Last Friday I attended the Association of Women in Technology Austin’s Women in Business conference. It was a really invigorating day — I made some great contacts and met some wonderful new people. I was also on a panel and gave a presentation on Using Social Media to Compete with Big Business. The presentation is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Events'
Social Media Presentation at AWT Conference in Austin
March 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Categories: Events
Open source, non-networking networking
November 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
The latest underground non-networking networking trend just got a little less underground. That’s something you can pretty much bet on when the New York Times uncovers a scene and gives it the nod. Not such a bad thing in the case of likemind, the all-lower-case brainchild of Noah Brier, head strategic planner for the internet [...]
Categories: Coworking · Events
Are You Going to Maker Faire? Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Tesla Coils…
October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
On my laptop bag, and sometimes on my knitted-by-hand sweater, I have a button that reads: I HEART Craft. I got the button last year at Austin’s first Maker Faire, which originated in San Mateo, California in 2006. The next Austin Maker Faire is coming up this weekend — October 18th and 19th — and [...]
Categories: Events
I’m speaking at the Innotech conference tomorrow — come on down!
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tomorrow — Thursday October 16th — I’ll be speaking at the Austin InnoTech conference at 2:30. I’ll be on a panel moderated by Susan Price of Firecat Studio and also featuring Conjunctured co-founder Dusty Reagan and The Creative Space co-founder Cody Marx Bailey. Our topic — no surprise here — is Workplace Trends: Coworking and [...]
Categories: Coworking · Events
High tech camp with a heart of gold
September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Andrew Revkin recently reported a piece, Pop!Tech Boot Camp for Innovators, spotlighting some awesome upcoming collaboration.
Pop!Tech is an annual gathering, “a one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.” The event is being held this year in Maine, in late October. Six hundred innovative [...]
Categories: Events
BiG Austin = Big FAIL
April 18th, 2008 · 17 Comments
When I got the invitation to attend the BiG|idea luncheon at the Hilton in Austin, I was psyched. I had never heard of BiG Austin before. They’re an organization that supports and provides micro-financing for very small startups, with a focus on woman- and minority-owned businesses. They’ve been around since the mid 90s. I’ve been [...]
Categories: Events
SXSWi, BarCamp, and Coworking
March 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Holy moley it’s been an amazing few days!
Friday night: the Austin Coworking Meetup was a smashing success! Easily 100+ people attended over the course of the evening. I met folks from Indy Hall, Office Nomads, Station-C, Austin Jelly, notanmba, La Cantine, Citizen Space, Cooper Bricolage, and a slew of people either doing coworking or interested [...]
Categories: Coworking · Events
Coworking Austin Meetup at SXSWi
January 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
The SXSW Interactive festival runs from March 7–11 this year. We’ll be kicking things off in style with the first Austin Coworking Meetup, which will take place at the fabulous Hotel San Jose. They have a great courtyard, plenty of indoor/outdoor space, and a Jo’s Coffee right on the premises. They serve beer & wine [...]
Categories: Announcements · Coworking · Events
BarCamp is Coming! BarCamp is Coming!
January 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Last fall, I went to the grand opening of The Creative Space, a new coworking space in Bryan, TX, near College Station. Bryan (admittedly, much to my surprise) is turning into a very cool little tech hub. A number of innovators, developers, and entrepreneurs are transforming the downtown area. Among these is Cody Marx Bailey, [...]
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Geek-o-rama
January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Launchpad Coworking got a nice shout out the other day from The Austin American-Statesman’s tech writer Omar L. Gallaga. Like Gallaga, I have my own reasons for sometimes skipping Happy Hours and other gatherings. He has new father duties that keep him home. I have severe loathing of the growing traffic problem and the fact [...]
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