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7th NYC Girl Geek Dinners event — sponsored by Microsoft from Melissa Bailey on Vimeo.

Purchase tickets from http://ggdnyc7th.eventbrite.com/

Full Details:
Women and gaming weren’t two terms you heard together a few years ago. But our presence in this field of the industry is growing, and today women are targeted by the gaming companies both as consumers and employees. Join us for an evening of fun, learning, and mingling. We’re also preparing a few surprises for you, so get ready, and get EXCITED!

Date & Time: Friday, October 22, 2010.  Registration starts at 5:00 pm, and the event will last from 6 pm to 10 pm.

Venue: Microsoft NY Midtown Offices,
1290 Sixth Ave, 6th Fl., New York, NY 10104 (map)

Hosted by: GGDNYC and Microsoft

Speakers for the dinner:
Jessica Hammer - "Women and Risk: Taking Chances in the Game Design Classroom”
Jessica Hammer is a Mellon Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Fellow at Columbia University and a founding member of the Teachers College EGGPLANT game research laboratory.  Her work focuses on how games can help solve intractable social problems, from sexism and racism to addiction.  She also designed and developed the game design course sequence for the Communications, Computing and Technology program at Teachers College Columbia University.  In her free time, she runs an experimental storytelling group in New York City.

Kelly Farrell  -  “Dungeons and Digits: Building an Empire in your Basement”
Kelly Farrell is a web developer and hacker who spent most of her childhood saving up her $2 weekly allowance for a Nintendo Entertainment System and subsequent Nintendo consoles. She is a web developer by day and hacker by night, and is probably better than you at Geometry Wars 2. You can read more about her projects at Kellbot.com.

Attendees: Boy geeks are welcome to attend…if invited by a girl geek!

Any questions please email:  info@ggdnyc.com

*Please Note* Tickets for this event can be purchased online only. Tickets are non-refundable. If you want to bring a guest, you must purchase a ticket for them. Attendees must bring photo identification and proof of purchase to enter the event. There will be no ticket sales at the door.

Alright everyone you know that I never do any type of advertisement on anything. I am giving you this link so we can all help each other to get a free iPad.

Go to this site  http://www.YouriPad4free.com/index.php?ref=6633968

Sign-up with your Email and then pick the "offers"  like NetFlix or the "One Spirit" book club.  You will need 10 people who will be your referrals. You don't have to keep the NetFlix after the  offer expires. I will report back to let you know when I get my iPad. I will post a video showing you proof.

We're thrilled to announce our 6th NYC Girl Geek Dinners event — sponsored by Fog Creek Software Inc

You can purchase your ticket at http://ggdnyc6th.eventbrite.com

Event Full Details:
Date & Time: Thursday, 10th June, 2010.  Registration starts at 5:00 pm, and the event will last from 6 pm to 10 pm.

Venue: Midtown, 267 Fifth Ave(map)

Hosted by: GGDNYC and Fog Creek Software

Speakers for the dinner:

Speaker 1:
Caterina Fake with Joel Spolsky: co-founder & CEO of Fog Creek Software
- Co-founder Hunch & Flickr  
- Caterina's blog:  http://www.caterina.net/

Speaker 2:
Natalie Podrazik
- Director at Six Apart, creators of Moveable Type, Vox and TypePad.  
- Natalie's blog:  http://nataliepo.typepad.com & http://www.nataliepo.com

Format: Cocktail reception, speaker sessions, Q & A followed by buffet dinner

Attendees: Boy geeks are welcome to attend…if invited by a girl geek!

Any questions please email:  info@ggdnyc.com

Purchase Your Ticket Here:  www.ggdnyc.com $15 per person

What: 5th NYC Girl Geek Dinners
When: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010. Registration starts at 5:30 pm, and the event will last from 6 pm to 9 pm.
Where: White & Case LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, 29th floor
(Map It!)
Sponsored by: White & Case LLP

The Rules: No female, no entry!
Girl Geek Dinners are for the girls! But it doesn’t mean that men can’t attend, they just have to come as the guest of a female. Here are the rules: If you are male and wish to attend the event then you will need to be invited by a female attending the event. Girls, one date only please! (We want to keep the numbers balanced!) The best way around these rules if you’re a guy who wants to attend? Convince or bribe someone to let you be their date for the dinner.

