BarCamp Geelong #barcamp #geektalk #geekgirl

SATURDAY 9th JULY, GEELONG

BarCampGeelong 2011 is happening from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 9th July, 2011 at Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront Campus in central Geelong – a short walk from Geelong’s main train station.

BarCampGeelong exists to support the grassroots technology community in and around Geelong and Victoria by providing a laid-back, informal environment for knowledge sharing, open discussion and networking. Jeans and t-shirts, lots of gadgets and geek talk will be the order of the day. More details at http://barcampgeelong.org/

WHAT IS A BARCAMP?

“They are open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants”.
Come along to learn and teach others. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp  for more details

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?

What is on the program? That will depend on the participants, who can propose and vote on presentations before the conference. The schedule is finalised on the first morning of the conference. Suggested topics include hardware and hardware hacking, networking, programming, development tools and methodologies, business issues,… you name it- if it’s technical, it’s likely to be at BarCampGeelong! …. The list will totally depend on offers from participants.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

BarCampGeelong attendance is $10 to help cover costs and there are limited places due to the size of facilities. Registrations are now open at https://register.eventarc.com/event/view/3679/tickets/barcampgeelong-2011

BarCampGeelong is made possible by very generous sponsors – so far we have Deakin University, Linux Australia and Duxtel on board.
 
AWESOME! WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO NEXT?

 1. Book the date in your diary
 2. Follow @BarCampGeelong on Twitter or Identi.ca or email info@barcampgeelong.org  for more information
 3. Think about how you will participate in the day – such as through giving a presentation, a lightning talk or leading a discussion

Call Out:Australia Infront Visual Response #05 – Woman #Melbourne #art #geekgirl

Visual Response #5 - Woman

Australia Infront are back for their first Visual Response for the year, #05 and it is MASSIVE. With over 11k (yep) in prizes up for grabs, you have no excuse not to enter. The theme is ‘Woman’ and they are asking for A2 artworks. Why? Because they are going into an exhibition being held at The Compound Interest in Melbourne on the 8th of July 2011.

Everything you need to know can be found here: http://www.australianinfront.com.au/involved

Deadline for artwork submissions is the Monday the 27th of June 2011 at 11pm AEST, so you have just under a month to take part. They’d love to have everyone from the  community get involved, it’s a great opportunity to get away from your corporate deadlines and have some fun with a one word brief. It’s free to enter and the prizes are pretty darn fantastic this time around. Studios, we want you to take part too.

Hope you can submit something!

Australian Infront
http://www.australianinfront.com.au

Swags for the Homeless #Australia #homeless #gifts #geekgirl

Swag

 I was really impressed to see that finally some worthwhile effort, design, technology and thought had been put into something comfortable, portable and practicle for Homeless people.

With a compelling headline of cardboard box, cement … or dignified backpack. The Swag may yet take on .. and at least serve to create some temporary comfort zone.

The statistics for homeless people are staggering, and as we draw closer to the holiday season perhaps we can all spare buying those expensive and futile gifts and give to people who really need it.

I really love these swags.

City Breaks calling #Melbourne b-girls & b-boys for a dance jam #hiphop #geekgirl

THE PUSH’S CITY BREAKS #3

City Breaks at Signal, Melbourne’s new hip hop dance jam session returns for the final instalment for 2010 on Sunday 12 December!

Melbourne b-boys, b-girls, freestylers, funkstylers, dancers and anyone keen to watch the local crews jam, freestyle, train and battle it out should head down to the free session kicking off at 2pm!

Presented by The Push in partnership with City of Melbourne and KO Crew, City Breaks, aims to bring together the diverse hip hop and breakdance community of Melbourne who are currently creating impromptu performances in public spaces throughout the CBD.

The project aims to provide a safe and legal space for dancers to jam, collaborate, train and hang out!

The Push is a Victorian non-profit music organisation which runs a range of all ages, drug, alcohol and smoke-free events for young people to engage in the music and arts industries.

For more information contact The Push (03) 9380 1277.

What: City Breaks
Where: Signal, Flinders Walk, Northbank (behind Flinders Street Station
towards Sandridge Bridge)
When: Sunday 12 December
Time: 2.00 – 5.00pm
Price: Free

city-breaks

The Future Writer’s Festival – Nov 12th, 2010 #Melbourne #futurewriters #geekgirl

Future Writers Festival blog http://tinyurl.com/28bqj8f & NMIT Future Writers Festival at Westgarth Books http://tinyurl.com/36zuqdl

The festival will be held at Westgarth Books, 77 High St, Westgarth, Melbourne, Australia on 12 November from 11-5pm.

Fund raiser for PBS 106.7 FM – Pash album launch – female hip hop – girl brigade #Melbourne #geekgirl

Pash is the presenter of Very Necessary on PBS FM 106.7, a show about girls getting their groove on, in the musical sense. On 14th October, 2010 at The Order of Melbourne, Pash will be presenting a night of Melbourne’s best in female hip hop and electronic music.

Catch Multicultural women’s DJ collective Lady Fingers serving up a cross-cultural blend of beats, including bhangra, hip-hop, reggae, electronic, soul, funk, and more, plus local electro dance duo Girl Brigade, hip hop nusoul glitch beat team Syreneyiscreamy & Able, Hailey Cramer and global party stylings from Ms Butt.

