Jan 20

Refresh Austin has a Sweet New Website

So I planned to go to the Refresh Austin website to leave a comment to the effect of “Hey, what’s up with this bunk wiki that’s been outdated for four months?” and what did I find? A lovely, revamped website! Very cool. If you are looking to meet up with a diverse group of tech professionals in the Austin area, I suggest checking it out. You will see the calendar of all upcoming events as well as photos from previous ones. If you are too lazy to periodically check the site, there is this lovely tool called the RSS feed that will allow you to keep up with Refresh Austin without even trying.

Sad you didn’t get to join in on the Refresh Austin website fun? Were you in on it, but thirsty for more? Geek Austin is having a logo contest. We are announcing the winner at our official SxSW party. One lucky designer will win a.) fabulous prizes, which we are currently hitting up some sponsors for and b.) a credit link in the Geek Austin footer. For those who don’t know me, I’m usually not as annoyed as I seem in the cartoon for this contest.

Jan 14

Kicking it at the Kungfu Refresh Happy Hour

Ok, so I threw a Refresh event at Gingerman even though I’ve never been active and some people went. Much thanks to Nertzy for recognizing my alley oop pass and taking it home by passing the word.

Are you a web professional of some stripe? Would you like to meet other web professionals? Don’t hide behind your computer–join Refresh’s mailing list to find out about other events and opportunities to contribute to the RefreshAustin site and the Austin community.

Dec 19

Drinking Beer, Dodging Poop at Gingerman with Austin’s WordPress Group

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Yesterday I met with the folks in my WordPress Meetup group as well as some folks at Refresh for a couple of beers on the Gingerman patio. Although I think the birds hanging out at Gingerman eat too much leftover Roppolo’s pizza, The company of other web professionals was much appreciated.

Do you blog, code, design or are you a new media professional? Consider joining one of these groups. Exchange ideas, commiserate, or just talk about Austin and cool stuff you’ve seen lately. Refresh is teaming up with geekaustin for a January Happy Hour at JBlacks. More details to come…