*Please Note* Tickets for this event can be purchased online only. Tickets are non-refundable. If you want to bring a guest, you must purchase a ticket for them. Attendees must bring photo identification and PayPal transaction ID to event. There will be no ticket sales at the door.

Seems as thou everyone is ready for the next round of slate PC's to come out. They just can't come out any faster for all the techie gurus out there. Makes you feel like a Mike Tyson fight that your waiting for the final blow to happen with anticipation! Just days after Apple's iPad hit the market, a slide to compare it to Hewlett-Packard's Slate tablet device surfaced on the Engadget blog. Its being reported that the HP Slate is going to cost $549, have 1.6GHz Atom Z530, 5 hour battery.

Picture from : engaget

Engaget's  blog didn't reveal the source of the slide which showed a Windows 7-based Slate priced at $50 to $100 less than comparable iPads. It shows a 32-gigabyte version will cost $549 and a 64GB version will cost $599.

One big difference on the upcoming Slate is it will have two cameras: one facing in for video calls and another facing out for picture taking. The iPad has no camera.

The Slate shows a 1.6 gigahertz Intel Atom processor, compared to iPad's 1 GHz processor.

The Slate's touchscreen is 8.9 inches vs. iPad's 9.7 inches, but both weigh in at 1.5 pounds.

The battery life of the Slate is shown as half the 10 hours touted by iPad.

This is really got to be the most interesting times for technology. As we see how PC's affect us in our daily lives. This is truly changing the way we think about netbooks, lab tops. Its only going to get better from here. Lets see what happens at this point. I know for me I am still on the fence on what new slate that I want to get. I do know that I am most likely leaning towards a HP Slate. Unless Apple comes out with a new version with a camera then I would have to reconsider. What do you want an iPad or a Slate?

Lay your cards on the table, or hold them on your cellphone. Double-tap your chips to change denominations. Don't spill anything. This student-designed Poker Surface poker game is, well, it's almost as promising as Surface D&D. [Project Abstract via recombu]

Hope you got your iPad already pre-ordered because Apple has pushed back the shipping date for all new orders to April 12th. Seeing that there have been reports that Apple may already have 500,000 iPads in the bag. It might be quicker at this point to start camping out at a  Apple Stores or Best Buy if you must really have an iPad!!!  Best Buy will at least have a small supply on April 3 to serve the Apple faithful. I can't wait to see how this goes...

Noteput – Interactive music table from Jonas Heuer on Vimeo.

“Noteput” is an interactive music table with tangible notes, that combines all three senses of hearing, sight and touch to make learning the classical notation of music for children and pupils more easy and interesting.

JAPAYORK

I happen to stuble on this new artist  he is 22 years old. He is a musician and graphic designer whoe is currently based in London but lived in both Japan and New York hence the name. I love the logo on site and liked the song called "OUR NOW". I would love to do an interview with him online and see what he's like. Anyway Girls check him out very interesting.....

http://discodust.blogspot.com/2010/02/japayork.html

Twitter: http://twitter.com/japayork

Jimmy Choo is the latest shoe designer to add a bit of twinkle to his SS 2010 collection. The Zap Sandal, priced at $2,495 USD, is a patent leather and suede sandal with a 5" lucite heel that illuminates when you hit the dance floor.

I love it when famous designers integrate the slightest bit of technology into their collections. it really brings the idea of integrating technology into fashion for your everyday person. 

I'm curious as to how the lights are switched on? Pressure of the heel? Or by flipping a standard switch? Perhaps the interaction design of the shoe is an entirely different matter…
What do you think?

It looks like fashion designers are employing  the tiniest bit of technology into their collections. Rodarte, showed their Fall 2010 collection with these spectacular illuminated heels.

Look at the three-inch heels! the texture!

As all people ritual are fixed like they started their morning with coffee and curling up with newspaper. Yeah, it has the benefit of an inbuilt alarm and fresh content from variety of global papers, but imagine you carrying new flexible display, where many of us reading it at the same time as we commute to work.

The Apple iPad is coming out very soon. Already case makers and accessory makers are designing tons of stylish sleeves, bags, add-ons, and more.

