Sunday, June 7, 2009

First Friends Knowledge Share

Gretas MBA DegreeInspired by the knowledge-sharing events I've recently spoken of, BarCamp and Ignite, some friends and I decided to start our own small set of events to accomplish the same thing. Tentatively happening on the last Saturday of each month, the Reneers hosted the first gathering on May 30th followed by an outing to Tijuana Flats for dinner. Four attended and three spoke:

  • "How to Calculate the Radius of the Earth Using a Stopwatch and a Yard Stick" by Mike R.
  • Information about pruning various types of flora by Christie
  • "Useful Knots and How to Tie Them" by myself
The photograph above is of my cousin Greta's MBA degree she recently received from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. The frame she ordered, seen here, included a window matting that was too small to show the entire degree. I helped her out by separating the original navy backing, cutting a new set of windows, then cutting a larger window in the off-white mat on top. Good afternoon project to force me to get my mat cutter out of my closet and to use it again.

Below is the PowerPoint presentation I created for our Knowledge Share event.