, and also learn about AMCC's presence right here in Austin.
On the first Thursday of each quarter, there is a technology mixer at the San Antonio Technology Center.
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.
SEMI Austin Technology Tuesday is a bi-monthly lunch program highlighting a new technology of interest to SEMI members and their customers in Central Texas.
Location:
Buffalo Billiards
6th & Brazos
Austin, Texas
RSVP here: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/698828/
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.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 (11:30 AM - 01:30 PM)
Doubletree Downtown Austin
Bluebonnet Meeting Room, 1st Floor
Austin, TX 78701
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The Austin Tech Happy Hour will be coming back to the Hi-Lo on 6th and Lavaca from 5:30 - 8:00pm.
June 12, 2008
5:30-7:30
Iron Cactus North - 10001 Stonelake Blvd.
Once a month we meet to discuss crazy and interesting things happening with technology. Last month we talked about 3D printers, watched "Good Copy, Bad Copy", and had a file-sharing download party.
Current degree offerings include: Advanced Manufacturing, Circuit Design, Engineering Management, and Software Engineering.
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.
ProductCamp Austin is a user-driven, collaborative "un-conference" about Product Management and Marketing topics, designed by and for participants.
This certificate program guides professionals who need to manage or lead projects or operations using flexible, tailorable methods addressing what matters: RESULTS.
This will be a departure from previous GeekAustin events.
Blue Knot Austin presnets Adam Dell speaking on key trends in technology businesses.
Dell Jewish Community Campus
7300 Hart Lane.
Free.
Call 795-9937
The Austin Linux Meetup is a collection of Linux enthusiasts who meet every 1st Monday & Third Tuesday to share ideas, info, and experience.
Possible discussion topics:
1. The sprite animation rig I posted last month.
2. Attributes
3. Deployment
4. Anything else. Make a suggestion, ask a question.
Solar energy, including photovoltaics, solar thermal, or concentrated solar power, is growing at a rate of over 30% per year and is forecast to be a $70B+ industry by 2012.
Event: Agile Austin Distinguished Speaker Series Presentation
Date: June 18, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
The Austin Bloggers have an informal monthly meetup, the third Wednesday of every month. All people interested in weblogging are welcome. This month's gathering is at The Hideout Theater on Congress.
This month the Austin Creative Commons group will discuss the Health Commons and begin to look at Open Source movies.
Presented by Austin Business District Magazine and Title Sponsored by FG SQUARED. June 19, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., J.J. Pickle Research Campus. Cost is $159.
You’ve all heard of FaceBook and MySpace, but do you realize that there are social networks springing up all around you?
Attention All Austin Area Service Executives, Field Service Managers, Technical Support, Customer Service, Spare Parts Planners, Repair Center Managers, and all others involved in providing pre and po
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 new Every Dot Connects workshop, Learn Five Web 2.0 Tools in One Day, is a hands-on, no fear, ent
Need a place to pimp your idea? Or maybe you just want to meet other chronic drinkers with a startup problem?
SP3 Group, Inc., a Human Resources solutions company, in conjunction with St.
Who: Matt Tesauro (presenting) and A.J. Scotka, Texas Education Agency
SP3 Group, Inc., a Human Resources solutions company, in conjunction with St.
Controlling your real estate expenses may be one of the few areas where your company could benefit during a recession.
City-wide 'Impact at Work" Social Hour
Big Austin presents 'Friendraiser: be a friend, grow a business.'
Ms. B's Authentic Creole Restaurant
1050 E. 11th St
Free
See: www.bigaustin.org
This week we are doing a presentation on what's new in Firefox 3.0. This isn't just for Linux users, but anyone who runs Firefox.
Soon we’ll be generating so much data that we won’t be able to store it all.
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.
InnovationCamp is an ad hoc gathering of people who want to learn about innovation by doing rather than listening.
The LASA Robotics Team (of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School in Austin, TX) will be hosting a Wii Partii on June 28 from 1-6 pm at the McBeth Recreation Center in Zilker Park (2401 Colu
Event: Agile Austin Meeting
Date: July 1, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Microsoft Technology Center; Stonebridge Plaza One; 9606 North Mopac, Suite 200, Austin TX, 78759
Get together with other Austinites who work in search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media optimization, social media marketing, pay-per-click advertising, and all other forms of
The monthly ACC Video Game Seminar, at the Highland Business Center [map], room 301.0, from 7pm to 9pm. Come out and meet with Videogame industry professionals!
Get off your mobile phone, meet your fellow Austin tweeters, and save lives. And yes if you're nice I am sure they will let you tweet as you give blood.
