No Refresh This Month

by Kevin Lawver on November 14, 2011

Due to a bunch of different things, we’re not doing Refresh this month, but, we are going to have a meeting early in December. It’s going to be epic so don’t miss it. As soon as I have the date (…)

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Geekend’s Hackathon – Still Looking for Teams!

by Kevin Lawver on October 31, 2011

I just got word from Jake that there are still a few spots open for teams for the Geekend Hackathon. What’s a hackathon? Well, if you’d shown up for October’s Refresh, you’d know (not that I’m bitter about it or (…)

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October’s Refresh: Hackathon 101

by Kevin Lawver on September 22, 2011

Geekend is coming up in November, and this year, they’ve added the Hackathon! Having participated in my fair share of these things before, I thought it would be fun to do a Hackathon Bootcamp in October to give the locals (…)

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Let’s Get Learning!

by Kevin Lawver on August 20, 2011

It’s already clear that most jobs now require some computer skills and that employers are already having a hard time filling those positions, and in the future they’ll probably require at least basic programming skills (even if that means being (…)

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How Do We Get There?

by Kevin Lawver on August 18, 2011

You might not notice it if you live in a tech center like the Bay, NYC or DC, but: we live in the future. Compared to most of the people who live around us and the vast majority of the (…)

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Some Light Reading on Libraries

by Kevin Lawver on August 10, 2011

Refresh is on Tuesday, and we’ll be talking about the future of libraries. We’ll have the director of the local library system and he wants our feedback on how the library should prepare for the digital future and how they (…)

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August’s Refresh: Retooling the Library

by Kevin Lawver on July 27, 2011

I know I said we were going to have the guys from Unmatched Style come down in August, but they had something come up so they’re now speaking in September. So, for August, we’ve got something special. What is it? (…)

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Slides from “Behind Design”

by Kevin Lawver on June 22, 2011

The Design Process View more presentations from FocusLabLLC If you’re reading this in the e-mail, you’re gonna have to go to the site to see the slides (trust me, they’re worth it). A huge thank you to Steven Scarborough and (…)

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June’s Refresh: Not On The 20th, It’s On The 21st!

by Kevin Lawver on June 6, 2011

You’d think after thirty-six years on this planet, you know, the blue one with the calendar that hasn’t change in all of that time, I’d know how to read a calendar and pick out the third Tuesday from a month. (…)

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