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CocoaHeads x 42 Berlin: iOS Community Meet-up
CocoaHeads x 42 Berlin: iOS Community Meet-up
We are happy to invite you to our next iOS meetup. This time we cooperate with the amazing 42 Berlin to share the knowledge and experience in iOS development. 18:00 Doors open 18:30 Welcome on campus **18:45** **— Sebastian Hagedorn, director of Engineering at Clue, presents "The Sensitive App".** Is your app really working, or just not crashing? “The Sensitive App” reports subtle bugs regardless of origin, and validates your assumptions in production so you don’t have to resort to guessing or praying. Learn how to turn your app into the first line of defense for your entire system’s health! **19:45** **— Dmitry Kurkin, lead Mobile Engineer at SuperNext, presents "Lessons that iOS Native Project could learn from ReactNative in agentic development".** We'll inspect the components of the React Native engine that provide faster feedback and boost agentic iterations.
DRAWING AND PAINTING CLASS  on VARIOUS TECHNIQUES  SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS
DRAWING AND PAINTING CLASS on VARIOUS TECHNIQUES SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS
**DRAWING AND PAINTING CLASS** **on VARIOUS TECHNIQUES** ***SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS*** with Travis Hendrix [BOOK IT HERE](https://berlinschoolofdrawing.weebly.com/booking---contact--venue.html) Weekly on Thursdays from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. \- to be joined anytime\! FROM THU MAY 7TH to JULY 23rd 2026 Join anytime! *Scroll down for detailed program* Pricing options: \- 4 entrances/€110 \- to be used within 7 weeks from purchasing \- Special 3 MONTHS booking: €290 \- one time drop in: 36€ This is an ongoing class from MAY to JULY 2026 The subscription to the class can be done monthly ( the 4 entrances don't have to be used in a row ) Plus: SPECIAL Price for booking 3 MONTHS to be followed in a row Each individual will be guided separately so any level is welcome! **ALL MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED by us:** however you are more than welcome to bring your own material and try things out. The aim of the class is to target a big range of people who know nothing about drawing, to the ones who have some experience already and want to develop ideas, techniques etc. therefore it will be suitable for complete beginners or intermediates. We will sometimes have models, sometimes work on still life, sometimes on botany, sometimes we will focus rather on techniques and some other times it ́s more liberated and free. The goal of the class is to learn how to draw, and how to find your own style with time. **DETAILED PROGRAM:** MAY 7th to JULY 30th 2026 May 7: Introduction to drawing with pencil forms, volume, perspective and shading. May 14: Drawing with pen and ink still life, focusing on positive and negative space and silhouette drawing. May 21: life drawing session with model, elaborating on pencil and charcoal and pen skills, learning about figure drawing, and applying the previous sessions into body forms and shades May 28: Drawing the face with pencils June 4: Intro to Acrylics. Materials and techniques. June 11: Colour theory applied through all painting mediums. June 18: Abstract surrealism in acrylics. How to start a painting against the fear of the blank. June 25: Image transfer with acrylic mediums and mixed media. July 2: Intro to watercolour and gouache July 9: Botanical art (drawing and painting). July 16: Introduction to Indian(Chinese) ink, learning how to work with shadows, layers and lines July23: Mixed media painting July 30: life drawing with Model, material choice up-to students ***
Episode 3 of the 2026 Edition - The longest Kotlin night of the year
Episode 3 of the 2026 Edition - The longest Kotlin night of the year
