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  • Started Saturday
    Jun 15 2013
    Crowdfunding Workshop: Craft the Perfect Pitch - Get Funded
    10am through Saturday, June 22 at 4pm
    OTBC (Oregon Technology Business Center)

    Saturdays, June 15th & 22nd, (10am-4pm)

    Crafting the Perfect Pitch for Getting Your Projects Funded through Crowdfunding

    In this HANDS ON workshop you will create your fundraising pitch and set-up your profile on one of these crowdfunding websites: KICKSTARTER.COM, INDIEGOGO.COM, FUNDABLE.COM.

    WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

    • Sat, June 15th & Sat. June 22nd Classrooms, 10a - 4pm with a 1-hour lunch break
    • Monday June 17th thru Friday June 21st: e-mail support
    • Two conference calls during the Week of June 17th - 21st

    INCLUDED IN THE WORKSHOP

    • Workbook for creating a powerful pitch
    • Guides for writing and producing content
    • Budget planning worksheet (paper & .xls) to help estimate the project budget and pledge levels
    • eMail and teleconference support the week between classrooms
    • Links to helpful online resources
    • Case studies of successful crowdfunded projects and summary of projects that failed and why
    • List of the top crowdfunding sites for everything from projects to investment clubs.

    After a review of the workbook, resource material & budgeting tools, we roll up our sleeves to begin the work of creating your project pitch and project marketing plan.

    MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

    We have so much confidence in the value of this workshop that we're offering a money-back guarantee. If you complete the workshop and are not satisfied with the value, request a refund in writing within a week of the workshop and we'll refund your workshop fee.

    Website
  • Tuesday
    Jun 18 2013
    Transition (AKA Change) Management - DAMA PDX (Data Management User Group)

    The DAMA Portland Chapter is dedicated to delivering thought provoking presentations that will make you more successful in your job. In June we take an exciting step away from the hard science topics to explore how to be more effective.

    How many times have you delivered solutions that were never adopted or fell short in acceptance? If you’ve been around IT and projects long enough, you will know this truth - that success depends on the adoption of new systems, applications etc. by people. The skills that enable delivery are not the same skills that promote acceptance and use. While project management tends to focus on delivery of something, Transition Management (TM) focuses on the people part of solutions. At places like Nike, transition management is taken very seriously and all major projects have a Transition Manager assigned:

    • Transition Management is a structured approach, and set of tools, to transition individuals, teams, and organizations from a current start to a desired future state

    • A leadership competency for enabling change within organization

    • A strategic capability designed to increase change capacity and responsiveness

    No matter the project or change size, Transition Management should be always a consideration. Ignore TM at your own risk.

    Transition management is more than just a learning plan. Done correctly, TM is a whole lot more. Nike's Transition Methodology is an evolution of the Bridge's Change Management Model.

    Website
  • Open Source Bridge 2013
    9am through Friday, June 21 at 5:30pm
    Eliot Center (First Unitarian Church)

    Open Source Bridge is an open source developers conference, focused on bringing people from a range of technology backgrounds together to share their knowledge and explore what it means to be an open source citizen.

    Find out more at http://opensourcebridge.org/

    Website
  • Business Wire Media Roundtable and Luncheon
    11:30am–1:30pm
    Governor Hotel

    Business Wire Media Roundtable and Luncheon

    Tuesday, June 18, at 11:30 a.m. PT How well do you know your local reporters, editors, bloggers and media decision-makers? Would you like to get to know them even better? Business Wire bets that you do as we know that building strong relationships with the people who cover Portland is the key to successful media relations.

    Join us for Business Wire's Media Roundtable Discussion and meet with some of Oregon's most prominent media outlets to learn more about their continued transition to the digital world, pitching do's and don'ts, how they use mobile technology and much more. You will participate in small group discussions with executives, editors, reporters and writers from a variety of news outlets including The Oregonian, OPB, The Silicon Florist, KOIN Local 6, The Portland Business Journal and KATU News.

    This event will be a great opportunity for you to develop new relationships and build upon your existing ones with some of Portland's most influential media. Please bring your business cards and questions.

