The end of the analog television era has been years in the making, but enough uncertainty abounds that Congress has pushed off the transition date, requiring broadcast companies to justify their switch to digital on the original February 2009 date.
Tim Siglin, contributing editor for Streaming Media magazine will separate fact from fiction on the television switch as well [...]

Where’s our stuff?
Adventures of a corporate digital librarian
In the 1990’s, most organizations thought that a search engine like Google would allow employees to find everything on their networks.  Now, a growing number recognize that search is only part of the solution.  Jean Graef, of  The Montague Institute, will discuss how she helps cross-functional [...]

2008 is nearly fading away, so it is once again time for our year-end GeekSouth meetup.  No topics, no speeches, just time to hang out with old friends and make new ones.  
Several people requested it, so we are booked for Ole Chile in Johnson City at 7:00pm on December 16th.  Ole Chile is located [...]

One of the most talked about GeekSouth meetups from last year was Eric Rolf’s presentation on security.  So we are proud to announce that Erik is back again to give us the lowdown in all the latest InfoSec goodness.
Erik Rolf, CISA, CISSP, is the president of Deliberare, Inc. “Dependable Dynamic Defense”
The meetup will be [...]

Linux/Open Source programs for Windows
A Cost Effective Business Alternative

At this GeekSouth meeting (July 23, 2008) we will be discussing Linux, Open Source programs, Open Source programs that have been ported for windows, and how the these programs can be used as a cost effective alternative to windows and windows based programs.  The presentation will be [...]

Do you have a smoking fast or uber-cool system or tech gadget you would like to show the Geeks? On Saturday June 21, 2008 at noon, come for a Geek South Lunch time event.    We want to see computer equipment, cell phones, GPS, PDA, calculators or some other tech gadget you could bring. [...]

This Saturday, May 24th, Geeks with Grills!  We are planning to have a LOW-TECH GeekSouth meeting this time, so your laptops and mobile phones won’t be necessary1.  Just bring yourself and an item from our punchbowl list (you’ll be getting an e-mail soon) to the cookout!  We will be meeting at Jose’s house which you [...]

Come out this Thursday, April 17th at 7pm our monthly GeekSouth Dinner.  This month Lee Trout will give a presentation on Flash:
Leveraging Flash as a desktop development platform great for startups and mature businesses who need graphical interactive experiences at a fraction of the cost of custom developments.  I’ll be showcasing the [...]

Don’t forget to join us this Thursday March 20, 2008 for a presentation given by Nathan King. Nathan is the CEO/Chief Architect at JETPAC.tv, LLC.
He will be telling us Geeks all about sites like Quik, Seesmic, and currentTV. I am sure we will also hear a little something about JETPAC!
Topic for [...]

This month’s GeekSouth dinner will be held at the Brooklyn Grill in Bristol, VA on February 19th at 7pm. Come out and join us all for a presentation on Google Apps by Ben & Cam of The Bliss Agency.

Upcoming.org Event
Google Map to Brooklin Grill & Cafe

From Ben:
A lot of people are familiar with Gmail [...]