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Change #25881
2014-01-26
13:36:11

create Calagator::Event 1250465579 FOSS4G 2014 Planning Meeting Roll back

description nil Portland will be hosting the international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference in September, 2014. This meeting is to come help plan the conference. All who might be interested are welcome. For those unable to physically attend there will be a video and/or telephone conference available. The conference line info is: +1 971-998-1350, PIN 9000. Join the mailing list at http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2014
end_time nil 2014-01-28 19:30:00 -0800
id nil 1250465579
start_time nil 2014-01-28 17:45:00 -0800
title nil FOSS4G 2014 Planning Meeting
venue_id nil 202392990
Change #25880
2014-01-25
13:43:03

update Calagator::Event 1250465564 World IA Day After Party Roll back

locked nil false
title World IA Day After Party World Information Architecture Day After Party
Change #25879
2014-01-25
13:42:23

destroy Calagator::Event 1250465565 World Information Architecture Day 2014 Roll back

Change #25878
2014-01-25
00:26:55

create Calagator::Event 1250465578 pdxfunc: Portland Functional Programming Study Group Roll back

description nil See the mailing list for details on this month's agenda: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdxfunc <i>ABOUT THE GROUP: 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, OCaml, Erlang, Scala and others, as well as using functional techniques in non-functional languages. 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. </i>
end_time nil 2014-02-10 21:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465578
start_time nil 2014-02-10 19:00:00 -0800
title nil pdxfunc: Portland Functional Programming Study Group
url nil http://pdxfunc.org/
venue_details nil In the 4th floor basketball court.
venue_id nil 202392384
Change #25877
2014-01-24
19:03:24

update Calagator::Event 1250465413 Spark Weekend Portland 2014 Roll back

start_time 2014-02-15 09:30:00 -0800 2014-02-15 10:00:00 -0800
Change #25876
2014-01-24
19:02:04

update Calagator::Event 1250465413 Spark Weekend Portland 2014 Roll back

description Spark Weekend 2014 brings together 20+ lifestyle change experts to provide TED-style talks and interactive workshops to measurably improve your health, relationships, productivity, and lifestyle. A Spark Weekend is your opportunity to upgrade your life in a fun, friendly environment. No fluff and no hard sales; just great people and lots of time for action. - <strong>Day 1</strong> is about learning. Our speakers share their favorite lifestyle change strategies, techniques, apps, and devices in 20 minute sessions. - <strong>Day 2</strong> is about doing. Our team coaches you to implement what you learned the day before. You come back with your laptop and planner and directly work on your goals. - <strong>Day 3</strong> is about winning. You get a token sum of cash back if you reach your goals; more if you put your own money on the line. And in the spirit of open science we <a href="http://www.selfspark.com/science/data/">publish our results</a> in helping you change. Remember, a Spark Weekend ticket makes a powerful gift for your friends, family, and colleagues! But not for people you don't like--don't give them any advantage in 2014. As an added bonus, ~10% of every ticket sold goes to a community fund for those who cannot otherwise afford to attend. Make your resolutions stick this year. Spark the New Year off right. If you’ve ever felt there isn’t enough time in the day to accomplish your goals, this is for you. Spark Weekend 2014 brings together 20+ technology and lifestyle change experts to provide TED-style talks, experiential workshops, and the latest in lifestyle change tech to measurably improve your health, productivity, and relationships. A Spark Weekend is an opportunity to improve your life in a fun, friendly environment. - <strong>Day 1</strong> is about learning. Our speakers share their favorite lifestyle change tools and techniques in 20 minute sessions. - <strong>Day 2</strong> Our mentors coach you to implement what you learned the day before. You come back with your laptop and directly work on your goals. It’s not over when you leave! - <strong>Day 30</strong> is about winning. You get $30 cash back if you reach your goals; more if you put your own money on the line. And in the spirit of open science, we <a href="http://www.selfspark.com/science/data/">publish our results</a> in helping you change. A Spark Weekend ticket makes a great gift for your friends, family, and colleagues! But not for people you don't like--don't give them any advantage in 2014. As an added bonus, ~10% of every ticket sold goes to a community fund for those who cannot otherwise afford to attend. *Special discount for Calagator folks. First 30 enter "CALAGATOR" when registering for -20%. Sign up before seats fill up!
Change #25875
2014-01-24
16:40:07

create Calagator::Event 1250465577 World Information Architecture Day 2014 Roll back

description nil Join us for a day of learning about Information Architecture! You'd be surprised just how much all of our disciplines are connected. From UX to Architecture to Photography to Creative Writing, the design of information requires processes to create the ideal outcome for something that did not exist before. Meet fellow practitioners, get a better understanding of what others do and how you can use that knowledge to make what you do even better. Our lineup starts at 9am and ends at 6pm, with a one hour break for lunch. Come to one session, a few, or see them all! Your ticket price (only $15!) is good for the day, so you can come and go as you please. Lineup: -Crystal Rutland-CEO and Director of Research and Strategy at Empirical UX -Corey Pressman-Owner and Chief Strategist at Exprima Media -Josh Romberg-Photographer and Visual Designer -Craig Peters-CEO, Awasu Design San Francisco -Kate Ertmann-Owner and Animation Process Expert at Animation Dynamics -Awaiting confirmation from 3 others. It's set to be an amazing day!
end_time nil 2014-02-15 18:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465577
start_time nil 2014-02-15 09:00:00 -0800
title nil World Information Architecture Day 2014
url nil http://www.eventbrite.com/e/world-information-architecture-day-2014-tickets-9191545159
venue_details nil Ziba Auditorium 1044 Northwest 9th Avenue Portland, OR 97209
venue_id nil 202392412
Change #25873
2014-01-24
10:32:29

create Calagator::Event 1250465576 Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) development on iOS Roll back

description nil Join us for a discussion on BTLE programming on iOS. Bluetooth low energy, (Bluetooth LE / BTLE / BLE / Bluetooth Smart) is a wireless computer network technology poised to become an important part of sensor and device communications in applications such as healthcare, fitness, security and (home) automation. Agenda • Introductions • Non technical overview - William Henderson • Technical hands on development presentation - Zsombor Papp • Q&A - Discussions • Move to Old Town Pizza for further discussion
end_time nil 2014-02-12 20:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465576
start_time nil 2014-02-12 18:00:00 -0800
title nil Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) development on iOS
url nil http://www.meetup.com/PDX-iOS/events/162343332/
venue_details nil There should be a sign on the door but just come on up the stairs.
venue_id nil 202394333
Change #25871
2014-01-24
10:18:49

