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Feb 13

Super Second Tuesday Proves Success for GeekAustin

February 13, 2008 • 2 Comments • Events I've Attended

Lynn, Whurley and I would like to thank everyone who came out to the February Dorkbot/GeekAustin Happy Hour. Much thanks to David Nunez and the crew for the crazy cool animation going on in the mix.

Unfortunately, the date of February 12th was just too appealing and Austin on Rails and Refresh Austin people had events on the same day. Although we had a decent turnout, we are planning on moving our events to another day of the month so they can join in on the fun.

A special thanks to whomever picked up my bar tab. Very cool.

Do you have pictures of the event? Please add them to our Flickr pool.

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Jan 29

February GeekAustin Happy Hour 2/12 at JBlack’s

January 29, 2008 • Leave a Comment • Events I've Attended

Ok, so our next party is at JBlack’s on February 12th. This will not involve buying flowers or candy, or calling around to restaurants trying to find the one place that isn’t booked. Will you meet the future Mr. or Ms. (insert your last name here) at the February Geek Austin party? We doubt it, but at least you can count on having a good time.

We are cohosting this event with Dorkbot. Dorkbot is a group of many sorts that builds things and sometimes blows them up in the name of “electronic art” (in the broadest sense of the term). Want to see electronic art in action? Take your kids or the kid in you to the Austin Children’s Museum to check out De La Maquina’s “Electronic Gongs.” These Flickr photos don’t do it justice.

Will we be blowing up Valentine’s Day presents at the party? Probably not. Should you RSVP to find out what does happen? The link is here, my friends:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418904

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Jan 26

Was Geek Austin at BarCamp TX?

January 26, 2008 • Leave a Comment • Events I've Attended

What, you didn’t see us? We were all there. Uh yeah…

As much as Lynn, Whurley and I wanted to go to BarCamp Texas, the gods were against us this year. Between Whurley’s crazy whiteboard/server/skateboard accident, Lynn’s GotSocialMedia cold, and Michelle’s trek to find a bridesmaid dress to make her best friend happy, none of us could make it. Judging by the Tweets, BarCamp Texas looked to be quite a fun affair.

Did you go to BarCamp Texas? Did you get coverage? We want to know what your experience was like. Please leave a link to your BarCamp Texas post/Flickr photos/etc. in the comments to this post, or email your impressions or experience to linearb@gmail.com We will compile all of them into a lovely no nofollow post at a later date.

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Jan 09

GeekAustin and RefreshAustin Celebrate the King’s Birthday at JBlack’s

January 9, 2008 • 3 Comments • Events I've Attended

OK, Lynn, Whurley and I really hope you all had a great time at JBlack’s tonight. No arrests were made and I don’t think there was any geek loving going on in the bathroom. Just fun times with a great bunch of people, a concerned Time Warner Cable guy, and a bunch of Elvises.

So GeekAustin.org is a bit “outdated.” We thought about competing with Jakob Nielsen’s site for the most old school looking site still on the web, and figured it wasn’t worth the hassle. What does this mean to you, the humble GeekAustin reader? It means we have to have a contest, of course!

GeekAustin is asking every good designer in town to design a logo for us. We will announce the winner at the (drumroll) GEEK AUSTIN SXSW PARTY. Get creative and have fun. Be sure to check into the site or subscribe to our RSS feed for more details. Here’s the link to the Everything GeekAustin Feed. If you are the partying type and just want a feed to our events, get your party on with this Geek Austin feed. If you prefer a more direct approach, check out GeekAustin’s Job Feed.

Much thanks to RefreshAustin for having this party with us. You guys are awesome.

Now you get to see all your lovely pics. Check out my GeekAustin pool of photos, and be sure to add your own so as to show off your awesome Ansel Adams skillz (Lord knows, I need to improve mine). The pool is located here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/geekaustinjanuary2008

Thanks again, I’m hitting the sack!

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