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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070530
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070531
SUMMARY:Refresh Pittsburgh
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Refresh Pittsburgh is off to a new start in Pittsburgh!
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\nTh
 e goal of Refresh Pittsburgh is to create a open community of designers and
  developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional cu
 lture of Internet developers in the Pittsburgh area. Whether you are a web 
 developer, flash guru, programming wizard, graphic designer, project manage
 r extraordinarie or just want to learn more and share ideas with like-minde
 d people, we want you to be a part of our group.
\n
\nTo get things started
 , we are holding an informal meet & greet at the Craig St. Kiva Han in Oakl
 and on Wednesday, May 30th at 7:00.  We would like to share our ideas and p
 lans about Refresh with you and also hear your ideas for the future of the 
 group. Stop by, say hello and meet some folks. Don't forget to bring a heal
 thy appetite for coffee-shop sweets, java, and a stack of business cards pa
 ss around.
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\nPlease visit out website at http://www.refreshpittsburgh.or
 g/ and RSVP so we have a good idea of how many people will turn out.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070726
SUMMARY:Refresh Pittsburgh July Meeting
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:The next Refresh Pittsburgh meeting will at 7:00 pm on Wednesda
 y, July 25th at the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue.
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\nScheduled presenta
 tions include a demonstration of Mailbuild as well as a presentation on “We
 b Comics on the Internet: From Analog to Digital”.
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\nFor more informatio
 n and to RSVP for the next meeting, please visit:
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\nhttp://www.refreshpi
 ttsburgh.org/
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\nAs usual, we ask all attendees to RSVP so we have a good
  idea of how many people to expect.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070907
SUMMARY:Refresh Pittsburgh September Meetup
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will at 7:00 pm on Thursday, September 6th at 
 the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue.
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\nWe currently have 3 presentation o
 n tap for the evening:
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\nJason Head will start the evening by giving a r
 eview and a demo of Wufoo. Wufoo describes itself as "an Internet applicati
 on that helps anybody build amazing online forms". I'll show you how easy i
 t is to use not just for it's form processing, but also for it's amazing fo
 rm-builder.
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\nNext, Val Head will be giving a presentation on "Fun with 
 Definition Lists". She's going to show you some valuable and neat CSS trick
 s to go along with this often-overlooked (x)html element.
\n
\nFinally, Kev
 in German from the Pittsburgh-based company CastGrabber, LLC will be on-han
 d to show off their extremely cool product "CastGrabber". CastGrabber is an
  internet-appliance that allows you to download Podcasts, anywhere in the w
 orld, directly to your iPod/MP3 player without the need for a PC. It's a ne
 at product that is being developed right here in Pittsburgh.
\n
\nAs always
 , please let us know if you are coming by RSVP'ing at our website!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081009
SUMMARY:Refresh Pittsburgh October Meetup
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:We have three presentation on tap for this one:
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\nMichael Fu
 lk is a an interactive developer at Wall to Wall and also does freelance wo
 rk as Future Designs. He’ll be presenting “Bending the Pipes” - which will 
 give us a crash course on making mashups, feeds and recombining web content
  with Yahoo Pipes and Dapper.
\n
\nNext, Olivia Blonde is a web designer at
  the University of Pittsburgh and previous worked at the Carnegie Libraries
  where she was responsible for the redesign of the Carnegie Library website
 . She’ll present “Design Process in a Nutshell”. Each designer — or design 
 group — develops a method for solving problems, then evolves that method ov
 er time. While no one person or group may view a problem from the same pers
 pective, general similarities often appear in their approach. Olivia’s pres
 entation will take us from requirements to concepts to design and to hand o
 ff.
\n
\nFinally, Isaac Gierard, a new media developer at Elliance with be 
 showing off a recent project of his, a “CSS Combiner”. Isaac will give a br
 ief introduction to a recently developed open source CSS preprocessor for c
 ombining multiple CSS files into on and it’s benefits for website performan
 ce.
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\nAlso, we’ll be giving away one free pass to the Flashpitt conferen
 ce taking place the following Friday!
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\nAs usual, please RSVP and get mo
 re info at refrreshpittsburgh.org!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081020
SUMMARY:Podcamp Pittsburgh III
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:PodCamp Pittsburgh is a FREE community UnConference, run by and
  for people who create, enjoy or are interested in learning more about soci
 al media - blogs, vlogs, audio podcasts, web video, content networks and ne
 w media monetization.
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\nWHO: New media experts, new media creators, aspi
 ring new media creators, communications and PR personnel, and you! Newbies 
 to Experts welcome – sessions for all levels!
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\nNearly 250 people attend
 ed PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 in August 2008.
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\nPodCamp Pittsburgh 3 will take
  place on October 18 and 19, 2008 at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, with 
 a meet-and-greet the evening of October 17 at Alpha Labs in South Side.
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 \nINFORMATION and FREE REGISTRATION: http://www.PodcampPittsburgh.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081123
SUMMARY:BarCamp Pittsburgh
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people 
 to share and learn in an open environment. The event features discussions, 
 demos and interaction from participants.  The schedule and agenda itself is
  determined by the participants during the opening session of the barcamp.
 \n
\nSetup and registration begins at 9:30.  The BarCamp will properly star
 t at 10:00 AM and run until 5:00 PM.
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