create Calagator::Event 1250465575 Global Game Jam Roll back

description nil The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event. GGJ brings together thousands of game enthusiasts participating through many local jams around the world. GGJ is a project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). We will begin on Friday evening at the Art Institute of Portland with a keynote, icebreakers, idea generating activities, and team selection (approx. 2 hours). After jammers are satisfied with their ideas and teams, they will work on their games until we approach our deadline on Sunday afternoon. They will begin to upload their "completed" games by the Global Game Jam deadline. Exact times will be available in our schedules during the jam.
end_time nil 2014-01-26 19:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465575
start_time nil 2014-01-24 17:00:00 -0800
title nil Global Game Jam
url nil http://pigsquad.com/events/global-game-jam-2014
venue_details nil We have room for up to 70 jammers; additional participants may jam remotely.
venue_id nil 202393696
Change #25870
2014-01-24
07:59:07

create Calagator::Event 1250465574 Free 8 Week Android Class Study Group Roll back

description nil Take a free 8 week class online by visiting: https://www.coursera.org/course/android This is the 2nd week of class, but there is plenty of time to catch up. Join us at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne between 7pm and 9pm Wednesday to get help with homework and ask questions. We will likely be sitting in the back by the power outlets, but ask around and you'll find us. Bring your laptop and a power strip if you have them. Late arrivals are okay. For more information, join our online group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdx-mobile-workgroup
end_time nil 2014-01-29 21:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465574
start_time nil 2014-01-29 19:00:00 -0800
title nil Free 8 Week Android Class Study Group
url nil https://www.coursera.org/course/android
venue_details nil Food and Beer
venue_id nil 202390282
Change #25869
2014-01-23
20:44:03

create Calagator::Event 1250465573 Portland's Techno-Activism 3rd Monday Roll back

description nil <hr><p>This event is free, but please RSVP on Eventbrite (linked above)</p> <h2>Event Description</h2> <p>We plan to do a hands-on meetup, where you will get to learn about PGP. </p> <p>Have a preference about what you want to learn? Want to lead a group in teaching a method? Email us a [email protected] and we'll add you to the agenda. </p> <h2>What should I bring?</h2> <ul> <li>A willingness to learn or to teach</li> <li>A laptop. If you don't have one, let us know and we can try to scrounge up an extra one for you.</li> <li>A current news story that you want to discuss with the group related to privacy/security/surveillance/censorship (optional) </li> </ul><h2>What is it?</h2> This is the Techno-Activism 3rd Monday event for Portland, Oregon! Read more about <a href="http://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays">techno-activism 3rd mondays</a>. <h2> Who should come? </h2> Anyone interested in techno-activism. We invite coders, geeks, artists, and anyone else. No technical experience required. <h2>Who's hosting?</h2> <p>Location is TBA for now. Details to come soon! </p> <h2>PDXTech4Good</h2> If you're interested in this event, you might also be interested in the <a href="http://www.meetup.com/pdxtech4good-nonprofit-activist-tech/">PDXTech4Good</a> meetup.
end_time nil 2014-02-17 20:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465573
start_time nil 2014-02-17 18:00:00 -0800
title nil Portland's Techno-Activism 3rd Monday
url nil http://ta3m-pdx-8.eventbrite.com/
venue_id nil 202390081
Change #25868
2014-01-23
20:15:15

create Calagator::Event 1250465572 RainSec Roll back

description nil RainSec is an informal meetup of like-minded security professionals to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs. While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience are folks experienced with information security in a professional capacity. Follow @PDXRainSec for updates.
end_time nil 2014-01-28 21:30:00 -0800
id nil 1250465572
start_time nil 2014-01-28 18:30:00 -0800
title nil RainSec
url nil https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rainsec
venue_details nil We'll either be upstairs or the area right by the bottom of the stairs.
venue_id nil 202390267
Change #25865
2014-01-23
18:38:10

create Calagator::Event 1250465571 Monthly Presentation Night Roll back

description nil <p>Come join us for Pythonic talks!</p> <p>This month:</p> <p>• <b>Data Science with Python</b> by Lane Hobson</p> <p><br>• <b>Lightning Talks</b> by You!</p> <p><br>Do you have something you'd like to share? <a href="mailto:%5Bmasked%5D">Email us</a>.</p> <p>Join us on our <a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland">python.org mailing list</a> and on #pdxpython on Freenode. All are welcome!</p> <p>PDX Python on <a href="http://twitter.com/pdxpython">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="http://pdxpython.org/">Portland Python Web Site</a></p>
id nil 1250465571
source_id nil 996334964
start_time nil 2014-01-28 18:30:00 -0800
title nil Monthly Presentation Night
url nil http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython/events/146120782/
venue_id nil 202394332
Change #25862
2014-01-23
16:51:21

update Calagator::Event 1250465541 TiE Pearl Pitch Club Roll back

description Join TiE Pearl Pitch Club, a series of sessions where you can practice your pitching skills. In this edition, Vanessa Van Edwards, author and behavorioral investigator, will present a talk on body language and non-verbal communications for entrepreneurs, after which she will hear pitches, and help you work on yours. TiE Pearl Pitch Club is designed as a supportive environment in which to try out your presentation - in front of a group of peers, including established entrepreneurs, and others just getting their start. Bring your pitches, with or without slides (bring your laptop to plug into the A/V system), and walk away with valuable feedback and coaching. Or come to see others pitch, and provide feedback to and/or learn from others. Following the Pitch Club session we will offer drinks and refreshments at the TiE Pearl Incubator, while we discuss feedback and mingle.
end_time 2014-02-06 20:00:00 -0800 2014-02-06 20:30:00 -0800
title TiE Pearl Pitch Club TiE Pearl Pitch Club with Vanessa Van Edwards
url https://oregon.tie.org/event/40/tie-pearl-pitch-club-vanessa-van-edwards
Change #25861
2014-01-23
10:55:16