The longest day of the year is comming and let's another Kotlin meetup. This time we geather at N26! **⚠️⚠️⚠️ Due to a venue policy please submit the following form for additional details. Without it, you won't be allowed inside the venue:** https://forms.gle/XjqVXkD3FARCM6jA8 **Line-Up:** 👉 **TestBalloon: Kotlin testing is easier (and more fun) than you think** *by Oliver Okrongli* You want an easier way to write tests? Parameterize tests in plain Kotlin? Reuse a series of tests? Easily extend own your test setup? Have first-class support on all platforms? All without struggling with a huge framework API? TestBalloon is a new test framework that brings the power of Kotlin to your test setup. With a small-surface API, a hierarchical test structure and an extensible DSL, TestBalloon makes Kotlin testing easy, even at scale. Oliver, the author of TestBalloon, will show testing patterns and strategies and lots of practical examples, ranging from simple unit tests with less boilerplate to advanced testing with coroutines and generated data. This talk is based on insights first presented at KotlinConf 2026 in Munich. At the end of this talk, you’ll be able to firmly the answer the question: "How can I master Kotlin testing with ease, and make my team release with joy and confidence, every time?" 👉 **One Topic to Rule 'Em All** *by Yonatan Karp-Rudin* Kafka delivered every event exactly once, in order, and lost nothing. So what broke? This talk follows that question into the gap most event-driven systems leave open: what actually guarantees the order your domain depends on, and what quietly doesn't. We start from a real log line, find the crack in an architecture that looks clean and ships fast, and rule out the fix everyone reaches for first. The cure turns out to be one sentence of domain thinking plus one line of config, though the Schema Registry will fight you on the way there. A live demo runs the bug and the fix back to back: same load, same hero, one change. If you build with Kafka, you have probably shipped a version of this bug. You will leave able to spot it and fix it before it pages someone. 👉 **TBD** **Speaker Bios:** 🗣 Oliver Okrongli Oliver has been shaping and creating software from backend to frontends. He is the author of TestBalloon, a next-generation Kotlin test framework. Before, he has helped to maintain Kotest, and contributed to several libraries of the Kotlin ecosystem as well as the Kotlin compiler. Can be found on GitHub (OliverO2) and the kotlinlang Slack (Oliver O). When not developing, he is most probably in deep talks, dancing, snowboarding or F18 catamaran sailing whenever he gets a chance. 🗣 Yonatan Karp-Rudin Yonatan Karp-Rudin is a Staff Engineer at Billie, building event-driven systems in Kotlin and Spring Boot. Off the clock, he plays with AI agents and builds random tooling, trying to hand off as much of his own workflow to a machine as he can. The rest of the time he's brewing mead or deep in a video game. **🗣 TBD**
Echte Männerfreundschaften - Treffpunkt
Echte Männerfreundschaften - Treffpunkt
Join Biggest Community | Investors Founders | Berlin | Online
Join Biggest Community | Investors Founders | Berlin | Online
Please reserve your spot by registering on the below link : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/join-biggest-community-investors-founders-berlin-online-tickets-1988380688164?aff=meetup QUESTIONS ? Pls Reach out to; Rose - +971528033410 ( WhatsApp Only)
Free Salsa Cubana (Casino) Beginner Class
Free Salsa Cubana (Casino) Beginner Class
📅 Every Thursday 🕠 5:30–6:30 PM 📍 In front of Sveda · Schwedter Str. 79, 10437 Berlin ☀️ Outdoor class — only in good weather conditions! Please contact us before joining so we can confirm that the class is taking place. ✨ Curious about Salsa Cubana? This is a relaxed and beginner-friendly opportunity to take your first steps, meet new people, and discover the joy of partner dancing. 💛 Our philosophy: It’s not the number of figures that makes you a “good dancer” — it’s your communication with your partner and with the music. 📧 [info@puntocubanoberlin.com](mailto:info@puntocubanoberlin.com) 📞 +49 155 100 966 28
Discover the 3.043 year old secret behind your DNA!
Discover the 3.043 year old secret behind your DNA!
