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From The Collective for Modern UX Design

**The Product Skills AI Can't Replace** AI can synthesize research, analyze data, and prioritize work. But when everything feels important and there’s no clear right answer, how do you decide what matters most? Join **ProductTank Columbus** and **Mike Belsito, Head of Product Evangelism at Pendo and Mind the Product**, to explore three practical habits for cutting through the noise, uncovering the real problem behind stakeholder requests, and prioritizing work that makes the greatest impact. **AI can help you process more information. Great product judgment helps you know what to do with it.** Doors open at **5:30 PM**, and the talk begins at **6:00 PM**, followed by Q&A and time to connect. Food and drinks will be provided by ZoCo, our generous host. Parking is available directly behind ZoCo and in the lot across the street. \*Towing will not be enforced in the paid lot on the day of the event.

24 attendees

Columbus Verified Local Singles Speed Dating

Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 PM

**💖 Online Speed Dating via Zoom – Connect with Columbus Singles Tonight!** Meet Columbus singles from home. We sort the matching, you just turn up. It's simple: complete a short personality quiz, jump on Zoom, and meet Columbus singles in guided one-on-one rounds. Matches shared afterwards. **Find your age group below:** - **Ages 18-32** → [REGISTER HERE](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=722.0&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=the-collective-for-modern-ux-design&ar=18-32&face_v=164.0) - **Ages 30-46** → [REGISTER HERE](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=722.0&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=the-collective-for-modern-ux-design&ar=30-46&face_v=164.0) - **Ages 40-58** → [REGISTER HERE](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=722.0&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=the-collective-for-modern-ux-design&ar=40-58&face_v=164.0) - **Ages 55+** → [REGISTER HERE](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=722.0&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=the-collective-for-modern-ux-design&ar=55+&face_v=164.0) **⚠️ RSVP alone won't secure your spot.** You need to register through your age group link below and complete the personality quiz. Places are limited. --- 🎯 **Perfect for:** - Busy professionals who don't want to waste evenings - People fed up with swiping who want actual conversation - Columbus locals after personality-matched dates **How It Works** 1. **Register** – Select your age group above and sign up. 2. **Fill in the matching quiz** – Helps us find your ideal matches for the evening. 3. **Hop on Zoom** – Join the call and your host will walk you through it. 4. **Meet your matches** – Cycle through short chats with compatible Columbus singles. 5. **Results** – We'll send your mutual matches afterwards. **Event Details** - **Format:** Virtual on Zoom – hosted and well-structured - **Location:** Your space – couch, desk, wherever suits you - **Host:** Friendly host guiding every round - **Vibe:** Casual, easy-going conversations with Columbus singles 💡 **Tip:** Check your Zoom setup and pick a quiet, well-lit spot ahead of time. ⭐ *"The personality matching genuinely works. My matches were spot on."* – Columbus local **Frequently Asked Questions** **Is my info private?** Absolutely. Contact details are only exchanged on mutual match. **How long are the chats?** A few minutes each — just enough to get a sense of someone. **What's the personality quiz for?** It helps us match you with compatible people. --- ✨ Meet Columbus singles from home. Sign up and we'll take care of the rest. 🦋 ✨

From ProductTank Columbus

Beyond the Screen: Designing Products for the Spatial Computing Era

Tue, Oct 27, 9:30 PM

From Columbus AWS (Amazon Web Services) Meetup

For decades, product teams have translated a three-dimensional world into two-dimensional interfaces. We’ve gotten incredibly good at taps, clicks, menus, and scrolls—but what if the screen was never the destination? **ProductTank Columbus welcomes Omari Hitson, VP Lead Product Designer: Emerging Technologies at JPMorgan Chase and President of the Ohio Chapter of the VR/AR Association, for a practical look at what changes when digital products move beyond the screen and into the world around us.** Omari Hitson designs where emerging technology meets real-world product problems. He has experience designing and prototyping across the evolution from traditional mobile and desktop experiences to spatial computing—all within a regulated enterprise environment where new technology has to solve an actual problem, not simply generate excitement. He also serves as Chapter President of the VR/AR Association of Ohio and hosts the OhioXR conferences, putting him at the center of Ohio’s growing XR community. Come connect, learn, and swap stories with fellow product professionals. \-\-\- Food and drinks will be provided by Switchbox, our generous host. Free parking will be available at the front and back sides of the Switchbox Office.

21 attendees

topic to be announced

Tue, Nov 10, 10:30 PM

4.7

topic to be announced **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: [https://www.franklin.edu/](https://www.franklin.edu/) **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8) Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

6 attendees

American Sign Language Beginners Meetup Group

Thu, Nov 5, 12:00 AM

From American Sign Language Beginners Meetup Group

5.0

We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able! Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!

3 attendees

50 + Watercolors

Thu, Oct 29, 5:00 PM

From Ladies Lunch Bunch

4.9

water color painting for those age 50 and over . Meet at the Nature Center. Event is free!