    We'll see you there!

    Register by Friday, June 14 at bwportlandevent.eventbrite.com (seating is limited)

    Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013

    Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Registration and lunch 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Media introductions and roundtable discussion

    Location: The Governor Hotel Second Floor Library 614 SW 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97205

    Cost: $10 for Business Wire members $20 for non-members

    Note: tickets are non-refundable after Friday, June 14.

    Visit www.businesswire.com to view a calendar of Business Wire's award winning webinars and local events.

    Contact Brian Matt at 800-371-2638 with questions.

    Website
  • PDX Women in IT Happy Hour Networking Event
    4:30–6:30pm
    New Relic

    Come join an amazing group of ladies! No specific agenda, just network and have fun!

    New Relic is hosting us in their amazing downtown offices. Come enjoy food and bevys and get to know some of the smart ladies behind New Relic!

    PDX Women in Information Technology exists to celebrate professional women in the Portland-metro area who work with, manage, lead or have an interest in technology. Whether you are developing event-driven, non-blocking applications in node.js or setting technology strategy for a Fortune 500 company–or anything in between–come join us!

    @PDXWiIT

    vendors: This is a friendly networking event only

    Website
  • Data & Applications Across the Void :: Distributing Systems

    Today distributing applications is relatively easy, until you get to the data side of things. This is where the complexity in most applications comes into focus, where does the data go? How do I replicate or synchronize the data? How do or where do I cache data? What’s the geographic issues with data in one place and applications in another? How does the gravity of the data affect my application?

    This talk will hone in on key details around implementing a true distributed system across geographically dispersed areas and how to provide the end user a solid synchronized experience while using the application. Examples will be provided with hybrid computing solutions and distributed software solutions including distributed databases, PaaS Deployment packaging and other key technologies.

    Website
  • Portland Startup Weekend Alumni Happy Hour
    5:30–8pm
    Quimby's on 19th

    It's been a couple months since the last Portland Startup Weekend, and it's time we buy the PDXSW community a beer, share some Maizey's Kettle Corn, and spend some time catching up!

    There's so much going on! Companies that are moving forward, more startup weekend events are happening, like Tech4Change and NEXT. You can hear about all of this plus get some inspiration and ask for connections and resources needed for your PDXSW Startup.

    Reserve your ticket here: http://pdxswalum.eventbrite.com/

    Website
  • Portland Java Users Group: Vert.x: Asynchronous Application Development for the JVM
    6:30–8:30pm
    Jama Software

    You can think of Vert.x as an Actor-model-based, functional event-driven, messaging passing platform that speaks in modern protocols (JSON, WebSockets, etc) and can be used from many JVM based languages but bridges the communication gap between the browser and the server in a new way. Convincingly Vert.x is like a Node for the JVM, but with some fun enhancements.

    We'll cover:

    • What, Why and Who of the Vert.x project
    • Discuss the problem space it is good for
    • Demonstrate and discuss concepts and features of Vert.x
    • Show a variety of demo apps illustrating how it works
    • Current State of the Project
    Website
  • PLUG Advanced Topics: Social Event at the Lucky Lab

    The Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics meeting

    For want of a venue keyholder, we will congregate at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne for the topics of your choice.

    Website
  • Ruby Beginners Meetup, aka Ruby Newbie Brewby

    This month we're meeting at the Eliot Center during Open Source Bridge in room B202/203.

    Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby. Bring questions. Drink $beverage. Hack. Experienced Rubyists welcome; we want you to share your expertise!

    If you have a question or a topic you'd like discussed at the meeting, feel free to post to the mailing list.

    pdxruby.org

    Website

Tomorrow

  • Wednesday
    Jun 19 2013
    Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010
    9am through Thursday, June 20 at 5pm
    Advisicon

    14 PDUs available for this course.

    Course Description

    Quit doing all manual work in Excel! Come learn to use a dynamic, resource driven reporting tool from industry experts. This course is designed to help you manage and master MS Project from simple task management to Program and Portfolio management.