Yes it’s free. But please come only if you are ready. The 22-Strand DNA Activation Used For 3,000 Years To Awaken Human Potential For the first time a high level Initiate reveals the 3.034 year old method to awaken human potential.. this method is available to the public since 1997 and starts reaching the masses now! Humanity is ready! Before that date people like Da Vinci, Tesla, Michelangelo, Pythagoras, Goethe, Beethoven and many more received the private opportunity to study these secrets. There is a moment in every seeker's life when reading stops being enough. You've done the books. The podcasts. The meditation apps. The therapy. Maybe even plant medicine, breathwork, yoga teacher trainings, retreats in distant countries. And still — somewhere quiet inside you — that voice keeps whispering: "There has to be more." There is. For 3,000 years, an unbroken lineage of teachers — traceable back to King Salomon the Wise — has guarded a precise energetic transmission known as the Life Activation. A 22-strand DNA activation that awakens dormant aspects of your divine blueprint. The same activation that has changed the lives of thousands of people across more than 50 countries. On Thursday, in the heart of Berlin, I'm opening the doors for a free 2-hour evening to share what this path is — and what it has done for me. --- What You'll Discover — What the Life Activation actually is (and why every Mystery School student receives it first) — The lineage behind it — King Salomon, 3,000 years, 7 Mystery Schools worldwide — How it works with your chakras, magnetic energy, etheric body, and elemental forces — What people consistently report afterwards: clarity, vitality, release of inherited patterns, deep peace — Why it bypasses the mind entirely — no belief required, no understanding needed — Where this path can take you — Sacred Geometry, Kabbalah, Initiation, Healers Academy — Live Q&A — ask anything --- Who This Is For You belong in this room if you: → Feel stuck despite trying everything — therapy, self-help, coaching, retreats → Sense that there is more to life but cannot quite reach it → Are walking through a major transition — career, relationship, identity, crisis → Want to begin a real spiritual path — not just read about one → Feel drawn to ancient wisdom and lineage-based traditions → Are ready for change. Real change. Not more information. You also belong here if you have zero spiritual background. You don't need to believe in anything. You just need to show up. --- What This Is Not Not a sales pitch dressed as a talk. Not a "manifestation" workshop. Not therapy. Not channeling. Not New Age improvisation. This is ancient lineage work — the same teachings, transmitted the same way, for three millennia. --- Your Host I'm Paul Schulz — Ritual Master in the King Salomon Lineage of the Modern Mystery School, based in Berlin, teaching in English across Europe. I received my own Life Activation in this city, and it changed everything. Now I share this work with seekers ready for the next step. --- The Details 📍 Berlin — see above 🗓 every second Thursday 💶 FREE (limited seats — registration required) 🎙 Language: English 🎁 Bonus: open Q&A --- Reserve Your Seat The question is not whether you have time. The question is whether you can afford to keep living the way you have been living.

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Sunday Tech Coffee Meetup
Sunday Tech Coffee Meetup
Welcome to Sunday Tech Coffee. This is a **networking** event for those in the tech industry in Berlin. We are usually inside and to the right. Ask the barista/bartender if you can't find us.
OpenSpace Networthing - Vibe Coding & AI
OpenSpace Networthing - Vibe Coding & AI
At OpenSpace Networthing entrepreneurs from diverse disciplines, industries and nations meet to collaboratively develop solutions for challenges presented by participants. This month we will dive deeper into building digital products with Vibe Coding & AI with Varun Jain. We are building a networking-App: The "Tinder for Entrepreneurs" If you want to offer a workshop or present a topic for our members, write an email to alejandro.wagner@mlp.de Entrance is free! Bring in your expertise instead.
DRAWING AND PAINTING CLASS  on VARIOUS TECHNIQUES  SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS
DRAWING AND PAINTING CLASS on VARIOUS TECHNIQUES SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS
**DRAWING AND PAINTING CLASS** **on VARIOUS TECHNIQUES** ***SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS*** with Travis Hendrix [BOOK IT HERE](https://berlinschoolofdrawing.weebly.com/booking---contact--venue.html) Weekly on Thursdays from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. \- to be joined anytime\! FROM THU MAY 7TH to JULY 23rd 2026 Join anytime! *Scroll down for detailed program* Pricing options: \- 4 entrances/€110 \- to be used within 7 weeks from purchasing \- Special 3 MONTHS booking: €290 \- one time drop in: 36€ This is an ongoing class from MAY to JULY 2026 The subscription to the class can be done monthly ( the 4 entrances don't have to be used in a row ) Plus: SPECIAL Price for booking 3 MONTHS to be followed in a row Each individual will be guided separately so any level is welcome! **ALL MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED by us:** however you are more than welcome to bring your own material and try things out. The aim of the class is to target a big range of people who know nothing about drawing, to the ones who have some experience already and want to develop ideas, techniques etc. therefore it will be suitable for complete beginners or intermediates. We will sometimes have models, sometimes work on still life, sometimes on botany, sometimes we will focus rather on techniques and some other times it ́s more liberated and free. The goal of the class is to learn how to draw, and how to find your own style with time. **DETAILED PROGRAM:** MAY 7th to JULY 30th 2026 May 7: Introduction to drawing with pencil forms, volume, perspective and shading. May 14: Drawing with pen and ink still life, focusing on positive and negative space and silhouette drawing. May 21: life drawing session with model, elaborating on pencil and charcoal and pen skills, learning about figure drawing, and applying the previous sessions into body forms and shades May 28: Drawing the face with pencils June 4: Intro to Acrylics. Materials and techniques. June 11: Colour theory applied through all painting mediums. June 18: Abstract surrealism in acrylics. How to start a painting against the fear of the blank. June 25: Image transfer with acrylic mediums and mixed media. July 2: Intro to watercolour and gouache July 9: Botanical art (drawing and painting). July 16: Introduction to Indian(Chinese) ink, learning how to work with shadows, layers and lines July23: Mixed media painting July 30: life drawing with Model, material choice up-to students ***
berlinCreators Werkstattabend
berlinCreators Werkstattabend
Unser Verein berlinCreators e.V. trifft sich jeden Freitag ab 18 Uhr im Makerspace. Wir haben Gruppen rund um Elektronik, 3D-Druck, Nähen, Programmieren, Retro Computer. Egal ob Anfänger oder Profi – hier seid Ihr Willkommen. Ihr könnt mit anderen fachsimpeln, Euch inspirieren lassen oder auch mit unserer Hilfe Eure ersten Projekte starten. Wenn Ihr Euch bei uns wohlfühlt und Mitglieder bei den berlinCreators werden möchtest, freuen wir uns. Kommt vorbei, lernt den Space, uns und die Möglichkeiten kennen.
Creative Code Jam @ MotionLab.Berlin
Creative Code Jam @ MotionLab.Berlin
The Creative Code Jam is a monthly gathering of artists, makers, designers, illustrators, coders, musicians, performers, learners and anyone interested in the use of computing skills for artistic expression. The event is free and open to all, regardless of age, origin, gender or experience. The jam is an opportunity to meet likeminded people and get creative together in a relaxed and safe environment. Beginners and first-timers should feel especially welcome! WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT? **Bring a laptop** and/or anything you’d like to work on, whether it’s a personal project, an experiment, or a skill you want to learn. You can come with friends or meet new people here. There’s no set agenda: some people code, some sketch ideas, some collaborate, and others just chat and get inspired. SCHEDULE Doors open at noon, then we’ll have quick introductions so everyone can share what they’re planning to work on. Note: arriving on time is the best way to hear what others are up to ;) Around 6 pm, we gather to share what we’ve worked on during the day. BEGINNERS WELCOME! If you’re new to creative coding, we'll be happy to help you get started, and you can find beginner-friendly resources at [creativecode.berlin/learn](http://creativecode.berlin/learn). THIS IS YOUR SPACE We do our best to create a welcoming environment for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. People from group generally underrepresented in open-source, art, and technology fields are warmly encouraged to come by. And if you know someone who might enjoy this meetup but isn’t sure