From Inner Engineering Columbus (Isha Yoga & Meditation Classes)

Columbus PHP: Monthly Meetup

Wed, Nov 11, 11:30 PM

From Columbus PHP Meetup

4.6

Our monthly PHP meetup. A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm

2 attendees

Free Introductory talk - Stress-free and Healthy Living

Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 PM

4.3

FREE Introduction to Inner Engineering. What is Inner Engineering? What are its benefits and how can I bring it into my life? Inner Engineering, Isha's flagship program, is a transformative tool designed by Sadhguru to help individuals unlock their true potential and attain a life of fulfillment and well-being. Join us for a free session where an Isha instructor will provide in-depth information on the program, its formats, and benefits and answer questions. Date and Timings:Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST To Register/RSVP please [click here](https://online.innerengineering.com/en/event-details/25019) Open to all aged 18 yrs and above.

From Columbus AI Engineering Meetup

The Model Is Not The Problem: The Engine Is The Problem

Wed, Oct 28, 10:30 PM

From Inner Engineering Columbus (Isha Yoga & Meditation Classes)

Thanks to Charles Sullivan for giving this talk! **The Model Is Not The Problem: The Engine Is The Problem** There is a massive disconnect in AI. We have five discrete but interconnected problems with inference in 2026: * The streaming problem. Inference is a black box: wall of text in, pull the lever, wall of text out. No streaming, no back-and-forth, no iterative progress. * The memory problem. The LLM can't remember anything. It pretends to remember by re-reading context on every request, but it doesn't actually remember. * The learning problem. The LLM can't internalize anything. If the capital of France were to change tomorrow, we would have to add the new capital to the system prompt to be re-read on every pass. And learning new skills is completely out of the question. * The text problem. Underpinning all of this is the fact that all "memories" (e.g. from RAG) and "skills" (e.g. tool calls) are plain text. That would be like remembering a concert by reading notes about it. That or playing a video game by typing, \pressButton('x')\ when you want Mario to jump. * The reputation problem. LLMs don't understand "cheating" because they cannot learn, and thus they can never internalize when humans are displeased with their actions. While LLMs are perfectly capable of empathy, they are not endowed with the biological imperative of reputation and thus continue to confound us with perfectly logical but morally-reprehensible actions (e.g. the OpenAI bot hack event). The industry keeps trying to solve these problems using more models. We have embedding models to try to solve the memory problem. They are a poor substitute for the first-hand experience behind the text. We use Jev to solve the press-button-to-jump problem, but of course Jev can't learn patterns, so every interaction is that of a beginner. We use thinking and tool calling turns to solve the streaming problem, but streaming the output in segments only soves one tiny corner of the problem--we still can't inject real-time guidance without cancelling generation and re-processing the entire context to continue. It's like we've wired a highly-intelligent brain up to a fax machine: we keep trying to solve latency, context window size and all sorts of other problems by making the brain smarter. *We don't need new models: we need to replace the fax machine*. The **Channel Inference Engine** solves all of these problems. At this meetup I will walk you through the engine and how it easily solves every problem without the use of specialized or fine-tuned models. I will demonstrate a vanilla local model exhibiting real-time back-and-forth and interruptible input/output streaming, true episodic memory (no text!), genuine learning without fine-tuning, autonomic tool calling with millisecond latency, and an innate drive for self-improvement. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

14 attendees

Inner Engineering In-Person

Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 PM

4.3

Please **[Click Here](https://online.innerengineering.com/en/program-details/inner-engineering-in-person-cityprogram-10321-columbus-ohio-us-nov-12-2026)**[ ](https://online.innerengineering.com/en/program-details/inner-engineering-total-cityprogram-unity-village---conference-center-missouri-us-may-09-2024)to learn more and register. **This is a paid program. Early bird expires on October 13th, 2026.** Inner Engineering Total is offered as a 4-day in-person program designed by Sadhguru. The course combines the tools from Inner Engineering and the transmission of **Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya**, a 21-minute life-transforming practice. This format contains powerful meditative processes and practice support through personalized corrections. Additionally, a **free introductory talk** will be offered on **Thursday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm** (**[RSVP](https://online.innerengineering.com/en/event-details/25019)**) This session is open to all - feel free to bring your friends, family or anyone who may want to come with you. The program will resume after a short break, during which attendees will still have an opportunity to register. This program is offered through an Isha Yoga instructor trained by Sadhguru. No prerequisite or physical agility required. **Program Guidelines & session information** Programs are on Thursday and Friday evenings for 3 1/4 hours and continue all day on Saturday and Sunday. Vegetarian lunch is provided on Saturday; Vegetarian breakfast & lunch on Sunday. **Program Date and Timings:** Thursday, November 12th, 6:00 PM - 9:15 PM Friday, November 13th, 6:00 PM - 9:15 PM Saturday, November 14th, 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM Sunday, November 15th, 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM **Attendance to all sessions is mandatory.** Learn more about Inner Engineering on **[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9-WwLCy8XY).** 📞Contact: [614-233-1892](tel:614-233-1892) \| columbus@ishausa\.org "*If you turn inward, you will find a space where there is a solution for everything.*" —Sadhguru

2 attendees

Halloween at Pins

Sat, Oct 31, 1:30 AM

From Columbus Super Foodies

From Columbus Arduino Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts

Pins is having a Halloween event starting at 9 PM. Costumes are encouraged. They are going to have a DJ and drink specials. Let’s meetup for some drinks and Halloween celebrations. We will meet in the main bar area. Please look at the comments on the day of the event.

13 attendees

Columbus Arduino Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts (CARPE) (Check Location)

Tue, Nov 10, 11:30 PM

4.7

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability.

2 attendees

water color painting for those age 50 and over . Meet at the Nature Center. Event is free!

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