    Learn how to create and maintain easily dynamic schedules, and address resource demand and capacity, over and under allocations all with visual reporting and proven techniques by 20+ year industry veterans. This course trains participants how to plan, forecast, build, and manage project tasks and resources and to combine issues, risks, deliverables and dashboards in one central tool

    Learning Objectives

    • Create, manage, and update effective project schedules
    • Create and manage resources, resource pools and assignments
    • Learn the do’s and don’ts of working with Microsoft® Project Professional
    • Create useful views for tracking, dashboards, printing, task usage, etc.
    • Formatting tricks for automating critical path tracking
    • Use reporting functions more effectively

    Included Materials

    This course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010 book.

    Who should take this course?

    Project managers, project team members, project schedulers… and anyone who has used Microsoft Project Professional and had a hard time getting it to do what they wanted!

    Course Instructors & Accreditation

    Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

    Course Outline

    • Effective Use of Microsoft Project
      • MS Project Overview
      • Avoiding the pitfalls of working with MS Project
      • Creating project schedules, segments, milestones
      • Creating task relationships & dependencies
      • Setting task constraints and outlining
    • Managing and Tracking of Projects
      • Utilizing scheduling methods to shorten the critical path of a project
      • Utilizing MS Project Tools and Views to resolve resource conflicts
      • Advanced resource scheduling techniques
      • Managing costs, tracking baselines
      • Tracking completion of actual work between tasks and resources
      • Applying resource contours for forecasting and analyzing resource availability
      • Managing and viewing planned and actual durations, costs and schedules
    • Applying Resources and Calendars
      • Creating and utilizing resource pools
      • Applying layers of calendars
      • Utilizing project views
      • Formatting schedule layouts
      • Utilizing project reports
      • Understanding printing
    • Working with External Data & Applications
      • Linking data between applications
      • Importing & exporting data
      • Hyperlinking and web pages
      • Utilizing business analysis templates
    • Customizing for Better Management Results
      • Using filters, tables, details and groups
      • Creating views, filters, tables, and groups
      • MS Project scheduling methodologies
      • Utilizing effort‐driven scheduling

    Simulation

    We provide a hands-on project simulation exercise where the participants can have actual tactical experience creating a schedule, linking tasks, creating custom views, along with best practice knowledge transfer on topics such as critical path methodology, project tracking, and Microsoft Project Do’s and Don’ts. Participants will also walk away with an understanding of how the schedule engine within Microsoft Project functions and will no longer need to ‘game’ the software, but can now let the software work for them.

    Registration

    Register at http://managing-projects-with-microsoft-project-2010.eventbrite.com/

    Website
  • Software Configuration Management business lunch
    noon–1pm
    Chevys Fresh Mex

    A lunch meeting for Software Configuration Management engineers, build engineers, source control administrators, install package developers, DevOps personnel, and any related to meet and greet.

    An opportunity to share perceptions of industry realities and changes and what those might mean for the practical engineer on the line.

  • NEXT Customer Discovery Program by Portland Startup Weekend
    6–9pm
    NedSpace on 5th

    NEXT is a complete hands-on program for developing and validating your business idea based on a comprehensive curriculum rooted in Steve Blank's Customer Development methodology, built around in-person interactions with potential customers and delivered by our accredited NEXT instructor - Tim Clark.

    What you will learn: how to generate assumptions to validate about your assumed customer's needs, motivations and their behaviors; how to find and reach out to people for interviews that match your assumed customer segments; how to define experiments that validate or invalidate assumptions you have about your business model; how to develop your own customer discovery interview plan; how to conduct effective customer discovery interviews; and how to turn customer feedback into real insight.

    • Week 1, The Art of Customer Discovery, June 19th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
    • Week 2, Opportunity Assessment, June 26th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
    • Week 3, Team Presentations, July 3rd 6:00pm to 9:00pm
    • Week 4, Team Presentations, July 10th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
    • Week 5, NEXT Final Presentations, July 17th 6:00pm to 9:00pm

    Grab your co-founders and enroll today!

    Website
  • UX Happy Hour

    UX Happy Hour is a monthly drinkup for anyone interested in user experience & design!