create Calagator::Event 1250465570 PDXNode presentation night Roll back

description nil Talks TBA. Let us know if you're interested in speaking! Long-form, short-form, never-before-seen-form, and Module of the Month(5 minutes) welcome! Presentations start at 6:30pm. We welcome open dialogue during the presentations. We're all here to learn! Come a little early to say hi. We'll also be hanging out at 6:15pm to help any newcomers needing help to gettting started by installing node and npm. It will be a nice variety of topics and level of talks. If anyone is interested, we could also take discussions to post-talk drinks nearby. Maybe even hack a little.
end_time nil 2014-02-06 20:30:00 -0800
id nil 1250465570
start_time nil 2014-02-06 18:15:00 -0800
title nil PDXNode presentation night
url nil http://pdxnode.org
venue_details nil Look for the friends standing by the door to let you in! If you arrive past 6:35pm, be patient! Or tweet @pdxnode. We'll come get you shortly.
venue_id nil 202393660
Change #25859
2014-01-22
19:55:14

create Calagator::Event 1250465569 Oregon Enterprise Architects Innovation Exchange Roll back

description nil Are you working on a challenging problem? Could you benefit from the experience or insight of your peers in other organizations? Do you have something you’d like to discuss or a question you’d like answered? Would you like to help others meet professional challenges? If so, the Innovation Exchange is for you. After introducing ourselves and enjoying light refreshments, we will follow the Lean Coffee format. We will break into small groups. As a group member, you will propose topics or questions for discussion, and then get to vote for your favorites. Your group will then discuss each of its subjects as time permits, beginning with its most popular selections. You will get fresh perspectives on what concerns you, and you will meet fellow architects with similar interests. We will be meeting on February 11th from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Mongolia Room at the Broadway Coffeehouse in Salem, OR. We will get to know each other and have light snacks from 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. and conduct the Lean Coffee discussions from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., leaving the final half hour for follow-up conversations.
end_time nil 2014-02-11 18:30:00 -0800
id nil 1250465569
start_time nil 2014-02-11 16:30:00 -0800
title nil Oregon Enterprise Architects Innovation Exchange
url nil http://techoregon.org/event?eventid=10152966797
venue_details nil Broadway Coffeehouse, 1300 Broadway Street Northeast, Mongolia Room #305, Salem, 97301
venue_id nil 202394331
Change #25857
2014-01-22
19:50:49

update Calagator::Event 1250465568 Startup Weekend Access Roll back

Change #25856
2014-01-22
19:50:11

update Calagator::Event 1250465568 Startup Weekend Access Roll back

end_time 2014-02-07 21:00:00 -0800 2014-02-09 21:00:00 -0800
Change #25855
2014-01-22
19:49:45

create Calagator::Event 1250465568 Startup Weekend Access Roll back

description nil Use discount code " calagator "for a 25% discount. http://bit.ly/1ioWhHi Startup Weekend focused on making entrepreneurship more accessible to everyone. Our mission is to create an environment where anyone can innovate together. We're focusing on accessibility to provide better access for people with disabilities and fluid collaboration amongst every participant. An appropriate accessible environment with the necessary auxiliary aids support services will be provided! Startup Weekend’s a 54-hour event where aspiring entrepreneurs, developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and entrepreneurs of all abilities come together to share startup ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Essentially, it’s a crash course in entrepreneurship that lets you experience what it’s really like to build and launch a startup. Whether you have an idea for a new mobile app that will make your life easier or just want to learn more about entrepreneurship, we encourage you to attend. Why? The statistics are clear, people with disabilities are not only less likely to be employed, but also less likely to pursue entrepreneurship. We hope that Startup Weekend Access will ignite your entrepreneurial spark!
end_time nil 2014-02-07 21:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465568
start_time nil 2014-02-07 17:00:00 -0800
title nil Startup Weekend Access
url nil http://portlandaccess.startupweekend.org/
venue_id nil 202391992
Change #25853
2014-01-22
18:29:32

create Calagator::Event 1250465567 TAO Tech Day in Salem Roll back

description nil At last year's Tech Day we had over 35 tech executives from around Oregon help us to raise awareness about Oregon's technology industry and move forward key legislative initiatives relating to STEM education at the K-12 level and the Oregon Growth Board. This year Tech Day will focus on factors that impact growth and innovation in Oregon's technology industry. We will leverage the findings of the recently completed TAO-TECNA CEO Survey and economic data and recommendations from the Oregon Technology Industry Report. Topics will include: Growing the talent pipeline Enhancing research & commercialization at Oregon's universities Effects of state tax policy on capital formation and access to c-level talent. Public infrastructure investments and land use policy This event offers an unparalleled opportunity to meet with Oregon's key policymakers about the needs of your company and the broader tech industry. Oregon Capital Location Agenda (tentative): - 10:30 am - Check-in/Registration - 11 am - Orientation/Recognition by legislature - Noon to 1 pm - Lunch/Presentations - 1 pm to 4 pm - Meetings with legislators
end_time nil 2014-02-06 19:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465567
start_time nil 2014-02-06 10:30:00 -0800
title nil TAO Tech Day in Salem
url nil http://techoregon.org/event?eventid=9478427231
venue_details nil Oregon State Capital 900 Court St. NE Salem, OR 97223 Reception is taking place at Putnam University Center Alumni Lounge - Campus map can be found here, http://willamette.edu/about/visit/pdf/full_campus_map.pdf.
venue_id nil 202394330
Change #25851
2014-01-22
18:02:25

update Calagator::Event 1250465514 Portland JavaScript Admirers' Monthly Meeting Roll back

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venue_details Call 360-721-2423 to be let into the building. Call 503-409-7863 to be let into the building.
Change #25849
2014-01-22
18:00:43

create Calagator::Event 1250465566 TAO Launch Party Roll back

description nil Please join us in our new office space for TAO’s 2014 Launch Party: Networking in Portland’s Newest Tech Hub - the Eastside Exchange Building! Help us kick off 2014 in style! Meet new and existing members, network and socialize with each other. Attendees will have an opportunity to connect with members of the TAO Board, committee chairs and members, and other members of the TAO community. This is a "no-stress" party including appetizers, refreshments, music, games and much more.
end_time nil 2014-01-30 20:30:00 -0800
id nil 1250465566
start_time nil 2014-01-30 17:00:00 -0800
title nil TAO Launch Party
url nil http://techoregon.org/event?eventid=8911310971
venue_details nil 123 Building, 123 NE 3rd Ave, Portland OR, 97232
venue_id nil 202394329
Change #25847
2014-01-22
16:39:43

update Calagator::Event 1250465565 World Information Architecture Day 2014 Roll back

