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What's happening: Wednesday, March 10th

10:0am
Zivtech PHP for Drupal Training in Philadelphia

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6:30pm
VizThink Philly: Visualizing Group Purpose With Humantic Design

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  1. 6:30a Update Drupaldelphia Site
  2. 6p TGOB Beer Dinner
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  1. 6p IgnitePhilly 5
  2. 6p Social Media and Crisis Response
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  1. 7p Central NJ meetup\, March 3
  2. 8p Hive76 Open House
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  1. 6:30p PhillyPHP Meetup | IDE&#039\;s: Beyond vi\, emacs\, and Notepad++
  2. 8p PhillyCHI Social: Technology and Design-Themed Quizzo (Rescheduled)
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  1. 12p IndyHall Show and Tell
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  1. 12p Google Fiber Hack Day
  2. 5p Fashion Show and dinner
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  1. 6p Philly.rb: March Presentations
  2. 6p Philly.rb: March Presentation
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  1. 10a Zivtech PHP for Drupal Training in Philadelphia
  2. 6:30p VizThink Philly: Visualizing Group Purpose With Humantic Design
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  1. 7p NJ and Philly Tech March Meetup
  2. 7:30p Obotics Meetup
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  1. 6:30p "Fostering the Innovation and Invention \nEcosystem
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  1. 3p IndyHall Spring Cleaning
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  1. 10a Linux Install Class - Maggie and Steph http://www.hive76.org/linux-install-class-sunday-march-28
  2. 3:30p Teardown and Take Apart Sunday
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  1. 10a Zivtech Training: Intro to Drupal Module Development
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  1. 6p Meeting: CFBuilder Special Event with Terry Ryan of Adobe
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  1. 1p Intro to Electronics (2 of 5)
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Update Drupaldelphia Site

Group Philadelphia Drupal Meetup
Starts: 3/1/10 at 6:30 AM
Ends: 3/1/10 at 6:30 AM

TGOB Beer Dinner

Group Indy Hall
Location http://twoguysonbeer.com/special-event/
Starts: 3/1/10 at 6:00 PM
Ends: 3/1/10 at 9:00 PM

Guitar Effects StudyGroup

Group Hive 76
Location 915 Spring Garden St. Suite 519, Philadelphia PA (Hive76 HQ)
Starts: 3/1/10 at 7:30 PM
Ends: 3/1/10 at 10:00 PM

The first Monday of every month is Guitar Effects Workshop night at Hive76. We will build a simple musical gizmo and discuss how it works. Even if you have never touched a soldering iron (or a guitar), stop by and learn how to build simple musical electronics. More advanced mad scientists are encouraged to come show off their own guitar effect creations. There may be a small lab fee (less than $10) to cover the cost of parts. RSVPs are appreciated.

This Event is Organized by Jack Zylkin of Hive 76

IgnitePhilly 5

Group Indy Hall
Starts: 3/2/10 at 6:00 PM
Ends: 3/2/10 at 10:00 PM

Social Media and Crisis Response

Group Philly NetSquared
Starts: 3/2/10 at 6:00 PM
Ends: 3/2/10 at 6:00 PM

Central NJ meetup\, March 3

Group Philadelphia Drupal Meetup
Starts: 3/3/10 at 7:00 PM
Ends: 3/3/10 at 9:00 PM

Hive76 Open House

Group Hive 76
Location 915 Spring Garden St. Suite 519, Philadelphia PA (Hive76 HQ)
Starts: 3/3/10 at 8:00 PM
Ends: 3/3/10 at 10:30 PM

This is a weekly open house for Hive 76, where people drop by to work on software or hardware, and eat Pizza. We also have our weekly scrum (planning) meetings
at 7 PM on Wednesday's, during our open hours.

Open to the public.

PhillyPHP Meetup | IDE&#039\;s: Beyond vi\, emacs\, and Notepad++

Group Philly PHP Meetup
Starts: 3/4/10 at 6:30 PM
Ends: 3/4/10 at 8:30 PM

PhillyCHI Social: Technology and Design-Themed Quizzo (Rescheduled)

Group PhillyCHI
Location National Mechanics
Starts: 3/4/10 at 8:00 PM
Ends: 3/4/10 at 10:00 PM

PhillyCHI is pleased to host our second technology and design-themed Quizzo night. Trivia questions will be based on technology, design, architecture, and other related topics. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place teams. So come socialize with design and user experience professionals, try your hand at trivia, and (hopefully) learn a thing or two, all over tasty food and drinks.

Date: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Time: 8:00PM – 10:00PM (Game starts at 8PM, so please come early to get a table)
Location: National Mechanics
Address: 22 S. 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Website: http://www.nationalmechanics.com/
Map & Directions: http://nationalmechanics.com/philadelphia-hours-directions
Register: To help us plan, please register: http://phillychiquizzo2.eventbrite.com

What is a “Quizzo”?
Quizzo is a live trivia game, usually hosted at a bar. The game is played with teams of two to eight people. Several rounds of questions are held. Questions are read out loud while each team writes down the answers. The team that answers the most trivia questions correctly wins first place.

