Category Archives: Austin Events
Get Shit Done with Finish Up Weekend
Many of us have the same problem, we start projects and when things get tough, too challenging or too boring we give up just to start with the newest and coolest thing. Austin, TX is a very innovative and creative town, full of talent, ideas AND people wanting to get shit done. The guys of […]
February 8th is Work From Home Day
WFH hopes to get 10,000 cars off Austin-area roads for a day to foster lower ozone and carbon emissions while educating our work force about tools to make working remotely simple and manageable. On February 8, 2013, Austin-area streets will look deserted, as if it were a holiday, if local leaders have their way. In […]
LEGO KidsFest is Awesome
The LEGO KidsFest is a place full of awesome LEGO models and bricks for everybody to build something and have fun. The LEGO KidsFest event is NOT a place where parents will feel trapped about buying something so their little babies would stop crying and yelling to get one of those expensive Star Wars LEGO sets featuring some […]
Badgeless 2012, Free SXSW for the rest of us
SXSW is here and for the past week or so you can see and feel SXSW in the air on the streets of downtown Austin, there are crews setting up stages, banners, all the bars getting ready, etc… And for the second time this year, this little blog was not able to obtain a media […]
Top 10 SXSW Guides for 2012
SXSW is approaching fast, below you’ll find a list of the top 10 SXSW guides that will help you make the best out of SXSW. These guides offer tips and suggestions about the lodging, the food, the gear, the drinks, the parties, the venues, the weird, etc…
Announcing RED Lounge in Austin, TX
Austin, TX is soon becoming known for their extensive community of technology experts, and the RED Lounge is a platform for all technology professionals to join together to share ideas, network and become more involved in their communities. RED Lounge is a meet-up style forum for industry professionals such as developers, designers, CTO’s, students and […]
Attend SXSW 2012 as a Volunteer
The 26th annual SXSW festival will take place between March 9-18, 2012 in Austin, Texas. SXSW is divided into 3 core conferences, Interactive (March 9-13), Film (March 9-17) and Music (March 13-18). Last year, the total number of SXSW Conference and Festival participants totaled 126,100. Here are some statistics from last year:
Practice your pitch and find a co-founder!
The title of this post says it all. The next Austin Co-founders Meetup is on Tuesday October 11th from 6:30PM to 8:30PM. This meetup has the goal to bring entrepreneurs and techies together so they can work with each other in awesome Austin startups. Is not all techies and entrepreneurs, there are also angel investors, […]
Developers: Rackspace gives you $10,000 in prizes for building in their cloud
Get ready for a battle. Rackspace is kicking off the SXSW Interactive King of the Apps contest, an ongoing contest targeted towards developers and startups to build applications using the Rackspace Cloud Files API. For more information and for contestants to submit their app, please see: http://www.rackspace.com/kingoftheapps After submitting your application, it will be evaluated […]
Microsoft Web Camps coming to Austin, TX and other cities!
Yes, you heard it right! Starting in March, Microsoft is rolling out a series of 12 Web Camps across the Central US. Microsoft’s Web Camps are events designed to teach you all about building websites using ASP.NET MVC, WebMatrix, OData and more. We’ve held Web Camps all around the world over the past few years, […]
