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Come on Out and Toast Technology This Week

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! As you're dusting off your sombrero, munching on a taquito, and preparing to salt a few margaritas tonight, take a look at some of the great tech events happening in DC this week. There's a lot going on in the local art scene this week, and we've included some of the events with a tech element here to put them on your radar. Here's a run down of the events we're hoping to attend, with a surprising number of them taking place during the day. That just leaves you more time for those margaritas.

Monday
11:00 am  - 12:15 pm
Open Source, Open Education and Eco-friendly: Can Sharing Improve Policy? - Start the week off by listening to Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems talk about how openness and sharing can improve public policy and international development. 

Tuesday - Saturday
7: 00 pm and 9:30 pm
Screenings of the Washington, DC 48 Hour Film Project: People had exactly 48 hours to write, shoot, and edit a seven-minute movie over the weekend. Now it's time for us to see what they came up with.

It's another busy albeit rainy week in Washington, DC with a lot of interesting tech events and happy hours taking place. We had a hard time deciding which events to check out this week, but finally narrowed it down to the ones below. As always, you can check out everything happening this week in tech at DC Tech Events.

Hope to see you out this week! 

Tuesday
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Dorkbot DC: This is one of the dorkier meetups happening in the city, so if that's your bag - or machine to machine (M2M) communication or RepRap is - swing on over to GW University for this month's Dorkbot meeting. 

Wednesday
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Drupal Lab: Have a burning question about how to get a Drupal module properly configured or want to share a glory (or war) story about that last Drupal site you built? Then come on out for the April Drupal Lab and talk shop with other Drupalers.

6:30 pm
DC New Media Technology: We hear this networking/happy hour event is a great place to talk about new media, social networking, and all that is web 2.0 with a bunch of other people in the field. This will be our first time out to this event, and we're pretty psyched about it. 

Saturday
5:00 pm
DC Rollergirls Championship: For a little weekend fun, come out for the DC Rollergirls championship match. Haven't heard of them? The photos should peak your interest : )

Come Out for Some Tech Events Happening This Week in Washington, DC

The rainy spring weather is expected to break just in time for us to attend some great tech events this week without the burden of carrying an umbrella. Here's a quick look at what we're up to this week. For a full listing of tech events happening around the city, check out DC Tech Events. Hope to see you out this week!

Wednesday:

6:00 pm
ICT for Dev: This month's meeting focuses on the question that's on everyone's mind - are there any good tech jobs in the international development field? This will be followed by a discussion on how you can get these jobs.

7:00 pm
Refresh DC: This one is for the entrepreneurs out there. The meetup will kick off with a discussion on the pros and cons of starting your own tech business and will be led by several people who have already wandered down that path.

Thursday:

6:30 pm
TECH Cocktail DC: It is what it sounds like it is - a happy hour for DC techies. We're going to meet other local bloggers, technologists, and entrepreneurs. And of course, to relax over a few drinks.

Our Picks for Local Tech Events

It’s another busy week in DC for techies who must choose between a ton of interesting events taking place. Our picks for the week are below, and you can check out the full calendar of events is here. If you attend any of these events, be sure to stop by and say hi :)

Monday

DC Drupal Meetup: We’ll be here to talk about the latest Drupal projects we’re working on and see what other people are up to. This is a great event for all people who use or are interested in Drupal since the conversation won’t be overly technical.

Tuesday

Democratizing Development: How Technology is Disrupting Traditional Development Models. This event will look at whether technology will displace development organizations as it fuels person to person poverty fighting work, or whether donor agencies will use technology to benefit their work.   

NetSquared: Pimp my Nonprofit is back and this month the group will be revamping Global Giving's online image. 

Thursday

Party On...line with the RNC and DNC: Internet Advocacy Roundtable is bringing together online strategists from the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee for a talk on what they’re both doing online. 

Hope you can make it out to a few events this week!