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December refresh
Hey folks, we won’t be having a December refresh event this month, but we are trying to organize a karaoke night before the new year. Make sure to subscribe to the RSS or google group mailing list to get updates on where and when.
Additionally, we’re going to be refreshing (pardon the pun) the site here [...]
Miami Geek Dinner for FOWA
Miami Geek Dinner for FOWA
Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.
We had a fun dinner tonight to welcome Mel Kirk from Carsonified, who is in town planning the next FOWA conference in Miami. Thank you, Carlos Garcia and Scrapblog, for drinks and dinner. I’ve posted photos from the dinner on Flickr.
Full disclosure: I work at Scrapblog.
RefreshMiami May 2007 meetup
Flickr photoset here.
We had a great meetup last night with over 30 participants at the University of Miami’s School of Communication. Notably, the folks from Agency.net AgencyNet.com in Ft. Lauderdale attended for the first time, thanks to Dan Rubin. Hopefully we’ll see more folks from Broward and perhaps we can hold some meetups there as [...]
Community Building and Citizen Journalism Course at UM
I have been asked to prepare a course on Social Media for the University of Miami and have developed the following outline. Enrollment is now open, please let me know if you have any questions or topics you would like to see covered. I may be reached at alex [at] decarvalho [dot] net. If you [...]
MOCAfresh celebration April 28, 12-4pm
MOCAfresh celebration April 28, 12-4pm
Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.
MOCA will celebrate the best of young Miami with MOCA Fresh, a special day of art, music, dance, design and technology for teens and young adults. MOCA Fresh will be held on Saturday, April 28 from noon to 4 pm and is free of charge. In conjunction with [...]
First year!
refreshmiami.org anniversary
Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.
Well, if you want to be picky about it, the first RefreshMiami occurred on May 4th, 2006, at a Starbuck’s on Alton Road with just a few people. Over the course of the year, Refresh has been an opportunity to meet people, to get involved in the local tech community, to [...]
Future Dates & Speakers
To try and get Refresh on more calendars (and get more people showing up each month) we’ve scheduled meeting dates and secured the room at the University of Miami (thanks Kim!) for the following dates:
May 16th
June 20th
July 18th
August 29th
September 19th
We’ll still post reminders each month, but now you can get the dates on your calendars [...]
Have Friends You Can Rely On
Some days just feel like a wild ride in a rodeo! Without the gloves!
Sure, Scrapblog had been TechCrunched before, but not like this: The Real Scrapblog is Here … Finally. Previously, either we were still open with the first version, or we had put on the “bubble wrap” as we prepared for launch.
Except, of course, [...]
RefreshMiami Mar’07 summary
kim grinfeder
Originally uploaded by alex*c.
Paul Scrivens of 9rules.com was due to talk to us yesterday, but unfortunately was obliged to cancel because his flight had a mishap just a few hours before our meeting.
Instead, we gathered a great panel with Dan Rubin, Nick Dominguez, Carlos Garcia and Brian Breslin, who fielded our questions about the [...]
Dinner with Gapingvoid.com this Thursday
hugh macleod
Originally uploaded by alex*c.
Hugh MacLeod of Gapingvoid.com will be in town this week and we’ll be going to dinner. The details are to be determined, but the dinner will be held on Thursday, March 13th, 2007 at 8pm. We know it’s very short notice, but we only confirmed this today. Please sign up at [...]