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venue_details nil
Change #25844
2014-01-22
16:38:52

create Calagator::Event 1250465565 World Information Architecture Day 2014 Roll back

description nil Join us
id nil 1250465565
source_id nil 996334963
start_time nil 2014-02-15 09:00:00 -0800
title nil World Information Architecture Day 2014
url nil http://www.eventbrite.com/o/amy-dubin-5290041883?s=19354797
venue_id nil 202394328
Change #25841
2014-01-22
16:38:13

update Calagator::Event 1250465564 World IA Day After Party Roll back

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Change #25838
2014-01-22
16:37:22

create Calagator::Event 1250465564 World IA Day After Party Roll back

description nil <p><a href="http://worldiaday.org/">World IA Day</a> is a global event aimed at bringing together the information architecture community.  Full day events are taking place in 24 cities, 14 countries, and 6 continents--including Portland, Oregon!  Get your tickets for <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/world-information-architecture-day-2014-tickets-9191545159">World IA Day PDX early</a>... they will likely sell out!  </p> <p>After the event, join PDX-UX for an after party just a few blocks away with beer, food, games, and networking!</p>
id nil 1250465564
source_id nil 996334962
start_time nil 2014-02-15 18:00:00 -0800
title nil World IA Day After Party
url nil http://www.meetup.com/PDX-UX/events/160085642/
venue_id nil 202391015
Change #25836
2014-01-22
15:25:06

update Calagator::Event 1250465563 Mini-Hackathon (Android) Roll back

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start_time 2014-01-22 18:30:00 -0800 2014-01-23 18:30:00 -0800
Change #25835
2014-01-22
15:24:07

create Calagator::Event 1250465563 Mini-Hackathon (Android) Roll back

description nil This is a meeting to share ideas and get practice for the Little Oregon Laboratory hackathon. Limited to the first 10 to sign up. Appetizers will be provided.
end_time nil 2014-01-23 20:30:00 -0800
id nil 1250465563
start_time nil 2014-01-22 18:30:00 -0800
title nil Mini-Hackathon (Android)
url nil http://www.meetup.com/Killer-Android/events/160335972/
venue_id nil 202390324
Change #25834
2014-01-22
14:58:41

destroy Calagator::Event 1250465506 Flux Open House Roll back

Change #25833
2014-01-22
13:51:46

update Calagator::Event 1250465562 Portland Code School -- Meet and Greet Roll back

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Change #25831
2014-01-22
13:50:14

create Calagator::Event 1250465562 Portland Code School -- Meet and Greet Roll back

description nil Interested in being a web developer? Come to this event at Portland Code School to discover what our accelerated learning programs can do for you. At Portland Code School, we teach you the tools, the languages, and the concepts needed to become a professional web developer. Talk with the staff, meet current and past students, introduce yourself to other prospective students. We’ll do some fun interactive games and then socialize while we eat, drink, and otherwise be merry!
end_time nil 2014-01-28 20:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465562
start_time nil 2014-01-28 18:00:00 -0800
title nil Portland Code School -- Meet and Greet
url nil http://www.portlandcodeschool.com
venue_details nil 1771 NW Pettygrove St. (entrance is on Pettygrove, half way between 17th and 18th).
venue_id nil 202394327
Change #25829
2014-01-21
18:01:54

create Calagator::Event 1250465561 AgilePDX Westside: Introduction to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Roll back

description nil Being an agile organization was always the goal (right?). The idea of "business agility" is certainly older than agile software development and many of us have struggled with the pain of an agile development team in an organization that doesn't understand how we work. Finding ways to scale agility from development to the rest of the organization has been a bit of a rocky road so far. Many development teams use Scrum and I'm not sure that's a good fit for some business areas -- I for one wouldn't want HR time-boxing the hiring of a new developer, delivering the best one they could find in 2 weeks. So just scaling what development does to a larger, different audience isn't the answer. The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) provides, er, a framework for how the larger organization can operate more effectively together. Rather than provide new ways of working, it synthesizes important aspects of Scrum, XP, Lean, Product Development Flow and other agile notions into a sensible fabric for organizational effectiveness, optimizing the whole. The list of companies finding value in SAFe continues to grow. In something under an hour, I plan to deliver enough information about SAFe that you can have a reasonable elevator conversation about it and leave with an understanding of how much more you want to learn (and where to go find that information). Even if you don't work for a large organization with multiple levels of program and portfolio management, the concepts SAFe is built on and how they interact should spark ideas for how you can grow agile ways of working within your own environment. Bio: After deciding against a career in journalism halfway through college, Millard Ellingsworth has been developing software ever since. He currently works for IBM and was part of a small team of facilitators that led IBM Software Group's agile transformation efforts, training many teams, serving them as an agile coach and working as a scrum master within his own development organization. He has presented on agile topics at internal and external IBM conferences and has written a variety of articles for IBM developerWorks where he is a contributing author and a member of the steering committee. You can follow him on Twitter as @millard3 (https://twitter.com/millard3) and on Google+ (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MillardEllingsworth). He happily accepts invitations to play golf and talk tech.
end_time nil 2014-02-11 09:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465561
start_time nil 2014-02-11 07:45:00 -0800
title nil AgilePDX Westside: Introduction to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
url nil http://www.agilepdx.org
venue_details nil Nolan Ryan Building, Second Floor Room: TBD Parking is available in the lot closest to the Nolan Ryan Building. Enter Campus via SW Jenkins Rd. or Jay St
venue_id nil 202393465
Change #25828
2014-01-21
16:37:48

create Calagator::Event 1250465560 Ignite TAO! v5 Roll back

description nil Ignite TAO! 1 mic, 5 minutes, 20 slides, 300 peers in the audience... no pressure, right? What is Ignite? Ignite is a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by local people who have an burning idea and the guts to get onstage and share their personal and professional passions. Quick, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, and global - Ignite is all of these and more. This Ignite focused on all things tech. Submit to Present Some of the most thought-provoking, insightful and fun presentations are from people who just want to share an idea. If you are one of those people who is constantly coming up with tech-savvy solutions and have an idea you want to share with the world - this is your chance. Submit your idea to our Reviewing Committee. Requirements to Present 1. No Sales Possible Ignite TAO Topics All Ignite TAO! proposals should fall into at least one of these technology categories: products - show and tell something cool you've invented or found (no sales pitches!) projects - what are you working on? methodology - challenge us, inspire us, show us! concepts - share your burning "what-if" ideas tools/DIY - what's out there, what should people be using, what do YOU use?
end_time nil 2014-03-13 21:00:00 -0700
id nil 1250465560
start_time nil 2014-03-13 17:30:00 -0700
title nil Ignite TAO! v5
url nil http://techoregon.org/event?eventid=9003290083
venue_details nil Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 Northeast Alberta Street, Portland, 97211
venue_id nil 202393129
Change #25827
2014-01-21
11:59:39

destroy Calagator::Event 1250465526 Collective Agency Third Saturdays 9am to 5pm Roll back