About PhillyCHI
PhillyCHI is the Philadelphia region’s chapter of the ACM SIGCHI, an interdisciplinary academic and professional group interested in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Usability, and other related disciplines. PhillyCHI holds monthly meetings and socials to network and discuss current topics in HCI. Learn more at http://phillychi.acm.org.

IndyHall Show and Tell

Group Indy Hall
Starts: 3/5/10 at 12:00 PM
Ends: 3/5/10 at 1:00 PM

Google Fiber Hack Day

Group Indy Hall
Location IndyHall
Starts: 3/6/10 at 12:00 PM
Ends: 3/6/10 at 5:00 PM

fashion Show and dinner

Group NJ and Philly Tech Meetup
Location Palace of Asia - 2389 Route 70 west - Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 - USA
Starts: 3/6/10 at 5:00 PM
Ends: 3/6/10 at 7:00 PM

NJ and Philly Tech Meetup Group

Next meet up would be at the Fashion Show from the celebrity designer Zahra , on March 6, saturday evening starting at 6 pm at the Palace of Asia. Info and tickets are at www.bollyusa.com

Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 - USA

Saturday, March 6 at 5:00 PM

Photo: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/f/f/event_420767.jpeg

Attending: 1

Details: http://newtech.meetup.com/16/calendar/12671425/

Philly.rb: March Presentations

Group Philly.rb
Location Wharton's Huntsman Hall
Starts: 3/9/10 at 6:00 PM
Ends: 3/9/10 at 9:00 PM

* **6p:** Open Q&A, bring you questions, try to get some answers
* **7p:** Rails 3, Mat Schaffer
* **7:45p:** "Interested in sponsoring?":mailto:mat@schaffer.me
* **8p:** TBD

**Room: 260**

**Please RSVP using our "signup form":http://bit.ly/cJqUvt**

Philly.rb: March Presentation

Group Philly.rb
Location Wharton's Huntsman Hall
Starts: 3/9/10 at 6:00 PM
Ends: 3/9/10 at 9:00 PM

* **6p:** Open Q&A, bring you questions, try to get some answers
* **7p:** Rails 3, Mat Schaffer
* **7:45p:** Sponsor: "PackLate.com":http://www.packlate.com
* **8p:** MapReduce, Michael Bevilaqua-Linn

**Room: 260**

**Please RSVP using our "signup form":http://bit.ly/prb0310**

_PackLate.com has turned the vacation booking experience into a game that challenges players to watch for opportunities and to book at the right time to get what they want and win a great deal. Prices fluctuate with market conditions. When there is an oversupply situation, prices drop transparently as the arrival date draws closer. PackLate.com empowers consumers to closely track moving **vacation home rental** prices all the way down to hugely discounted levels and to play with and against other members trying to book last minute vacation rentals._

Zivtech PHP for Drupal Training in Philadelphia

Group Philadelphia Drupal Meetup
Starts: 3/10/10 at 10:00 AM
Ends: 3/10/10 at 6:00 PM

VizThink Philly: Visualizing Group Purpose With Humantic Design

Group VizThink Philly
Location University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Locust Walk, Steingberg-Hall-Dietrich-Hal 116
Starts: 3/10/10 at 6:30 PM
Ends: 3/10/10 at 8:30 PM

In the upcoming VizThink, we will look at some processes and visual tools to make group collaboration more productive.

Justin Witman and Fraser Marshall will lead a mini-workshop on visualizing individual character and group profiles, which can then be used to find collective group purpose.

When a group has a shared sense of purpose, collaboration becomes much more productive.

The duo are in the last semester of University of the Arts’innovative Masters of Industrial Design program. At UArts, Justin and Fraser are focusing on "The science and design of sustainable collaborations, founded on basic principles of human behaviors that govern learning, motivation and purpose." They call this focus, humantic design.

RSVP here:

http://vizthink.com/events/?event_id=6

NJ and Philly Tech March Meetup

Group NJ and Philly Tech Meetup
Starts: 3/11/10 at 7:00 PM
Ends: 3/11/10 at 9:00 PM

NJ and Philly Tech Meetup Group

It appears that this tech meet up group has grown significantly, so we will have a separate table at the Swanky bubbles for the tech group and have technology discussion if a critical number comes. The other groups at swanky bubbles will be present including 3M modelling group and NJ night life group. www.swankybubbles.com Swanky Bubbles 428 Evasham Road Cherry Hill, NJ 856-428-4999

Philadelphia, PA 19106 - USA

Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 PM

Photo: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/2/f/f/event_420767.jpeg

Details: http://newtech.meetup.com/16/calendar/12584850/

Philly Robotics Meetup

Group Hive 76
Location Hive76
Starts: 3/11/10 at 7:30 PM
Ends: 3/11/10 at 9:30 PM

Philly.rb: March PubNite

Group Philly.rb
Location T.A. Flannery's Saloon
Starts: 3/15/10 at 7:00 PM
Ends: 3/15/10 at 9:00 PM

Number 3 for the year. Hopefully no snow this time.

