Josh Sager Media: Creative Technologies Blog

Last night I attended my first Refresh Pittsburgh meeting at the Kiva Han coffee shop in Oakland. Despite the hot and muggy weather it was quite refreshing.

Refresh Pittsburgh is all about bringing creative types together in all things design and technology. Last night I met mostly developer hybrids. People that were good with design but for some reason or another spend a lot of time coding. Be it HTML, Actionscript, or .NET

Jason Head and Pat Collins are the two guys heading up the organization. In Jason’s opening address he said that he wanted Refresh Pittsburgh to be an opportunity to share ideas from setting up your first RSS feed to accounting for freelancers. Basically all of the things you wouldn’t have really learned in school but deal with on a regular basis. He went on to say that he does not want this group to be a happy hour like so many other organizations in Pittsburgh.

I immediately identified with Jason a Pats vision and I was sold. More and more Pittsburghers are doing positive things around the city. It’s almost like a creative revolution if you will.

Since Podcamp Pittsburgh last November I have seen a tremendous amount of change in the mindset of the 20 and 30 somethings around town. More of us are communicating, reaching out, and most importantly doing something positive. Some of the negativity still looms but the momentum and enthusiasm of the creative scene is really infectious.

Get out there do something refreshing. Join a user group like the Flash Users Group, get involved with Refresh Pittsburgh, or the Creative Treehouse. There are young people out there in our city making a really big difference. And you can be one of them.

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