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We reported the other day about a free meetup this coming Monday night in Boston sponsored by the Society for News Design.

If you’re in the Boston metro area, reserve Tuesday night, July 20, as well. This one, too, sounds like a real winner for visual journalists.

Matt Carroll of the Boston Globe writes:

There’s a new group called Hacks/Hackers, which is aimed at journalists interested in learning more about digital and technologists interested in media. (There are chapters in New York and San Francisco, too.)

We’re holding our first meeting: “Timeless: Tools for helping reporters create a visual timeline”

Speakers: Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viegas, creators of the Many-eyes.com data visualization site.

Also: Austin Gardner-Smith, of Pinyadda.come, a web application designed to make it easy to gather, customize, and share news and information from across the web.

When: Tuesday, July 20. [Drinks and munchies are served from 6 p.m to 7; the talks begin at 7]

Where: Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

The closest MTA station would be the Red Line’s Kendall/MIT stop.

Charge: A $10 contribution (or what you can afford) is requested for food and drinks. Students free.

Find more information about the event here.

The Boston chapter of Hacks/Hackers held its first social meetup last month. Read about that here.

Matt is hoping to get the word out on this. Please feel free to the news along.

Read more here about the free SND meetup planned for Monday [July 12] in Boston.

I don’t know if they ever got the live streaming working but either way, here is the presentation Michigan State’s Karl Gude gave at TEDx Lansing, one week ago today.

Enjoy…

Graphic überjournalist Karl Gude is speaking today at TEDx — an independent TED gathering — in Lansing, Mich.

The organizers plan to present his talk via live-streaming video. He’s supposed to begin shortly before 2 p.m. EDT. We’re supposed to get a url for today’s video, but the TEDx event started ten minutes ago and it’s not yet been posted. Keep watching this page for more information.

One of the better infographics brains on the planet, Karl served as graphics director for United Press International, the New York Daily News, the National sports daily, the Associated Press and Newsweek. Karl currently teaches infographics at Michigan State University. Find samples of his work here.

TED stands for Technology Entertainment Design, a series of conferences held annually in the U.S. and in Europe and founded by Richard Saul Wurman. Find more info about TEDx Lansing here.