it’s for them, let them know they’ll be welcome! SAFE SPACE POLICY We support the Berlin Code of Conduct: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/ Please make sure you agree with its content. ABOUT MotionLab.Berlin MotionLab.Berlin is Germany’s premier Innovation Hub & Makerspace – an ecosystem for Hardtech, art, creativity, and entrepreneurship. They are an international community with access to state-of-the-art machinery, prototyping machines, coworking spaces, offices, and production facilities. More info: https://motionlab.berlin/ ACCESSIBILITY MotionLab is located on the ground floor, with bathrooms on that same level, although unfortunately they are too small for wheelchairs. FOOD MotionLab has drinks and snacks for sale. Bio food can be found on LPG at Bouchéstr (\~200m). Their cantine has vegan, vegetarian and other food options until 8pm. DO I NEED TO SPEAK GERMAN? We speak mostly English so international guests are more than welcome! Our team also speaks French, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish and German... though language availability may vary depending on which organizers are present :) CONTACT Raphaël de Courville team@creativecode.berlin +49 176 700 70572 or get in touch via [creativecode.berlin](https://creativecode.berlin/)
Humboldthain Pool: 30 min swim 🌞 🌊 👋
Humboldthain Pool: 30 min swim 🌞 🌊 👋
Join Us for a Morning Swim at Humboldthain Outdoor Pool! Hey everyone, We are doing another relaxed swim meet-up at Humboldthain outdoor swimming pool, and I'd love for you to join! We'll be gathering for a casual 30-minute swim - nothing competitive, just a chance to enjoy the water and start the day on a refreshing note. Afterwards, if you're up for it, we can go to a nearby cafe for a coffee and chat, but no pressure - totally optional! 📝 **Bring** - ID/passport (mandatory, checked by the pool staff) !!! - swimsuit - towel - 1 Euro coin (for a locker) - ticket is around €5.50 (buy online or at the pool) **RSVP** Please un-RSVP ❌ if you cannot come! Otherwise we would unnecessarily wait for people to never show up. 📍**Where** At the pool entrance (see the map pin) and wait for 15 min for people to gather. You need to enter Humboldthain park. 🎟 **Pool tickets** [https://www.berlinerbaeder.de/baeder/detail/sommerbad-humboldthain/](https://www.berlinerbaeder.de/baeder/detail/sommerbad-humboldthain/) ☕ **Coffee** A wonderful coffee shop a few minutes away from the pool [https://maps.app.goo.gl/os3WHTSfYzbDyKQh7?g_st=ac](https://maps.app.goo.gl/os3WHTSfYzbDyKQh7?g_st=ac) Looking forward to seeing you there!
Make it and take it! Tüfteln und Designen mit Lasercutter, 3D-Drucker & Co.
Make it and take it! Tüfteln und Designen mit Lasercutter, 3D-Drucker & Co.
Das alte T-Shirt mit einem Statement-Print wiederbeleben, eine verlorene Spielfigur nachdrucken oder einen Stempel designen: MeetUp im Humboldt Forum! In diesem dreistündigen Workshop sind alle Interessierten mit und ohne Vorkenntnisse dazu eingeladen, verschiedene Maker Space Technologien kennenzulernen. Wir erklären an unterschiedlichen Terminen (s.u.), wie sich mit Laser Cutter, 3D-Drucker, Schneidplotter, Näh- oder Stickmaschine nützliche Dinge für den Alltag herstellen lassen. Inspiriert von den aktuellen Ausstellungen und Themen des Hauses, können am Laptop mit der Software Inkscape oder Tinkercad eigene Grafiken und Objekte entworfen und gestaltet werden. Wer sich geschickt anstellt, kann am Ende ein fertiges Produkt mit nach Hause nehmen. Die Personenzahl ist begrenzt. Bitte buchen Sie **am Veranstaltungstag an der Tageskasse im Foyer** pro Person ein kostenfreies Teilnahmeticket! Der Workshop ist nicht für Kinder und Jugendliche unter 16 Jahren geeignet. **Die nächsten Termine und Themen:** **Nützliches aus Filz mit der Stickmaschine** 25\. April \(ohne/geringe Vorkenntnisse\) und 2\. Mai \(Fortgeschrittene\) **Pins und Anstecker aus dem 3D-Drucker** 23\. Mai \(ohne/geringe Vorkenntnisse\) und 30\. Mai \(Fortgeschrittene\) **WM-Special: Fan-Trikots selbst gemacht – Bitte T-Shirt mitbringen!** 20\. Juni \(ohne/geringe Vorkenntnisse\) und 27\. Juni \(Fortgeschrittene\) **Weitere Informationen:** Kostenfrei. Bitte buchen Sie Ihr Ticket direkt am Veranstaltungstag an der Tageskasse im Foyer. **Die Ticketbuchung im Voraus und im Webshop ist nicht möglich.** Dauer: 180 min. Ab 16 Jahre. Sprache: Deutsch, Englisch. Rollstuhlgerecht. Ort: Werkräume, 1. OG. Maximal 15 Personen.

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NFT AI ART Columbus
NFT AI ART Columbus
NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.