Project Management Test Drive
July 8th, 2008
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Please let me know if you plan to come so we know to expect you)
Web Analytics Wednesday is the world's only social networking event for web analytics professionals. Founded by Eric T.
Social Networking Event--Technology of Beer
Date: July 10, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location:
Independence Brewery
3913 Todd Lane #607
Austin
Contact: Liza Levine
Speaker: Paul Beavers, Senior Director of R&D, BMC Software.
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.
Thought this could pertain to gaming developers and enthusiasts. From the event page:
What: VIDEO GAMES LIVE!
Where: Long Center for the Performing Arts
When: July 11-12, 2008 8pm
Thought this could pertain to gaming developers and enthusiasts. From the event page:
What: VIDEO GAMES LIVE!
Where: Long Center for the Performing Arts
When: July 11-12, 2008 8pm
IGDA-AUSTIN SUMMER PICNIC 2008
July 12th, 2pm-10 pm
...at Richard Garriott's private lakeside property!
Event: An Evening with Michael Gerber, best selling author of the
E-Myth book series & world’s #1 small business guru
Speaker & Sponsor: Nikunj Mehta, Oracle tech lead for Oracle's AtomDB project
A discussion on career development in a challenging job market led by David Harap, Global Practice Leader, Stanton Chase International
SEM for SMB is a two-day business conference with hands-on training with search engine marketing, search engine optimization, and pay-per-click advertising.
It's time for the next door64 Austin LinkedIn Happy Hour!
Our sixth networking event will be co-hosted with the Green Technology Alliance (GTA).
If you're a Central Texas technology professional, you're invited to this free networking event. Come out to Six in downtown Austin and enjoy a night of networking. Our last one in March drew a huge crowd of software, hardware, semiconductor, and IT folks. Here's another chance to meet your industry peers in this new and much larger location.
This cool venue can hold 500 people, and we've got the whole place to ourselves! I'll be monitoring responses, and will cap at Six's capacity.
Visit here to RSVP: http://door64.com/happyhour (must be logged in to door64 to register.)
A big thanks to Freescale Semiconductor for generously sponsoring this networking event!
Location:
Quality Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar
5621 Airport Blvd
Austin, Texas 78751
http://www.qualityseafoodmarket.com/
SEM for SMB is a two-day business conference with hands-on training with search engine marketing, search engine optimization, and pay-per-click advertising.
They brag about it in magazines, billboards and television. Everyone's "going green". While many "green" claims are authentic, faulty claims mislead (green-wash) the consumer.
I'll be presenting my Workhop on converting visitors to leads and sales on day two of the
Andy Meadows, President and CEO of Live Oak 360, will speak on Digital Landscape Management and Social Networking at the SMC July Meeting.
Please join us July 17th at 6 pm.
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Participate in class or online!
This is a discussion group that meets monthly to talk about radical applications of technology. This month we will start by talking about peer to peer and its applications to radical technology.
Joomla! 1.5 Bootcamp
Do you want to:
get productive with Joomla! 1.5?
develop killer Joomla! 1.5 extensions using the new Joomla! framework?
Join Every Dot Connects colleagues Jennifer Navarrete and Sheila Scarborough for an entry-level, basic practical workshop on three Web 2.0 tools:
LPJC is the largest networking, support, and job lead sharing organization for jobseekers in Austin. Free. Meets at 1016 La Posada, suite 280, behind the Doubletree Hotel on I-35.
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.
Join David Almacy, VP Digital Strategies for Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, and the Social Media Club of Austin for discussion and drinks and an open bar.
* When: Saturday, July 19 from 2-5 pm
RSVP if possible: http://501techjuly08.eventbrite.com/
Presenter: Thon Morris, President, Kimbia Software
http://www.kimbia.com/
The Role of Semiconductors in Clean Technologies
Customer voices are louder than ever.
LPJC is the largest networking, support, and job lead sharing organization for jobseekers in Austin. Free, fun, and informative. Meets at 1016 La Posada, suite 280, behind the Doubletree Hotel.
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.
Ever wonder if you are on the right professional path?
LASA Robotics presents
Science, Math, and Robotics Technology (SMART) Camp
An introduction to building robots
with LEGO® Mindstorms kits
for elementary and middle-school-age students.
OWASP chapter meetings are free and open to anyone interested in application security.
July 30th is the Austin stop of the Mashable Summer Tour.
LPJC is the largest networking, support, and job lead sharing organization for jobseekers in Austin. Free, fun, and informative. Meets at 1016 La Posada, suite 280, behind the Doubletree Hotel.
