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Reminder: BarCampTexas is this weekend!
Just a quick reminder for those near Austin this weekend, BarCampTexas starts Friday night!
Texas heat and a coolant leak
Somehow I always end up working on the car during my holidays, and this past week was no exception. It’s been hovering somewhere around a million degrees in Texas for much of July, and with heat-soaked concrete and traffic jams, … Continue reading
3D modeling the Earth
Google SketchUp for OS X finally released to the public this week (as did Google Earth Beta 4 for OS X, Linux, and Windows, in case you missed it.) If you’re not familiar with SketchUp, but are at least remotely … Continue reading
Mobile Monday Austin, June 5th: Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner
Mark your calendars for this Monday, June 5th! Mobile Monday Austin (5:30pm – 8:00pm at Dell, Parmer South Campus, PS1 Texas Giant Conf Room) will feature Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner, M:Metrics Senior Sales Director David Gill, and Frog … Continue reading
Austin Python Meetup, June 8th 2006
The next Austin Python Meetup is happening June 8th! I’ll be there talking about Python as a language for mobile application development, specifically looking at and demoing Python for S60. My presentation isn’t finished yet, so any ideas or suggestions … Continue reading
MobileMonday Global Summit
Tonight is the Mobile Monday Global Summit 2006 in Helsinki, Finland. The summit includes a peer awards ceremony featuring mobile software nominated by other Mobile Monday cities. Mobile Monday Austin has nominated Bones in Motion to the B2C (Business-to-Consumer) Category … Continue reading
Austin Python Meetup
I went to my first Austin Python Meetup last night! It was great to meet some local Python enthusiasts, and the presentation on Chaco, a Python plotting toolkit, was very educational. The meetup was at Enthought‘s downtown office — a … Continue reading
SXSWi — quick post
Instead of blogging throughout SXSW Interactive (there were plenty of bloggers there), I decided to wait until after the conference and pull together a few highlights from my notes. I’m still working on that, but until then I have a … Continue reading
BarCampAustin
I swung by BarCampAustin Saturday morning before the SXSW Interactive keynote. I’m a fan of the self-organizing, everyone-is-a-contributor conferences, so I was excited that BarCamp was coming to town. (And that another is in-the-works for later this year!) The conference … Continue reading
“Agile Software Development Techniques and its Impact on Product Management”
Just in case you’re thinking of going, I’ll be at the Austin Technology Council session tomorrow (Jan. 12, 2006) on Agile Software Development Techniques and its Impact on Product Management. Unfortunately, the talk isn’t free, but they do have three … Continue reading
Go Horns! (You knew another post was coming…)
“Tower lights mark victory at Rose Bowl“: “The Tower at The University of Texas at Austin will be lighted entirely orange with the #1 displayed tonight (Thursday, Jan. 5) to celebrate the Texas Longhorns’ national championship victory at the 92nd … Continue reading
Go Horns!
I’m not really a big football fan, but when your alma-matter is playing for the national championship, you make a few exceptions. Since moving back to Austin last year, I’ve found myself watching the UT games again. With a whole … Continue reading
Austin Game Conference summary
As indicated in my last post, I attended the Austin Game Conference last week, mostly following the mobile track. Overall, I’d say the mobile track is not as mature as some of the others, and the content seemed more fitting … Continue reading
Austin Game Conference
I’ll be at Austin Game Conference tomorrow and Friday (Oct. 27-28 2005), primarily in the Mobile and Wireless Design track. I’ve been to Game Developer Conference a few times, but this will be my first visit to the local conference … Continue reading
Free concert in the park this weekend
“Lance Armstrong would like to show his appreciation to the city he calls home. Join him for this free concert, celebration, and presentation of the Tour of Hope Team.” Sunday 10/2, 4-7 pm, Auditorium Shores, Austin, TX Bikes encouraged. Racks … Continue reading
Mobile Monday
Last night’s Mobile Monday Austin was a bit smaller then the August event, but there was still an enjoyable turnout of people from a wide variety of mobile-related companies. Here are a few pictures of the speakers I took with … Continue reading
Mobile Monday Austin tonight!
Don’t forget, tonight is Mobile Monday Austin! There will be presentations by: David Gill (M:Metrics), Carlo Longino, C. Enrique Ortiz, and Michael Yuan. The event is free, from 6pm – 8pm, at The University of Texas at Austin’s IC2 Institute … Continue reading
mobile monday austin
Yesterday was the first Mobile Monday Austin! It was a nice event, with 80 – 100 people attending. The event started with some mingling/networking time, followed by an introduction to the group and an explanation of how it came into … Continue reading
Mobile Monday Austin
Austin is joining the Mobile Monday scene with the first MoMo Austin on August 1st! I’m not entirely sure of the schedule just yet, but I gather that at least Mike Trujillo and I will be presenting. The description goes … Continue reading
The bats are back in town
The bats have been back for a good month now, but last night was the first time this season that I’ve stopped to watch the evening emergence. “Bats?” you say. Why yes. Through an odd chance of weather conditions, insects, … Continue reading