Christians in Tech - Meetup #38 @ Improving
Christians in Tech - Meetup #38 @ Improving
Christians in Tech is a community at the intersection of faith and technology. Our meetups are designed to spark meaningful conversations, promote knowledge sharing, and encourage growth—both in your career and your spiritual walk with God. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your tech journey, CIT welcomes you. Our Website [https://linktr.ee/citcbus](https://linktr.ee/citcbus) Sponsors and Partners * Improving (Venue Sponsor) * Bethel World Prayer Center (Fiscal Sponsor) * Fruits & Roots (Coffee Partner)
Prototype, Play, and Build Workshops (In-Person @GameArena)
Prototype, Play, and Build Workshops (In-Person @GameArena)
We're going to GameArena! We'll be in-person at the GameArena Gateway for our monthly COGG Prototype and Play event. Come to play and showcase your games! We're back in the upper levels of the catwalk area. It'll be packed with lots of camaraderie playing your game(s) and other's games on the 2nd floor. Light snacks and water provided but you can buy food and drinks at the bar (alcoholic drink ID required). [www.game-arena.co](http://www.game-arena.co/) **Attendees:** Don't have a game to show? Not a problem! All are welcomed and invited from all ages and backgrounds. The more we can have to play test our games is all the better! **Developers:** Do you have a game that you would like to get critical feedback on? Would you like an excuse to work on a game with other talented artists, programmers, musicians, designers, and writers? Digital, table-top, non-experienced developers, and the like are welcomed! We'll provide signage for your game to help others learn more about your work. Wifi, outlets, tables, and seats (though standing tables also) are available. Come to the Prototype and Play workshop to collaborate and meet local game developers for an evening of epic and raw game play fun! Play works-in-progress, show off your own game, work with others to add polish to a game, or even lend your talents to other fellow developers. For this event, light snacks from the bar and water will be provided! Though you can purchase you own if you like at the bar: [https://www.game-arena.co/menu](https://www.game-arena.co/menu) Can use South Garage at the Gateway with a $5 voucher on your way out. 75 E 11th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/UwgveUYG37Jy7RtS9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/UwgveUYG37Jy7RtS9) If you have any questions or comments, as always, feel free to reach out to us at [info@thecogg.com!](http://info@thecogg.com!/)
Columbus Adult Piano Players Meetup
Columbus Adult Piano Players Meetup
Come join our welcoming, low-pressure environment where you can practice performing, build confidence, stay motivated, and connect with others who play piano. Each session is intentionally structured and hosted to ensure everyone has time to play (if they choose), feel supported, socialize, and enjoy the experience. It’s not a class, but a thoughtfully guided space to help you stay consistent and make meaningful progress. **Details:** * Gatherings take place in a private home setting in the Northwest Columbus area (location to be shared after RSVPing) * Small group to keep the sessions personal and ensure everyone has time to play * Light snacks and refreshments provided Please ensure that you are able to accept chats and emails/messages via Meetup.com, as that is how I will provide the address and communicate with you closer to the event. You can message me anytime if you have any questions.
Drunken Philosophy: Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter
Drunken Philosophy: Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter
Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle. **Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?** In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox. One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread. Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for. **Questions to wrestle with:** * Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving? * Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why? * If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming? * Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection? * And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species? * Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now? As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
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/).
Stop Guessing: A Product Person's Guide to AI Adoption
Stop Guessing: A Product Person's Guide to AI Adoption
## 🤝 Host Information A co-hosted event by ProductTank Columbus & Women in Product Columbus 💡 About the Workshop AI adoption is stalling across organizations — not because of a lack of motivation or tools, but because it's fundamentally a behavior design challenge. This hands-on workshop applies proven Behavior Design models and methods to help you move from a vague organizational wish to boost AI adoption to 3-5 concrete, testable interventions you can act on starting tomorrow. Whether you're a product manager, on a product team, or just someone trying to get AI to actually stick at work, you'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth focusing on, what to ignore, and how to drive real, sustained adoption — no guesswork required. 🛠️ What to Bring Laptop: Fully charged and ready to go. AI Assistant: Have your favorite AI assistant pulled up. (Dom will be using Claude, but feel free to use whichever assistant you prefer!) 🍕 Logistics & Perks Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided! Parking: Plenty of free spaces available on-site. ###