There’ll also be provocative projections courtesy of VJ Inxile, and Pash will add further spice as she launches her highly anticipated debut album.

If you are passionate about women in music and love the sounds of community radio then you will find it very necessary to attend this special event. Funds raised will go to PBS, Melbourne’s number one supporter of underrepresented and diverse music.

7pm sharp. $7 entry.
The Order of Melbourne
2/ 401 swanston street
Melbourne, Australia

Help save orang-utans and help save ourselves #donate #geekgirl

orangutans

Please give generously to help these awesome orang-utans.

DONATE GREENPEACE US

Stay in touch and informed and  how you can help locally; via Australian Zoos. And contribute to the Zoos Victoria Foundation Orang-utan Conservation Fund.

Editor’s note: Animals in all shapes and sizes humble us. Even the little mouse that has inhabited our home makes me smile. Not because she poos everywhere and eats our cheese and chocolate. It’s because she is small, vulnerable and like us all, scurries around just trying to survive. Each time you help an animal cause you help humanity understand the great chain of connections we have to each other, and the richness we all share while alive. Loving animals is a sign of loving ourselves. *HUGS* GG

Last Words – a group exhibition that explores language, knowledge and communication #australia #asia

Split over two exhibition periods and featuring artists from Australia and the Asia region, Last Words is a group exhibition that explores language, knowledge and communication in an age of cultural diversity and globalisation. It is the culmination of a series of mid-career solo exhibitions and performances, which 4A has undertaken throughout 2010 that tackle ideas of communication.

When we talk about our contemporary locations, they are increasingly defined by the interaction of local, national and global references. It is a world that is undergoing constant change and expansion, where culture, geography and traditional forms of identification are neither consistent or certain. What happens when our boundaries – geographical, psychological, physical and cultural – dissolve? How, then do we articulate history, politics, where and how we live?

Last Words aims to set up a discourse around the ways in which meaning is constructed in a time of uncertainty, through artworks which act as a catalyst for reflection on the contemporary world.

A publication documenting the Last Words project will be available later in the year.

Artists in this exhibition include: Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, Eric Bridgeman, Zhang Ding, Hikaru Fujii, Archie Moore, Shen Shaomin.

HiGH ViZ Vogue – Bike #Fashion Jam #Melbourne #bicycles

DIY cycling gear workshop to keep the cops and the fashion police happy

11:00 – 13:00
Saturday 19 June 2010
Coburg Library
Cnr Victoria & Louisa Streets, Coburg

Craft Cartel, alarmed by sights of fluoro lycra clad cyclists and equally aghast at the thought of coming a cropper while partaking in our favourite form of transport, are proud to present a solution: High Viz Vogue, a DIY bike fashion workshop.

This event, part of the Moreland City Council Coburg Carnivale, invites members of the public to adapt helmets and other clothing bits they’d like to make roadway and catwalk friendly, or to start from scratch using supplied materials. Local designers Miss Viz will be on hand to provide guidance and there will be displays of innovative bike fashion solutions such as designer Ann Maher’s ‘biker bustle’.

The event will culminate in a fashion parade with prizes supplied by Crumpler and will be followed by a celebratory ride through Moreland to parade the new hip gear led by Sugar Spokes all female bike crew.

“We don’t think riders should have to choose between having a sore body and being an eye-sore,” says Cartel co-founder Casey Jenkins, “You can look hot while you’re cycling and still keep yourself safe, we’re going to show you how.”

Free! No experience necessary! All materials supplied. Ace prizes to be won.

Produced by Ann Maher, Rahne Widarsito & Casey Jenkins

Media contact: Casey Jenkins, casey(at)craftcartel(dot)com ph.0439 354 560

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Melbourne Craft Cartel
www.craftcartel.com
for crafty types who don’t dig rose-scented doilies

Power Shift 2010 – Youth Summit for Climate Change and #Sustainability

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is a coalition of Australia’s largest youth organisations and over 50,000 young people from across Australia. Their mission is to build a generation wide movement to solve climate change before it’s too late, through bringing about short term political impact and long term cultural change.

AYCC plan an innovative youth summit to be held in  Geelong that hopes to change the way young people see the climate crisis. Offering new skills, connecting with other awesome people and giving you the power to make a difference.

Come to Power Shift 2010 in Geelong from to August 14 to 15.

Why now? Because there will be a federal election in the next few months and at the moment, neither major political party has a strong climate policy.

That’s just not good enough! The AYCC has a positive, achievable vision for Australia’s renewable energy future, and Power Shift will give us the skills to turn this into reality.

Shift the power to a clean, sustainable future, and tell me more about Power Shift 2010.

Power Shift is part conference, part festival, part training, part celebration of the power of young people to change the world, and so much more. Listen to amazing keynote speakers, participate in hands on workshops, connect with people from your region, hear live music and make new friends. Join a generation-wide movement and gain the new skills, resources and networks you need to lead creative climate actions in your community.

AYCC can’t announce the speakers just yet, but last year they had Al Gore (via video), Tim Flannery, Senators Nick Xenophon and Christine Milne and Brooke Satchwell from Neighbours.