Change #25826
2014-01-21
10:51:16

create Calagator::Event 1250465559 Ruby Programmers Informal Co-Working Roll back

description nil Based off an idea from the pdxruby mailing list, this event is for any ruby programmers who want to informally co-work from a cafe. I'll be at Ford food and Drink, wearing a green RailsConf t-shirt and working on ruby. Come join! If you'd like me to email you about each weekly co-working session, you can email me (Mike LaPeter) at my first initial + last name @gmail.
end_time nil 2014-01-24 15:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465559
start_time nil 2014-01-24 10:00:00 -0800
title nil Ruby Programmers Informal Co-Working
venue_id nil 202394046
Change #25825
2014-01-21
08:54:50

create Calagator::Event 1250465558 Drupal Sprint Weekend 2014 Roll back

description nil Sprint time: 10am until 6pm, both Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26 If you're like some Drupal developers or site builders, you've been telling yourself for months that you should start contributing to Drupal core. This sprint is your chance to get started with in-person training and mentoring from friendly, experienced core contributors. It's also a great way to start becoming familiar with Drupal 8. If you've already started to work on core, come meet other contributors, hang out in person, and work on manageable tasks in the Drupal core queue. The goal is to help you help with core.
end_time nil 2014-01-26 18:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465558
start_time nil 2014-01-25 10:00:00 -0800
title nil Drupal Sprint Weekend 2014
url nil https://groups.drupal.org/node/394453
venue_id nil 202391015
Change #25822
2014-01-20
23:06:40

update Calagator::Event 1250465557 Mobile Portland: Build Businesses, Not Apps Roll back

description <p>The software world has been turned on its head and all the rules that were once taken for granted are now obsolete. Elia has developed <strong>new rules for modern mobile apps</strong>, learning from his 17 years of running an indie company and transitioning from the old to the new.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://mobileportland.com/sites/default/files/broken-blackberry-500.jpg" alt="Broken Blackberry. Shattered Mobile Dreams"></p> <p>Elia Freedman is the founder and CEO of Infinity Softworks. During his 17 years running an indie mobile software company, Elia has navigated the transition from Newtons to PalmPilots to Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iOS and Android. The rules of making money in mobile has changed drastically in the past five years, let alone the past 17.</p> <p>Elia's business is changing, too. In this presentation, "Build Businesses, Not Apps," Elia will share the thinking that has led to his own business transition, leaving you with plenty to think about in the New Year.</p> <h3>About Elia Freedman</h3> <p><img src="http://mobileportland.com/sites/default/files/elia-freedman.png" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" alt="Elia Freedman"> Elia Freedman is the founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.infinitysw.com/">Infinity Softworks</a>, which was started in 1997. His primary product line, powerOne software calculators, have been downloaded over 20 million times on platforms as varied as iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Palm OS and Windows Mobile. In addition Infinity Softworks' calculator engine has powered apps for DEWALT Tools, The College Board, Garmin, Sony, GE, Johnson & Johnson and more. You can follow his writings at eliainsider.com or on Twitter @eliajf.</p> <p><img src="http://mobileportland.com/sites/default/files/equals.png" style="">The software world has been turned on its head and all the rules that were once taken for granted are now obsolete. Elia has developed <strong>new rules for modern mobile apps</strong>, learning from his 17 years of running an indie company and transitioning from the old to the new.</p> <p>Elia Freedman is the founder and CEO of Infinity Softworks. During his 17 years running an indie mobile software company, Elia has navigated the transition from Newtons to PalmPilots to Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iOS and Android. The rules of making money in mobile has changed drastically in the past five years, let alone the past 17.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://mobileportland.com/sites/default/files/broken-iphone.jpg" alt="Broken iPhone. Shattered Mobile Dreams"></p> <p>Elia's business is changing, too. In this presentation, "Build Businesses, Not Apps," Elia will share the thinking that has led to his own business transition, leaving you with plenty to think about in the New Year.</p> <h3>About Elia Freedman</h3> <p><img src="http://mobileportland.com/sites/default/files/elia-freedman.png" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" alt="Elia Freedman"> Elia Freedman is the founder and CEO of Infinity Softworks, which was started in 1997. His primary product line, powerOne software calculators, have been downloaded over 20 million times on platforms as varied as iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Palm OS and Windows Mobile. In addition Infinity Softworks' calculator engine has powered apps for DEWALT Tools, The College Board, Garmin, Sony, GE, Johnson & Johnson and more. You can follow his writings at eliainsider.com or on Twitter @eliajf.</p>
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Change #25821
2014-01-20
22:57:04

create Calagator::Event 1250465557 Mobile Portland: Build Businesses, Not Apps Roll back

