📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)👥 In Person Only💲 Free 🍁💻 Celebrate Software Freedom Day with Hackforge! 💻🍁 Already soaking in the vibes at the Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market? Just a block away, the spirit of community continues! 👉 Drop in at Hackforge HQ anytime between 10AM–Noon for a hands-on intro to free...
📍Art Windsor-Essex (401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Join us for a fun and family-friendly day at the AWE Night Light Festival’s Light Up Pendant Workshop! The day begins with a low-stimulation hour, designed to provide a welcoming experience for guests who find loud or busy environments overwhelming. Throughout the day, enjoy...
📍Discord💻Virtual Only💲 Free Come join us as we nerd out about Linux at this month's Hackforge Linux User Group Virtual Social! What to Expect: This virtual social event provides an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow Linux enthusiasts, learn, and have fun! Hope to see you all there! 📆 Date: Wednesday, September, 2025🕦Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)👥 In Person Only💲 Free On October the 14th, Windows 10 will reach its end-of-life. If you have a computer that cannot upgrade to Windows 11, this is the event for you! Breathe life into your old hardware once again with Linux! Members will be available to help...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Forget the Oregon Trail, in this workshop, Doug Sartori (Parallel 42; Mean, Median, and Moose) will show you how to turn Census and OpenStreetMap data into a text-based adventure game set in your own neighbourhood! With QGIS and open data as your toolkit,...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free State of the Map, often shortened to SotM, is the annual, international OpenStreetMap conference. The 2025 version takes place October 3 - 5 in Manila, Philippines. Hackforge will have on-site representation, and at the end of the month we'll host a social/information session...
📍Discord💻Virtual Only💲 Free Come join us as we nerd out about Linux at this month's Hackforge Linux User Group Virtual Social! What to Expect: This virtual social event provides an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow Linux enthusiasts, learn, and have fun! Hope to see you all there! 📆 Date: October 30, 2025🕦Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free 🚀 Ready to master the magic of modern content delivery? Make everything your users touch online from photos to full web apps, APIs, and interactive experiences better, faster, more secure. Join us on Tuesday, Nov 4 at 6:30 PM at Hackforge HQ & on Zoom for...
📍 ekō (261 Pelissier St, Windsor, ON)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Hackforge is closing out the year in style with snacks, stories, and a little bit of geeky fun! Join us for our End-of-Year Mixer as we celebrate all things open source, local tech, and community collaboration. We’ll be hanging out at ekō, downtown Windsor's...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥 In Person Only💲 Free When someone is unable to enter data directly into OpenStreetMap, they have the option to offer the information as a "Note." Notes might be business information, details about road surface quality, or pointing out an error in the data. These geo-tagged text strings...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Ever wondered what it takes to build your own AI agent from scratch? Join Doug Sartori (Parallel 42 Systems) for a behind-the-scenes look at what he’s learned on his journey creating a fully functional AI assistant using Python. Key Takeaways: 🔌Connecting your AI...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free This event is an official esri GIS Day event! Curious about the spatial side of data science? Announcing the launch of Windsor-Essex GIS (weGIS), a brand-new Hackforge group dedicated to the dynamic and ever-evolving world of geographic information systems! And there’s no better...