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  • Monday
    Feb 8 2010
    PDX Jelly free coworking
    10am–4pm
    souk

    Jelly is Portland's new free co-working group. We'll each work on our own thing in the same space. Meet new friends, share common interests, trade ideas, brainstorm, get some work done, and maybe even get some business referrals.

    Bring your laptop or an old-fashioned notebook, as well as something you're working on, whether it's an online business, an art project, coding, writing or something else.

    Read about what Jelly is: http://WorkAtJelly.com

    RSVP at http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInPortland with the time you'll show up and what you'll be working on. Thanks and see you soon!

    Website
  • Mobile Monday
    6–8pm
    Backspace

    Mobile Monday Portland (MoMoPDX) is the local chapter of a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influentials fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets. We meet every month to network and learn.

    More info MoMoPDX: http://momopdx.org/
    Info and directions to Backspace: http://www.backspace.bz/

    Website
  • Portland Functional Programming Study Group

    ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.

    VENUE: You can enter the event space through the glass doors on 7th that are close to the intersection with Clay, or through the front door and just look for signs to the event space. There will be pdxfunc signs on both.

    Website

Tomorrow

  • Tuesday
    Feb 9 2010
    Agile Open Northwest 2010
    8am through Wednesday, February 10 at 6pm
    Seattle Center Northwest Rooms

    Announcing Agile Open Northwest 2010! This Agile Open Space event will be
    held February 9th and 10th, 2010, in the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms.
    Please see http://www.agileopennorthwest.org for registration information
    and further details.

    We invite you to our fourth annual Agile Open Northwest conference.
    Alternating each year between Portland and Seattle, AONW conferences bring
    together practicing members of the Northwest Agile communities to explore
    the latest developments in agile software development. We held our third
    annual event last year in Portland and enjoyed another great success.
    Registration is $125.00 for both days, including light breakfast and lunch.
    This low-cost regional conference is a great opportunity to connect with the
    local agile community, experts and novices alike.

    Please join us this year as we host 125 experienced, collaborative,
    committed agile practitioners from the Northwest U.S. (and beyond) in
    tackling the issues around our recurring theme "Agile for Real." As in past
    years, attendance is limited to a predetermined number in order retain the
    many advantages a small conference has to offer.

    Here is a comment from a previous attendee:

    "These two-day Agile Open Northwest conferences are an extremely good value.
    ..[Y]ou learn directly from practitioners in the agile community what works
    and what doesn't. I attended the first two of these conferences, they were
    stunningly good... loads of practical, useful stuff and stimulating
    discussions." -- Ian Savage, PNSQC Program Chair

    More information can be found at http://www.agileopennorthwest.org. Registration is open now. We look forward to seeing you there.

    Website
  • Founders Coffee
    9am–noon
    Daily Cafe

    Founder’s Coffee is a low-key, weekly get together for Portland entrepreneurs to connect with each other. No speakers, no pitches, just business founders gathering together to visit for an hour.

    Website
  • Local Agenda NW Starts

    Local Agenda is a program designed for people who are seriously interested launching a new career in improving the world, locally or globally, and are ready to take the needed time to develop a sustainable idea and plan ready for launch. Outcomes may take the form of a program, a project, an international initiative, a social business – or some combination of all of the above. Often called social entrepreneurship, it can be a career change, a life change, and even, a world change.

    The program includes 12 weeks of workshops, three hours each, each Tuesday evening. It also includes extensive consulting on business development, strategy, budgeting, and launch.

    SAVE A SEAT BY CALLING 503-452-6898 OR EMAIL US at info@springboardinnovation.org with your confirmation.

    COST: $450 for the entire program, 16 weeks of workshops and consulting. We offer a sliding scale and scholarships for those who qualify. We will accept payment in installments. We want no barriers to leadership! Please call us for more information—soon!

    Website
  • Portland Ten Skill Development Workshop 4: VC Funding

    Join Portland Ten as we navigate the opportunities and challenges of VC Funding for start-ups.

    Schedule & Topics

    Workshops are held January 28- April 16,2010, on Tuesdays 2-4 pm and Thursdays 6-8 pm at NedSpace Old Town– a full schedule of workshops & topics will be released January 26th at http://www.portlandten.com/skills.

