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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)
end_time nil → 2014-02-05 20:00:00 -0800
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.
end_time nil → 2014-02-20 13:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465555
start_time nil → 2014-02-20 11:30:00 -0800
title nil → ISSA February Luncheon meeting
url nil → http://www.eventbrite.com/e/february-lunch-program-pitfalls-of-web-session-management-tickets-8163777077
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
venue_id nil → 202392943
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
locked nil → false
Change #25816
2014-01-20
17:21:15

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

locked nil → false
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.
end_time 2014-01-16 20:15:00 -0800 → 2014-02-19 20:15:00 -0800
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

locked nil → false
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]
end_time nil → 2014-01-21 21:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465552
start_time nil → 2014-01-21 18:30:00 -0800
title nil → Pprtland Startup Weekend Happy Hour
url nil → http://bit.ly/1aFdOD2
venue_id nil → 202394120
Change #25808
2014-01-20
10:30:42

create Calagator::Event 1250465551 PDX Big Data Discussion Group Roll back

description nil → "No talks. One paper per month, no obligation to read it." This month's paper is [Image Mining of Historical Manuscripts to Establish Provenance](http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/InitialLetter_SDM_cameraReady.pdf) by Hu et al. Read it or don't - the goal is just to have something to start conversations. "Did you read the paper?" will do nicely. Mention @PDXBigData on Twitter with the link to the full paper to suggest papers for future sessions.
end_time nil → 2014-02-06 21:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465551
start_time nil → 2014-02-06 19:00:00 -0800
title nil → PDX Big Data Discussion Group
url nil → https://twitter.com/pdxbigdata
venue_details nil → Look for the table with the little yellow elephant.
venue_id nil → 202394302
Change #25807
2014-01-20
09:57:55

create Calagator::Event 1250465550 Hack + Help Roll back

description nil → New to coding, or just want to pick up a new language? Experienced in coding and want to help others learn? Join us at the new, improved, polyglot 2014 Hack + Help sessions! Bring your laptop and desire to learn (and/or teach!). This event was born out of PDX.rb but now regularly has experienced attendees who are willing to help you out with Ruby, JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, and more.
end_time nil → 2014-01-21 21:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465550
start_time nil → 2014-01-21 19:00:00 -0800
title nil → Hack + Help
venue_details nil → This week, we continue our tour of local coding hangouts with a session at Portland Code School (part of Burnside Digital). If the door is locked when you get there, ring the doorbell and we'll come get you. Or call 503-970-3645.
venue_id nil → 202394313
Change #25806
2014-01-20
09:02:01

create Calagator::Event 1250465549 Nodebots PDXNode Roll back

description nil → Do you love the immediate gratification of firing up a coding project and it works? How about shiny, flashing things? Combine your appreciation and join us at our upcoming NodeBots hacknight! We want to show that node is an all-purpose, fun tool by showing its potential with hardware. How? By bringing together those interested in node and hardware hacking, and giving them an open space to hack, collaborate, learn, and share their results with others. Other languages are welcome but we can't guarantee there will be help in-person. We're happy to work through problem-solving together. This will be a less formal event than our big International Nodebots day in the Fall. We'd like to guage interest and see where this takes the group. Some basic kits will be available on loan to try your hand. Bringing your own bits and pieces will be icing on the cake!
end_time nil → 2014-01-30 21:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465549
start_time nil → 2014-01-30 18:00:00 -0800
title nil → Nodebots PDXNode
url nil → http://pdxnode.org
venue_id nil → 202393660
Change #25805
2014-01-20
08:12:14

create Calagator::Event 1250465548 PDXPUG: Streaming Rep Saturday workshop Roll back

description nil → See web link for details. Advanced signup is required.
end_time nil → 2014-01-25 14:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465548
start_time nil → 2014-01-25 10:00:00 -0800
title nil → PDXPUG: Streaming Rep Saturday workshop
url nil → http://pdxpug.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/streaming-rep-saturday/
venue_id nil → 202392332
Change #25804
2014-01-19
13:29:04

