Posts Tagged “savannah”

Discussion: What Makes a Connected City?

by Kevin Lawver on December 21, 2011

Thank you to everyone who came out to Refresh last night! The turnout was more than we could have hoped for and I loved how everyone participated. I thought the discussion was really great and we came up with some (…)

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A Special December Refresh: What Makes a Technology-Enabled City?

by Kevin Lawver on December 6, 2011

We didn’t have Refresh last month, but we’re going to do something special this month on the 20th! The Creative Coast is helping the City of Savannah figure out what we need to do to become a real tech powerhouse (…)

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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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September’s Refresh: Innovation = Hard Work

by Kevin Lawver on September 8, 2010

September’s Refresh is fast approaching, so it’s time to get my act together and tell you what we’re talking about, right?  This month, Ron Pearl is going to talk about “Innovation”.  Wait, stop… don’t run away!  We’re not going to (…)

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June’s Refresh: Startups and Funding: Featuring angel investor Mark Bandy and an overview TAG’s Economic Gardening program

by Kevin Lawver on May 26, 2010

Yeah, I know I put up a poll and everything and asked you what you wanted to cover, but I’m going to pretend that was for the future and not for June. Why? Because I went out and got an (…)

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Refresh Savannah April: HTML5

by Kevin Lawver on April 10, 2010

There’s been a lot of talk around the internets about HTML5 - what it is and isn’t, what it means for different companies and products, and where the web is going (everyone’s trying to give it a new version number). (…)

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Refresh April: HTML5 and the Wonder of Web Standards

by Kevin Lawver on March 17, 2010

Before we get on to April’s Refresh, I want to send a huge “thank you” to Brad Taylor of Rails Machine for giving an updated version of his Geek Metamorphosis talk. It was awesome, and the conversation afterwards was great. (…)

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Refresh March: Brad Taylor’s Geek Metamorphosis

by Kevin Lawver on February 19, 2010

Brad Taylor from Rails Machine is going to speak at March’s Refresh (3/16 @ 7PM)! This is great news for everyone, because Brad’s about as smart as they come. He’s going to share the talk he gave at last year’s (…)

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February’s Refresh: Jim Goodlett on Key Performance Indicators

by Kevin Lawver on January 29, 2010

Update: Since we have 3 votes for the SEDA board room, 4 votes for MIS and one vote against MIS, we’re going to stick with the SEDA board room this month. So… I hope to see all of you there (…)

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