    Pricing

    Passes can be purchased at the door-- cash or check at the door only, please. If you need to pay by credit card, please let a staff member know.

    * 1 Workshop Pass: $20
    * 1 Track Pass (3 sessions in one topic): $45
    * Unlimited Pass (up to 24 sessions): $150

    Specials

    Upgrade: if you purchase a pass and would like to upgrade to another package, we’ll pro-rate it and you’ll pay only the difference between the passes.

    Portland Ten: current participants & alumni attend free.

    Six Week Sprint: current participants & alumni may purchase an unlimited pass for $20.
    Website: http://www.portlandten.com/skills

    Website
  • Managing to a Business Result

    The Program
    At this program, you'll learn how to structure your start-up or small business processes to meet business goals.

    The Presenter
    Larry Wasserman, President of Wasserman and Associates, is an experienced start-up executive. Past roles include CFO at Qsent, Executive Consultant at FMA, and CFO at Gentle Dental.

    After the program in Suite 300, we'll meet for networking, beverages and munchies in the OTBC space (suite 101).

    Location: OTBC, 12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite 300 (reception in Suite 101)
    Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
    Time: 4pm to 5:pm
    Max: Blue line, Beaverton Central stop (one stop west of the Beaverton Transit Center)
    Driving: Directions
    Parking: Free parking in the parking garage next door to our building
    Cost: $15

    Website
  • Macintosh User's Group
    6:30–7:30pm
    Powell's Technical Books

    Join us every other Tuesday for a fun and informal meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group.

    Website
  • Stumptown Disc Golf Monthly Meeting
    7:30–9pm
    Next Adventure
    Website

Next two weeks

  • Wednesday
    Feb 10 2010
    Protecting Your Markets from Unlawful Foreign Competitors

    Protecting Your Markets from Unlawful Foreign Competitors

    Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
    Time: 7:30 - 10:00 a.m.
    Cost: $50 members, $110 nonmembers
    CLE Credits Pending Approval

    About the Event:
    In challenging economic times and as competition grows fiercer, many companies find that enforcement of their intellectual property rights is critical to their success. Knock-off products, often from companies outside the United States, eat into sales. But defending your intellectual property is not inexpensive. Three of Portland’s leading companies will tell you how they defend their domestic and foreign markets quickly, efficiently, and inexpensively, and how to make these strategies work on any scale.

    What will you learn?
    - How to diversify your IP portfolio to put your company in the best position to defend your markets
    - How to use the laws of foreign jurisdictions to stop infringing products where they are manufactured
    - How to use the fastest, most cost-effective IP enforcement actions available

    Panelists:
    - Tom Evans, Corporate Patent Attorney at Mentor Graphics will relate lessons from Mentor’s patent infringement lawsuit in China and describe how Mentor uses its IP portfolio to defend its markets around the world.

    - Julianne Davis, Assistant General Counsel/Intellectual Property at Nike, Inc. will tell you why you should add design patents, trademark registrations, and copyright registrations to your IP portfolios, and how Nike uses its diverse portfolio to police its markets in the US and around the world.

    - John Motley, Associate General Counsel & Director of Intellectual Property at Columbia Sportswear, will talk about Columbia’s successful use of Thai and other foreign patent and trademark law to combat infringement where products are manufactured.

    - Tigran Guledjian, a partner at Quinn Emanuel in Los Angeles, practices extensively in complex intellectual property litigation with an emphasis in high technology patent litigation. Tigran will discuss his efforts on behalf of Seiko Epson and other clients to use the International Trade Commission to obtain and use exclusion orders to stop infringing products at the border.

    Moderator:
    - Brenna Legaard is a partner at Chernoff Vilhauer McClung & Stenzel, an intellectual property law firm in Portland, Oregon. A seasoned trial lawyer, Brenna brings significant real-world experience to her patent prosecution and opinion practice and routinely helps start ups and publicly traded clients alike prioritize their IP budgets and cost-effectively enforce their rights against infringers.