update Calagator::Event 1250465543 Hack + Help: Learning Cohort Night Roll back

venue_details → Call 407-415-3571 to be let in if you come late.
venue_id 202394265 → 202394321
Change #25803
2014-01-19
11:11:46

create Calagator::Event 1250465547 Making Money with Mobile Roll back

description nil → This panel will focus on making money from mobile apps. Here are the people I am hunting down to be on the panel: • A designer who launched his first mobile app last month. He currently has over 3000 downloads and is making $5 per day from ads. Not bad for a first attempt. • A developer who quit his job a couple years ago and launched several mobile apps. He is now living off his "App Family" and has some interesting mobile money making lessons to share. • A Founder of an mobile agency that uses PR and ads to help companies make money off their apps
end_time nil → 2014-04-01 19:30:00 -0700
id nil → 1250465547
start_time nil → 2014-04-01 18:00:00 -0700
title nil → Making Money with Mobile
url nil → http://www.meetup.com/Innovation-in-Motion/events/149586402/
venue_id nil → 202393539
Change #25802
2014-01-19
11:06:04

update Calagator::Event 1250464962 The Digital Age of Marketing [Innovation in Motion} Roll back

description In today’s digital word, it can be difficult to reach consumers who are constantly connected AND constantly bombarded with ads and messages. They’re watching TV while on their tablets. They switch between Facebook and Twitter on their smartphones. Let’s face it. You have to do something to grab their attention for more than five—or fifty—seconds. If you want to stand out and win their attention, your content should be king. Google no longer likes technical-sounding, SEO-filled web pages. Your content should be original, exciting, engaging, useful, informative, and valuable. After all, you’re not a robot and neither is your brand. Join us this month and learn why storytelling through strong content matters. → How does social media content, advertising and design factor into the growth of mobile communities? Join us for this event. Free beer and food, smart speakers, good networking.
locked nil → false
title The Digital Age of Marketing [Innovation in Motion} → Building Community Through Mobile [Innovation in Motion}
url http://www.meetup.com/Innovation-in-Motion/events/138603552/ → http://www.meetup.com/Innovation-in-Motion/events/149576622/
Change #25801
2014-01-19
10:52:51

update Calagator::Event 1250464969 Tech + Pong Spring Tournament SE PDX Roll back

locked nil → false
Change #25800
2014-01-19
10:51:37

update Calagator::Event 1250464968 Tech+Pong Roll back

locked nil → false
Change #25799
2014-01-19
10:50:09

update Calagator::Event 1250464967 Tech+Pong Roll back

end_time 2014-03-05 08:00:00 -0800 → 2014-03-05 20:15:00 -0800
locked nil → false
start_time 2014-03-05 07:00:00 -0800 → 2014-03-05 18:15:00 -0800
Change #25798
2014-01-19
01:09:21

destroy Calagator::Event 1250465546 most adroitly wholesale Desktop Computers Roll back

Change #25797
2014-01-19
01:08:53

update Calagator::Event 1250465546 most adroitly wholesale Desktop Computers Roll back

Change #25796
2014-01-18
20:35:48

create Calagator::Event 1250465546 most adroitly wholesale Desktop Computers Roll back

description nil → Your view is undoubtedly something Id prefer to see a lot more of. Thanks for this website, it is great and so is what you've got got to say <a href="http://www.bestwholesalesellshop.com/Wholesale-Discount-desktop-computers_c228.html">best Desktop Computers</a>
end_time nil → 2014-01-18 22:30:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465546
start_time nil → 2014-01-18 20:00:00 -0800
title nil → most adroitly wholesale Desktop Computers
url nil → http://www.bestwholesalesellshop.com
venue_id nil → 202390088
Change #25795
2014-01-18
12:45:31