    Website
  • Agile PDX Evening: Agile Experience Lightning Talks
    6:30–8:15pm
    Puppet Labs

    Come hear quick stories from the community of Agile Highs and Agile lows.

    This event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland).

    The program starts at 7:00 pm.

    After the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion.

    Website
  • Crowdfunding Workshop (and Beer!)
    6:30–8:30pm
    ADX

    Come see why Core 77 says “Crowd Supply is Kickstarter for product designers.”

    Join Crowd Supply, Portland’s own crowdfunding platform, on Wednesday, June 19 from 6:30 to 8:30PM at ADX to learn about crowdfunding and launching your product.

    Crowd Supply's Director of Projects (and ADX member) Josh Lifton will share tips and tricks from the trenches of preparing, launching, and successfully funding your product. This workshop will give you an overview of how you can use Crowd Supply to launch a successful product campaign, from planning and production, to marketing and fulfillment. The Crowd Supply team will be on hand to talk with you about crowdfunding in general and answer your specific questions.

    Website
  • Coder Dojo Pdx - K12 coder night
    6:30–8pm
    Engine Yard

    Free tickets are required

    Get tickets at: https://coderdojopdx.eventbrite.com/

    Coder Dojo Portland is a coder night for kids, where K12 youth, along with their parents can play, explore, and learn about coding and building software.

    More details are available on the website CoderDojoPdx.com.

    We want interested K12 youths, parents, and mentors to join us! We are in lovely downtown Portland Oregon at the Engine Yard offices.

    • Bring or borrow a laptop
    • Parents are required for 12 and under
    • One (free easy) ticket per youth, parent, or mentor
    Website
  • SW Portland Hack-A-Thon

    Meet and hack with other SW Portland hackers. All programming languages and skill levels welcome. Come work on your own projects, pair with others participants, get advice, have fun, etc.

    Website

Next two weeks

  • Thursday
    Jun 20 2013
    USPTO Intellectual Property Workshop
    8am–2:30pm
    Beaverton City Library

    This seminar provides a comprehensive overview of key intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement issues and offers valuable resources to help your business enforce IPR at home and abroad. This dynamic, day-long program will feature presentations by intellectual property experts and law enforcement officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Intellectual Property Rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the National IPR Coordination Center.

    Presentations will be followed by an opportunity to meet One-on-One with the presenters to discuss IPR protection as it relates to your firm.

    Website
  • HiMSS - Oregon Chapter presents Tech Talk - “Infrastructure as a Service and Cloud Computing in Healthcare”

    The Oregon Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HiMSS) today announced the date of their latest Tech Talk entitled “Infrastructure as a Service and Cloud Computing in Healthcare”

    Presenters will include John McDaniel, National Practice Leader with NetApp’s Healthcare Provider Segment, and Sonney Sapra, CIO for Tuality Healthcare.

    “Big data is a big thing in healthcare today, and the next critical success factor we need to be prepared for is analytics” stated Brian Ahier, Health IT Evangelist at Mid-Columbia Medical Center. “Now that we have digitized much of our health data and begun exchanging and aggregating it, we need the business intelligence tools and analytics capabilities to make good use of this massive data set. This event will combine solutions with real world implementation, looking at the challenges and successes in moving towards the next frontier in health information technology."

    Website
  • PDX Node Project Night
    6–9pm
    26 Cafe

    Bring your ideas! Bring your hardware! We're meeting on the 3rd Thursday of each month to work on Node.js projects.

    This night we'll be at Urban Airship.

    Newbies welcome! Say hi and ask questions.

    Website
  • Portland Android Lecture Series

    Announcing the second Portland Android Lecture Series! We'll be doing a recap of Google I/O related news and several 15 minute Android development related talks.

    • Overview of the new Android build system
    • Overview of asynchronous image loading libraries

    There will be time after the event for general questions and networking.

  • PDXPUG: Lightning Talks
    7–9pm
    Iovation

    See link for details.

