Grand Rapids TechLunch

Thanks Universal Mind and Go Play with SpatialKey Application

Chris Woodruff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:20:12 GMT

Wanted to thank the Univeral Mind team and also give out the URL for the project they worked on that people can test and use. http://spatialkey.com/

#18 GRTechLunch Event: November 2, 2009 @ Steelcase University Café With Special Guest Speaker

Chris Woodruff — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:01:00 GMT

Date: Monday, November 2, 2009

Time: 11:45am-1:15pm (doors open at 11:30am)

Place: Steelcase University Learning Center, 901 44^th Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49508 (map attached)

A Steelcase representative will be at the University front desk to meet the group as early as 11:30a, so the attendees are welcome to show up anytime between 11:30-12:00.

We will register each guest individually and be checking their I.D. upon arrival (standard protocol for visitors), which is why there will be some time on the front end.

Lunch: is served in the University Café as early as 11:30 so the early comers will be able to go get lunch right away.

Lunch will be an unstructured time for small group conversations but the guest discussion will start at 12:30.

Expect to be out of there by 1:15p.

Each guest will purchase an “ala carte” lunch pass for $10.00 per person which will allow them to choose what they would like from the café.

Lunch at the University Café typically includes a sandwich, choice of hot dishes (usually a fish and a chicken or pork), with sides such as rice, veggies, two soups to choose from, dessert, fruit, a cold case with yogurt and some juices and a traditional salad bar. There is also a Pepsi fountain machine. With the ala carte lunch pass, you may help yourself to whatever is on the menu.

There is a limit of 45 people and we will need a count by Thursday, October 29 (food quantity and space planning).

Special Guest

Joe Johnston is an User Experience Specialist at Universal Mind, an elite group of technologists who excel at solving the difficult challenges of building and optimizing advanced Adobe Rich Internet Applications. Joe has been using Adobe AIR/Flex when it was in the beta stages and uses it daily on his projects. He also finds it exciting to build applications that create unique user interaction. You can see more and contact him at http://merhl.com. Contact me joe at merhl.com. You can also follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/merhl

#17 GRTechLunch Event: October 5, 2009 @ Bobarinos at the B.O.B downtown GR

Chris Woodruff — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:17:33 GMT

Date – October 5, 2009 DATE CHANGED

Time -- 11:45AM to 1:30 PM

Place – Bobarino’s @ The B.O.B, Grand Rapids

We will be in a private room and will be covering what the members want from TechLunch over the next year. I guess we will be brainstorming the future of the group and West Michigan.

More details to come...

RSVP in the comments.

#16 GRTechLunch Event: September 8, 2009 @ Bobarinos at the B.O.B downtown GR. Special Guest Mac Fowler discussing Coworking in West Michigan

Chris Woodruff — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:44:00 GMT

Date – September 8, 2009

Time -- 11:45AM to 1:30 PM

Place – Bobarino’s @ The B.O.B, Grand Rapids

We will have a very special guest Mac Fowler to discuss coworking... what it is and how he plans on introducing it to West Michigan.

More details to come...

RSVP in the comments.

#15 GRTechLunch Event: August 3, 2009 @ Bobarinos at the B.O.B downtown GR

Chris Woodruff — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:25:33 GMT

Date – August 3, 2009

Time -- 11:45AM to 1:30 PM

Place – Bobarino’s @ The B.O.B, Grand Rapids

This will be a networking lunch so bring your ideas and fresh minds for the pizza and salad buffet. There will be a wide selection of wood-fired pizzas, fresh salads and daily pasta creations.

RSVP in the comments.

#14 GRTechLunch Event: July 6, 2009 @ Bobarinos at the B.O.B w/ guest Tom Williams, IP Lawyer

Chris Woodruff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:12:16 GMT

Date – July 6, 2009

Time -- 11:45AM to 1:30 PM

Place – Bobarino’s @ The B.O.B, Grand Rapids

We will have a guest for the TechLunch. Tom Williams is an Intellectual Property Attorney at McGarry Bair PC. His profile is below:

Client-focused intellectual property and litigation attorney. Specializes in successful resolution of intellectual property and general business disputes, whether through early settlement alternative dispute resolution or trial. Results with small-firm client attention without the big-firm, over-lawyered cost.

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#13 GRTechLunch Event: June 1, 2009 @ Bobarinos at the B.O.B downtown GR

Chris Woodruff — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:46:44 GMT

Date – June 1, 2009

Time -- 11:45AM to 1:30 PM

Place – Bobarino’s @ The B.O.B, Grand Rapids

This will be a networking lunch so bring your ideas and fresh minds for the pizza and salad buffet. There will be a wide selection of wood-fired pizzas, fresh salads and daily pasta creations.

RSVP in the comments.

#12 GRTechLunch Event: May 4, 2009 @ Steelcase University Café

Chris Woodruff — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:57:04 GMT

Date: Monday, May 4, 2009

Time: 12pm-1:30pm (doors open at 11:30am)

Place: Steelcase University Learning Center, 901 44^th Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49508 (map attached)

A Steelcase representative will be at the University front desk to meet the group as early as 11:30a, so the attendees are welcome to show up anytime between 11:30-12:00.

We will register each guest individually and be checking their I.D. upon arrival (standard protocol for visitors), which is why there will be some time on the front end.

Lunch: is served in the University Café as early as 11:30 so the early comers will be able to go get lunch right away.

Lunch will be an unstructured time for small group conversations but the large group tour of the WorkLab will start at 12:45.

Expect to be out of there by 1:30p.

Each guest will purchase an “ala carte” lunch pass for $10.99 per person which will allow them to choose what they would like from the café.

There is a limit of 40 people and we will need a count by Wednesday, April 29 (food quantity and space planning).

#11 GRTechLunch Event: April 6, 2009 @ San Chez

Chris Woodruff — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:13:46 GMT

Date -- March 2, 2009

Time -- 11:45AM to 1:30 PM

Place -- San Chez Bistro @ 38 W Fulton St, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

We are trying something different for this next meeting. San Chez is famous for their Tapas and we will have a family style lunch sampling many of their Tapas dishes. So no menu ordering… just show up and enjoy. The price will be $15 to 18 (non-alcoholic drink and tip included) a person.

We are having an open forum and networking event so bring your questions and mingle with the others.

RSVP in the comments. We have only 40 spots so the first 40 to RSVP will be able to attend.

#10 GRTechLunch Event: March 2, 2009 @ Black Rose Irish Pub

Chris Woodruff — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:55:52 GMT

Date -- March 2, 2009

Time -- 11:45AM to 1:30 PM

Place -- Black Rose Irish Pub @ 100 Ionia Ave SW, Grand Rapids

We are excited to have Laura Bergells (http://www.twitter.com/maniactive) to give her story about her success in social networking and blogging. Laura is the founder of the Grand Rapids Socila Media Slam event.

RSVP in the comments. We have only 40 spots so the first 40 to RSVP will be able to attend.