create Calagator::Event 1250465545 Joomla! PDX Roll back

description nil → Come join the fun in next months meeting and learn how to use git in your Joomla! project.
end_time nil → 2014-02-13 20:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465545
start_time nil → 2014-02-13 18:00:00 -0800
title nil → Joomla! PDX
url nil → http://www.joomlapdx.com/
venue_details nil → Door will be locked at 6p. Please look for the posted sign, with the phone number to call, to be let in.
venue_id nil → 202389965
Change #25794
2014-01-17
16:04:24

update Calagator::Event 1250465349 Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics: Speaking in Public is Easy Roll back

description Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement Who: Brian Rohan and Michael Dexter What: Speaking in Public is Easy Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland (Left Entrance) When: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom You read that right: Speaking in public is easy and there is nothing stopping you from giving the next informative and compelling PLUG talk. * You are guaranteed to have a unique topic, experience and perspective * Audiences are far kinder than you expect (only pros get boo'd!) * Visuals are always optional * No one was born a public speaker * There are great resources out there to help you * Most things that go wrong have nothing to do with you (Tsunamis!) * Live demos are... risky, but cool * The OSCON and LFNW CFP's close shortly (hint hint) Brian and Michael will give you a pragmatic tour of exactly what is involved in open source conference speaking and explain precisely how nothing is stopping you from getting involved thanks to local organizations like the Portland Linux/Unix Group. Brian says: In 2007 I made the switch from being a machinist to a real estate agent, shortly thereafter I was invited to investigate a Toastmasters club, in order to become a better communicator. Through 5 years and over 40 speeches in Toastmasters I reached the highest level of Distinguished Toastmaster. Simply stepping out of my comfort zone has given me the opportunity introduce dignitaries, and MC fund-raising events for worthwhile causes (notably a record breaking Clark County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner auction). Currently I am a recognized top 2% leader in AdvoCare International, helping others achieve their physical and financial goals. I enjoy using Linux on a personal level for the freedom that it represents. "You never get rid of public speaking butterflies, you just get them to fly in formation: ~Marv Serhan Michael says: Never in a 1,000 years will I speak in public yet I find myself doing it several times a month in Portland and at conferences around the world. I guarantee I'm no Brian Rohan but I fill rooms and get applause. The secret is finding the right room and just doing it. I will talk about the absolute worst that can happen (rarely what you think it would be), the open source conference community and how to get from submitting a proposal to stepping down from the stage. Many will head to the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after the meeting. → Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement Who: Brian Rohan and Michael Dexter What: Speaking in Public is Easy Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland (Left Entrance) When: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom You read that right: Speaking in public is easy and there is nothing stopping you from giving the next informative and compelling PLUG talk. * You are guaranteed to have a unique topic, experience and perspective * Audiences are far kinder than you expect (only pros get boo'd!) * Visuals are always optional * No one was born a public speaker * There are great resources out there to help you * Most things that go wrong have nothing to do with you (Tsunamis!) * Live demos are... risky, but cool * The OSCON and LFNW CFP's close shortly (hint hint) Brian and Michael will give you a pragmatic tour of exactly what is involved in open source conference speaking and explain precisely how nothing is stopping you from getting involved thanks to local organizations like the Portland Linux/Unix Group. Brian says: In 2007 I made the switch from being a machinist to a real estate agent, shortly thereafter I was invited to investigate a Toastmasters club, in order to become a better communicator. Through 5 years and over 40 speeches in Toastmasters I reached the highest level of Distinguished Toastmaster. Simply stepping out of my comfort zone has given me the opportunity introduce dignitaries, and MC fund-raising events for worthwhile causes (notably a record breaking Clark County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner auction). Currently I am a recognized top 2% leader in AdvoCare International, helping others achieve their physical and financial goals. I enjoy using Linux on a personal level for the freedom that it represents. "You never get rid of public speaking butterflies, you just get them to fly in formation: ~Marv Serhan Michael says: Never in a 1,000 years will I speak in public yet I find myself doing it several times a month in Portland and at conferences around the world. I guarantee I'm no Brian Rohan but I fill rooms and get applause. The secret is finding the right room and just doing it. I will talk about the absolute worst that can happen (rarely what you think it would be), the open source conference community and how to get from submitting a proposal to stepping down from the stage. Many will head to the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after the meeting.
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Change #25793
2014-01-17
16:04:05