    Event Details:
    When: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
    Time: 7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
    Where: Oregon Zoo, Skyline Banquet Room, Portland, OR
    Cost: Discounted Rate (available to new registrants) $50 TechAmerica members and LES Industry members, $110 nonmember technology companies
    CLE Credits Pending Approval

    Website
  • SAOpdx: The Cultural and Technological Drivers of Innovation at Google

    Presented by the SAO’s CIO/IT Manager’s Forum, ISACA, ISSA, and SIM

    Google has a reputation for rapid innovation, and is considered one of the most innovative and collaborative corporate cultures in the world. This presentation will discuss solutions Google Enterprise offers now or will be delivering in the future including Cloud computing infrastructure, applications including Wave and other new solutions, Android and mobile computing, and the security of all these solutions.

    Brian Kemler, Google Engineer
    Brian graduated from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He is currently a systems engineer with Google Enterprise in Mountain View, CA, specializing in cloud computing.

    Steve Benson, Regional Sales Manager, Google Enterprises
    Steve is the Regional Sales Manager for Google Enterprise serving large businesses and the government in the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest, and the Mountain States. He works with Google's offerings in enterprise search, Security, and Google Apps.

    Agenda
    5:15 Check-in/Networking
    6:00 Dinner
    6:15 Presentation
    8:00 End

    Website
  • Springboard Social Innovation Forum -- Space is Limited; Please RSVP

    The Springboard Social Innovation Forum offers a monthly event designed to support those interested in creating a better future. Our focus is to help practitioners or potential practitioners of social projects push beyond discussion and debate into action. Each Forum will inspire and teach with ideas, powerful role models, and stories. Speakers, content experts, panels, and workshops will help you improve your strategies for planning and launching effective social ventures. The Forum will create a context to connect, learn, and take action around ideas that lead to tangible change—all in a venue designed for building community.

    Join us for a “working Forum,” where Portlanders will put our heads together to discuss the best ways to create and support social innovation in Portland and in other communities nationwide. We will be exploring Springboard’s latest initiative, Innovative Cities--a framework of the necessary conditions for nurturing and sustaining social innovation within a city. The Innovative Cities Model is a guide for cities to adopt which provides a place for existing social innovation resources to be listed, and then publishes them in a searchable database for other cities to replicate.

    SPACE IS LIMITED, and RSVP is REQUIRED! Please contact Mary Grace at (503) 452-6898 or marygracehinkle@gmail.com

    Cost is $10.00 at the door, which will offset costs and provide a light dinner.

    Website
  • Portland Werewolf - February Gathering

    Come out and play at our monthly game of werewolf at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne. Check out the site for details (http://www.portlandwerewolf.com).

    Event starts at 6p. Game starts at 7p.

    If you are planning on coming and want to play please respond with "attending". That way we know who is coming and you are guaranteed to play.

    Ticket Info: Donations appreciated, for the room rental.

    Website
  • Portland Perl Mongers -- Introduction to Parrot
    6:53–8:30pm
    Free Geek

    speaker: Jonathan Leto

    Come learn the basic things you need to know about Parrot Virtual Machine to start hacking on

    1) Parrot VM itself
    2) Languages built on top of Parrot, High Level Languages (HLLs)
    3) Projects and Libraries that use Parrot

    A short, down-to-earth introduction to the current state of Parrot will be followed by examples on how to hack on Parrot projects or how to start your own.

    As always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab.

    Website
  • Thursday
    Feb 11 2010
    3 Ways to Grow Your Company with Internal Sources of Revenue

    Compared to the lush capital environment of the 90s, the new millennium has been an arid desert. What internal cash sourcing strategies are working? What processes and methods ensure that funds and resources are being used efficiently? What stories can be shared? What does the future capital environment hold and what type of internal cash generation revenues are yet to be found in your company?

    Learn from emerging business executives who have found their oases to survive these difficult times. Panelists will discuss how they’ve managed their most precious asset - cash!

    You will learn:
    - Strategies for survival and growth
    - When to hire/reduce employees
    - How to manage vendor and customer
    relationships to increase/steady cash flow
    - Common and uncommon ways to source cash
    internally

    Panelists:
    All have direct experience in leading companies at least once (most more) on limited external capital.

