We featured Josh Silverman of StudyEgg at the January 2012 Providence Geek Dinner, where he talked about what they are doing to replace 18th century pedagogy with personalized, interactive learning tools. We caught up with Josh after his talk to learn more. [Video link]

At the March 2011 Providence Geek Dinner, Jan Hesthaven of ICERM (Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics) gave us an overview of the institute’s mission, explained some ways that they’ll be reaching out to the community, and helped us understand what this all means for the geek community. I caught up with Jan after his talk and we recorded this short video. [Video link]

Providence Geeks closed out 2010 with a bang. Our December Geek Dinner featured the first public presentation by soon-to-be-Providence-based interactive entertainment company – 38 Studios. We caught up with CEO Jen MacLean after her talk to learn more about what they are doing. [Video link]

Founded by Brown CS ‘09 graduate Andres Douglas, Bakodo is a Providence-based startup that’s all about doing awesome things with barcodes. At the November 2010 Providence Geeks, Andres told the Bakodo story, showed off their impressive services, and revealed some of his secrets for making hugely popular mobile apps. I caught up with him after his talk and we made this video. [Video link]

At the October 2010 Providence Geek Dinner, Josh Clark, author of Tapworthy and operator of his hypertext laboratory Global Moxie, spoke about how designers can get a handle on the touch screen devices that have been all the rage. I caught up with Josh after his talk. [Video link]