update Calagator::Event 1250465349 Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Roll back

description PLUG: Portland's monthly, three-track tech conference! First Thursday: General Meeting at PSU Third Tuesday: Advanced Topics at Free Geek Third Sunday: Hands-on Clinic at Free Geek PLUG will celebrate 20 years of delivering conference-quality Linux, Unix and technology speakers this year! Most speakers are announced about two weeks in advance but some are last minute. Watch Calagator and the PLUG mailing lists for the latest news. Many attendees will break for a social hour after the Third Tuesday meeting at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after the meeting See you there! → Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement Who: Brian Rohan and Michael Dexter What: Speaking in Public is Easy Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland (Left Entrance) When: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom You read that right: Speaking in public is easy and there is nothing stopping you from giving the next informative and compelling PLUG talk. * You are guaranteed to have a unique topic, experience and perspective * Audiences are far kinder than you expect (only pros get boo'd!) * Visuals are always optional * No one was born a public speaker * There are great resources out there to help you * Most things that go wrong have nothing to do with you (Tsunamis!) * Live demos are... risky, but cool * The OSCON and LFNW CFP's close shortly (hint hint) Brian and Michael will give you a pragmatic tour of exactly what is involved in open source conference speaking and explain precisely how nothing is stopping you from getting involved thanks to local organizations like the Portland Linux/Unix Group. Brian says: In 2007 I made the switch from being a machinist to a real estate agent, shortly thereafter I was invited to investigate a Toastmasters club, in order to become a better communicator. Through 5 years and over 40 speeches in Toastmasters I reached the highest level of Distinguished Toastmaster. Simply stepping out of my comfort zone has given me the opportunity introduce dignitaries, and MC fund-raising events for worthwhile causes (notably a record breaking Clark County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner auction). Currently I am a recognized top 2% leader in AdvoCare International, helping others achieve their physical and financial goals. I enjoy using Linux on a personal level for the freedom that it represents. "You never get rid of public speaking butterflies, you just get them to fly in formation: ~Marv Serhan Michael says: Never in a 1,000 years will I speak in public yet I find myself doing it several times a month in Portland and at conferences around the world. I guarantee I'm no Brian Rohan but I fill rooms and get applause. The secret is finding the right room and just doing it. I will talk about the absolute worst that can happen (rarely what you think it would be), the open source conference community and how to get from submitting a proposal to stepping down from the stage. Many will head to the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after the meeting.
title Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics → Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics: Speaking in Public is Easy
Change #25792
2014-01-17
16:03:09

create Calagator::Event 1250465544 Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Roll back

description nil → PLUG: Portland's monthly, three-track tech conference! First Thursday: General Meeting at PSU Third Tuesday: Advanced Topics at Free Geek Third Sunday: Hands-on Clinic at Free Geek PLUG will celebrate 20 years of delivering conference-quality Linux, Unix and technology speakers this year! Most speakers are announced about two weeks in advance but some are last minute. Watch Calagator and the PLUG mailing lists for the latest news. Many attendees will break for a social hour after the Third Tuesday meeting at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after the meeting See you there!
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start_time nil → 2014-02-18 19:00:00 -0800
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Change #25791
2014-01-17
15:46:43

update Calagator::Event 1250465543 Hack + Help Roll back

title Hack + Help → Hack + Help: Learning Cohort Night
Change #25790
2014-01-17
15:46:12