Seems its going be a social statement as it is a fashion statement, it’s essential that a girl gets to pick out the perfect compliment to her new iPad. Here’s a few of the new iPad accessories

iLuv Pink iPad Sleeve

If love pink, then this iPad sleeve is just what you need. A bold paisley and flower pattern decorate this cute pink iPad sleeve made by iLuv.  It appears to be neoprene and have two external pockets for keeping all your accessories close by your side. iLuv lists it for $19.99.

Stay tuned to itgemgirl.com for more updates and full reviews!

iPhone 3GS Goodies Ultimate Holiday Gift Basket. This is the perfect gift to satisfy any need they may have for an iPhone accessory or gear. The basket is stuffed with products for the iPhone lover in your life. Exclusively available at Fommy.com, the iPhone Goodies Gift Basket contains items that support all 2nd and 3rd generation iPhones. Included is a Amzer Solar Charger, ZAGG invisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector, Wireless Wipes Anti-Bacterial Cell Phone Wipes – 1 Pouch, Bytech Portable Mini Speaker, Case-Mate Napa Leather Case/Holster Combo – Black, 1800 mAh Li-Ion Battery Back up, and several other goodies. The iPhone Goodies Ultimate Gift basket retails for $184.95.

When I was 5 years of age I was first introduces to the group “The Jackson 5”. My mother played all the albums of every song that she had liked and that they had ever made. Tito, Marlon, Jermaine and Jackie, are a true testament to brothers who stick together through thick and thin. OF course a lot of people have a great curiosity in their life and wanted to tune into last nights premiere of “The Jack5ons: A Family Dynasty.”

For this family to at least share a glimpse of what they have to endure based off of the media lies am happy that they want to tell their story. I don't see how this family in any way is trying to do anything but be who they are. They are brothers first and foremost, and for them to lose a brother and then let the world in while some of the pain they are enduring at the time is very brave. I see the pain in their eyes as they are struggling with the past of what happen with Jermaine and the loss of Michael. This is far beyond what they had expected to happen.

Yet they still stay strong and determined to show the world that they are human beings who are hurting and only want us to understand that they feel too. I proud of them for doing this and look forward to the next shows. I hope that this album they are working on come into fruition! I am not a TV guide writer I am just a person who truly feels that the great Jacksons are back. They are here to prove to the world that they do and still have it. I look forward to the day of when their concert comes as I know I will be attending. All the media tries to do is lye about the Jacksons. Who better than to tell the truth but them and I applied then for being so strong and making us believe in the magic. I am looking forward to this journey as its a new leaf turning for this family.

If the price of a netbook is an issue instead of the specs, you’d better get hold of the Sungworld’s 7-inch netbook, which should be the cheapest netbook to date and it costs only $73.

The Sungworld 7-inch netbook is claimed to be a “Macbook Air-style netbook” that is targeted at the oversea market. It was found in the market of the mainland of clones. The factory price of this netbook is only 500 Yuan or about $73 in USD. With such a super low price, you should also expect low hardware specs.

The Sungworld netbook is powered by a 300MHZ VIA VT8500 processor, with a 7-inch 800×480 display, 128MB RAM, 1GB storage, built-in 1800mAH Battery, runs Windows CE OS and with WiFi connecitivity. If you just want a cheap device that can let you stay connected to the Internet while on the run, the Sungworld should not be too sluggish to let you do so. You may wanna consider using a trimmed-down version of modern browser that has minimal plug-ins for better response time. This cheap netbook measures 23.5×16.5×28.4mm and weighs 700g.

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Nokia Booklet hands-on and pictures

Philips is working on a device that can let you stay aware of your emotions. The device is called “mirror of your emotions” which clearly reflects your emotions so you can then find a way to cool yourself down, before it’s too late.

The Philips’ emo gadget consists of a Emobracelet which is to be worn on the wrist by the user, and a EmoBowl which is like a bowl that shows the user’s emotional readout in various lighted patterns. The Emobracelet can wirelessly send your emotional data gathered from your wrist to the bowl for a clear reflection of your emotions.

If you’re someone who’s been on the stock trading market or who always needs to make big decisions, your emotions will always have a big leap. Having this Philips device lets you stay aware, and it’s time to take a break, and you must learn to know when enough is enough.

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by Lydia Leavitt