    Website
  • Friday
    Jun 21 2013
    Elevating Impact Summit

    The Elevating Impact Summit, brought to you by Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University, is a celebration of new approaches to generating social impact across business, social, public, and academic sectors.

    This event features a dynamic day of interactive discussion and learning sessions, inspiring speakers, first-hand accounts from social entrepreneurs and innovators, and opportunities to connect with a diverse audience of business professionals, cutting edge entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and students all working to realize the full potential of business for positive impact.

    Join us at Elevating Impact to connect with creative individuals and groups who are driving social impact across sectors and ages.

    Website
  • IndieWebCamp 2013 Pre-Party
    4:30pm through Saturday, June 22 at 6:30pm
    PINTS

    This is a pre-party for IndieWebCamp on Saturday and Sunday! Everyone is welcome, and there will be drink tickets for registered IndieWebCamp attendees! Add yourself to the guest list (http://indiewebcamp.com/2013/Guest_List) before all the spots fill up!

    Website
  • Saturday
    Jun 22 2013
    IndieWebCamp 2013
    9:30am through Sunday, June 23 at 7pm
    Elemental Technologies

    Rather than posting content on many third-party silos of data, we should all begin owning our own data that we're creating. Publish short status updates on your own domain, and syndicate to Twitter. Publish photos on your own domain, syndicate to Flickr, etc, etc.

    This is the basis of the "Indie Web" movement. We'll get together for two days to talk about what has been done in the field, and where still needs to be done. There will be workshops and breakout sessions the second day.

    RSVP on the IndieWebCamp Wiki

    See the full schedule

    Website
  • Monday
    Jun 24 2013
    Portland Riak Coworking Office Hours
    1:30–5:30pm
    NedSpace on 5th

    Basho coworking office hours are every month. The meetup is during the day to come and hack on, deploy or just get a kick start on Riak, Riak CS or discuss NoSQL Solutions and Riak. Our first Coworking Office Hours will be from 9am until 11am on February the 4th. The regular meeting is scheduled for the same day at 7:00pm, generally we always meet at NedSpace unless otherwise mentioned in the meetup.

    This Monday meet Eric Redmond AKA @coderoshi and I AKA @adron will be here to answer any questions, strike up discussions about Riak or help with any architectural or data oriented questions you may have. So come and join us, cheers!

    Website
  • North Portland Coders Night

    Come hang out, drink beer, and write code every Monday night.

    The meetings are extremely informal, and everyone is welcome! It is highly suggested that you bring a laptop and a project to work on.

    Maybe we'll be in the middle room, maybe in the back room, just keep walking until you see a table full of laptops.

    Website
  • Tuesday
    Jun 25 2013
    Practical Project Management
    9am through Wednesday, June 26 at 5pm
    Advisicon

    14 PDUs available for this course

    Course Description

    Learn how to manage projects from initiation to close‐out. This practical course teaches participants how to successfully initiate, plan, execute, control and close‐out projects applying industry best practices.

    Based on Project Management Institute methodology, this class examines the foundation of Project Management. Students will learn Project Management concepts, helpful Project Management terminology, and established methods based on the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Our hands‐on training is extremely practical and gives participants the conceptual and practical tools, templates, and checklists they need to collaborate on and manage projects successfully.

    Learning Objectives

    •Project Lifecycle Steps, Templates and Key Activities •Managing Issues, Risks and Requirements •Delivering Value and Success through Chaos and Changes •Scheduling Tools and Techniques for Managing Complex or Dynamic Projects

    Included Materials

    This course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's Practical Project Management book, with 300+ pages of PMI approved life-cycle and thorough reference guide.

    A CD with Advisicon’s best practice electronic tools and templates to aid in Project Management, and the Project Management Lifecycle flowchart.

    Who should take this course?

