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DubJUG 267: Squarespace HQ
Our June meetup sees us live, in-person at Squarespace's Dublin HQ!
Come join Java senior software expert, UK's Diana Nanuti (former Devoxx UK speaker), along with Squarespace engineers Shradha Shankar and Darragh Clarke who will shed light on the technology being adopted in their day-to-day working lives.
FULL TALK DETAILS & OFFICIAL BOOKING >>>>>
[https://ti.to/dublin-java-user-group/267-live-at-squarespace](https://ti.to/dublin-java-user-group/267-live-at-squarespace)
Dynamics 365 F&O User Group – Ireland | Microsoft Dublin, [In-person]
I’m really looking forward to our next **Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations User Group (DUG) Ireland session** — happening on Wednesday June 17th **at Microsoft Dublin**.
This group has become such a valuable space for sharing ideas, challenges, and real solutions across the D365 community, and I’m delighted to now be co-leading it.
This session will be all about reconnecting, exchanging insights, and shaping what *you* want to see from DUG Ireland in 2025 — from automation wins and feature deep dives to real-world rollout stories.
### 📅 Event Details
* **Date:** Wednesday June 17th
* **Location:** Microsoft Ireland, Dublin
* **Time:** 10:00 – 13:00
### 📌 Agenda
To be confirmed — and shaped by you
If you’re part of the D365 F&O world — functional, technical, or somewhere in between — this is your crowd.
Please RSVP so we can plan numbers, and feel free to share with anyone who’d enjoy being part of the conversation.
Really looking forward to seeing you there and building out an exciting year ahead together.
— Mairead
*Platform Growth Lead\, Alltech \| DUG Ireland Co\-Lead*
SOCIAL LANGUAGE EXCHANGE
***[Save 50% getting a ticket in advance (only first 20 people)](https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/social-language-exchange-tickets-1985534555304?discount=EarlyBirdsMeetup&keep_tld=true)***
**✨ Dynamic Conversations**
Enjoy small-group conversations (2–3 people per table) at dedicated language tables.
There will always be **English-only tables**, and every attendee rotates through these tables during the **first and last rotation**.
**🏷️ Language Stickers on Arrival**
As soon as you arrive, you’ll receive:
• **Native language stickers** (with flags + “native”)
• **Practicing language stickers** (with flags + “practicing”)
You may choose multiple practicing languages. These stickers help you join the right tables and connect with people who match your goals.
**🔄 Rotations Every 30 Minutes**
Every 30 minutes, the organizer rearranges groups based on preferred languages.
We aim for **bilingual tables**, ideally with at least one native or advanced speaker.
If no native speakers are available, we can still create a table as long as **two people want to practice the same language**.
**🌍 Popular Languages**
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and any other language requested by at least two attendees.
**📈 All Levels Welcome**
Beginner or advanced—everyone is welcome.
The only requirement is enthusiasm and willingness to communicate.
**🃏 Conversation Cards + Complimentary Fries**
Need inspiration? Conversation cards are available at every table.
Enjoy complimentary **fries around 8:00 PM**.
**💸 Pay-as-you-go (Cash / Card)**
• €6 General Admission
• €5 Students
• €4 per person when you bring friends
**⭐ Loyalty Card (Automatically Activated)**
Attend **4 Language Exchanges or International Meetups**, and your **5th event is FREE**.
**💳 [Membership Options (Save € & unlock perks)](https://buymeacoffee.com/newindublin)**
**🟡 Regular Membership (€12/mo)**
✔ Free: Singles, Language Exchange, International Meetup
✔ –50%: Quizzes, Big Singles, Theme Party, Social Pub Crawl, Big International Meetup, Music Social Night
✔ Extra perks
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**🟣 Complete Membership (€20/mo)**
✔ Free access to ALL events
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Bikablo Face to Face! (PAID course)
Even when you believe you have no artistic talent – this is where you learn the basic visual vocabulary and ingredients for visualisation with the bikablo® technique. For example, drawing simple flipchart templates that you can use in your work the next day!
