As a new mama attending SXSW, and new to Austin, I got together with a local mama and we created a Google Map with breastfeeding and family friendly locations and resources all around Austin. It is a new site, so we would love for you to contribute to the map or send us your comments.

check out our project

B.O.O.B.
Breastfeeding Outside Our Bedrooms

www.bellesouth.biz/boob/

Hi all:  Join the folks behind Firefox for food, drinks and fun…and some Firefox swag on Monday, March 10th.

Details:

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Moonshine Grill
303 Red River Street
Austin, Texas 78701

This is an opportunity to meet some of the people who make Firefox happen. It’ll be a perfect time for chatting and talking about the future of Firefox and the web.

Mozilla folks:

* Brendan Eich (Creator of JavaScript)
* Christopher Beard (Head of Mozilla Labs)
* Aza Raskin (Mozilla Labs)
* John Resig (Mozilla Evangelist, Creator of jQuery)

There’s going to be free drinks, food and an Add-ons contest where people can dream up the wackiest add-ons for swag.

RSVP

For all the college and university folk (and of course, all the friends of college and university folk!) come by and mix it up at the best interactive conference in the land!

Meetup to put some faces to all the people we talk to on listservs all year. We’ll help kick off SXSW 2008 right and give you a chance to meet other attendees from the education sector!

When: 7:00 PM
Where: Maggie Mae’s (323 E 6th St.)

Come and go as you please as we’ll be very close to other SXSWi opening parties!
If you can, please RSVP at: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/443324/

As per the last couple of years, all librarians, library workers, info scientists, tech peeps who work in libraries/museums, and general friends of Ranganathan & Otlet are meeting up for food or drinks and convo this year.  If you want to come and have input as to when would be a good time for you, email me (jennybento/gmail) or leave a comment, or send smoke signals.  Info will also be available at the Facebook group I created for this occasion and will be posted here.

Any AIGA members attending SXSWi, March 7-11, 2008, interested in a meet & greet (or kvetch) please let me know. I’m the AIGA Web director and am looking to arrange a gathering spot during a lunch break. I hope to be joined by Tom Sychay of Thirdwave in opening the floor to a discussion of chapter sites, the eponymous Internet Kit, or any other topic we might actually know something about.
Don’t be a stranger now. AIGA is the professional association for interactive design, too!

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February 27, 2008

Hello all,
I’m pleased to have heard from a bunch of people and hope we can all meet up on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. (following the morning program) at Halcyon Coffeehouse, just about 4 or 5 blocks from the Convention Center:
Halcyon Coffeehouse
218 W. 4th Street, corner of 4th and Lavaca in the Warehouse district
(512) 472-9637
www.halcyonaustin.com‎

I’ll get there early enough to take up space but it would be great if we could gather promptly to leave time for lunch and still get us back to the Convention Center for the 2:00 p.m. presentations.

Should the weather be fair I’ll try to score the patio, otherwise I’ll be inside. Though the food offerings are not extensive (primarily sandwiches), excellent coffee, comfortable seating and free wifi are plentiful!

Feel free to forward this invitation to any other AIGA members, or interested persons. I’m eager to meet you all, and make a place for AIGA in the SXSWi universe.

–
Lydia Mann
Web director
AIGA | the professional association for design
164 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010 | 212 710-3122
lydia_mann AT aiga DOT org

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365: AIGA Annual Design Competitions 29 and AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers
Deadline: March 7, 2008 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Enter your best work and contribute to a legacy. Take your place in design history!
For more information, visit http://www.aiga.org/competitions

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It’s pedals not panels and bike culture blogged at the Bike Hugger Beer & BBQ. We’ll post more on the ride details as we confirm them, but for now the free beer and free BBQ is on for Saturday, March 8, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm at Brush Square Park, North Tent (across from the Austin Convention Center)