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Facebook Developers World HACK – Austin

Facebook Developers World HACK visits Austin Texas on August 23, 2012! For more information and registration, visit their HACK – Austin website: At Facebook Developers World HACK, you’ll hear from Facebook engineers who will walk you through developing great apps that are social…

Austin Awesome Foundation, June 2012: “Astronomy for Underserved Populations”

Another month, another grant… The Austin Awesome Foundation board of trustees have selected the project “Astronomy for Underserved Populations” as the recipient of June 2012 $1,000 grant. Congrats to Amy Jackson of Starry Sky Austin. PROJECT DESCRIPTION My experience as an educator is…

Google I/O Extended Austin (2012)

While the major Google I/O fun is happening in San Francisco on June 27-29, some of us will stay behind and run/participate at the Extended version of Google I/O — in my case, Google I/O Extended Austin. You can sign up for Google…

VC: Silicon Valley vs. Austin (May 2012)

Christopher Calnan of the Austin Business Journal wrote a piece titled VC: Silicon Valley vs. Austin, on the opinions that came out from this month’s CEO Summit in Austin. The following snippet from the article summarizes very well why Silicon Valley is (and…

Reminder | Tonight May 24th | Android Dev Austin

Update: we had a great event! — see some photos of the event. Thanks to our speakers, and to our sponsor Evernote. If you are in Austin, Texas, a reminder about tonight’s event: “Android app performance, optimization and analysis”. See you there! ceo

Android Dev Austin (May 2012) | Topic: “Android app performance and analysis”

Update: we had a great event! — see some photos of the event. Thanks to our speakers, and to our sponsor Evernote. Topic – “Android app performance, optimization and analysis”: For headcount purposes, please register at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3493177187 Food and drinks will be served.…

Mobile Monday Austin | Nokia USA Tour visits Austin – Apr 30, 2012

Please join us April 30 for our next event when Nokia visits Austin for its “Nokia Lumia USA Tour” WHEN: April 30, 6-9pm WHERE: Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. 6th St. WHO: Mobile Monday Austin & Nokia Please RSVP at Eventbrite: http://momoaustinapr2012.eventbrite.com/ If you…

Proclamation: February 6 is Awesome Day in Austin

February 6 is now officially Awesome Day in Austin, Texas. The Mayor of the City of Austin, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, just proclaimed February 6 as “Awesome Day” in honor of the launch of the Austin chapter (@atxawesome) of the Awesome Foundation. As one…

Mobile Monday Austin, Mobile Gaming – Sept 19, sponsored by Nokia

A reminder that our next Mobile Monday Austin event is on September 19, 2011. The topic is Mobile Gaming and the event is sponsored by Nokia. Date: Monday, September 19, 2011 Time: 6-9pm Location: Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. 6th St. Cost: FREE, food…

Evernote in Austin

I just blogged at the Austin Startup blog, about Evernote in Austin; the popular Evernote is opening a development Studio in Austin. The company is growing fast — they started the year with 45 people and are looking to grow to 130 by…