• Against All Odds - A Media Literate World Alex de Carvalho
• Culture in the Digital Workspace Richard Lent
• Getting Your Designs Approved: 12 Simple Rules Larissa Meek
• How to Be a Productive ERT Chris Fullman
• Storyboards, Wireframes and Prototypes: OH MY! Larissa Meek
• The 10 Commandments of a Digital Agency Richard Lent

If there are any more SXSW panels proposed by South Floridians, please feel free to mention them in a comment, especially with a link.

Come join us for drinks and food and lively conversation July 30th at Brikolodge.

250 NW 23rd ST Suite#204
Miami, FL

Wednesday July 30th at 7:30PM-9:30PM.

Please RSVP on facebook

Nathaniel McNamara of HIG and YASNAP will present his thinking on viral distribution of web applications. He’ll talk about how to how to build, measure and optimize your apps for viral distribution.

We have also started researching the ins and outs of formalizing RefreshMiami as a non-profit organization. There are many pros and some cons, and we’ll present our latest thinking and progress at the meeting. If you have experience in running or setting up a non-profit, we would love to hear from you.

After that we’ll have some beers and wine!

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13697336138

Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Location: Brikolodge
Address: 250 NW 23rd ST, Miami, FL

Many thanks to Denise Jacobs and dotMarketing for hosting a great RefreshMiami meetup in May. We talked about developments in South Florida’s burgeoning tech community and then learned about website accessibility.

Thanks also to Victoria Edwards from the Collins Center for Public Policy, who presented her upcoming free Conference on Universal Access, on June 23rd. She is also setting up a volunteer program (Facebook link) for tech savvy people looking to give back and help bridge the divide in South Florida.

Since the meetup was in Coconut Grove, we continued the conversation over dinner and drinks at Jaguar’s.

RefreshMiami May will be at 7:30pm in the heart of the Grove. Afterwards, we’ll continue the networking at a nearby bar.

If you’re on Facebook, please RSVP at the event page.

On Wednesday, May 2nd, we celebrated our two-year anniversary!

Over the last two years, many people have contributed to our community. We are particularly grateful to those who have provided venues for us, those who have helped get the word out, and most of all, those of you who attend and participate regularly … you know who you are!

So last week, many of you came to celebrate! Here are some photos.

Michael Tangeman posted about RefreshMiami, comparing it to the First Tuesdays and such of the early dot.com days:

“It is so refreshingly unlike the dot.com days here in Miami. No suits, no VCs just flown in from the Valley, no investment bankers looking to take somebody public, no lawyers handing out cards and wanting to get in on the deals. The talk is about technology and apps and projects and what people are up to, not about shares and options and exit strategies.”

If you’re new to Miami and looking to meet and connect with other web entrepreneurs, developers and designers in South Florida, here’s how to participate:

1) Join our 220+ member group on Google for discussion on local tech issues, job postings and more;

2) Join our group on Facebook;

3) If you’re on LinkedIn, we just started a group there. Here’s the link to join;

4) Subscribe to the our blog;

5) Come to our next meetup! Our next event is on May 28th in Coconut Grove … see you there!

From our humble beginnings at a starbucks 2 years ago where 5 of us showed up (Rebecca Saylor took the picture).

to having over 300 people show up to barcampmiami2

it has definitely been an incredible experience. So much thanks to all the folks who are too many to list, who have helped make Refresh, Barcamp, and our little web/tech community down here a success.

So let’s party!
Ali from Brikolodge the new co-working space in Miami has graciously offered to host the party for us in their space.

So here are the details:
When: Wednesday April 30, 2008 @ 8PM
Where: 250 NW 23rd St #204
RSVP on Facebook
RSVP on Upcoming

So come join us for pizza, beer, and wine.

BarcampMiami
BarcampMiami 2 is coming on February 28, 2008 at 1PM-5PM at the Carnival Center in downtown Miami. We’ve been generously offered space at the carnival center by the folks from Carsonified who are hosting the Future of Web Apps Conference that same week. If you’ve never heard of barcamp, think of it as an ad-hoc informal conference. Everyone participates, the agendas aren’t set in stone ahead of time, and best of all, its free!

Future of web apps
Carsonified as previously mentioned is hosting its first conference here in Miami. FOWA is expected to be a  great event with thousands of people coming in from all over the world to present and to attend. The events start the same morning as Barcamp, and run through the weekend with several parties and after hours events going on at the same time.

RefreshMiami - March
March 26, 2008 @ 7:30PM we’ll  be having  our regular meetup. This month we’re going to  have a show-and-tell format where everyone  can discuss the projects they’re working  on, and gain valuable feedback from the community.  Food and drinks will be  served, and  we’ll be heading over to Soyka  immediately after to continue the conversation with more food and drinks.
We’ll be meeting at Todobebe’s offices in the design district.
Address is : 5400 N Federal Hwy, Miami, FL  2nd floor.
You can RSVP for the event on facebook, upcoming, or add it to your google calendar.

Hope you all had a wonderful break from Refresh, and are ready to go for a new year! Our next meetup will be again at Books n Books in Coral Gables on January 30th at 7:30PM. Chris Saylor from TodoBebe will be speaking about how to localize your site/software.

Please check out more of the event details on
facebook or add it to your calendar

Additionally, we’re going to be refreshing (pardon the pun) the site here to add more functionality and improve the community features of the site. If you’d like to participate in the revamp, let me know brianbreslin [at] gmail.com and you will receive credit/linkback on the site.

happy holidays!
Brian