What’s more, you will have WorkVisible’s Francesco Bianchi as your trainer, to boost your learning in the room! For the first time, WorkVisible are open to the public in Dublin, to provide you with a first class in-person bikablo learning experience. You don't want to miss this!
**What to expect in our two-day visual facilitation training?**
Francesco will conduct the bikablo basics two-day-training-format, focusing on learning the bikablo visualisation technique and its application in presentation, facilitation, recording and knowledge-sharing. Whatever your experience in visual thinking, you are warmly welcome!
No matter how small or big your talent or experience, you will learn how to use small details to make large spaces look clear, attractive, and lively. Throughout the day Francesco will take plenty of time to answer your questions and guide you into the world of visual language with guidance and techniques suited to fit your individual progress.
***What does this mean in practice? We'll cover the following topics:***
**Holding the pen and drawing the line:** How do I draw clean lines and structure my space on the flipchart?
**Graphics and text containers:** How do I create simple arrows and connecting elements from basic geometric shapes in order to present related topics? Which text containers (e.g. speech bubbles) can be used to support which kinds of messages? Objects and symbols: How do I draw simple symbols to underline messages? What is essential, what can be left out?
**People:** What easy ways do bikablo® provide to draw people, roles, groups and situations? Colour and space: What are simple and fast options to colour elements and spaces in a quick and simple way that supports the graphic structure?
**Writing:** How do I improve my handwriting on the flipchart to make it more legible and attractive?
**Live scribing:** How can I use easy step-by-step techniques to record a dialogue in real-time and enhance a recorded poster with a key visual?
**Posters and settings:** How do I combine the ingredients (graphics, writing, symbols, figures, and colour) to create to the point visual translations of content and meaningful posters for different purposes (welcome, agenda, instructions, group work)?
***You’ll also receive the gifts below as part of the training:***
**bikablo® Starterset:** Every participant receives the official bikablo StarterSet including four visualisation markers and two StarterBooklets that summarise the principles, content and techniques of the training on 64 pages. So you can start using them as soon as you're back from the training!
**Documentation:** For your follow-up, you will receive a digital photo documentation of all results.
**!! NOTE !!: This is a paid, in person event delivered over 2 days.** Link to book here: [https://workvisiblestudios.com/upcoming-courses/p/bikablo-face-to-face-dublin-17th-18th-june](https://workvisiblestudios.com/upcoming-courses/p/bikablo-face-to-face-dublin-17th-18th-june)
Members of this community can benefit of a **10% discount using code DUBLIN10** at checkout
Music Makers Wednesday nights in the BRIAN BORU ( Hedigans )
Join us for a lovely evening of music and song in a relaxed, supportive space. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, all levels of musicians and singers are very welcome.
We are adding a few sing along songs to our Wednesdays session. You will still get the opportunity to sing as usual we are just adding some sing along songs to add something new to the session. see comment section below for the sing along song list.
Performers: Space is limited to 10 performers to ensure everyone gets their time in the spotlight. Please secure your spot by booking through the app!
Listeners: If performance spots are full, we’d still love for you to come along, listen, and soak up the atmosphere. It’s a wonderful way to build confidence and get a feel for the session.
The Details: There is a small €2 kitty fee. As the venue hosts us for free, we kindly ask that you support the bar by purchasing a drink or two.
A Note on Parking:
The car park directly outside is convenient but strictly monitored, so please double-check the rates to avoid a €125 unclamping fee! For a stress-free evening, there are several other parking options within a 5-minute walk, including the Tesco car park (which is usually free after 6:30 PM, but do check the signs!).
Dublin's Newest Language Exchange
Most language exchanges are built around **movement**. —fast rotations, brief chats, surface-level conversation.
New table. New person. Start again.
It feels productive. It isn’t.
Real conversations don’t happen in 10 minutes.
They start there. Then they get interesting.
