The Boston area was the original High Tech Corridor, with many of the major computer companies located around Route 128. Wang, Digital, Polaroid... Massachusetts has had a resurgence in the Internet age. The Regional Scene is a summary of upcoming local events, both educational and social, where the local Nerds can gather and exchange ideas and pleasantries.
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Boston Events Calendar
March 3rd
Event: Linux InstallFest IX
Time: 8:30 am - 5 pm
Location: Mount Ida College
Address: 777 Dedham St., Newton Centre, MA 02459 - T Accessable
Description: We invite you to become a member of the Boston Linux & Unix user group and discover the operating system of the future. Let our volunteers help you install Linux on your own system.
Note that Mt. Ida is T accessable. Take the Mt. Ida Shuttle Bus from the Newton Center T stop.
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March 7th
Event: MIMC CyberBre
Time: 6:30 pm - 9 pm
Location: TBA
Address: TBA
Cost: MIMC Members free, non-members $10
Description: Exchange ideas and interact with those involved in the high tech community.
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March 9th
Event: Harness the Power of Interactive Media
Time: 9:30 am - 4 pm
Location: Apple Market Center
Address: 28 State Street, 9th Floor, Boston
Cost: Free
Description: Innovate and excel! Learn how to harness new technologies to add impact and functionality to your media.
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March 13th
Event: Greater Boston Network Users Group
Time: 6:30 - 9 pm
Location: Novell
Address: 60 William Street, Wellesley, MA
Cost: Free
Description: Lotus Notes
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March 15th
Event: Fat Thursday
Time: 7 - 10 pm
Location: Northeast Brewing Company
Address: 1314 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Cost: $10 which includes a drink and chips and dip
Description: Fat Thursday is an Internet networking organization that links Internet entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angel investors, web designers and programmers, marketing and business development professionals, professors, students, and others interested in the Internet. If you're looking for an Internet job, VC or angel investors, clients, employees, and/or the latest Internet news, come to Fat Thursday.
Remember to bring tons of business cards, a friendly attitude, and an appetite for fun! You'll be schmoozing with Internet entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, professors, web designers, students, and others interested in the Internet
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March 21st
Event: Linux Soup IV
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Location: MIT campus
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Boston Linux and Unix User Group
Description: Christoph presents his fourth annual Linux Soup presentation. Details to follow.
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March 31st
Event: XML Web Services
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location: MIT room 34-101, Edgerton Hall.
Description: This seminar is designed for a technical audience who knows XML and wants to learn the state-of-the-art technologies for creating XML-based business applications.
Cost: $80/member $90/non-member
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April 18th
Event: Overview of Samba
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Location: MIT campus
Sponsor: Boston Linux and Unix User Group
Description: Presented by John Terpstra. John Terpstra is one of original Samba developers.
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April 21st
Event: Real Time Programming in Java
Time: 9:30 am - 4 pm
Location: MIT room 34-101, Edgerton Hall.
Description: This tutorial analyzes the Java platform (language, API, JVM) with respect to real-time support, compares and contrasts the two real-time Java specifications, and shows how to use the specifications to produce real-time programs. The audience is assumed to be familiar with the main features of the Java language and to have some knowledge of the Java thread model
Cost: $80/member $90/non-member
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April 26th
Event: Fat Thursday
Time: 7 - 10 pm
Location: Northeast Brewing Company
Address: 1314 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Cost: $10 which includes a drink and chips and dip
Description: Fat Thursday is an Internet networking organization that links Internet entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angel investors, web designers and programmers, marketing and business development professionals, professors, students, and others interested in the Internet. If you're looking for an Internet job, VC or angel investors, clients, employees, and/or the latest Internet news, come to Fat Thursday.
Remember to bring tons of business cards, a friendly attitude, and an appetite for fun! You'll be schmoozing with Internet entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, professors, web designers, students, and others interested in the Internet
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May 5th
Event: Future of Pervasive Computing: Networking, Standards and Usability
Time: 9:30 am - 4 pm
Location: MIT room 34-101, Edgerton Hall.
Description: As bandwidth becomes wider and cheaper, people will expect connectivity to be commonplace. Just as connectivity to telephone and electricity is now taken for granted, so will connectivity to information.
Cost: $80/member $90/non-member
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May 16th
Event: Brad Snow presents: Wearable Computing
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Location: MIT campus
Sponsor: Boston Linux and Unix User Group
Description: Brad is a student at WPI, with some tie in to the MIT Borg lab. Details to follow.
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May 24th
Event: Fat Thursday
Time: 7 - 10 pm
Location: Northeast Brewing Company
Address: 1314 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Cost: $10 which includes a drink and chips and dip
Description: Fat Thursday is an Internet networking organization that links Internet entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angel investors, web designers and programmers, marketing and business development professionals, professors, students, and others interested in the Internet. If you're looking for an Internet job, VC or angel investors, clients, employees, and/or the latest Internet news, come to Fat Thursday.
Remember to bring tons of business cards, a friendly attitude, and an appetite for fun! You'll be schmoozing with Internet entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, professors, web designers, students, and others interested in the Internet
Event Link