    - Chris O'Leary, Chief Financial Officer, Phoseon Technology
    - David Silverman, Chief Financial Officer, Lifecom
    - Kit Johnson, President and Principal Consultant, LedgerSource, LLC

    Moderator:
    - Les Fahey, Fahey Ventures LLC, is a business advisor to emerging growth technology companies. Retired from KPMG and considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of Tech in Portland.

    Website
  • SAO Corvallis Febuary Tech Pub: Co-Working in Oregon

    Thursday, Febuary 11th, 2010

    5:30pm - 8:30pm

    Location: Renaissance on the Riverfront
    136 SW Washington Ave.
    Corvallis, Oregon 97333

    RSVP Here

    $5 for SAO members or students, and $15 for non-members

    Includes finger food and no-host bar

    AGENDA:

    5:30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with finger food, no host bar
    6:15 - 6:25: 30-Second Mic (give us your technology business elevator pitch!!)
    6:45 Program: Co-Working in Oregon

    PROGRAM:

    Co-working is a growing movement around the United States and across the world. As more people work from home or work while they are traveling or are in the midst of a rapid startup cycle, they find that they can be more effective and more productive by gathering together to work. Starting with projects like the Hat Factory in San Francisco, co-working sites have bloomed. There are several co-working facilities in the Nortwest, some which are expanding to multiple cities and some that focus on specific audiences or markets. The February SAO meeting will be a panel discussion by three Oregon co-working entrepreneurs: Jeff Jimmerson from Madison Avenue Collective in Corvallis, Josh Friedman from Ned Space in Portland and Rick Turoczy from Portland Innovation Experiment.

    Jeff Jimerson, founder of the Madison Ave. Collective (http://www.madcollective.com/)

    Madison Ave. Collective (the MAC) is a shared office and studio space located in downtown Corvallis, 72 steps west of Starbucks on the corner of 5th street and—you guessed it—Madison Ave. After three months of heavy remodeling, Jeff opened the space on 08/08/08 with a "nice people wanted" Craigslist ad.

    Today, twelve creative and tech professionals call the MAC home for their respective small businesses.

    Rick Turoczy, founder of Silicon Florist (http://siliconflorist.com/)

    Rick Turoczy has been working in high-tech marketing communications jobs in the Portland area for the past 15 years. Out of pure dumb luck, he happened to sit up in bed at 2 AM one night in August 2007 with the inspiration to start Silicon Florist, a blog about Portland startups in the Web, Mobile, and Open Source scenes.

    Since then, he’s chatted with The Oregonian a bunch of times, appeared on local television and radio, made a brief appearance on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, garnered bylines in The New York Times, spoken at numerous events, been selected as a runner up for the Portland Business Journal’s “40 under 40,” launched a startup incubator with the help of Wieden+Kennedy, and co-produced a groundbreaking Web-based telethon called 30 hour day.

    All because of a blog. Weird.

    Josh Friedman, co-founder of NedSpace (http://www.nedspace.com/)

    Josh Friedman is the co-founder of NedSpace, a provider of co-working facilities for entrepreneurs and startups. NedSpace is designed to be the place where entrepreneurs go to build and grow their businesses. Along with his business partner Mark Grimes, NedSpace has itself grown quickly into two locations from its launch in early 2009. The goal is to open 10 more locations throughout the US in 2010, and eventually to have a NedSpace in every city with a startup ecosystem.

    Josh serves on the Board of Starve Ups, a Portland-based entrepreneurial organization and the Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum Advisory Board. He holds a B.S. degree in speech communication from Oregon State University. Aside from helping entrepreneurs grow their companies, you might find him rock climbing, skiing, cycling, brewing beer or generally causing trouble along with his dog Ace.

    Website
  • Portland Ten Skill Development Workshop 5: PR with Stephenson

    Join Portland Ten as we explore the changing public relations needs for start ups.

    Schedule & Topics

    Workshops are held January 28- April 16,2010, on Tuesdays 2-4 pm and Thursdays 6-8 pm at NedSpace Old Town– a full schedule of workshops & topics will be released January 26th at http://www.portlandten.com/skills.

