Events New and Old
The Startup Life: Feel The Frost Byte
December 13, 2016 at 7:00pm
Business-hypothesis-driven experimentation. Iterative product releases. Validated learning. Pivot. Pivot. Pivot. Welcome to the tech startup world of John Frost . From the early days of Frostbyte Interactive, Aerhyve Aerial Technologies, and now PrecisionHawk, John’s pursuit of innovative products and services in the digital tech space runs years long. Join us for a fireside chat with John where we will explore the inner working of a person committed to the startup life.
Understanding The World Through R
November 8, 2016 at 7:00pm
The world is bubbling over with data. When analyzed, data can provide the inquiring mind with useful information that can suggest outcomes and support decision-making. Be it the data generated about business practices, human behaviours, the biological world; being able to understand what your data is telling you is incredibly empowering. “R” is a free, accessible, and powerful programming language that offers a suite of tools for data analysis. Our tour guide, Trevor Avery — biostatistician, faculty member at Acadia University, and coordinator of R-bar — will provide us a primer on R.
10 Ideas for Your Next Social Media Campaign
October 11, 2016 at 7:00pm
Wes Booth will break down and share 10 tips he’s learned over his 10 year experience in the world of social media. Everything from emerging platforms and tools you can use to promote your business, to specific tips for boosting your marketing campaign success, and how to go above and beyond for your audience and customers. Wes won’t promise you life changing results because that’s not possible, but what he can do is prepare you to be in a position to have success and offer you practical things to take away and test out on your business.
The Realtime Web: Intro To Node.js
October 11, 2016 at 7:00pm
Node.js is a rapidly growing technology that has been making big waves in the world of web development. Node lets you easily build fast and scalable network applications perfect for the realtime web. In this workshop you’ll learn how to get started using Node, its background and history, and the problems it seeks to address. We’ll get our hands dirty building a realtime chat server to get a feel for the amazing power of Node.
UX Fist Fighting - Designing For Usability
October 11, 2016 at 7:00pm
10 years of picking fights and getting kicked out of a meetings - Mike Downs shares his personal quest to define “usability.” Mike will dive deep in to describing why usability is important for your websites and web applications. He will offer up pointers on how to think about your own projects with a user focused mind. Mike has over eighteen years of Internet marketing strategy and product management experience helping create, shape, and launch technology products on the Web.
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
September 20, 2016 at 6:30pm
CODE: Debugging The Gender Gap exposes the dearth of female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap and digital divide. Tech jobs are growing three times faster than our colleges are producing computer science graduates. By 2019 there will be 182,000 jobs in information and communications technology that will go unfilled by homegrown Canadian talent because not enough people will have the right skills.
Ballmer Peak
July 12, 2016 at 7:00pm
When surveying a bunch of #Refreshers what we should do for July: A) Take off and enjoy the sun (47.1%) B) Keep on trucking - regular Refresh meetup for July (35.3%) C) Other - drink beer (17.6%) … so we drink beer! Join us for a crazy selection of craft beer, pizza and banter. Bring your laptop and we can put the Ballmer Peak to the test**. Come chat about the BIG plans for Refresh in September and beyond…
Inspiration. Imitation. Innovation: Transforming The Physical World With Open Source Hardware
June 14, 2016 at 7:00pm
Powered by open source hardware and software, students, engineers, and garage tinkerers alike are hacking the physical world. Using inexpensive “mini computers” like the Arduino, these makers are building interactive devices that can sense and control other physical objects. In this presentation, we will look at opportunity the Open Source Hardware Movement has created for everyday people to hack our technological world. Ian McKay will introduce us to hacking the Arduino with a newbie how-to.
IP Matters
May 10, 2016 at 7:00pm
Take an engaging journey into the world of intellectual property (IP) and software. What IP do you have and how can you protect it? Is it better to use a trademark, copyright or a patent? How long does it take and what does it cost? This presentation will introduce you to the types of IP and why they matter.
Redefining Work: Coworking
April 12, 2016 at 7:00pm
There is lots of buzz around coworking spaces as a new way for independent and SME creative professionals to engage work. Coworking is about shared office space for professionals, but it is also about a style of work that suggests there are greater opportunities working in a diverse community setting. Coworking spaces themself are diverse in structure, ranging from the community powered, real-estate centric, to highbred business incubators. In rural Nova Scotia, numerous coworking spaces are springing up.