With AS220’s help we’ve been able to plan the next couple of Geek Dinners further in advance. So please mark your calendars for the evenings (the usual 5:30on-8pm+) of Wednesday, June 14th, and Wednesday, July 12th. Details to follow as the dates approach.

So Providence’s endless string of rainy weather finally broke just in time for tonight’s Geek Dinner #4. (Irrefutable proof that the higher powers are geekily-inclined.)

Find the details and RSVP here. See you all soon!

Update: If you like, remember to bring your camera so that we can post photos to the Providence Geeks Flickr Photo Pool.

Following on the heels of the launch of this new blog, we’re happy to announce the debut of the Providence Geeks discussion forums.

You will find a welcome message and posting guidelines here. We’re, of course, thin on postings at the moment so register and get posting!

Owen Johnson is hosting Connect Providence’s next networking event this Tuesday evening. A great opportunity to meet local businesspeople of all stripes. Find details and RSVP here.

The May 17th Geek Dinner will feature a short demo and Q&A session by brand-new Providence Start-Up Tizra, creators of tools that enable publishers to “precisely manage the presentation, packaging, pricing, and license terms for bundled, unbundled, and rebundled products.”

David Durand, CEO of Tizra and a Providence Geek regular, will demonstrate some of their tool’s cool new AJAX user-interaction features for controlling web site templates, and, time permitting, some related PDF mangling and wrangling. Francisco Rosa, the developer, will be on hand early to answer questions about technical strategy, libraries, and so on.

To my knowledge, this session will be the first time that Tizra has shared a lot of this functionality—should be really interesting.