    •Project Managers •Project Team Members •Project Contributors •Project Support Team •Functional Managers •Executives

    Course Instructors & Accreditation

    Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

    Course Outline

    • Project Management Overview
      • The Goal of Project Management
      • Projects and Operations
      • Portfolio Management and Project Selection
      • Understanding the Project Lifecycle
      • Stakeholders, Managers and Team Members
    • Executing and Controling a Project
      • Implementing Project Plans
      • Managing Requirements and Stakeholders
      • Managing Change and the Change Control Process
      • Managing Communications
      • Managing Risks, Issues, and Document
    • Initiating a Project
      • Project Initiation Processes and Tools
      • Identifying Project Deliverables
      • Gathering Project Requirements
      • Developing the Scope Statement and Project Charter
      • Managing Expectations, Assumptions, and
      • Risks
    • Closing Out a Project
      • Project Close‐Out Processes and Tools
      • Getting Acceptance of Project Deliverables & Requirements
      • Leading Effective Lessons‐Learned Sessions
      • Capturing and Implementing Lessons‐Learned
      • Handing‐Off Project Deliverables to
      • Operations, Customers, and Others
      • Final Reports and Project Closure
    • Planning a Project
      • Project Management Planning Processes
      • Developing the Scope Management Plan
      • Developing the Project Management Plan
      • Characteristics of Good Project Planning
      • Risk Management
      • Communications Management

    Simulation

    We provide a hands-on project simulation exercise by forming workgroups that have the responsibility for planning and executing a project. Build a product according to the scope of sponsor specifications and implement the disciplines learned to deliver it within time and budget. We add twists, turns and other project real world problems for the teams to work through which adds to the fun of this creative simulation which effectively reinforces concepts and tools taught in the course.

    Registration

    Register at http://practical-project-management.eventbrite.com/

    Website
  • Galois Tech Talk: The Constrained-Monad Problem
    10:30–11:30am
    Galois, Inc

    Presented by Neil Sculthorpe.

    In Haskell, there are many data types that would form monads were it not for the presence of type-class constraints on the operations on that data type. This is a frustrating problem in practice, because there is a considerable amount of support and infrastructure for monads that these data types cannot use. This talk will demonstrate that a monadic computation can be restructured into a normal form such that the standard monad class can be used. The technique is not specific to monads --- it can also be applied to other structures, such as applicative functors. One significant use case for this technique is Domain Specific Languages, where it is often desirable to compile a deep embedding of a computation to some other language, which requires restricting the types that can appear in that computation.

    Website
  • OCCA: A Look at Mobile Apps

    Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking All are welcome to attend. 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

    Oregon Computer Consultants Assn. www.OCCA.org. RSVP to meetup.com/itpro-70/events

    A Look at Mobile Apps

    Mobile computing is becoming a big part of the computer consultants required skills. This panel will present Mobile apps on the IOS platform (I-phone and I-pad) and the Android Platform for both phones and tablets.

    We will examine the apps we recommend for clients as well as those useful for computer consultants.

    There will be some time to allow attendees to also recommend superior apps for business and pleasure.

    Presented by Christian Martin: Denali Consulting Jeff Cone: Cone Consulting Group Rich Wersinger: RGW Consulting LLC Steve Shank: Oregon Computer Solutions George Shubin: dX Software Systems

    Website
  • Intro to AngularJS

    We will provide an overview of AngularJS and some of it's strongest features.

    We will be serving Acapulco fajitas, and will have soda, coffee and tea available.




    Website
  • Python Hack Night
    6:30–8:30pm
    Urban Airship Inc

    Let's get together and build cool stuff.

    Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

    Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

    Website
  • CryptoParty Portland

    CryptoParty is a grassroots global endeavour to introduce the basics of practical cryptography such as the Tor anonymity network, key signing parties, TrueCrypt, Linux, and virtual private networks to the general public.

    This is a free skill-sharing event with other Cryptography and Privacy technology experts, working along side and sharing information with people new to Crypto and Privacy.

    Everyone is welcome regardless of experience, bring a Laptop if you have one, if not, bring a USB thumbdrive, a pen and a pad of paper.

    If you want to learn about how to encrypt your files and communicate securely, this is the event to come to!

    Look for the people with laptops.

    Website
  • Pdx.rb: Hack + Help Session

    Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby as well as experienced programmers. Bring your laptop and your desire to learn.

