The Chicago Nerd Social Club is joining Tech Karaoke Chicago for an evening of tone-deaf signing, crowd pleasing anthems, and of course Rick-Rolling. When: Thursday, February 11, 2010 – 7:30pm-11:00pm Where: Trader Todd’s – 3216 N. Sheffield Chicago, IL 60657 RSVP: [...more]
Andy Lester the author of “Land the Tech Job You Love“ will be giving his talk “Effective Interviewing from Both Sides of the Desk.” After the presentation Andy will be giving away a copy of his book and we will join TechThursdays@OfficePort, a weekly get-together where entrepreneurs, developers, new media types—and just plain people—can connect [...] [...more]
The Video Game Committee of the Chicago Nerd Social Club is proud to announce our inaugural event, a video game LAN party. We will be playing Left 4 Dead 2 on the gaming PCs so choose your side, Survivors or Infected! If that doesn’t interest you we will also have the Rock Band Studio available [...] [...more]
SocialDevCamp Chicago is the unconference for social application and platform developers, evangelists, and enthusiasts. SocialDevCamp Chicago is for anyone passionate about the development and implementation of social applications, platforms, APIs, mobile, identity management, and new media. This year’s event includes two days of developer-centric sessions surrounding trends in social applications, platforms, APIs, apps, business cases, and [...] [...more]
Fellow Chicago Nerd Zach Schneider is going to be teaching web design/programming classes at Pumping Station: One. The classes are free (donations are always accepted) and are a great way to get started in web design or to brush up on your skillz. The first two classes have been announced and they will be: Introduction [...] [...more]
ThinkGeek is in Chicago for a few days and they would like to hang out with some local nerds. Join Thinkgeek and some of the Chicago Nerd Social Club organizers tonight to hang out with Timmy the monkey and wet your whistle with a drink or two. Hope to see you there! Where: The Clark Street [...] [...more]
photo credit: Anne Petersen Pumping Station: One is hosting a Hackathon for computer nerds to come and bring your latest project and power through it amongst others that can provide assistance and/or inspiration. The event is free and open to the public. When: Saturday, September 26, 2009 – 8:00pm-12:00am Where: Pumping Station: One, 3354 N. [...] [...more]
A good friend of the Chicago Nerd Social Club, Adria Richards, is hosting a webinar for any nerd or geek thinking of starting their own company. With lots of nerds out of work, this is a great time to become your own boss and follow your entrepreneurial dream. Adria is being joined by Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome [...] [...more]
The next likemind will be Friday, August 21, 2009 in dozens of cities around the world including Chicago. Host Mike Maddaloni calls likemind a gathering of “creative-minded people, from various disciplines including Internet, advertising, art, social media, et. al.” When: Friday, August 21st 8:00am-10:00am Where: Argo Tea, 140 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL [...] [...more]
Computer Nerd Chris Kusek is offering Microsoft Discount Vouchers for 20% off Microsoft Certification Exams and has was nice enough to give the Chicago Nerd Social Club voucher codes to distribute as well. The vouchers are redeemable for one Microsoft Certification Exam delivered at an Authorized Prometric Testing Center™. You must take your Microsoft [...] [...more]