At Flip Lingoes, **you stay.**
Same table. Same group. Enough time for real conversation and real connection, beyond the surface level.
Every 5 minutes, you switch roles: **fluent speaker ↔ learner**, not people.
Before you arrive, **[create a profile here](https://www.fliplingoes.com/language-exchange-dublin/)**[,](https://www.fliplingoes.com/language-exchange-dublin/) tell us what language you're learning.
This helps our **automated matching algorithm** put you in the right small group.
No awkward searching. No guesswork. Simply scan the QR code on arrival and it automatically matches you with fluent speakers of your target language.
We host events at Zanzibar Locke: calm, well-designed, easy to hear, easy to focus.
***
**Event Flow**
6:45–7:15 → Seamless check-in (QR code, get matched, sit down)
7:15–8:30 → Language Exchange (structured, focused)
8:30 → Optional social + snacks included
**Crispy chicken wings. Cheesy loaded nachos.** Straight from Zanzibar Locke’s kitchen. Perfect for chatting, relaxing, and refueling after a great language session.
**Entry:** €8 (tasty snacks included)
**Bundles:** 4 events €24 \| 10 events €50\, purchase [here](https://www.fliplingoes.com/language-exchange-dublin/?pricing_filter=in_person#bundles-section) in advance for express check in. Save time and money.
**Be generous and invite a friend for free:**
It's simple. Create a profile [here](https://www.fliplingoes.com/language-exchange-dublin/), log in, and click “**Invite Friend** to sign up.” It generates a link and you send that to them. Easy and your friend will thank you later ;)
If they register for the event before you, you both get free entry.🙌
\*P.S We ask if you consider to buy a drink at the bar upon arrival and support their venue and excellent hospitality in the heart of Dublin.
***
**Why Flip Lingoes works:**
* Go deeper: longer conversations at the same table
* Speak with the right people via automated matching
* Smooth, calm, focused environment
* Fun social finish
If you’re tired of restarting conversations and want to **actually speak beyond the greeting and small talk**, this is your place.
[Flip Lingoes](https://www.fliplingoes.com) is a new and innovative language exchange event, with a clear vision: **To upgrade language exchange events online and in cities around the world.** Currently in Dublin, Zurich and Online. **Can you guess our next city?**
**Flip into our world:**
**[On Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/fliplingoes/)**
**[Sign up to FlipLingoes.Com](https://www.fliplingoes.com/language-exchange-dublin/)**
***
📚 Silent Reading & Socialising 🍺
## Details
The title of the event is a paradox! Read in silence and then discuss with like-minded folks! :-)
[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dublinersjoysofreading)
📝 **How does this work?**
We will meet in the Bartley's Restaurant area from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM for silent reading and followed up by discussion. **During silent reading, you're expected to remain silent and read.** Please bring your headphones and refrain from the discussion during the first one hour in the area.
👥 **Socialising**
After an hour, at 8:15 PM, we'll discuss and socialize about the book you're reading. We highly encourage you to move between tables and strike up conversations with fellow book lovers. These discussions about literature and reading recommendations are often the highlight of the event!
Feel free to join at any point during the event.
The event is indoors, hopefully, we can continue the tradition of the silent reading in the winter!
**📌 Helpful Tips and Notes**
* Bring headphones to block out surrounding noise
* I will post a comment on the event page when I arrive to indicate where we're seated, so everyone can find us
* If you prefer to skip the silent reading, you can join directly at the bar at 8:15 PM
⚠️**Something Happened?**
If something unpleasant happened to you, it may happen to others. It may be small but don't hesitate to reach out to me.
Looking forward to meeting you all 😊
API Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
OpenClaw: Making it useful
Your OpenClaw is running. It replies. Maybe it's done a few things you've asked it to.
Now make it genuinely useful.