create Calagator::Event 1250465543 Hack + Help Roll back

description nil → About the event: Hack + Help is planning ongoing learning cohorts for those who want to learn a new skill with the increased accountability and mutual support of a class, without all the lectures and cost. The plan is for members to choose a new topic every few months (for example, Python, or Backbone, or databases) and form a cohort that wants to work together to learn more about it. This could be through a MOOC, online tutorials, code challenges, or something else entirely. Learning a new skill in isolation is challenging, so if you have a topic you'd like to learn more about, come meet with us on January 28th to help us build a new cohort! About Hack + Help: New to coding, or just want to pick up a new language? Experienced in coding and want to help others learn? Join us at the new, improved, polyglot, inaugural 2014 Hack + Help session! Bring your laptop and desire to learn (and/or teach!). This event was born out of PDX.rb but now regularly has experienced attendees who are willing to help you out with Ruby, JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, and more. We are in the process of restructuring, so while we get all the official channels set up, feel free to email [email protected] with any questions!
end_time nil → 2014-01-28 21:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465543
start_time nil → 2014-01-28 19:00:00 -0800
title nil → Hack + Help
venue_id nil → 202394265
Change #25789
2014-01-17
14:18:35

create Calagator::Event 1250465542 Go Hack Night - Whispering Gophers III Roll back

description nil → Once again [Lytics](https://lytics.io) is hosting a Go Hack Night where we'll be working collaboratively to extend the Whispering Gophers code lab from Google. The goal for this round is to experiment with cryptography while building upon our existing [Whispering Gophers](https://github.com/pdxgo/whispering-gophers) repository. Feel free to follow along online if you're unable to be here in person. We're always in #pdxgo on Freenode. Pizza and beer will be provided. Please RSVP on Plancast so we have an accurate headcount.
end_time nil → 2014-01-30 20:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465542
start_time nil → 2014-01-30 18:00:00 -0800
title nil → Go Hack Night - Whispering Gophers III
url nil → http://plancast.com/p/l3zw
venue_details nil → Front door locks. A sign will be posted with who to txt if no one is waiting to let you in.
venue_id nil → 202394118
Change #25788
2014-01-17
13:45:47

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

end_time nil → 2014-02-06 20:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250465541
start_time nil → 2014-02-06 17:30:00 -0800
title nil → TiE Pearl Pitch Club
venue_id nil → 202394041
Change #25787
2014-01-17
12:15:56

update Calagator::Event 1250465322 Programming Android Devices - Free 8 Week Course Begins Today Roll back

description See 1/23 Calagator event for details. Sign up today for a free Android programming class → See 1/23 Calagator event for details. Sign up today for a free Android programming class.
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Change #25786
2014-01-17
11:51:28

update Calagator::Event 1250465322 Programming Android Devices - Free 8 Week Course Begins Today Roll back

description See 1/23 Calagator event for details. → See 1/23 Calagator event for details. Sign up today for a free Android programming class
Change #25785
2014-01-17
11:49:07

update Calagator::Event 1250465322 Programming Android Devices - Free 8 Week Course Begins Today Roll back

description Take a FREE 8 week course and learn how to program Android devices. To sign up, go online: https://www.coursera.org/course/android MTueson Tuesday 1/21 is the firs crtunity. Enroll today. On Thursday 1/23 we weet to discuss the fit lesson and set up future study group meetings. → See 1/23 Calagator event for details.
Change #25784
2014-01-17
11:47:21

update Calagator::Event 1250465322 Programming Android Devices - Free 8 Week Course Begins Today Roll back

description Take a FREE 8 week course and learn how to program Android devices. To sign up, go online: https://www.coursera.org/course/android Monday 1/6 is the first day of class. Don't miss this opportunity. Enroll today. On Wednesday 1/8 we will meet to discuss the first lesson and set up future study group meetings. → Take a FREE 8 week course and learn how to program Android devices. To sign up, go online: https://www.coursera.org/course/android MTueson Tuesday 1/21 is the firs crtunity. Enroll today. On Thursday 1/23 we weet to discuss the fit lesson and set up future study group meetings.
Change #25783
2014-01-17
11:24:49

