📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Are you gearing up for Global Game Jam 2025? Whether you're a first-time participant or a seasoned pro, this free hybrid event is designed to help you make the most of your game jam experience!Join Josh Sankarlal, Canada's GGJ Regional Organizer and a...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free 🌟 Kickoff the 2025 Global Game Jam with Hackforge! 🌟 Ready to dive into one of the most exciting global events in game development? Join us for our Global Game Jam Kickoff, an evening designed to spark your creativity, fuel your inspiration, and...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free For the second year running, Hackforge is participating in the Global Game Jam! As the world's largest game creation event, GGJ brings together thousands of participants at hundreds of locations. Over the week of the jam, participants make video, board, and card games...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free 🎮 Global Game Jam 2025: Closing Event 🎮 After a whirlwind week of creativity and collaboration, it’s time to celebrate all the hard work and incredible games made during the 2025 Global Game Jam! Schedule of Events: 📌 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM:...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Discover Hidden Gems of the Browser World!Join us for a fun and interactive session where we ask the big question: What's your favorite browser add-on? This show-and-tell style event is your chance to share the tools you love, explore nifty add-ons others swear...
📍Discord💻Virtual Only💲 Free Join us for this month's LUG social where we'll be discussing everything related to Linux distributions! This event is perfect for anyone wanting to give Linux a try or seasoned users looking to try a new distribution. We'll be discussing the following topics: I hope to see everyone there! 📆 Date: Thursday, February...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Unlocking AI's Potential with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Are you ready to take your AI expertise to the next level? This event is tailor-made for experienced technologists eager to explore the cutting edge of artificial intelligence. Join Doug Sartori as he demystifies Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG),...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Join us for this LUG event as we walk through the steps for running a local LLM within a container, discussing why you would want to run a local LLM, and how to configure Open Web UI to use your local LLMs. Prerequisites for the...
📍 Online via Discord (public) and in-person (by invitation only)💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Hackforge friend and data advocates the Canadian Open Data Society (CODS) will be presenting the 2025 Canadian Open Data Awards on Wednesday, March 5th. Broadcasting from Edmonton Alberta, CODS will be recognizing excellence in the field of open data by issuing up to...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Not all tech jobs are created equal! Before you say "yes" to an offer, do you know what red flags to watch for? Doug Sartori invites you to a guided group discussion designed for software professionals navigating the job market in 2025. We’ll...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free OpenStreetMap Windsor-Essex has spent a ton of time talking about how everyone can add data to OSM, but we've never spoken much about how to get that data back out. So for those of you interested in extracting geodata for analysis, use in...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free The web should be accessible to everyone—but many digital experiences still leave users with disabilities behind. This hands-on event will introduce essential web accessibility techniques, helping developers, designers, and content creators build inclusive websites that meet W3C-WCAG 2.2 standards. Led by David Best...