**NOTE: Registration invalid on meetup. Please register on here for a valid ticket: [www.giveago.co/register/openclaw2](https://giveago.co/register/openclaw2)**
This is the second day in the OpenClaw series. We're going deeper: memory that actually persists across conversations, a knowledge base it can draw on, skills that connect it to the tools you already use, and workflows that handle a whole process end to end. These are the things that turn an interesting agent into something you actually rely on.
Self-directed, table-group format. You work at your own pace, in your own direction, with people around you doing the same.
**What we'll work through together**
* Memory architecture: short-term, long-term, episodic and how to set them up properly
* Knowledge bases: connecting your own docs and notes so the agent can draw on them
* Good skills to add: which integrations are worth the effort (Notion, email, calendar, GitHub)
* Giving access to tools: MCP, APIs, function calling
* Proper workflows: multi-step, conditional, handling a whole process and not just one message
* Sandboxing: running actions safely without breaking things or leaking data
**NOTE: Registration invalid on meetup. Please register on here for a valid ticket: [www.giveago.co/register/openclaw2](https://giveago.co/register/openclaw2)**
You don't need to have come to Event 1. If you have OpenClaw running, you're ready for this.
Bring a laptop. Bring your OpenClaw running.
**Run of show**
🕙 11:00 Doors open, coffee
💬 11:30 Where is everyone at: quick round the room
🚀 12:00 Build time
🍕 13:00 Lunch
🛠️ 13:45 Back to building
🖥️ 15:30 Share what you've connected
🔚 16:00 Close
***
**Series Partners**
[Browser Use](https://browser-use.com/?utm_source=luma) is the open-source framework for web browser automation with AI agents. If your agent needs to navigate the web, fill forms, or extract information from any site, Browser Use is how you wire that up.
[Bronto](https://bronto.io/?utm_source=luma) is the logging layer for the AI era. It gives engineering teams unlimited log retention, millisecond search, and AI-powered troubleshooting without the cost blowout of legacy observability tools.
[Tensorix](https://tensorix.ai/?utm_source=luma) is the radically simple platform for private AI inference. Access MiniMax-M2.5, GLM-5, and open-source models. Trusted by Finance, Healthcare, and Government orgs where compliance is non-negotiable.
**Community Partner**
\*\*[Wolfpack Digital](http://wolfpack-digital.com/?utm_source=giveago&utm_medium=live_event):\*\* Award-winning web and mobile product studio with teams in Dublin and Cluj-Napoca, working with clients from early-stage startups to global brands.
**Community**
[Give(a)Go](https://giveago.co/?utm_source=luma) is a Dublin-based builder community running hands-on events for ambitious people who make things. 30+ events. 1,000+ attendees. Partners include PostHog, LangChain, ElevenLabs, HubSpot and Windsurf. One rule: learning by building.
**NOTE: Registration invalid on meetup. Please register on here for a valid ticket: [www.giveago.co/register/openclaw2](https://giveago.co/register/openclaw2)**
Snowflake in Action: Behind the Scenes of Support & Summit Updates
**Behind the Scenes of Snowflake Support: How We Solve Your Toughest Data Challenges, Brendan Murphy, Prerna Chhabra, Rafael Cano, Snowflake**
In this session, we will demystify the entire Snowflake Support experience from the inside out. We will trace the end-to-end Case Flow of a technical ticket, walking you through the advanced Tooling we use to diagnose complex issues. You will also get firsthand insight into our Cloud Support Engineer (CSE) Approach, revealing how our engineering teams troubleshoot, prioritise, and collaborate to deliver rapid resolutions.
Finally, we will provide you with a practical roadmap for Navigating Snowflake. You will learn exactly "who can help you with what," clearly distinguishing between the roles of Technical Support, Solutions Engineers, Professional Services, and Snowflake Partners. Whether you are a developer, data architect, or administrator, this session will give you the knowledge and channels you need to get the right help, right when you need it.
**What's New in Snowflake: Post Summit Roundup, Aman Dhingra, Snowflake**
Missed Summit launch announcements? Worry not. Snowflake continues to make it easier to unify your data, AI, and applications on a single platform. In this rapid-fire session we'll walk through the most impactful features from recent months, including Summit 2026 — spanning AI, data engineering, governance, and platform infrastructure. Are you using these yet?
