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July 2010

Blogger Intro

2010.July.22

Hello JR, This is Brian Rowe one of your new “Bloggers in Residence” (this just means that I am trading blogging skillz for access to the space, but the title sounds better a resume). I will be posting weekly if not a few times a week on what is happening at JR. If you have [...]

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Hacker Film Fest / Forts / Sleepover / Pancakes

2010.July.21

What: Watching hacker films, building forts, sleeping over (?), eating pancakes. When: Saturday, July 31. 7:00 pm to 11:00 am. Where: Jigsaw Renaissance. That’s right: It’s slumber party time @ Jigsaw. We’ll build forts, play movies all night long, and eat a lovely pancake brunch the following morning. Movies will include: Freedom Downtime Takedown Antitrust [...]

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Gamer Discussion Group

2010.July.21

When: Monday, July 26th at 7 pm We had a good first meeting and brought up a lot of interesting topics for future discussion last Monday! Our first official topic will be the presentation of a new historical education game being developed by Jon Munger with Q&A/discussion following. There will also be opportunity to add [...]

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TED Talk Night Coming to JR

2010.July.21

TED talk nights Show off your favorite TED talk – we’ll each take a turn, and discuss between load times. Friday August 6:00pm – 9:00pm For those not familiar with TED here is my current fav: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7QwxbImhZI&feature=player_embedded (embedding the player is not working will trouble shot it later) Also check out Wade Davis and Hans [...]

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Vim Night!

2010.July.20

Date: Thursday, 22 July 2010. When: 5pm. ~ is where your .vimrc is. Let’s geek out to Vi, Vim, Vimperator, etc! Come to JR at 5 this Thursday to spend some time with other Vim geeks. Whether you’re totally new to this powerful text editor and want to discover why it has its cult following, [...]

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Gamification Discussion Group

2010.July.16

Date: Monday, July 19th Time: 6pm The idea for this was spawned within the wild world of Google Reader shared items, so we don’t know exactly what direction it will take, but the basic idea here is to discuss the concept that video games are not just mindless entertainment, but powerful educational tools with the [...]

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Open UP

2010.July.16

Based on my previous post, I’ve been asked to speak at the first Open UP, on August 18th, 18:30 at S.P.A.C.E. Lastwear, in collaboration with Seedspace, are proud to announce the Open UP Speakers Forum Open up is a monthly event where people can come and give presentations on their creative and business projects to [...]

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Multiple Spaces

2010.July.15

It seems maker spaces are springing up everywhere. And that’s really, really exciting. We’re a part of a movement, a gathering force of change and hope. We gather at Faires, at Cons, at challenges. We make friends and learn from each other. We feel epic, because we do epic things. It feels amazing… until a [...]

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