Events
Our new Every Dot Connects workshop, Learn Five Web 2.0 Tools in One Day, is a hands-on, no fear, ent
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.
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.
All gamers are welcome to a Labor Day Holiday LAN party hosted by the LASA Robotics team (www.lasarobotics.org).
Reserve a space by sending an email to LAN[at]lasarobotics.org.
This meeting marks Agile Austin’s one year anniversary. We have been fortunate to have grown together in a thriving community of local agile professionals.
Product battery life, system packaging considerations, advanced process node migration and new environmental guidelines are requiring designers, for the first time, to consider incorporating power red
Its less than a month away.
Location:
Freescale Semiconductor
7700 W Parmer Ln Austin, TX 78729
7:30am Registration / Breakfast
8:30am Keynote Speaker: Dr. Spitzer, VP Eng. of Konarka Technologies Inc.
9:15am Break
September 7, 2008
WidgetCamp - 10:00 AM - 6:00
Awards Party - 6:00 PM - 8:00
AT&T Conference Center
1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX 78705
The word on everyone's lips these days
Computer Architecture Seminar Series
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cart/arch
Speaker: David Brooks, Harvard
Date: Monday, September 8, 2008
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: ACES 2.402 (UT)
Career Transitions Group — 6 to 8 p.m.
Longtime state human resources manager Matthew Levitt presents tips on how to get a job in state government.
RSVPs requested.
The rise of social networks like Myspace and Facebook foreshadow a larger and and more profound opportunity: the possibility of successfully building businesses like never before through bringing entr
2008 Annual Seminar for HR Professionals:
“FSA’s, HRA’s, and HSA’s—What fits us Best?”
Learn the current trends in green positioning, branding, consulting and sales to help you better position your company.
Topic: Nanotechnology and creativity and their economical and societal implication
Austin Technology Incubator — 4 to 5:30 p.m.
MCC Auditorium
University of Texas
3925 W. Braker Lane.
Free.
Call 305-0022
Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals and the Association for Operations Management presents Mike Gray, supply chain expert, discusses 'Overcoming Procurement Challenges.'
The Indus Entrepreneurs Austin presents an Entrepreneurs' funding forum.
Startups present their business cases to a panel of venture capitalists, angel investors, bankers and lawyers.
Current degree offerings include: Circuit Design, Engineering Management, and Software Engineering
FIRST MEETING is Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 7 to 9:30pm @ Six Lounge @ the southeast corner of 4th & Colorado Streets in downtown Austin.
Google Chrome and the future of RefreshAustin.
Tuesday, September 9th, 7:00 p.m.
Buffalo Billiards, 6th and Brazos
Austin Advertising Federation presents Bill Leake and Brian Combs of Apogee Search to discuss 'Why so many agencies struggle with search marketing.'
Mansion at Judges' Hill
1900 Rio Grande St.
Amazon Web Services invites you (founders and leaders of start-up/early-stage companies and VCs) to join us on the upcoming AWS Start-Up Tour.
Whole Foods Market, 525 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78701 map
American Society of Quality, Austin section presents 'LinkedIn — Beyond the Basics' with Todd James, co-founder of North-by-Northwest.
Location:
Applied Materials
Building 34
DATE/TIME: Thursday, 9/11/08. Networking at 6PM. Program at 7PM to 8:30PM.
COST: $5 minimum for the restaurant. Optional supper at extra cost.
The Austin Tech Happy Hour on Thursday September 11th will be one you won’t want to miss.
New member orientation 30 minutes prior to meeting (9:30-10:00 a.m.)
LPJC is largest networking, support, and job lead sharing organization for jobseekers in Austin. Free.
http://www.austinfoodbank.org/HAM-up/
HAM-up Tweet-up
Saturday, September 13
Noon – 4 p.m.
Capital Area Food Bank, 8201 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78745 map
This is the tenth technical conference sponsored by the SRC community, showcasing the quality of the research portfolio, the excellence of the SRC students and faculty, and the magnitude of the collab
This is the tenth technical conference sponsored by the SRC community, showcasing the quality of the research portfolio, the excellence of the SRC students and faculty, and the magnitude of the collab
Austin Game Developers Conference
You're invited to attend:
Reset/Play
Artwork inspired by, based on, and appropriating video games!
This is the tenth technical conference sponsored by the SRC community, showcasing the quality of the research portfolio, the excellence of the SRC students and faculty, and the magnitude of the collab
Austin Game Developers Conference
September 16, 2008
ATC CXO Best Practices: After Series-A Funding
At the Belmont Austin. Part of Austin GDC (no badge required)
Mike Chapman of Every Dot Connects talks about Twitter as a business app.
Austin Game Developers Conference
Joint Meeting of Austin IEEE-CS and Austin SPIN – September 17, 2008
http://www.austin-spin.org for further details
(Free event) 6:30 - 8:45
Speaker: Doug Russell
Location: Ikea Cafe (seriously!)
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeaNearYouView?storeId=12...
Event: Computer Architecture Seminar Series
Speaker: Sanjay Patel, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Title: "Rigel: 1000-core Computing for the Masses"
Come listen to Tim Mattox (VP of Strategy, Dell) talk about Green IT and Dell's Green Mission of "Developing and embracing the highest environmental standards to regenerate our planet".
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!
dorkbot17: Gore, music, and more
Thursday, September 18, 7PM
Cafe Mundi
1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35)
(512) 236-8634
Dorkbot is, as always, a FREE event.
