[dorkbotsea-announce] No Dorkbot meeting for June, but come to Thingamajiggr for geek fun

[shelly at wagglelabs.com]

Hey Dorkbots!  I wanted to let you all know we won't be having a dorkbot
meeting this month.

I wanted to encourage you however to check out Thingamajiggr June 13th, a
benefit for 911 media arts center we're (my company with o'reilly media) are
throwing.  If you want to go to the presentations, you'll need to buy
tickets in advance, but for the rest of the party (with VJs, LED throwie
workshop, knitting 2.0 workshop, some geek art) there's plenty of space for
everyone.  More info below.  If you're on the blabber list you will have
seen this already.

Shelly

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: shelly at hive-mind.com <shellyhivemind at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Subject: What's happening at Thingamajiggr, Friday June 13th
To: dorkbot list <dorkbotsea-blabber at dorkbot.org>, shelly at wagglelabs.com

Hello geeks, startups, dorkbots, and other creative folks in the Seattle
tech scene!  Waggle Labs <http://www.wagglelabs.com/> and O'Reilly
Radar<http://radar.oreilly.com/>are happy to present:

THINGAMAJIGGR II:  A party celebrating the innovative Pacific Northwest tech
community
* http://www.thingamajiggr.com

*
*Friday June 13th, 7:30pm - 1am:  8:00pm Speakers, 9:30pm Party*
911 Media Arts Center <http://www.911media.org/>: 402 9th Avenue N, in South
Lake Union

$10 presale, 15$ at door, 21+ only (proceeds benefit 911 Media Arts)

Buy tickets now <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/35682> to: a)
guarantee a seat at the presentations, and b) get your Pathable human
interface device (solving the last inch one smile at a time)

Thanks to our sponsors:  Voyager Capitol, IdentityMine, O'Reilly Radar,
Pathable

****************** What's Up at Thingamajiggr ************************

*8:00 - 9:30 Speakers:*

*Dr. John J. Medina*
Do you drive while talking on a cell phone or read e-mail while talking on
the phone? Dr. John Medina <http://brainrules.net/news>, developmental
molecular biologist, author of "Brain Rules <http://www.brainrules.net/>",
affiliate Professor of Bioengineering at the UW School of Medicine and
Director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at SPU explains
why the brain can't multitask.

*Dan Savage*
Nationally syndicated sex advice columnist and author of several books, Dan
Savage has taken the local weekly The Stranger <http://thestranger.com/> to
a national level, slogged <http://slog.thestranger.com/> his way onto the
Net, and has been blamed for destroying
podcasting<http://podcasts.thestranger.com/savagelove/>.
Dan will be giving the attendees of Thingamajiggr a different perspective on
technology than they usually hear.

*Ignite*
A few short Ignite presentations

*9:30 - 1:00 Party with Music, DYI, and Art:*

DJ Sweet Chris Bell <http://www.djunion.net/sweetchrisbell/> and DJ?
Whatever <http://www.djunion.net/djwhatever/>; Find your matches and nemeses
with Pathable <http://www.pathable.com/>; Visual performance by VJ
binarymillenium <http://binarymillenium.com/> and Joseph
Gray<http://grauwald.com/>;
Chumby video messages powered by Eyejot <http://eyejot.com/>; Special
Whiskey Bar!

LED Throwies <http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=6> workshop by the
Dorkbot Overlords; Knitting 2.0: How "hi-tech meets hand-spun" is changing
the face of this traditional craft by Beth Goza.

OBViouS video sculpture <http://www.911media.org/>, a five-artist show
curated by 911 Media Arts Center Affiliate Curator Steven Vroom; Power Tool
Races Installation and Conversation Piece by
Hazardfactory<http://hazardfactory.org/>;
The Ionization Clock - where every passing second is another step into
obsolescence - by Simon Winder <http://mindlock.wordpress.com/>.
 *It's a Seattle Tech Weekend:*
Technophiles, this the weekend for you. Be sure to check out our friends,
including: nPost & Lunch 2.0 Happy Hour Pub
Crawl<http://www.wiki.npost.com/index.php?title=NPostWiki:Happyhour>,
for techies and startups, Fri 6pm - 8pm in Pioneer Square; BarCamp
Seattle<http://barcamp.org/BarCampSeattle>,
an ad hoc unconference in the Adobe Conference Center (801 N 43rd), on Sat
10am-5pm and Sun 10am-1pm;
SilverlightDevCamp<http://www.silverlightdevcampseattle.com/>,
a community within a community at both Thingamajiggr and BarCamp Seattle.

Got some fun social technology, art project, or hackery you'd like to bring?
Interested in sponsoring? Want to volunteer (and get a free ticket)?  Email
party at thingamajiggr.com
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