    Experienced Rubyists welcome; we will encourage newbies to self-teach during these sessions so you should have a great place to hack in peace.

    Website
  • Wednesday
    Jun 26 2013
    PDX Ruby Lunch
    noon–1pm
    BridgePort Brew Pub

    Get together for lunch and talk Ruby, or something else! For those that have a hard time making it to the pdxrb meeting, and those that like to eat and talk about Ruby at the same time. We'll be holding this on the last Wednesday of the month.

  • Portland Code School Meet and Greet

    Join us for an evening presentation all about the Portland Code School. This is a chance to meet current students, get your questions answered, and find out if this is the program you've been looking for!

    Head instructor, Chuck Lauer Vose will talk about the 12-week program curriculum, application requirements, the schedule, and how we help students find job at the end of the session.

    If you've dabbled with web development but haven't quite made it to paid developer status yet this may be just the program for you.

    Please register for the event (it's free) here: http://fallsession2013.eventbrite.com/

    Website
  • PDX Git Together
    6:30–8:30pm
    Elemental Technologies

    The new PDX Git Together is fast-forwarding into the future!

    We have a new regular venue at Elemental Technologies and there will be food provided by Puppet Labs for those that profess a boundless love for directed acyclic graphs.

    Remember to thank Puppet Labs for the food!

    This meeting will be a round table of questions and answers, as well as time to hack on git-related projects and get help from fellow DAG lovers.

    There is usually an informal "drinkup" after the meeting at Baileys Tap Room downstairs. If you are headed to the meeting late, we may have migrated there.

    Would you like to present at a future PDX Git Together? Send an email to the pdxgit mailing list and/or contact Duke at duke@leto.net .

    Would you like to sponsor food or other stuff for future PDX Git Togethers? Contact Duke at duke@leto.net .

    Website
  • PDX Cocoaheads
    7–9pm
    Walmart Labs

    Ben Ford will be presenting about making a game in Core Animation. Conventional wisdom says it can't be done with decent performance - he has done it and lived to tell the tale. :) The sample project to be discussed is here: https://github.com/bentford/ButtonWars

  • Portland JavaScript Admirers' Monthly Meeting

    The monthly meeting of Portland's first JavaScript and ECMAscript users' group. We host presentations and discussions on everything JavaScript-related - including JavaScript frameworks, node.js, CoffeeScript, and whatever else comes up.

    Feel free to join our mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/pdxjs if you too are a JavaScript admirer. Or visit our web site for more information at http://pdxjs.com/.

    If you're interested in making a presentation at this or at a future meet-up, please e-mail luc@janrain.com and hallettj@gmail.com.

    Website
  • Thursday
    Jun 27 2013
    Mastering Requirements Gathering
    9am–5pm
    Advisicon

    7 PDUs available for this course

    Course Description

    A proper set of requirements are the backbone of all successful projects. Poor requirements inevitably lead to poor project performance. Requirements provide the essential link between the goal of the project and the design of outputs and products. They are the only proper basis for your project's quality efforts and are the first line of defense against scope creep. Poor requirements, by themselves, lead to rework and subsequent schedule and budget overruns, flawed designs, failed quality and testing programs, and customer dissatisfaction.

    This course teaches participants how to elicit, characterize, document, analyze, validate, verify and manage requirements for new projects, products and services. This is a must have for anyone who will be part of delivering or managing a project and includes tools, flowcharts and courseware that leverage industry best practices for successfully managing and delivering requirements to stakeholders..

    Included Materials

    Course participants receive a course manual and CD with tools and templates for gathering, recording, and managing requirements.

    Who should take this course?

