Technology

Family Fun At PVD Geeks — AS220

(1.16) Hands-on coding at the Geeks Dinner Wednesday. (Facebook event page.) We’re going to do something a little different at this month’s Providence Geeks. Instead of a presenter, we’ll be holding a drop-in, hands-on night of coding fun. The plans are evolving, but at the moment, we’ve got three activities planned that you can sample: …

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Providence Geeks Dinner At AS220

(9.19) The September Geeks Dinner will feature Scott Cornell, lead architect for Trilix, an application development and systems integrator — gain transparency into critical business information through dashboards and reports! Yeah, I don’t know what that means, but if you do know what that means then head down to AS220 this Wednesday. (Facebook event.) Scott …

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Providence Geeks Family Night At AS220

(7.18) With summer here, it’s time for a family-friendly version of Providence Geeks, featuring hands-on demos with electronics and 3D design. 3D printers and other machines will be on-hand for making cool stuff. Providence Geeks aims to help Rhode Island’s digital innovators connect, collaborate, and ultimately make the City-State and its geeks info-technology leaders. Once a …

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PVD Geeks Dinner At AS220

(4.18) Head down to AS220 this Wednesday when Rhode Island Virtual Reality (RIVR), in partnership with Providence Geeks, presents Fasility. RISD alum and Fasility co-founder Chris Lowery will discuss the possibilities of WebXR and how to get started. Fasility’s Chris Lowery (BFA RISD 1994) is a user experience designer and programmer. Over the past two years, …

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Set Clocks Ahead One Hour — Spring Forward

“Time makes us all a prisoner of the present, forever transitioning from our own past into an unknown future.” That not-at-all comforting sentiment comes to us from astrophysicist — and towering voice of reason in these irrational times — Neil deGrasse Tyson. Many of us feel like “prisoners of the present” these days. But life …

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Geek Dinner At AS220

(2.21) This month’s Geek Dinner features Kenzan, a software engineering and professional services company. (Facebook event page.) Kenzan is a software engineering and full service digital consulting firm that provides customized, end-to-end solutions that align technical strategy with business goals. Combining leadership with technical expertise, Kenzan works with partners and clients to craft solutions that …

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Providence Geeks Dinner At AS220

(11.15) This month’s Geeks Dinner features Don Stanford of IGT (formerly GTECH). Don Stanford is a seasoned executive who has spent 30+ years in Senior Management of Rhode Island’s IGT (formerly GTECH). In addition to being their chief technical strategist, he guided the growth of their technology organization from a software staff of four in …

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