Bartelby the Scrivener would feel right at home here. Check out the stunning WPRI exposé “Rhode Island government still using typewriters and microfiche” by Walt Buteau. This certainly helps explain why the largest employer in the state of Rhode Island is the State of Rhode Island. Look at how work hours are recorded: State workers …
The Hope Street Farmers Market is groaning with delicious veggies and fruits and meats and muffins but how are you going to cut it all up so it fits in your mouth? Bring your dull knives to Kevin of Poor Boy Knife Sharpening and he will get you squared away. Poor Boy does knives, scissors, …
Spring forward. Daylight saving time begins early Sunday morning at 2am. Sunset time on Sunday will be 6:46pm. Yay. The U. S. Naval Observatory Master Clock is the most accurate timepiece in the world. (This is not that clock.) In the case of GPS, the Master Clock helps carefully measure the travel time of electromagnetic …
(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: …
(12.19) The featured guest this month at the Providence Geeks Dinner is Dell Technologies and they make no bones about it: they are hiring. Just make sure you know what that “cloud-native world” might look like before filling out an application. (Facebook event.) At the December Providence Geeks, members of Dell Technologies’ Systems Engineering Team …
(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 …
(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 …
(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, …
(4.7) The robots are coming to Providence. Join the Compass School Robotics Team and 19 other schools for the 5th annual Robot Block Party this Saturday at the Brown University Pizzitola Center. (Facebook event page.) This event is hosted by First LEGO League Rhode Island, a.k.a. the Rhode Island School of the Future. (You remember …
“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 …
(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 …
(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 …
(9.20) The Providence Geeks will be hosting another Geek Dinner this Wednesday at AS220. (Facebook event.) Many of you know Mary Johnson from the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire or her efforts to get robots into the hands of kids and their families through the FIRST LEGO League and the Robot Block Party. She’s also …
(6.21) This week at the Providence Geeks Dinner meet Looking Glass CTO Alex Hornstein. Looking Glass is a startup based in Providence, Hong Kong and Brooklyn that is making the sci-fi dream of the hologram into reality. . . Hornstein will present a few new prototypes of midair display and interaction technology that the company …
(4.30) The Brown computer science department is hosting its annual Robot Block Party Sunday at the Pizzitola Center. Facebook event page. The Robot Block Party is a celebration of National Robotics Week. This year, the Robot Block Party will be Sunday, April 30, at the Pizzitola Center at Brown University. Organized by Rhode Island Students …
(4.22) Head over to the state house today for the Rhode Island March for Science. On Earth Day, April 22, 2017, scientists and science enthusiasts around the globe, including 394 satellite marches in every major US city and 37 other countries, will gather and march in the name of science. We stand together to champion …