    Pricing

    Passes can be purchased at the door-- cash or check at the door only, please. If you need to pay by credit card, please let a staff member know.

    * 1 Workshop Pass: $20
    * 1 Track Pass (3 sessions in one topic): $45
    * Unlimited Pass (up to 24 sessions): $150

    Specials

    Upgrade: if you purchase a pass and would like to upgrade to another package, we’ll pro-rate it and you’ll pay only the difference between the passes.

    Portland Ten: current participants & alumni attend free.

    Six Week Sprint: current participants & alumni may purchase an unlimited pass for $20.

  • Rose City SPIN Seminar: Moving to Agile Development presented by Ray Arell

    Rose City Software Process Improvement (SPIN) Seminar [free event, open to public]

    Title: Moving to Agile Development: What Went Right, What Went Wrong

    Presenter: Ray Arell

    Dates/Times: Thursday, February 11th, 2010; Networking @ 6:00 PM; Seminar 7:00-8:00 PM

    Location: Hillsboro Main Library, Main Library Meeting Room, 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124

    Abstract:
    A while ago I went into my software staff and declared “Hey! We are going Agile!” Yep, I read an Agile project management book on a long flight to India, and like all good reactionary development managers I was sold! A few years later our adaptation of the Scrum framework has taken shape, but it was not without strain on our development, test, and other Q/A processes. This session focuses on a retrospective of what went right and more importantly what went wrong as we evolved to our new development process and the effect it had on our team. Perhaps it will convince you that the shift to Agile is the way to go, and hopefully give you just a little more info on what you may be in for.

    Speaker Bio:
    Ray Arell is a Senior Engineering Manager and Agilist at Intel. He has over 21 years of hardware and software development, validation, and management experience. During his tenure, he has worked on a variety of teams focused on CPU, chipsets, and graphics system-level testing. Today he manages an Agile software engineering team in Intel's Business Client Platform Division and he is a leading force in the Agilization of Intel. Ray is also co-author of Change-Based Test Management: Improving the Software Validation Process (ISBN: 0971786127), and has delivered keynotes at StarWest/EuroStar, STANZ 2008 Wellington/Sydney, QA&Test 2005/6 Bilbao, and speaker at many other events worldwide.

    A Special Treat from PNSQC:
    Plan on coming early! In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) the SPIN meeting will have pizza provided by PNSQC beginning at 6:00 pm.

    PNSQC is the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, a group of volunteers interested in Software Quality. The Mission of the PNSQC is to enable knowledge exchange to produce higher quality software. As a non-profit, it seeks to promote software quality by providing education and opportunities for information exchange within the software community. Visit www.pnsqc.org for details.

    About Rose City SPIN:
    The Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is a monthly forum for networking, mutual support, and promotion of effective software practices. We exchange practical experiences, ideas, knowledge, wisdom, and war stories about the technical, business, and human facets of software process improvement. The Rose City SPIN serves the software development community of the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Whether you work for a large company or a small one, corporate or self-employed, industrial or academic setting, you are welcome at the Rose City SPIN.

  • 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.

    Website
  • Monday
    Feb 15 2010
    DorkbotPDX Meeting
    7–11pm
    Backspace

    Come join us for an evening of socializing, talking about odd hacks and poking around with other people toys. Bring things for show and tell if you like, or just bring a willingness to share your interests. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.

    Website
  • Tuesday
    Feb 16 2010
    PDXPHP - Monthy Meeting
    6:30–8pm
    NedSpace Old Town

    We will have 2 to 4 10-20 minute slots. The format is informal, It is completely acceptable to take a slot and discuss ‘this cool PHP thing you found’

    I can start it off with

    Topics

    15 minutes to a leaner LAMP.
    Buy the “LAMP Blaster” now! This will be a quick discussion of how in a short amount of time you can reduce the resource needs of your LAMP stack. (@samkeen)

    Website
  • Portland Java User Group
    6:30–8:30pm
    Oracle (Downtown Campus)

    This month's topic: TBD

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    PJUG meetings start with some time to eat and socialize (pizza and beverages are provided), followed by the featured speaker, then Q&A, discussion, sometimes a drawing to give away swag. :)

    Though we like knowing how many people to expect, you don't *have* to RSVP, on Upcoming or otherwise. Go ahead and just show up!

