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Geek Dinner Returns this Wed. Sept. 19th 5:30-9pm Featuring Presentations by Traction & the RIEDC/me

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Photo Credit: Bret A. Ancowitz, M.D. of Garris Photography

Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 5:30pm – 9pm
AS220
115 Empire Street, Providence, RI

After taking August off, Providence Geeks returns with a bang this coming Wednesday. It will be great to see everyone, and we’ve got an awesome evening lined up.

Providence-based Traction Software will be presenting its amazing  TeamPage platform - think blogging software meets wiki software meets steriods. To give you a sense of how impressive TeamPage is, InfoWorld recently crowned it the “Best Enterprise Wiki” beating out some big names including Confluence and SocialText.

In addition, that evening, I’ll be joining Saul Kaplan, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, to give an exciting update (if I do say so myself) about one of the state’s info-tech & digital media sector efforts. I’m really psyched about this, and hope you’ll all be there for it. 

Please RSVP in the comments section of this post so that we can give the good folks at AS220 an estimated headcount. And while you’re at it, subscribe to Providence Geeks’ RSS feed (see sidebar) and/or join our very-low-volume email announcement list (for the announcement list, send an email to Jack Templin, jtemplin over at Gmail with your name and affiliation).

As always, for first-timers here are the details on the Geek Dinners:

  • It’s totally casual. Wear whatever, bring whoever, arrive and vamoose whenever… And don’t worry about eating or not – come famished or full – eating is optional, and frankly, the least of the festivities (that’s not say the food isn’t good—it’s actually great).
  • Topics of conversation will vary as they will at any gathering of geeks, but many of us will be talking about AJAX, mash-ups, start-ups, new devices, innovative business models, interaction design, social computing, digital art, web services, etc. etc. etc.
  • Food and beverages are for sale at the adjoining Taqueria Pacifica and bar.
  • There is WiFi so bring your connected device of choice.

67 Responses to “Geek Dinner Returns this Wed. Sept. 19th 5:30-9pm Featuring Presentations by Traction & the RIEDC/me”

  1. Jack Templin
    September 14th, 2007 07:17
    1

    I better be there

  2. Jeff tagen
    September 14th, 2007 08:13
    2

    I’m in.

  3. Shriram Krishnamurthi
    September 14th, 2007 08:15
    3

    I’ll be there. And boy, it’s about time someone figured out that what you really want is a combination of blogging and wikis—neither one substitutes for the other, but they work together so well!

  4. Kathi Fisler
    September 14th, 2007 08:23
    4

    See you there.

    kathi

  5. kathryn
    September 14th, 2007 08:25
    5

    definitely disappointed to miss this. i’ll be attending the flash forward conference that day in boston (if any other provgeeks are attending, would love to meet you!)

  6. Jerry @ BizGrader
    September 14th, 2007 08:31
    6

    a 2 year-old upstart with 5 hungry people? free food? Count us in! (any chance of a doggy bag???)

  7. Chris Murray
    September 14th, 2007 08:32
    7

    I’ll be there.

  8. Jack Templin
    September 14th, 2007 08:37
    8

    @Jerry, the food’s not free, but it is cheap (and delicious). Starving artists and starving entrepreneurs have more than a little in common. :-) It’ll be good to have some BizGrader folks there.

  9. Charlie Garcia
    September 14th, 2007 08:44
    9

    See you then.

  10. Brett Sheldon
    September 14th, 2007 08:48
    10

    Info Systems chocolate and Digital Media peanut butter. Yummy. I’m in.

  11. Sara Streeter
    September 14th, 2007 09:04
    11

    Can’t wait – see you there.

  12. Robert Mrozowski
    September 14th, 2007 09:08
    12

    Will be there.

  13. Robert Mrozowski
    September 14th, 2007 09:12
    13

    Will attend

  14. David Durand
    September 14th, 2007 09:25
    14

    Looking forward to it again.

  15. Chris Crawford
    September 14th, 2007 09:27
    15

    See you then.

  16. David Piehler
    September 14th, 2007 09:31
    16

    Pretty sure I’ll be there.

  17. Joe Alba
    September 14th, 2007 09:57
    17

    I’ll be there!

    Hoping to attend more regularly in the future too…

  18. Todd Page
    September 14th, 2007 10:27
    18

    I will be there after improv rehearsal (7-ish)

    Sadly without my URI REU partner, as shes returned to Iowa. But there nonetheless!

  19. Adam Darowski
    September 14th, 2007 10:58
    19

    Count me in… looking forward to it.

  20. Liz Eddins
    September 14th, 2007 11:50
    20

    I’ll be there! Thanks Jack!

  21. Liz Eddins
    September 14th, 2007 11:52
    21

    I’ll be there – thanks Jack!

  22. David Meisel
    September 14th, 2007 14:14
    22

    Jack!

    Thank-you for the invite! I will definitely be there and hope that the crowd is ready to see how COOL TRACTION SOFTWARE IS! Great company, great people, great product! Go TRACTION!

  23. Matt Gillooly
    September 14th, 2007 14:49
    23

    True to ProvGeek form, comfirming attendance via iPhone.

