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Conference Planning / Steering Committee Meetup

March 18, 2011 By 1 Comment

We got an overwhelming response to the idea of bringing a large tech conference to Central Arkansas so let’s take the next step and have a meetup! (see the related blog post)

Update: 03/23/2011 – This is a working version / tentative agenda for the planning session on Monday, March 28th at the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce. If you haven’t already RSVP’d you should do so now (see the bottom of this post) because we only have a few slots remaining for this initial meetup…

Proposed Agenda – March 28th

Update: 03/18/2011 – We are planning to get together on Monday the 28th for a working lunch at The Conway Chamber of Commerce to discuss this idea and gather your input. If you are interested in attending, please complete the form below to let us know so we can give the Chamber an accurate number to expect. (lunch may also be provided, stay tuned for more info)

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Conway #RefreshCA–March 8th

March 7, 2011 By 2 Comments

Not for sure if the Little Rock version of the Central Arkansas Refresh has anything going on this month but I will try to find out and post something if they do. But, tomorrow night the Conway #RefreshCA group is meeting around 6pm at Michelangelos in Downtown Conway for a discussion on Git, presented by none other than Pleth lead developer Craig McCoy. This should be a good meetup, if you are in the area I highly recommend stopping by. All meetings are totally free and open to the public.

If you are unfamiliar w/ Git, here’s a brief rundown: Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy to do. Git is used for version control of files, much like tools such as Mercurial, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and Visual SourceSafe.

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#RefreshCA Conway Meeting

November 17, 2010 By 2 Comments

refreshlogo I was speaking w/ Arlton Lowry earlier this evening about the #RefreshCA Conway meeting that went down.  I was feeling a little under the weather so I didn’t get to make it but I understand that there was a great turnout.  This was awesome news because I have been extremely hopeful we could establish a regular monthly meeting here in Conway on the second Tuesday of each month like we do the last Tuesday in Little Rock.

The meeting was held at Michelangelos downtown, just down the street from the Conway Cowork, another project that I would really like to see take off.  From what Arlton was telling me, there were about 16 or so people at tonight’s meeting that heard Dan Decker and Karl Hill discuss Expression Engine.  I really hate it that I couldn’t be there this evening but I will definitely make it out to the one next month.  If you live in Conway and do anything related to the web, I highly recommend these meetings.  You can find out more information on the Central Arkansas Refresh website, or the Conway Refresh website.

If you were at the meeting, I would love to hear your comments on how things went…

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#RefreshCA – Tuesday, Sept. 28

September 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

refreshlogo[1]Digital Filmmaking w/ Chris Wilks & Kelly Griffin

After a short hiatus for the summer break, we are back with our regular monthly meetings of the Central Arkansas Refresh group. This month could possibly be one of our coolest presentations ever, Chris Wilks and Kelly Griffin will be presenting on digital filmmaking this month.  Their presentation will cover the entire process of taking an idea, developing a script for it, shooting, and editing a movie.  In addition to the technical aspects of the process they will also point out some of the notable changes in digital filmmaking over the past 10-15 years, such as the development of 3 CCD prosumer cameras like the Canon 5D and 7D.  Also, if anyone has any questions they would like to send in advance the guys have agreed to do a mailbag segment to answer your questions.

This months meeting will be held at our usual location in the basement of The Flying Saucer in Downtown Little Rock on Tuesday, September 28th.  We typically get started around 6:00 / 6:30 but don’t worry if you are running a little bit late.  As always, the meetings are free to anyone interested so bring a friend / co-worker with you.  One other new development, I received a message the other day that The Saucer has put in dedicated wireless downstairs for us, so be sure to thank them the next time you are there.

For directions to The Flying Saucer, see the map below.  We will also be sending out notifications via our Facebook Group so be sure to RSVP so we can get an idea as to how many people we can expect.


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Important Announcement: #RefreshCA to Add Meetings in Conway Soon!!!

One other important announcement, Greg Henderson is going to be our point of contact for the Little Rock meetings while myself (Cotton Rohrscheib) and Arlton Lowry attempt to setup an additional monthly Refresh meeting in Conway (most likely the 2nd Tuesday of each month).  I still plan on being an active part of the monthly #RefreshCA meetings but want to pursue expanding this community a little further.  If you are interested in helping out or presenting at one of our upcoming meetings, please drop us a comment and let us know.  We would love to see as many Little Rock people as possible come down and help us get this extension of our community off the ground. Stay tuned to our Twitter: @RefreshCA for updates and announcements on our first Conway #RefreshCA.