    Many people also go for a drink and further discussion following the meeting, at a location determined ad hoc (lately, the Market Street Pub at 10th and Market: http://mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=24 ).

    http://twitter.com/pjug
    http://pjug.org/
    (join our mailing list, linked from the website!)

    Website
  • Wednesday
    Feb 17 2010
    Portland Lunch 2.0 Birthday at AboutUs
    noon–3pm
    AboutUs

    Portland Lunch 2.0 is celebrating its second birthday where it all began, at AboutUs.

    This will be the third time AboutUs has welcomed Lunch 2.0 into their offices, so thanks to them for their incredible support of this event.

    Are you vegan or vegetarian? Please leave a comment so we can plan food accordingly. Thanks.

    Wondering what Lunch 2.0 is?

    Lunch 2.0 is a phenomenon that began in Silicon Valley. You can read about their current events and the history behind Lunch 2.0 at lunch20.com.

    We imported the concept to Portland in 2007, and you can follow all things Portland Lunch 2.0 an the Silicon Florist.

  • SAOpdx: Phoenix Forum: February
    5–8pm
    Pinpoint Logic

    These forums will feature a company that has re-emerged from economic hardship both stronger and with a strategy for continuing growth, three individual stories of technology professionals who turned their professional adversity into opportunity, or stories of local companies that soundly weathered the economic storm and are on the lookout for strategic talent to support its ongoing success.

    From this our audience will discover:

    * Strategies for business growth in this recession.
    * A community of innovative technology professionals.
    * Strong companies looking for top talent.

    Panelists
    Andrew Richards of nResult
    Charlie Davidson of Attensa
    Tom O'Keefe of Ethicspoint

    Website
  • Meet an Investor: Intel Capital

    This program will introduce you to Intel Capital, one of the largest venture capital firms in the world.

    Steve Eichenlaub with Intel Capital will describe their venture investing strategy, investment criteria, and portfolio companies, provide some advice to entrepreneurs who are seeking investment capital, and answer your questions.

    After the program in Suite 300, we'll meet for networking, beverages and munchies in the OTBC space (suite 101).

    Location: OTBC, 12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite 300 (reception in Suite 101)
    Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
    Time: 5pm to 6:pm
    Max: Blue line, Beaverton Central stop (one stop west of the Beaverton Transit Center)
    Driving: Directions
    Parking: Free parking in the parking garage next door to our building
    Cost: $15

    Website
  • Portland Career Circle begins

    Successful job search requires an entrepreneurial mind set-how "jobpreneurial" are you? This 8 week course teaches you the entrepreneurial job search skills needed to be successful in this job market.

    Taught by Dr. Sarah Stebbins, C.P.C. and Mel Lee, Career Advisor, you will gain the knowledge and skills your instructors draw from over 30 years of combined experience.

    Cost: $350
    Class size is limited to 12 participants-hurry! The class is filling!
    Contact Mel: 503 880-3200 or mel@portlandcareercircle.com
    www.portlandcareercircle.com

    Website
  • PDX Lean Startup Circle: Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

    6:00 - 6:30 Meet and Greet
    6:30 - 7:00 Watch a Minimum Viable Product Video
    7:00 - 7:30 Discuss Minimum Viable Product Experiences and Ideas
    7:30 - ? Retire to Veritable Quandary for a beverage

    Website
  • PDX Django February Meeting

    Despite missing December and January, February's PDX Django meeting looks like a great one. We have one short and one medium talk scheduled -- if you'd like to do a 5 minute or so talk on a tool, problem, or feature, why not let us know?

    It's also the day before PyCon starts, so we might just chat about what looks interesting there.

    The talks:

    - Dermot Maty on a problem he had with Proxy Models, and how he solved it

    - Michael Richardson will be previewing a talk he's giving at DjangoSki. Here's the summary from their talks page:

    "Michael is a cofounder at Urban Airship where he spends his day working on a RESTful API to deliver notifications and in-app content to mobile devices. His talk, "RESTful APIs with Django and Piston," pulls from Urban Airship's experience and goes through creating an API in Django with Piston along with pitfalls you may experience along the way.

