If you missed the centre{source} Halloween party then you probably also missed the opportunity to see entrepreneur Nicholas Holland dressed as Princess Leia from Star Wars, which is why I’ve taken the time to post the likeness recreated in beautiful Photoshop glory.
The CS team, who probably all value their jobs, decided to post only one of the video’s that was shown at the costume party. The second video contained a heartfelt speech from Holland about the tech community in Nashville — of course, dressed with the force in mind.
Overlapping social events in the tech scene is beginning to become an issue for Nashville’s geek community and I suppose I should be glad that there are an over abundance of things to do rather than complain that I now have choices.
But when one of those meetups remains ignorant enough to overlap events on purpose, well, I guess that speaks to the heart of what kind of meetup group it actually is. I’m talking about the faux community “Digital Nashville” (Here start-eth the Flame War).
Digital Nashville has taken it upon themselves to schedule their event at the exact same time as the Centre{source} Mixer, which has always been well communicated and began their regular monthly meetups in January. Therefore I can say with a bit of authority that the information about the c{s} Mixer gathering, which typically has a pretty good turn out, is not hard to find. I can also say that there is some spill over so that the same people attending the Mixer are also involved in the Digital Nashville meetup.
But they chose to remain ignorant and schedule their event on the same day despite having at least a month to preplan. I know this because I got a message from the “Digital-Nash Ville” Facebook account. Apparently they are also ignorant of starting a Facebook group managed by real people (that is, actual people without hyphens in their names). Do you really want to attend a DIGITAL event that’s been organized by folks who don’t know how to use Facebook properly?
I’m just saying, If I were to recommend a choice between the two, I’d go with the Mixer.
Interactive Strategies company Centre{source} ended January with a mixer for the local tech community hosted at their office in downtown Nashville. Solutions Consultant Kurt Strickmaker was kind enough to put me on the invite list for the event, which will happen every forth Thursday of the month.
It isn’t the first time Centre{source} has stepped up to bring the community together. Company founder Nicholas Holland dedicated his board room, among other things, for the 2008 BarCamp Nashville planning meetings and was a participant in Nashville Startup Weekend. Its exactly the kind of behavior that no doubt will solidify their place as a Nashville Area Chamber Future 50 company, which they were named in August of 2008.
Thursdays are quickly becoming my most enjoyable day of the week. I suspect the same is true for other tech-savvy folks living in the Nashville area as well if you count both the Firefly Logic organized Geek Social (first Thursday of the month) and a Geek Breakfast at Noshville (every Third Thursday).
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If you missed the centre{source} Halloween party then you probably also missed the opportunity to see entrepreneur Nicholas Holland dressed as Princess Leia from Star Wars, which is why I’ve taken the time to post the likeness recreated in beautiful Photoshop glory.
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Interactive Strategies company 
It isn’t the first time Centre{source} has stepped up to bring the community together. Company founder Nicholas Holland dedicated his board room, among other things, for the 
