We’ll be back in June with another take on agile development by special request, and then we’ve got something special brewing for July that should be both different and a ton of fun. I’ll fill in the details as we get the details ironed out!

I expect the presentation to be really good and I’d hate it if you missed out. So… come to ThincSavannah tomorrow night!

Being creative isn’t just for a select group of crazy scientists and weird artists. It is a skill from which each of us can benefit. Living in an age of abundance where we produce more than we can ever consume, creative thinking is essential to be competitive. This presentation will explain what creativity is, why it is important to everyone, and how anyone can increase their creative potential.

Sounds pretty awesome, right? And if that’s not enough, the dudes at Focus Lab will be providing pizza and beer!

And, to switch things up again (not on purpose), Refresh this month is on WEDNESDAY, the 18th at 6PM – still at ThincSavannah! I hope to see you all there!

Also, while I’ve got you, would anyone be interested in doing something like Startup Weekend in Savannah?

There, warning out of the way, we can all get back to work. I hope to see you tonight at 6PM at ThincSavannah!

In talking to my fellow panelists and doing reviews of our own content, I thought that this could be a really useful topic for Refresh. I think all of us could use some constructive feedback on how we present ourselves. So, my idea for March is that I’ll give a really short introduction with some of the things I’ve seen in reviewing hundreds of resumes over the years, and some things that came up during the panel. Then, we’ll break into groups and each go over each others’ resumes, provide feedback, and then we’ll get back together at the end and see if we can spot any larger trends or tips.

What do you guys think? Is it useful to you?

And, of course, the details:

• What: Refresh: Resume Review & Rebuild!
• When: Tuesday, 3/20 @ 6PM
• Where: ThincSavannah – 35 Barnard St

I hope to see you there with resumes in hand and ready to give and get some constructive feedback!

Here’s Erik’s description:

I like to learn and to share with others. Over the past three years, I have learned countless lessons as a business owner – both good and bad – and wanted to share part of the Focus Lab story and detail some of those lessons. Keep in mind this will be told through the eyes of a designer and developer, neither myself or my business partner Bill Kenney considered ourselves “businessmen” when we started. Since we entered this venture with numerous blind spots, we now want to shine some light on what we have learned to help others who are going through the process. I’ll talk about things I’ve learned about running a creative services business and hope to learn something from you as well.

We’ll be at ThincSavannah at 6PM on 2/21. I hope to see you all there!

Oh, and if you’re already a part of a creative business in Savannah, check out Made in Savannah and add your company to the list!

We’re back in our normal location: ThincSavannah at 35 Barnard St (3rd floor) on Tuesday, 1/17 at 6PM. I hope to see you all there!

I’m also thinking of doing a Tech Book Trade-In this month too. I’ve got a bunch of geeky programming books I’m not using and don’t see myself needing anytime soon. It feels like an insult to the authors to let all this knowledge gather dust on the shelf, so I was thinking I could bring them to Refresh and you guys could help me find good homes for them all! What do you think?

I hope to see you all there!

The Creative Coast wishes to gather some insightful feedback from the Savannah community on what truly makes a city connected and technology-enabled. As our city grows we want to make certain our city’s technology infrastructure advances with innovative systems and approaches. Well here is your chance. Come along, bring your ideas however wild and crazy and we will capture them and present them to the city who has patiently offered to listen.

And instead of our usual location, we’re going to do this one at The Creative Coast’s office at 15 W York St, at 6 on 12/20! So, come along and bring some crazy ideas about what we can do as a community to enable innovation! I hope to see you there!

As part of it, I’m hoping to actually build something – so I need your help! What kind of mashup should we build? Flickr? Tumblr? Twitter? Facebook? Something else? Whatever it is, it needs to have an API we can play with and it signing up for a developer key should be a turnkey process (meaning I shouldn’t have to wait to be able to play with it).

Refresh is always the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6PM over at ThincSavannah. For October, that means it’s on 10/18. I hope to see you there!

Update – This is mostly for me, but I’m going to be adding links to this post of APIs that I find that folks might find interesting/fun/useful (and which may make it into the demo – I still need suggestions because I’m not sure what I’m going to build). Here they are:

• Tumblr
• Twitter
• Weather Underground
• Twitpic
• Rdio
• Twilio
• Twitter’s Boostrap CSS

And the slides from tonight’s presentation are already up on Speakerdeck.

What others should I add? Which ones are you interested in seeing mashed up?