update Calagator::Event 1250465448 PDX Puppet User Group Roll back

description The monthly PDX Puppet User Group, which meets on the 1st Monday of every month. Join the [PDX Puppet Google Group]( https://groups.google.com/group/pdx-puppet) to get notifications of upcoming meetings. Who should attend? Puppet users and people interested in learning more about Puppet. Agenda for <strong>February 3</strong> * 6:30 - 7:00: Eat pizza / salads and talk to other Puppet users * 7:00 - 8:25: Oscar, R10k and Facter - Adrien Thebo * 8:25 - 8:30: Plan next agenda If you have an idea for what you would like to see or if you want to volunteer to present a talk, please post those ideas in the [PDX Puppet Google Group]( https://groups.google.com/group/pdx-puppet) → The monthly PDX Puppet User Group, which meets on the 1st Monday of every month. Join the [PDX Puppet Google Group]( https://groups.google.com/group/pdx-puppet) to get notifications of upcoming meetings. Who should attend? Puppet users and people interested in learning more about Puppet. Agenda for <strong>February 3</strong> * 6:30 - 7:00: Eat pizza / salads and talk to other Puppet users * 7:00 - 8:25: Show and tell. Bring your projects. Adrien Thebo (aka finch) will be available with demos of Oscar, r10k and more awesome stuff he's been working on. * 8:25 - 8:30: Plan next agenda If you have an idea for what you would like to see or if you want to volunteer to present a talk, please post those ideas in the [PDX Puppet Google Group]( https://groups.google.com/group/pdx-puppet)
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Change #25782
2014-01-16
21:04:58

update Calagator::Event 1250465419 NEW LOCATION: Building Highly Engaged Technical Teams Roll back

description ANNOUNCEMENT: PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION: In order to accommodate more registrants, we are moving January 2014 DAMA event to another DOWNTOWN location. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Looking forward to seeing you all and a great interactive presentation! The DAMA Portland Chapter is dedicated to delivering thought provoking data-centric presentations that will make you more successful in your job. Coming this month on 21Jan, the DAMA Portland Chapter will be hosting Paul Spencer on the topic of ‘Building Highly Engaged Technical Teams’ at Cambia Health Solutions in downtown Portland. Register at: http://www.damapdx.org/ <b>Summary</b><br> Technical team leaders are often highly trained in their chosen field. But they're also often not trained in how to lead a team. They know that leadership is just as important as the technical side of the job (if not more so), but they've been left to figure out how to do it for themselves. They're frustrated because they haven't got the toolkit they need to get the best out of their team. To build a truly exceptional technical team, you need to do three things: engage them, enable them, and energize them. In this interactive presentation, we’ll cover the following topics: · The benefits of having a highly engaged team · How to engage, enable, and energize your project team · Aligning the team on communication styles and workplace values · Empowering the team through servant leadership · Creating and sustaining a culture of high performance · Building performance drivers into the daily experience · Simple techniques for maintaining momentum <b>Schedule</b><br> 8:30 - 9:00 am - Sign In / Refreshments<br> 9:00 - 10:15 am - Presentation <br> 10:15 - 10:30 am - Break, Chapter Announcements <br> 10:30 - 11:30 am - Presentation continued <br> Free for members! <br> $15 for guests <br> See web site for the list of our corporate members Note: We have received feedback that registering on the DAMA site is not as easy as it could be, given the need to create an account on the site. Alternative: If you encounter difficulties registering on the site, it is sufficient to send an email to [email protected]. → ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Speaker has a unavoidable conflict and will not be able to make it to Portland on the 21st. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TOPIC AND SPEAKER. We will reschedule Paul and Kim on the topic of Building Highly Engaged Technical Teams at a later time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Looking forward to seeing you all and a great interactive presentation! Registration and Location logistics remain the same (see original message below). PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION: In order to accommodate more registrants, we are moving January 2014 DAMA event to another DOWNTOWN location. The DAMA Portland Chapter is dedicated to delivering thought provoking data-centric presentations that will make you more successful in your job. Coming this month on 21Jan, the DAMA Portland Chapter will be hosting Sudhir Menon on the topic of ‘Build your Online apps on Hadoop today' at the Standard Insurance Auditorium in downtown Portland. Register at: http://www.damapdx.org/ <b>Summary</b><br> Hadoop has come a long way from the time Yahoo open sourced an effort based on a paper produced by Google. Hadoop is a billion dollar industry and is disrupting the way the world looks at data, the value of data and the intelligence that can be gleaned from data. Wherever you are in your Hadoop learning curve, you’ll likely learn something from this presentation. Even if you are brand new (perhaps especially if you are new), this is a great time to get some exposure, learn about Haddoop’s capabilities and see how to get started. It’s not scary. Simultaneously, the in-memory revolution is moving towards mainstream adoption. Sudhir will talk about how you can move past OLTP and OLAP and embrace OLEP (Online Everything Processing) and what that means to the way we build cloud scale applications AND deliver value to customers in ways that are unprecedented and were not feasible up until now. He’ll talk about the solution characteristics and the elements of the technology stack that allow you to build these kinds of applications. Don’t miss this opportunity. <b>Schedule</b><br> 8:30 - 9:00 am - Sign In / Refreshments<br> 9:00 - 10:15 am - Presentation <br> 10:15 - 10:30 am - Break, Chapter Announcements <br> 10:30 - 11:30 am - Presentation continued <br> Free for members! <br> $15 for guests <br> See web site for the list of our corporate members Note: We have received feedback that registering on the DAMA site is not as easy as it could be, given the need to create an account on the site. Alternative: If you encounter difficulties registering on the site, it is sufficient to send an email to [email protected].
locked nil → false
title NEW LOCATION: Building Highly Engaged Technical Teams → NEW DAMA SPEAKER - Was: Building Highly Engaged Technical Teams / Now: Build your Online apps on Hadoop today
venue_details Sister Conference Center: First Floor →
Change #25781
2014-01-16
19:16:17