We'll be holding an iPhone DevCamp August 1-3, 2008 in conjunction with the main iPhone DevCamp over in San Francisco.
We'll be holding an iPhone DevCamp August 1-3, 2008 in conjunction with the main iPhone DevCamp over in San Francisco.
In the spirit of BarCamp and DemoCamp, StartupCampAustin is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on topics relevant to Startup Companies.
Join Austin's first coworking space for our grand opening party Saturday, August 2nd!
We're at 1309 East 7th St. Map: http://tinyurl.com/6ksk2u
We'll be holding an iPhone DevCamp August 1-3, 2008 in conjunction with the main iPhone DevCamp over in San Francisco.
The University of Texas at Austin :: Cockrell School of Engineering :: Software Quality Institute
UT Software Quality Institute – New Course
Event: Agile Austin Meeting
Date: August 5, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Microsoft Technology Center; Stonebridge Plaza One; 9606 North Mopac, Suite 200, Austin TX, 78759
We'll be meeting again at Sun
Please make sure to RSVP to the mailing list or austinpug@decibel.org so that we can get a count for food
Sun Microsystems
Building 8 - Longhorn Conference Room
The University of Texas at Austin :: Cockrell School of Engineering :: Software Quality Institute
UT Software Quality Institute – New Course
The first-ever door64.com High-tech Career Fair and Networking Night will be on Thursday, August 7th from 3-9pm in Austin, Texas.
This unique combo event starts by helping local tech professionals find the right next career move, and ends with an evening of networking with your industry peers in a friendly social setting. So whether you're actively looking for that next opportunity, or you're wanting to expand your local professional network while enjoying food, drinks, and door prizes, this event has something for you!
Visit here to RSVP: http://door64.com/careerfair (must be logged in to door64 to register.)
Employers: Learn about participating in this event.
A BIG thanks to LinkedIn and Rackspace for generously sponsoring this event!
Project Management Certificate Program Test Drive
St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center
You have the experience; now get the certification.
LPJC is the largest networking, support, and job lead sharing organization for jobseekers in Austin. Free, fun, and informative. Meets at 1016 La Posada, suite 280, behind the Doubletree Hotel.
Event: Technical Local Interest Group (TECH LIG) Meeting
Date: Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Texas Association of School Boards, 12007 Research Blvd,
Who: People interested in finding the other people working on projects addressing real-world problems (Innovators, Community Groups/Nonprofits, Investors, etc.)
What: Austin's First Net Tuesday
Current degree offerings include: Circuit Design, Engineering Management, and Software Engineering
Join us for this focused one day event that will help you and your organization learn how to Go Green Now!
Platinum Sponsored By: Hitachi Data Systems
Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Participate in class or online!
When software projects are managed well, there are generally two types of estimates, the rough order-of-magnitude (ROM) estimates done early in the life cycle, and the detailed estimates done when a t
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.
Meeting at Flipnotics coffee shop 1601 Barton Springs Rd.
5:00pm Sunday.
Anyone interested in Linux is welcome. Bring a laptop, Flipnotics has free WiFi.
Presentation - Sandy Dochen, IBM, Manager, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, Texas and Oklahoma
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Union Park - 6th st. Next to Katz's (Austin, TX)
"TACC and Sun"
Come see Tommy Minyard give a talk about the TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center) super computer at UT Austin.
Sun Microsystems
Building 8 - Longhorn Conference Room
This month the Austin Creative Commons group will meet up with the Austin Bloggers group (http://www.austinbloggers.org/) at Cafe Caffeine.
Branding Austin City Limits
EVENT OVERVIEW:
Austin Social Media Club
Thursday, August 21, 2008
6:00pm - 7:30pm
IBM Briefing Center
11501 Burnet Road, Building 904, Austin, TX
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.
LASA Robotics presents
Science, Math, and Robotics Technology (SMART) Camp
An introduction to building robots
with LEGO® Mindstorms kits.
2nd Annual Computer Architecture and Embedded Processors Research Review for Industry
August 26, 2008
Avaya Auditorium (Room 2.302 ACES Bldg)
9:00 am Welcome Professor Yale Patt
Who: Matt Tesauro
The ABC's of Networking
EVENT OVERVIEW:
The Austin Association of Information Technology Professionals will hold a seminar entitled "Managing the Remote Worker," Aug. 28, 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m
John Terpstra, a Linux developer with a long and interesting history in the field, and a perspective on the past and future course of Linux.
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.
