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City of Austin to celebrate technology at 11th Annual GIS Day

By Robert Doyal | Published: November 13, 2009
Press Release from the City of Austin November 12, 2009 Geography Awareness Week is here and Mr. GIS is ready to make his appearance at this year’s celebration of geospatial and mapping technologies. Complete with its own mascot and theme song, the 11th Annual City of Austin GIS Day kicks off at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 [...]
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Austin Non-Profit Camp

By Robert Doyal | Published: November 9, 2009
Next weekend I will be participating in the Austin Non-Profit Camp at the Austin Community College Eastview Campus. Anyone interested in technology within the non-profit community is encouraged to attend this free event. Shoot me an e-mail or an @ reply on Twitter if you will be attending. Here are details from the event registration site: What [...]
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2009 World Usability Day Event in Austin: Designing for a Sustainable World

By Robert Doyal | Published: October 30, 2009
Thanks to Julie Lowe from the Austin Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) for sharing this upcoming World Usability Day event with RefreshAustin! If you’re in Austin (or nearby), certainly make plans to attend this free event. Event Details Thursday, November 12th, 6:30-8:30pm Tonic Coffeebar and Lounge In the Artisan Apartments 8701 West Parmer Lane, Suite 2128 Austin, TX 78729 Map to Event RSVP to [...]
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2009 Texas Book Festival

By Robert Doyal | Published: October 29, 2009
This weekend, approximately 35,000 book lovers are expected to converge in Austin for the 2009 Texas Book Festival. The two-day event is scheduled for October 31st and November 1st on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol. Admission is free and open to the public. Festival goers will have access to more than 200 accomplished Texas [...]
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World Usability Day 2009 set for November 12th

By Robert Doyal | Published: October 28, 2009
World Usability Day (WUD) was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals’ Association to ensure that services and products important to human life are easier to access and simpler to use. Each year, on the second Thursday of November, over 200 events are organized in over 43 countries around the world to [...]
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2009 Ballunar Liftoff Festival

By Robert Doyal | Published: October 20, 2009
This weekend I am headed to Houston, Texas for the 16th annual RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival at the NASA-Johnson Space Center. The three-day event is October 23rd-25th and presented by the City of Nassau Bay. The festival is a non-profit, educational event to help the public learn about aviation and space exploration, and to interest young [...]
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Central Texas Ballooning Association: 2009 Lake Travis Flight

By Robert Doyal | Published: July 30, 2009
The Central Texas Ballooning Association Lake Travis Flight is scheduled for August 1, 2009. Pilots will meet at dawn (around 6:30 a.m.) with the hot air balloons to lift off just before sunrise at Mansfield Dam Park.
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Free Webinar: Security of Social Networking Sites / Web 2.0

By Robert Doyal | Published: July 30, 2009
Event: Security of Social Networking Sites / Web 2.0 Sponsors: U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center Date: August 19, 2009 Time: 2:00-3:00 pm EST Fee: Free. You must pre-register to participate and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Webinar Description In this free Webinar, participants will learn how [...]
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Free Webinar: Designing Navigation with Task Management

By Robert Doyal | Published: November 10, 2008
Here is another free webinar to celebrate World Usability Day on November 13th. This looks to be a great session too. Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 Time: 10:00-11:00 am ET Fee: Free but you must register to participate in this webinar. Instructors: Gerry McGovern and Gord Hopkins of Customer Carewords
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Free Webinar: Create Great Usability Requirements

By Robert Doyal | Published: November 3, 2008
The Federal Web Managers Forum User Experience Task Group (UXTG) is sponsoring a free webinar to celebrate World Usability Day. Here are the details. Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 Time: 2:00-3:00 pm ET Fee: Free to government and non-government participants but you must register to participate in this webinar. Instructors: Mary Theofanos and Sharon Laskowski of NIST Webinar Description Title: [...]
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