DDS Talks at Zalando
Dublin Data Science is having an event in Zalando for June. Zalando is one of the top Europe’s leading online fashion platform, connecting 62 million active customers with more than 7,000 brands across 29 markets.
We will have two talks: one from Senior Data Scientist at Zalando, Alex Martinelli, and one from DDS regular Duncan Healy.
**Talk 1:**
**Data Science at Zalando**
and a non-hyped view on how we optimize the use of LLMs for different tasks
In this talk I'll provide an overview of the data-science work happening in Zalando, focusing on core projects built right here in our Dublin office, including product-matching, product-tagging, and Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA) for customer reviews. While the rapid evolution of LLMs has made them powerful tools for these tasks, we adopt and evaluate them carefully. I will discuss our practical, balanced approach to adopting and evaluating LLMs, demonstrating how we integrate them into our existing pipelines to achieve optimal performance while keeping infrastructure costs in check.
Alex Martinelli is a senior data-scientist at Zalando, previously worked for IBM-Watson. Mainly focusing on representation-learning, computer-vision and generative-models.
Additional hobbies and interests include procedural-computer-graphics in Blender, drawing and lucid-dreaming.
**Talk 2:**
**How to Tame the Dragons of Data**
Duncan Healy is a freelancer and DDS regular, he made the mistake of pontificating too often about LLMs and databases and now has to give a talk about it.
Hack and Chill
🔐 **Hack and Chill – Weekly Meetup** 🔐
📍 **Tog Hackerspace** \| 🕖 **Fridays, 7–9 PM**
*(Except the first Friday of the month – we’re at 2600 Dublin then!)*
Are you into cybersecurity, hardware hacking, or just love the hacker mindset? Bring your laptop, your curiosity, and your latest digital mischief to our chill Friday night sessions.
No talks, no pressure — just hacking, learning, and chatting with like-minded folks in a relaxed space.
💻 BYO projects, hacks, and war stories
☕ Tea, tools, and toggers provided
💬 New faces always welcome
Come hang out. We don’t bite — unless you’re a vulnerable service.
https://www.tog.ie/2025/08/new-weekly-group-night-hack-and-chill/
Business Show Odoo - Dublin
**Join us for the next Odoo Business Show on June 18th in Dublin! 🚀**
**Come and learn how Odoo can solve your business’s most complex problems with one easy-to-use, centralized platform.**
**If you’ve never seen what it looks like to manage an entire business on one screen, you’ll definitely want to be there 😉**
**DO NOT REGISTER HERE, YOU NEED TO REGISTER IN THE FOLLOWING LINK:**
https://www.odoo.com/r/gQWv
TOG Open Social
Drop in to our regular Open Social for a great alternative Saturday evening. It's a great informal way to see the space and meet members and visitors.
If you’ve never been in before, we’ll give you the grand tour of the space. Talk to members and visitors about projects or things that you’d like to do. If you like what you see, ask about joining as a full member. Membership brings many benefits. Weather and volunteer permitting, we might have our wood fired pizza oven going outside!
[https://youtu.be/TTQ0YylkEzc](https://youtu.be/TTQ0YylkEzc)
Expect caint, ceol agus craic as usual. The space stays open until the last member is left……usually the small hours of Sunday morning. You can drop in for 10 minutes, or stay the whole night. We have lots of free parking available. Bring beer, food, gadgets!
Thursday Language Exchange @ River Bar
Join us to **practise and improve your target language with native speakers on Thursday downstairs in River Bar** (Burgh Quay, Dublin 2) from **6.30pm to 8.30pm**.
**Our system:**
**• You sit opposite a native speaker of the language you're learning**
**• You speak 5mins English, 5mins other language, then change table**
This ensures everyone gets an equal opportunity to practise the language they're learning. Our team seats people, controls the time, organises the table changes etc.