description nil <p>The software world has been turned on its head and all the rules that were once taken for granted are now obsolete. Elia has developed <strong>new rules for modern mobile apps</strong>, learning from his 17 years of running an indie company and transitioning from the old to the new.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://mobileportland.com/sites/default/files/broken-blackberry-500.jpg" alt="Broken Blackberry. Shattered Mobile Dreams"></p> <p>Elia Freedman is the founder and CEO of Infinity Softworks. During his 17 years running an indie mobile software company, Elia has navigated the transition from Newtons to PalmPilots to Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iOS and Android. The rules of making money in mobile has changed drastically in the past five years, let alone the past 17.</p> <p>Elia's business is changing, too. In this presentation, "Build Businesses, Not Apps," Elia will share the thinking that has led to his own business transition, leaving you with plenty to think about in the New Year.</p> <h3>About Elia Freedman</h3> <p><img src="http://mobileportland.com/sites/default/files/elia-freedman.png" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" alt="Elia Freedman"> Elia Freedman is the founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.infinitysw.com/">Infinity Softworks</a>, which was started in 1997. His primary product line, powerOne software calculators, have been downloaded over 20 million times on platforms as varied as iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Palm OS and Windows Mobile. In addition Infinity Softworks' calculator engine has powered apps for DEWALT Tools, The College Board, Garmin, Sony, GE, Johnson & Johnson and more. You can follow his writings at eliainsider.com or on Twitter @eliajf.</p>
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start_time nil 2014-01-27 18:00:00 -0800
title nil Mobile Portland: Build Businesses, Not Apps
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venue_id nil 202393660
Change #25820
2014-01-20
22:15:27

create Calagator::Event 1250465556 MaptimePDX! Hacknight Roll back

description nil Welcome to MaptimePDX, a monthly hack and learn meetup for map nerds, geo-geeks, and the spatially inclined. Beginners very welcome. The best maps are made together. :) ![woodcut map](https://i.cloudup.com/ZDOtEiKAag-1200x1200.png)
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id nil 1250465556
start_time nil 2014-02-05 18:00:00 -0800
title nil MaptimePDX! Hacknight
url nil http://maptimepdx.org
venue_details nil Call the number on the door for access.
venue_id nil 202393267
Change #25819
2014-01-20
21:16:16

create Calagator::Event 1250465555 ISSA February Luncheon meeting Roll back

description nil Presentation: Pitfalls of Web Session Management Login session management in modern web applications is largely applications dominated by use of HTTP cookies. However, HTTP cookies were never designed for secure applications, which has led to a significant number of protocol security problems. In this talk, the speaker will start with a brief background on why HTTP cookies are a poorly-conceived mechanism to begin with, and continue with a discussion of how this impacts security. He will describe several lesser-known cookie-based session management problems that remain wide spread and allow for session hijacking through a variety of clever attacks. Who: Tim D. Morgan Principal Security Consultant - Sentinel Chicken Networks As an application security consultant and vulnerability researcher, Tim has been taking deep technical dives in security for over a decade. In that time, he has been credited with the discovery and responsible disclosure of numerous security vulnerabilities in a variety of software products, including: IBM Tivoli Access Manager, Sun Java Runtime Environment, Google Chrome Web Browser, OpenOffice, Oracle WebLogic Application Server, and IBM Websphere Commerce. His current research interests include applied cryptanalysis, IPv6 security and XML external entities attacks. Tim develops and maintains several open source forensics tools in addition to Bletchley, an application cryptanalysis toolkit. Tim works to secure his customers' environments through black box testing, code reviews, social engineering evaluations, security training and a variety of other services. Tim earned his computer science degrees from Harvey Mudd College and Northeastern University and currently resides in Portland Oregon where he leads the local OWASP chapter Cost: $10 (member) / $15 (non-member) / $20 (at-the-door) CPEs: The ISSA meetings are appropriate for CPE credit. The chapter maintains proof of attendance for members but it is the members responsibility to ensure that these CPE's are credited to their respective accounts.
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start_time nil 2014-02-20 11:30:00 -0800
title nil ISSA February Luncheon meeting
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venue_details nil Parking: Con-way has asked that guests park in the two lots to the East of NW 20th Avenue between NW Raleigh and NW Thurman. Please do not park in spaces that are marked with names other than Con-way since these spaces are leased. The best option is the lot on the NE corner of NW Raleigh and NW 20th. the main entrance to the building is on Savier Street on the west side of the building. This entrance is manned by a security guard and you will be asked to sign in. See map below: https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&q=2055+NW+Savier+Street,+Portland,+OR+97209&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x549509e37fd3e72d:0x2f40f2e5ddabe2cb,2055+NW+Savier+St,+Portland,+OR+97209&gl=us&ei=TUSNUuT0OsuwqQG8pIBQ&ved=0CCsQ8gEwAA
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Change #25818
2014-01-20
19:26:33

create Calagator::Event 1250465554 improv video extras - we'll serve you coffee on the bus Roll back

description nil We're making a possibly-viral video about a hoax geo tech product: a coffee service that delivers to people while they're sitting on the bus. We're looking for a few extras for a shoot in inner SE midday Saturday, Feb. 1 - maybe speaking, maybe not. Want to participate? Let us know: [email protected]! Improv skills a plus. This is part of the Hygge Project, a fun little volunteer effort to encourage people to imagine the ways we'll move around Portland (and therefore other cities) in the future.
end_time nil 2014-01-20 14:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465554
start_time nil 2014-01-20 11:00:00 -0800
title nil improv video extras - we'll serve you coffee on the bus
venue_details nil It's going to happen on the bus. Probably the 70. Exact location TBD.
Change #25817
2014-01-20
18:00:21

update Calagator::Event 1250465444 pdxdevops: Portland DevOps user group meeting Roll back