  24. John Zib
    September 14th, 2007 14:59
    24

    great to see another great event by Templin Productions®

  25. Abe Dane
    September 14th, 2007 15:21
    25

    This Tizraite is there.

  26. Jeffrey Hill
    September 14th, 2007 15:57
    26

    See you there!

  27. Anna Barcelos
    September 14th, 2007 16:18
    27

    Will be there.

  28. Anna Barcelos
    September 14th, 2007 16:23
    28

    Will attend.

  29. Jim Rizzo
    September 14th, 2007 16:29
    29

    unless something comes up, i’ll be there.

  30. Tod & Michelle Mahony
    September 14th, 2007 19:35
    30

    We’ll be there.

  31. Anaezi Modu
    September 14th, 2007 21:38
    31

    Plan to be there. Thanks!

  32. Jeff Isaacs
    September 14th, 2007 21:55
    32

    I’ll be there.

  33. Brian Jepson’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Next Geek Dinner: Wednesday September 19
    September 15th, 2007 10:18
    33

    [...] Geek Dinner returns this month on Wednesday September 19 at the usual time and location. Check out the Providence Geeks blog for complete details and [...]

  34. Martin Omansky
    September 15th, 2007 11:50
    34

    I’ll be there.

  35. Steve's Scribbles
    September 15th, 2007 14:46
    35

    September 2007 Providence Geek Dinner…

    The next Providence Geek dinner is this coming Wednesday, September 19th, featuring Traction Software and the RIEDC.  Hope to see you all there.

    ......

  36. ben hex
    September 16th, 2007 09:10
    36

    I’ll be there

  37. Jordan Frank
    September 16th, 2007 19:26
    37

    Count me in. I am excited to see our Chief Geek speak :)

  38. dhodge
    September 16th, 2007 20:32
    38

    Count me in

  39. Andrew Shearer
    September 16th, 2007 22:40
    39

    Wouldn’t miss it.

  40. Wesley Perkins
    September 17th, 2007 01:08
    40

    I’ll be there.

  41. Wesley Perkins
    September 17th, 2007 01:09
    41

    I’ll be there

  42. Russ Conway
    September 17th, 2007 12:56
    42

    Looking forward to it.

  43. Brian Jepson
    September 17th, 2007 16:49
    43

    See you all there!!

  44. Greg Arzoomanian
    September 17th, 2007 21:15
    44

    I’ll be there

  45. Josie Morway
    September 18th, 2007 08:03
    45

    I’ll be there, with Lauren Holt. Increasing representation for both Pawtucket business and female designers. Thanks for the invite, as always!

  46. Josie Morway
    September 18th, 2007 08:03
    46

    I’ll be there, with Lauren Holt. Increasing representation for both Pawtucket business and female designers! Thanks for the invite, as always!

  47. Peter Gingras
    September 18th, 2007 09:04
    47

    I’ll be there!

  48. john
    September 18th, 2007 09:45
    48

    I will be there with a friend

  49. Jeremy Withers
    September 18th, 2007 10:18
    49

    I’ll be there (with two additional folks)!

  50. jrmy
    September 18th, 2007 10:20
    50

    I’ll be there, with two more people (including Melissa)...

  51. Kathy Ryan
    September 18th, 2007 15:16
    51

    I’ll be there—a newbie to check it out.

  52. Bob Chatham
    September 19th, 2007 10:50
    52

    attendees++

  53. b
    September 19th, 2007 12:36
    53

    I’ll be there.

  54. Lee Hower
    September 19th, 2007 13:49
    54

    I’m in…

  55. Andy Affleck
    September 19th, 2007 13:54
    55

    I’ll be there!

  56. Andy Affleck
    September 19th, 2007 13:55
    56

    I’ll be there.

  57. James
    September 19th, 2007 14:06
    57

    I’ll be there.

  58. Rich Hawkes
    September 19th, 2007 14:07
    58

    I’ll be there

  59. Rich Hawkes
    September 19th, 2007 14:09
    59

    I’ll be there.

  60. Tony Costa
    September 19th, 2007 14:37
    60

    I will be there

  61. Doug Itkin
    September 19th, 2007 15:20
    61

    Plan to be there, but later. Open house at kid’s school first.

  62. Chuck Holland
    September 19th, 2007 15:31
    62

    On my way…

  63. Andrew Schiller
    September 19th, 2007 16:06
    63

    Andrew, Shannon and Andy from Location Inc. will be there.

  64. Kipp
    September 19th, 2007 16:14
    64

    See you in a couple minutes!

  65. Great Geek Dinner Tonight at RunawayJim.org
    September 20th, 2007 08:06
    65

    [...] went to the Providence Geeks Geek Dinner tonight. There were 2 presentations (normally, there’s just 1). The first, and in my opinion [...]

  66. Tim
    September 22nd, 2007 11:35
    66

    Do you have a listing of future dinner events? I would like to attend the next one Also, I’m interested in start up information and venture capital events.

    Any help will be appreciated.

  67. Jack Templin
    September 27th, 2007 08:25
    67

    Hi Tim, sorry for the slow response. We’re in the process of putting together a sidebar of future Geek Dinner dates. In the meantime, you can find the future Geek Dinner dates on the calendar at RI Nexus:
    http://rinexus.com/calendar

    Jack

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