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Group Discount for SXSWi

September 3, 2010 By 17 Comments

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Last year I reached out to the SXSW people and was able to establish a group discount for the #RefreshCA group for South by Southwest Interactive.  The only catch was that we needed to get 20 people together to qualify for this group discount and we came up a little short on that part.  This year with a little planning I feel like we can wrangle 20 people together if we start early enough.  If you are interested in attending, drop a comment below to let us know if you are interested and we will see what we can do.

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25% Barcamp Jonesboro Discount

June 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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If you haven’t registered yet for Barcamp Jonesboro it’s not too late.  The event is scheduled for September 25th and will be held on the campus of ASU.  There is a 25% discount for all Central Arkansas Refresh members that can be used for all tickets, including corporate.  To register, just visit their eventbrite page to signup and enter the following coupon code: “REFRESHCA” to claim your discount.

Also, if you are planning on attending, bring your presentations with you and post them to the board for the group to vote on.  I know of several presentations that I have seen from within the group that would go over very well with this crowd and engage a ton of awesome conversation.

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Need Input on #RefreshCA

June 11, 2010 By 11 Comments

I have been extremely busy the past few months and haven’t had a lot of spare time to dedicate to #RefreshCA. From what I have gathered several of you guys in the community have been pretty busy yourselves. Last month I put out a feeler to see if anyone had anything they wanted to hear about or present at the monthly meeting and didn’t get a lot of response. I figure with Summer coming up this is probably to be expected. Our next scheduled meeting is the last Tuesday of the month, the 29th. Between now and then I would love to hear from anyone that has anything they want to discuss or present. We are wide open so any contributions you might have in terms of subject matter would be appreciated.

Drop me a comment and let me know what your thoughts are.  I feel like #RefreshCA is a great asset to our industry and our community in Central Arkansas and definitely worthy of keeping alive, just need some ideas to help us keep it flowing smoothly.  Also, anyone else interested in helping plan the meetings, coordinate w/ presenters and the Saucer would be a huge help, as I mentioned earlier, I have had a lot on my plate the past 2 months as have some of the others that help keep things running and I don’t see that changing the next few months.

Once we get back into the swing of things I am going to reach out to some of our corporate sponsors to see about getting more software licenses, t-shirts, books, and miscellaneous swag donated so we can start all of that up again.  I also have a couple of nationally known speakers that I have communicated with that are interested in coming in for presentations, I think we can cover their expenses through local sponsorships, just need to get everyone together and decide on which ones we want to bring in.  So, drop me your thoughts in the comments and let’s get a discussion going.  Thanks.

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#RefreshCA – Tuesday, April 27th

April 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

refreshlogo[1]Tomorrow night I will be speaking at the Central Arkansas Refresh monthly meetup alongside Robert Blake on a topic that everyone of us in the industry can relate to, How to Deal with Clients. The meeting is open to the public and starts at 6pm at The Flying Saucer in downtown Little Rock.  You can RSVP on Facebook if you want or just show up unannounced, entirely up to you.  Bring a friend a co-worker with you, it should be a good time.

If you aren’t familiar with the #RefreshCA group, we are a group of developers, designers, bloggers, and IT professionals that meet once a month to discuss topics and emerging technologies related to our industry.  You can learn more on our website, http://refreshcentralarkansas.org and by joining our Facebook Group.  There will also be some assorted swag given away as well as pony rides for the kids. (just kidding about the pony rides…)

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Projects: #RefreshCA Website

April 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Recently I upgraded the Central Arkansas Refresh website to run MU, or BuddyPress as it is now called.  I also added some additional plugins to the site such as Disqus commenting platform, Feedburner Feedsmith, Kieran’s Calendar, and of course a BuddyPress Forum.  My hopes are that the website, which we currently don’t utilize, can become a tool or “social network” among our community. 

With the new revisions, anyone interested can stop by and setup their own account and customize their profile information such as avatar, bio, and login information.  Registered users may also interact in the Forums on the website.  Since I find myself busy a lot just about the time of the month that we are supposed to send out RSVP’s for the next month’s meeting, hopefully I can setup a few more people from within the group as admins to help manage the website.  Click on the screenshot below to visit the website…

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#RefreshCA – Tuesday, March 30th

March 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

This have been so hectic for me this past month that I haven’t even sent out the Facebook reminders to the Central Arkansas Refresh group about our meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 30th at 6pm.  We will be meeting in our usual location, downstairs at The Flying Saucer in downtown Little Rock.  For directions, please see the map below…

This month Justin Wright from Mainstream Technologies will be sharing some of the high points from the SXSWi conference in Austin, Texas earlier this month.  This should be a very informative meeting, as many of you who work within the industry are probably already aware, many of the apps and technologies we use today were born at SXSWi in previous years.


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