PSL Day

Group Indy Hall
Starts: 3/20/10 at 1:00 PM
Ends: 3/20/10 at 5:00 PM

"Fostering the Innovation and Invention \nEcosystem

Group Indy Hall
Location Science Center
Starts: 3/24/10 at 6:30 PM
Ends: 3/24/10 at 8:30 PM

email registration@asoi.org to attend

IndyHall Spring Cleaning

Group Indy Hall
Starts: 3/27/10 at 3:00 PM
Ends: 3/27/10 at 4:00 PM

Linux Install Class - Maggie and Steph http://www.hive76.org/linux-install-class-sunday-march-28

Group Hive 76
Location Hive76 - 915 Spring Garden St Suite #519, Philadelphia PA
Starts: 3/28/10 at 10:00 AM
Ends: 3/28/10 at 3:00 PM

For people curious about Linux and looking for a friendly environment to give it a go, we’re offering a Linux Install class. We’ll go over what Linux is, why open source software is Kind Of A Big Deal, and help get new users up and running. The class is woman-friendly, but open to all. Instructors are Maggie Avener, Technical and Training Organizer at Prometheus Radio Project, and Stephanie Alarcon, sysadmin for UPenn and Hive76 hanger-on, with help from other Hive76 Linux enthusiasts. Cost is free to $30, sliding scale/pay what you can. It’s all happening on Sunday, March 28, 2010. We’ll post start/end times and a syllabus as we have them. Any questions, feel free to write to steph@hive76.org

http://www.hive76.org/linux-install-class-sunday-march-28

Teardown and Take Apart Sunday

Group Hive 76
Location Hive 76 (915 Spring Garden St, suite #519)
Starts: 3/28/10 at 3:30 PM
Ends: 3/28/10 at 6:00 PM

Teardown and Take Apart is your chance to take something apart, to see how it works. Bring in your old electronics, typewriters, or other stuff, and we will (carefully) help you take it apart to see how it works. Do you have an old printer, computer, or fax machine at home you want to try to take apart? Want to look inside a printer and see what makes it work? This is your chance to mess with it, and check out what is inside.

Please come with gloves, goggles (if you have them) and your curiosity. This is a carry-in carry-out workshop, so be prepared to take home whatever you bring with you. We also reserve the right to stop folks from taking apart dangerous things, or to stop teardowns that can be health or safety issues.

This event is free, but a $5 to $10 donation is appreciated, depending on how much help we provided you in your quest for take-apart-fu.

This event is organized by Far McKon ( FarMcKon@gmail.com ) of Hive76. If you have questions, email him.

Zivtech Training: Intro to Drupal Module Development

Group Philadelphia Drupal Meetup
Starts: 3/29/10 at 10:00 AM
Ends: 3/29/10 at 6:00 PM

Meeting: CFBuilder Special Event with Terry Ryan of Adobe

Group Philly ColdFusion UG
Starts: 3/30/10 at 6:00 PM
Ends: 3/30/10 at 7:00 PM

Intro to Electronics (2 of 5)

Group Hive 76
Location Hive76
Starts: 4/11/10 at 1:00 PM
Ends: 4/11/10 at 4:00 PM

Day 2 in a 5 part series of an introduction to electronics. This class will cover switches and using transistors as switches.

Zivtech Training: Drupal Architecture

Group Philadelphia Drupal Meetup
Starts: 4/12/10 at 10:00 AM
Ends: 4/12/10 at 6:00 PM

Philly.rb: April Presentation

Group Philly.rb
Location Wharton's Huntsman Hall
Starts: 4/14/10 at 7:00 PM
Ends: 4/14/10 at 9:00 PM

* **7p** RubyGems for Library Authors, John Trupiano
* **7:45p** Interested in sponsoring? Email "Mat Schaffer":mailto:mat@schaffer.me
* **8p** TBD

BOARD MEETING

Group Hive 76
Starts: 4/17/10 at 11:00 AM
Ends: 4/17/10 at 3:00 PM

Regular Meeting of Board of Directors and Officers meet to discuss past, present, future of Hive76

Intro to Electronics (3 of 5)

Group Hive 76
Location Hive76
Starts: 4/18/10 at 1:00 PM
Ends: 4/18/10 at 4:00 PM

Day 3 in a 5 part series of an introduction to electronics. This class will cover using transistors as amplifiers, and op-amps.

IndyHall/National Mechanics Blood Drive

Group Indy Hall
Starts: 4/19/10 at 9:00 AM
Ends: 4/19/10 at 10:00 AM

Intro to Electronics (4 of 5)

Group Hive 76
Location Hive76
Starts: 4/25/10 at 1:00 PM
Ends: 4/25/10 at 4:00 PM

Day 4 in a 5 part series of an introduction to electronics. This class will cover capacitors and 555 timers.

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