    • Project Managers
    • Project Team Members
    • Senior Management/ Customer or Stakeholders
    • Business Analysts
    • Team Members responsible for gathering informational and required details for project deliverables

    Course Instructors & Accreditation

    Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

    Course Outline

    • Eliciting Requirements
      • Defining high-level business requirements
      • Identifying user classes & representatives
      • Selecting elicitation techniques
      • Eliciting functional & non-functional requirements from users
      • Identifying business rules
      • Reviewing requirements with users
    • Requirements Analysis
      • Clarifying complex and unclear requirements
      • Evaluating & prioritizing requirements
    • Requirements Documentation
      • Naming conventions and definitions
      • Documenting relevant facts and assumptions
    • Requirements during the Design & Build Phase
      • Match product to prioritized requirements
      • Requirements-based quality control
      • Establishing a stakeholder acceptance process
    • Requirements Change Control
      • Establishing document version control
      • Establishing change control process
      • Tracking changes
    • Requirements Verification
      • Verifying requirements
      • Creating requirements traceability
    • Requirements during Testing and Acceptance
      • Establishing requirements-based performance and acceptance tests
      • Requirements-based redesign & rework
    • Requirements and Closing a Project
      • Acceptance of deliverables
      • Project documentation closeout process

    Register

    Register at http://mastering-requirements-gathering-calagator.eventbrite.com

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  • Get Started: Portland's Creative Community and the Startup Scene
    4–6pm
    Bing Lounge

    Portland has hit the radar: Business Week has noted the stunning growth of our tech scene. Local start-ups are actually being funded fueling awareness and rivaling Portland’s larger competitors (like San Francisco).

    The fuel for the fire? Accelerators (PIE: Portland Incubator Experiment) in partnership with leading brands, technology innovators, and trend setting local agencies (Wieden+Kennedy); Upstart Labs is helping grow local companies Chirpify and Celly; and the Nike+ Accelerator is powering TechStars and Nike.

    PAF’s GET STARTED gives you a front-row seat by bringing together the leaders of PIE, Upstart and Nike+ Accelerator. Unearthing the magic behind growing startups, they’ll outline how advertising and digital agencies can and are providing guidance and support to bring companies to life. You’ll learn how your agency/company can participate in this trend and how you’ll benefit and grow from your own tech chops alongside your startup partners.

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  • PDX Weekly Hackathon

    Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.

    All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.

    You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.

    Afterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.

    Also, many people meet up at the pub during the same time as the hackathon to play boardgames they bring which you're welcomed to play.

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  • Sunday
    Jun 30 2013
    Women Who Hack

    This will be a casual get together for women who want to hack on projects with or around other women. All types of projects (software and hardware), languages, platforms and experience levels are welcome.

    Don't have anything to work on? Come, and we'll help you find a project!

    What you should bring:

    • Your laptop or other equipment
    • Your lovely self!

    We'll provide:

    • the space, including lots of seating and tables
    • internet
    • some snacks, including gluten-free and vegan options.

    Our goal is to support local women hackers (and aspiring hackers) by providing a safe, welcoming environment in which you can connect with and learn from each other.

    We're kid-friendly, too, so feel free to bring your children with you.

    Women Who Hack is open to all self-identified women and genderqueer persons, as well as accompanied children of all genders.

    All participants of Women Who Hack agree to follow the Citizen Code of Conduct.

    Questions? Get in touch: womenwhohack@stumptownsyndicate.org.

    Our Google Group is https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/women-who-hack.

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  • Monday
    Jul 1 2013
    PDX Python Organizing Meeting

    The Portland Python community needs you!

    Do you have ideas for how PDX Python could be even better? Can you spare an hour a week? Join me to learn more about what goes into organizing PDX Python and how you can be involved!

  • PDX Puppet User Group
    6:30–8:30pm
    Puppet Labs

    The monthly PDX Puppet User Group.

    Join the PDX Puppet Google Group to get notifications of upcoming meetings.

    Who should attend? Puppet users and people interested in learning more about Puppet.

    We'll also be holding a raffle at 8:30pm where you can enter to win a free ticket to PuppetConf on August 22-23!

    Agenda:

    • 6:30 - 7:00: Eat pizza and talk to other Puppet users
    • 7:00 - 7:45: Intro to Systems Orchestration with MCollective - Devon Peters
    • 7:45 - 8:30: Open discussion and general Q&A
    • 8:30: Raffle for a free PuppetConf ticket!

    If you have an idea for what you would like to see or if you want to volunteer to present a talk, please post those ideas in the PDX Puppet Google Group

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