description Please join us on January 20th at Jama South for an exciting night of devops! * Presentation: *Vagrant 101* with Jama's own Rich Howard. * Lightning Talk 1: *Provisioning LXC Containers using Packer* with Kelsey Hightower. * Lightning Talk 2: *Managing ZFS via REST* with Spencer Krum **About the Speakers** A seasoned veteran of devops, **Rich** will lead an introduction into the magical realm of Vagrant including networking, multi-VM setup and provisioning. I look forward to seeing everyone there! **Kelsey** is the Director of Engineering at Monsoon Commerce with over 10 years of experience in making IT problems disappear using the power of unix, programming, and empathy. **Spencer** is a Linux and application administrator with UTI Worldwide. He has been using Linux and Puppet for years. Spencer is co-authored (with William Van Hevelingen and Ben Kero) the second edition of Pro Puppet by James Turnbull and Jeff McCune. **About the Tech** **Vagrant** is free and open-source software for creating and configuring virtual development environments. Although it started as a wrapper around VirtualBox with configuration management integration with Chef and Puppet, later versions have come to support AWS and VMWare as well as various means of provisioning and configuring the boxes including Ansible and Salt. **Packer** is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. *This month our meeting is sponsored by Volt Workforce Solutions. Many thanks to Volt for supplying the pizza and to Jama for hosting the event!!* ----- ----- ABOUT THE GROUP: pdxdevops is a Portland, Oregon user group that explores the glorious intersection of software development and systems operations, and shares practical advice on working effectively in an era of agile infrastructure, server automation and cloud computing. Meetings are usually on the third Monday of the month. Website: http://pdxdevops.org/ Twitter: @pdxdevops Please join us on January 20th at Jama South for an exciting night of devops! * Presentation: *Vagrant 101* with Jama's own Rich Howard. * Lightning Talk 1: *Provisioning LXC Containers using Packer* with Kelsey Hightower. **About the Speakers** A seasoned veteran of devops, **Rich** will lead an introduction into the magical realm of Vagrant including networking, multi-VM setup and provisioning. I look forward to seeing everyone there! **Kelsey** is the Director of Engineering at Monsoon Commerce with over 10 years of experience in making IT problems disappear using the power of unix, programming, and empathy. **Spencer** is a Linux and application administrator with UTI Worldwide. He has been using Linux and Puppet for years. Spencer is co-authored (with William Van Hevelingen and Ben Kero) the second edition of Pro Puppet by James Turnbull and Jeff McCune. **About the Tech** **Vagrant** is free and open-source software for creating and configuring virtual development environments. Although it started as a wrapper around VirtualBox with configuration management integration with Chef and Puppet, later versions have come to support AWS and VMWare as well as various means of provisioning and configuring the boxes including Ansible and Salt. **Packer** is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. *This month our meeting is sponsored by Volt Workforce Solutions. Many thanks to Volt for supplying the pizza and to Jama for hosting the event!!* ----- ----- ABOUT THE GROUP: pdxdevops is a Portland, Oregon user group that explores the glorious intersection of software development and systems operations, and shares practical advice on working effectively in an era of agile infrastructure, server automation and cloud computing. Meetings are usually on the third Monday of the month. Website: http://pdxdevops.org/ Twitter: @pdxdevops
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Change #25816
2014-01-20
17:21:15

update Calagator::Event 1250465511 Code 'n' Splode Monthly Meeting Roll back

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Change #25815
2014-01-20
17:20:48

update Calagator::Event 1250465511 Code 'n' Splode Monthly Meeting Roll back

description Topic: TBD **Note: Code-n-Splode (CnS) is a women-focused group. All self-identified women and genderqueer persons are invited to attend and participate, and men are welcome as the guest of a female participant. For more information, visit our website, or send an email to <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/code-n-splode">our list</a>. Topic: Salary Negotiation & Interviews **Note: Code-n-Splode (CnS) is a women-focused group. All self-identified women and genderqueer persons are invited to attend and participate, and men are welcome as the guest of a female participant. For more information, visit our website, or send an email to <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/code-n-splode">our list</a>.
Change #25814
2014-01-20
16:34:25

update Calagator::Event 1250465514 Portland JavaScript Admirers' Monthly Meeting Roll back

description 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. This month Randie Bemis will give a talk, Understanding JavaScript Promises. The talk will address: 1. What Promises are 2. What problems they solve 3. How they work under the hood (live code our own Promise object) 4. RSVP.js or Q 5. Promises/A+ Spec 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 Perkins ([email protected]) and Jesse Hallett ([email protected]). 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. This month Randie Bemis will give a talk, Understanding JavaScript Promises. The talk will address: 1. What Promises are 2. What problems they solve 3. How they work under the hood (live code our own Promise object) 4. RSVP.js or Q 5. Promises/A+ Spec We will also have a presentation from Luc Perkins on Dart, the programming language from Google. Luc will give us a basic intro to: - Polymer elements - futures - DOM manipulation in Dart 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 Perkins ([email protected]) and Jesse Hallett ([email protected]).
Change #25813
2014-01-20
14:39:54

create Calagator::Event 1250465553 PDX Code Guild Open Learning Night Roll back

description nil Come and learn software development! Set aside one night a week to become a better developer, pick up new skills, and get help with your projects and learning. We'll have mentors on hand and a community of other learners to meet and work with. Learn to build things: Build websites with HTML, CSS, and Javascript Dive in to the back end with Python and Django, Ruby on Rails or others Develop desktop programs in C#, Python, C and many other languages. Whatever language or technology you want to learn we can help! Our event is beginner friendly, we can help get you started with programing, support your online learning, or just talk about where you are at and what comes next. Bring your laptop, and something you want to learn, try, or build.
end_time nil 2014-01-23 21:00:00 -0800
id nil 1250465553
start_time nil 2014-01-23 18:30:00 -0800
title nil PDX Code Guild Open Learning Night
url nil http://pdxcodeguild.com
venue_details nil The door will be attended until 7:00, after that you may need to call (541) 602-6215 to be let in.
venue_id nil 202393529
Change #25812
2014-01-20
14:29:07

update Calagator::Event 1250465444 pdxdevops: Portland DevOps user group meeting Roll back

