[dorkbotsea-blabber] What's happening at Thingamajiggr, Friday June 13th

[shelly at hive-mind.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

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*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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