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Interaction Designer @thinktiv. Co-founder @HourSchool. Alumni @ac4d. Learning: Rails.

Yep, it's my last weekend in Austin. Well, until I come back for SXSW. But you know. Sadface.

There will be games and beer and knowing me, probably baked goods. This is what we've got. What you want to play is up to you. And bringing other stuff to share (and other friends to share it with) is awesome too.

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Bang!
Betrayal at...

Interaction is the annual conference of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), a global network of over 25,000 members worldwide

Come out and meet some HourSchool teachers and students!

Sign up to teach a class and we'll buy you a beer!

AC4D students have been immersing themselves in the culture of food - they've been working to identify opportunities for design-driven impact in areas of nutrition, school lunches, dieting, food education, and more.

Please join us on Saturday, December 17th, at 7:00pm, as students present the results of their research and begin to identify...

It’s that time again. Come on out Tuesday, December 13, 2011, for a year-end gathering with many of the other tech and web meetups from around town. Catch up with old friends, and make a few new ones. Thanks to our awesome sponsors, we’ll have a sizable bar tab for the night.

Admission: At least one canned food item for the Capital Area Food...

1 Semester Startup invites you to Demo Day where we will showcase the 20 undergraduate startups from our inaugural Fall 2011 class.  Undergraduate students experienced entrepreneurship first-hand, learning from some of the most successful entrepreneurs in Austin. University of Texas students from many different departments including Computer...

Interested in speaking at a future* Ignite Austin event or learning more about how in five minutes and 20 slides someone can tell a unique story? The format can be daunting and the stage large, but we want to help you get on that stage and blow the crowd away! Join us for the first Ignite Austin Training Camp where we will help you discover your...

For nine days in November, artist studios, art galleries, and various spaces all over east Austin will open up their doors to the public for the 10th East Austin Studio Tour. E.A.S.T. is a celebration of east Austin’s creative community and a chance for the public to get a behind-the-scenes look at working artists’ spaces and processes....

The second ICID is looking at how interaction design is moving beyond human-computer interaction to creating delightful and responsible individual, social, and organizational experiences.

Apartment 201 is going to be the spookiest place on the block. How do I know? Because we bought a fog machine.

So come play in the fog, marvel at the spookiness and fill up on treats. Stay all night or swing by just long enough to grab some delicious homemade candy!

From sketchbook to spreadsheet

At this year’s conference we’ll be exploring what happens when service design meets business. We’ll look at how, where and when our two professions work together to generate value, what we can learn from each other and ask what the future of this relationship might be.

Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://html5tx-efbevent.eventbrite.com

HTML5.tx is the premier event for web designers, developers and technologists in Texas. This single-day event is designed to be a place for people of all disciplines and backgrounds to learn from web experts and each other about HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the future of the web....

Gary Hustwit (Helvetica/Objectified) returns with the final documentary in his design film trilogy. Urbanized focuses on the design of cities and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, and thinkers, including Sir Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jan Gehl, Oscar Niemeyer, Amanda Burden, Enrique Peñalosa,...

Come out and get your hands on a squeegee and press and learn the basics of how to screen print on textile with our friends at Industry Print Shop and make your own shirt. Attendees will get to choose from 8 cool designs submitted by local designers and will have the chance to print their own t-shirt when the workshop comes to a close.
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HourSchool is hosting it's first meetup!

We're bringing together any and all of our students and teachers who've participated in HourSchool, along with anyone who's interested in getting involved.

HourSchool is a platform to self-organize small, peer-led, informal classes. We've had a wide variety of classes here in...

This next Saturday Night/Sunday Morning at 2am, the Granddaddy of all Austin social rides (Austin Moonlight Cruze) takes place. Expect a late night ride on a great route at a decent pace with a gigantic group of people (even by TNSR standards, it's a seriously huge ride, 6 times bigger).

This NOT a Social Cycling Austin ride. It is a great,...

MUST RSVP on TicketBud!
http://thenextfest.ticketbud.com/technextfest

Interested in how technology is changing the world?

As part of Austin Start-Up Week, The NextFest is hosting an interactive series on Technology+Social Entrepreneurship.

Come mingle, eat, drink and meet the shakers and movers of the social business world.

Date: Sept 10th,...

PLEASE also RSVP through the Eventbrite below as this has limited space.

Austin Startup Week and Appconomy have proudly paired up to bring Austin its first ever "I Can Haz Mobile and Gaming" event. You can haz mobile and gaming under one roof!

Come join us for a mini-conference on September 9th from 1:00-5:00pm at the Appconomy...

Entrepreneurs and investors! Join us for a special edition of Open Coffee Austin during Austin Startup Week.

Do you have an HTML5 topic tip or trick that you'd like to share with the group? Can you present it in 10-15 minutes? If so, send your proposal to html5@geekaustin.org. We'll supply the projector and whiteboard!

A Pleasure Doing Business

Is there a place for fun in business applications?

Find out as we redesign a familiar business tool using ideas from behavioral economics, neuroscience and game mechanics.

During this "mini-workshop," speaker Stephen P. Anderson, author of the book "Seductive Interaction Design," will guide you...

An evening on the Eastside celebrating local business and creative spirits. Local artists, musicians, creative professionals will be showcasing their work and coming together to mix, mingle, munch, sip, and hang.

Have a creative product, service, business concept, or idea to share with the community?

Showcase it at this event!

Chances are...

You're Invited! Please join us for an OPEN HOUSE to experience Austin's latest coworking community for non-profits and social entreprenuers. Center61 is designed to be a platform for social change through entrepreneurship. As a coworking community, Members have access to a large collaborative work environment that offers professional and...

In these dog days of summer, at the peak of conference season, with heated deadlines for Fall project releases, let's relax this month. July's meeting of Austin.RB will be a "Show-and-Tell" of all of the cool gems you've come across recently. Come up and share your experiences with your new favorite library, framework,...

Refreshing Stories: Dexy for Big Data
Presented by Ana Nelson

You have an awesome dataset. You have great analytics algorithms. Now what? You will need to communicate your results and document your code if you want your project to be effective and maintainable. Dexy is an exciting open source authoring and automation tool that helps you do just...