    Michael was also the developer behind the massive Django-powered meat conglomerate bacn.com until it was sold earlier this year. Bac'n did not, sadly, have an API."

    The meeting will be at 7pm at PIE, 1227 NW Davis St (directly opposite the North Face store -- look for the big brown armchairs in the window.

    Website
  • Thursday
    Feb 18 2010
    SAOpdx: SAO School for Start-Ups (and small businesses!)
    8:30–11:30am
    McMenamins Kennedy School

    Brand Building, Awareness Generating & Business Developing for Tech Businesses

    "SAO School” is a one-day, interactive class (with multiple sessions) designed to help Oregon-based tech start-ups and established small tech businesses further build their brands, generate awareness and develop sustainable business through sales.

    Eight local experts will present valuable "how to” information during the four breakout sessions.

    Website
  • Agile Scrum Master Certification
    9am through Friday, February 19 at 5pm
    Hilton Portland and Executive Tower

    SolutionsIQ Certified ScrumMaster Training gives you all the tools and information you need to get started with Scrum and Agile. Delivered by SolutionsIQ’s world-renowned Certified ScrumMaster Trainers, this course shares time-tested practices for managing Product Backlogs, planning your releases and iterations (Sprints), and tracking and reporting progress. You’ll learn how to lead Sprint Planning meetings, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Review meetings, Sprint Retrospectives, and much more.

    On successful course completion, participants are eligible for Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) status with the Scrum Alliance.

    Contact:
    Rachel Kjack
    503.867.0742
    info@oregontrainingnetwork.com

    Website
  • Portland WordPress User Group
    6–7:30pm
    Webtrends
    Website
  • 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.

    Website
  • PDXScala Meeting
    7–10pm
    AboutUs

    Details to come...

    Website
  • Friday
    Feb 19 2010
    Silverlight User Group - Conversation and QA with Shawn Wildermuth
    6–9pm
    Webtrends

    Silverlight Conversation and QA with Shawn Wildermuth
    Feb 19th at Webtrends 6pm *This is a Friday (not our usual day)*

    Do you have questions about Silverlight? Shawn's the person to ask. He's full of Silverlight knowledge, and he's coming to Portland to have a conversation with us. Shawn is extremely well known and respected in the Silverlight community, and it's going to be a real treat to have him. If you want to have a complex and nuanced discussion about Silverlight, join us for this meeting.

    Shawn Wildermuth
    Shawn Wildermuth is a Microsoft MVP (C#), member of the INETA Speaker's Bureau and an author of six books on .NET. Shawn is involved with Microsoft as a Silverlight Insider, Data Insider and Connected Technology Advisors (WCF/Oslo/WF). He has been seen speaking at a variety of international conferences including SDC Netherlands, VSLive, WinDev and DevReach. Shawn has written dozens of articles for a variety of magazines and websites including MSDN, DevSource, InformIT, CoDe Magazine, ServerSide.NET and MSDN Online. He has over twenty years in software development regularly blogs about a range of topics including Silverlight, Oslo, Databases, XML and web services on his blog (http://wildermuth.com).

    Warmup: Operating System in Your Browser Window
    At the beginning of the meeting (6pm), Marc Schulper will show us how to write Silverlight applications for a web based operating system.

    WHEN: Friday 02/19/2010
    *This is a Friday (not our usual day)*

    6:00 p.m. Pizza (by Vertigo) 6:30 p.m. Presentation
    ~9:00 p.m. Afterwards at TBD

    WHERE: Webtrends (map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=webtrends+in+portland&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.77044,117.949219&ie=UTF8&hq=webtrends&hnear=Portland,+OR&z=15&iwloc=A )
    851 SW 6th Ave.
    Portland, OR 97204-1337

    Sponsors: While you are at it, consider visiting our Premium Sponsors that make these meetings possible:
    * Vertigo - http://www.vertigo.com
    * Webtrends - http://www.webtrends.com

    Getting There:
    Trimet. I recommend taking Trimet to this event. Check out the map to see the tons of Max/etc. stops nearby.
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    Parking. I recommend Smart Parks:
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