description Please join us on January 20th at Jama South for an exciting night of devops! * Presentation: *Vagrant 101* with Jama's own Rich Howard. * Lightning Talk 1: *Provisioning LXC Containers using Packer* with Kelsey Hightower. * Lightning Talk 2: *Managing ZFS via REST* with Spencer Krum **About the Speakers** A seasoned veteran of devops, **Rich** will lead an introduction into the magical realm of Vagrant including networking, multi-VM setup and provisioning. I look forward to seeing everyone there! **Kelsey** is the Director of Engineering at Monsoon Commerce with over 10 years of experience in making IT problems disappear using the power of unix, programming, and empathy. **Spencer** is a Linux and application administrator with UTI Worldwide. He has been using Linux and Puppet for years. Spencer is co-authored (with William Van Hevelingen and Ben Kero) the second edition of Pro Puppet by James Turnbull and Jeff McCune. **About the Tech** **Vagrant** is free and open-source software for creating and configuring virtual development environments. Although it started as a wrapper around VirtualBox with configuration management integration with Chef and Puppet, later versions have come to support AWS and VMWare as well as various means of provisioning and configuring the boxes including Ansible and Salt. **Packer** is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Many thanks to **Jama** for hosting the event! ----- ABOUT THE GROUP: pdxdevops is a Portland, Oregon user group that explores the glorious intersection of software development and systems operations, and shares practical advice on working effectively in an era of agile infrastructure, server automation and cloud computing. Meetings are usually on the third Monday of the month. Website: http://pdxdevops.org/ Twitter: @pdxdevops Please join us on January 20th at Jama South for an exciting night of devops! * Presentation: *Vagrant 101* with Jama's own Rich Howard. * Lightning Talk 1: *Provisioning LXC Containers using Packer* with Kelsey Hightower. * Lightning Talk 2: *Managing ZFS via REST* with Spencer Krum **About the Speakers** A seasoned veteran of devops, **Rich** will lead an introduction into the magical realm of Vagrant including networking, multi-VM setup and provisioning. I look forward to seeing everyone there! **Kelsey** is the Director of Engineering at Monsoon Commerce with over 10 years of experience in making IT problems disappear using the power of unix, programming, and empathy. **Spencer** is a Linux and application administrator with UTI Worldwide. He has been using Linux and Puppet for years. Spencer is co-authored (with William Van Hevelingen and Ben Kero) the second edition of Pro Puppet by James Turnbull and Jeff McCune. **About the Tech** **Vagrant** is free and open-source software for creating and configuring virtual development environments. Although it started as a wrapper around VirtualBox with configuration management integration with Chef and Puppet, later versions have come to support AWS and VMWare as well as various means of provisioning and configuring the boxes including Ansible and Salt. **Packer** is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. *This month our meeting is sponsored by Volt Workforce Solutions. Many thanks to Volt for supplying the pizza and to Jama for hosting the event!!* ----- ----- ABOUT THE GROUP: pdxdevops is a Portland, Oregon user group that explores the glorious intersection of software development and systems operations, and shares practical advice on working effectively in an era of agile infrastructure, server automation and cloud computing. Meetings are usually on the third Monday of the month. Website: http://pdxdevops.org/ Twitter: @pdxdevops
Change #25811
2014-01-20
13:06:59

update Calagator::Event 1250465540 Agile PDX Evening: The Role of QA in Scrum - Leveraging Agile for Defect Prevention Roll back

description The key to a successful adoption of any software development methodology is a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each team member within that framework. As Agile continues its rapid adoption in organizations across the globe, it’s essential to define the role of QA in Scrum as concretely as we’ve defined the other Scrum Team roles. During our team’s recent Agile transition, I was approached from all corners of the organization, with questions like, “What does QA do every day in the sprint? What are their responsibilities beyond testing and reporting defects? What should they do in the early part of the sprint, when there’s no software to test yet?” Despite being a recent “graduate” of several Agile methodology courses, I found myself ill-equipped to answer these questions. There isn’t much information in the trainings or on the web about the role of QA in the Scrum team. What little I have found is primarily anecdotal, rarely specific, and never comprehensive. While Product Owner and Scrum Master roles are very well defined, QA Engineers fall under the generic label, “Team Member." We were on our own to define the role of QA. What we quickly learned delighted us: Agile methodology, with its fundamental shift away from waterfall software development, gives QA an opportunity for broader and deeper involvement in the overall software development lifecycle. This enables us better to ensure quality — not by finding and reporting defects — but by preventing the introduction of defects in the first place. This talk provides a deep dive into the specific, day to day role of QA in Scrum, as our team developed it through the course of a yearlong transition to Agile. You will learn specific responsibilities and activities you can bring to your teams to transcend the traditional test-and-report, after-the-fact approach to quality assurance. And you will learn to leverage the unique components of Agile to significantly expand your scope of influence, and measurably improve the quality of your software. Speaker : Karen Ascheim Wysopal is a Section Manager in Software Quality at Hewlett-Packard. She currently leads the Quality Assurance program for HPConnected.com, ePrintcenter.com, and related HP web-connected printer technologies. With over 20 years in the software QA industry, Karen’s professional passions are building high functioning innovative QA teams from the ground up, defining new processes, and expanding QA focus on the user experience. She can’t seem to stop breaking software. The key to successful adoption of any development methodology is a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each team member within that framework. As agile continues its rapid adoption, it’s essential to define the role of QA in Scrum as concretely as we’ve defined the other team roles. Agile methodology gives QA an opportunity for broader and deeper involvement in the software development lifecycle, enabling us more effectively to ensure quality, not by finding defects, but by preventing the introduction of defects in the first place. Because quality starts with the user story, QA can drive defect prevention by asking key questions of product owners during requirements definition. We can ensure that comprehensive acceptance criteria are in place, to drive high quality development, testing, and story acceptance. We can also ask technical questions of developers. This results in more thoroughly defined user stories and prompts developers to consider additional issues, and avoid pitfalls in advance of implementation. Finally, to prevent the steady growth of technical debt, we must remind scrum masters to plan story points for fixing both known and unknown defects as part of every sprint. This presentation will teach you how to leverage Agile within your organization to see immediate improvements in the quality of your software delivery. About the speaker... Karen Ascheim Wysopal has been in software QA for over 20 years, in roles including tester, release manager, software engineer, test automation engineer, and 8 years as QA manager. She’s spent the past five years at Hewlett Packard, and currently heads Quality & PMO in the Software and Web Services organization, overseeing HPConnected.com, ePrintcenter.com, and related HP web-connected print technologies. She was a leader in the organization’s transition to Agile last year. Karen has presented at the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference. Her professional passions are building high functioning innovative teams from the ground up, defining processes that encompass a holistic approach to quality, and speaking on best practices to foster improvements across the industry. She can’t seem to stop breaking software.
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start_time 2014-01-16 18:30:00 -0800 2014-02-19 18:30:00 -0800
Change #25810
2014-01-20
11:53:42

update Calagator::Event 1250465552 Pprtland Startup Weekend Happy Hour Roll back

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title Pprtland Startup Weekend Happy Hour Portland Startup Weekend Happy Hour
Change #25809
2014-01-20
11:52:00

create Calagator::Event 1250465552 Pprtland Startup Weekend Happy Hour Roll back

description nil Join us for a fun evening and: * Meet some of our sponsors, organizers, alumni and other people who are interested in Startup Weekend. * Find out about the two upcoming Startup Weekends: Startup Weekend Access and Portland Startup Weekend. * Hear tips on how to get the most out of your Startup Weekend experience * Get ahead of the curve by making connections early This event is open to anyone who is interested in Startup Weekend Snacks will be served If you have any questions, email [email protected]
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venue_id nil 202394120