What to expect:
• Relaxed easy going atmosphere
• Professional and quality service
• Great networking opportunities
• All levels welcome from absolute beginner to fully fluent
• A big mix of ages with attendees at each event from 18 to 70+ years old
• Topic cards on the tables to help start conversations
Wide range of languages:
We usually have **native speakers of English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese** and more depending on who shows up.
**Admission fee €7** (€6 for student card holders). **No pre-registration required, just show up**. Loyalty card system: Come to 5 events and the 6th is free.
Over 150,000 people have attended our language exchange events since 2012 to practise and improve their target language - you can too! Everyone is welcome!
For more news and info check:
Website: [www.languageexchangeireland.com](http://www.languageexchangeireland.com/)
FB: [www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland)
Instagram: [www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland)
NOTE: The MeetUp attendance does not reflect actual attendance. There are usually around 100 people at each event.
API Events Near You
Connect with your local API community
Customize the IDE: Building Extensions for Visual Studio Code - Alan Barber
**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you.
The building address is 4450 Bridge Park
The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400
You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge.
**Abstract**
*Customize the IDE: Building Extensions for Visual Studio Code*
Visual Studio Code is one of the most widely used development environments today, and much of its flexibility comes from its extension ecosystem. Extensions allow developers to customize the editor with new features, integrations, and workflow improvements tailored to their needs.
In this session, we’ll cover what extensions are and the different types available, including full extensions written in TypeScript or JavaScript, along with lighter-weight extensions such as color themes, language packs, language support, code snippets, and keymaps. We’ll also look at practical reasons a developer might create an extension, from automating repetitive tasks to adding custom tooling.
The session includes a hands-on walkthrough of creating a new extension, testing it locally, and understanding the basic project structure. We’ll close with a brief overview of how extensions are packaged and published to the Visual Studio Marketplace and other distribution options.
**YouTube Link**
TBD
AI Improv: let’s build a game together with Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini and b
We are going to build together with all the CLIs! E will be doing it at Columbus Code and Coffee
Agenda
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Hosted By
James Power, Organizer
Pete Gordon, Organizer
Just a Software Guy in the age of the Internet.
Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbus-presents-ai-improv-lets-build-a-game-together-with-claude-code-codex-and-gemini-and-be-the-judge/.
COhPy Monthly Meeting
**Improving Office in Franklinton**
Physical location:
Improving Office
330 Rush Alley Suite #150
Columbus, OH 43215
Schedule:
6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages.
6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s).
Topic: This month Chris Pazsint will be talking about Agentic Coding. How does one use CLI Based Agents, and Agentic IDEs such as Cursor, Kiro, Antigravity? How to include agentic coding plugins for IDEs you already love such as Visual Studio Code.
We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio!
The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us!
And yes, there will be free food.
Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).
AI Agents 101: How to Make ChatGPT Do Actual Work
Most people still use AI like a search box: type one question, get one answer, repeat.
But the next step is AI agents: systems that can take a goal, break it into steps, use tools, remember context, and produce useful work for a human to review.
In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll demystify what AI agents actually are — without hype or jargon. We’ll walk through practical examples of how agents can help with research, planning, writing, coding, operations, and personal productivity.
We’ll cover:
* What makes an AI “agent” instead of just a chatbot
* How agents break tasks into steps
* Where agents are genuinely useful today
* Where they fail, hallucinate, or need human review
* How to design simple AI workflows for your own work
* A live demo of an AI agent-style workflow from start to finish
No coding experience required. This is for anyone who wants to understand where AI tools are going and how to use them more effectively right now.
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.
Columbus Code & Coffee 87 @ Improving
Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you!
**What to Expect at the Intro Circle**
\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~
Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup:
* Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics
Round 1 - (7 secs max):
* Your name
* What you're working on
* What you can help others with
Round 2:
* Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too.
Round 3:
* Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool.
After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!





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