Ryan Joy (atxryan)

I can’t believe it, but it’s that time of year again. At this very moment thousands of web geeks are descending on Austin from around the globe. Be sure and say hello if you run into me. If you’re in town today, come join members of Refresh Austin for pints at The Gingerman. Otherwise, you’re [...]

Well, I just got back from this evening’s SXSW Mixer for Austin. Overall it was good times and only the slightest prelude to the frenzy of parties that is SXSW. I was able to hang out with fellow Refresh Austin members (Alex Jones, Tim Thompson, Grant Hutchins, Justin Perkins), former Statesman.com coworkers (Nick Welp, Wendy [...]

It’s official! Refresh Austin will be joining forces with PhizzPop Design Challenge to co-host their SXSW party and competition finale. The party will be held at Maggie Mae’s on Monday, March 10th at 7:00 PM. You can find more details at http://www.refreshaustin.org/2008/refresh-austins-sxswi-party/. Come out to see the great work the PhizzPop competitors have created, have [...]

I’m very pleased to announce that a redesigned Refresh Austin website has been launched. Many thanks (and beers!) are due to Alex for leading up this effort and putting in the time to get the site up. However, the work is not done. The site needs to grow in terms of content and participation from [...]

Here’s a link to the presentation I gave during Refresh Austin‘s September meeting. Mobile Web: A Primer on Design and Development