destroy Calagator::Event 1250465538 FitNesse Orientation Roll back

Change #25780
2014-01-16
17:14:57

update Calagator::Event 1250465323 Programming Android Devices - Study Group Begins Today Roll back

description Lucky Lab Brew Pub 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 503-236-3555 Join the first study group session for the Free 8 Week Course: Programming Handheld Systems with Android For more details, visit: https://www.coursera.org/course/android At this meeting we will discuss the first lesson from Tuesday 1/21 and decide where and how often to meet. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have face to face help to go with the online coursework. Feel free to show up early and grab a brew and some food. We will be meeting along the back wall by the power. Stay as long as you have questions and leave when you like. If the main room is crowed, try the party room. Agenda: Pre-7:00: Food, Beer, Socialize. 7:00 Meeting Starts. Class Discussion. 7:30 Discuss next meeting's time and location. 7:45-??? Study Group as needed. → Lucky Lab Brew Pub 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 503-236-3555 Join the first study group session for the Free 8 Week Course: Programming Handheld Systems with Android For more details, visit: https://www.coursera.org/course/android At this meeting we will discuss the first lesson from Tuesday 1/21 and decide where and how often to meet. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have face to face help to go with the online coursework. Feel free to show up early and grab a brew and some food. We will be meeting along the back wall by the power. Stay as long as you have questions and leave when you like. If the main room is crowed, try the party room. Agenda: Pre-7:00: Food, Beer, Socialize. 7:00 Meeting Starts. Class Discussion. 7:30 Discuss next meeting's time and location. 7:45-??? Study Group as needed. The online version of the group can be found at: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdx-mobile-workgroup
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Change #25779
2014-01-16
17:10:55

update Calagator::Event 1250465323 Programming Android Devices - Study Group Begins Today Roll back

description Lucky Lab Brew Pub 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 503-236-3555 Join the first study group session for the Free 8 Week Course: Programming Handheld Systems with Android For more details, visit: https://www.coursera.org/course/android At this meeting we will discuss the first lesson from Tuesday 1/21 and decide where and how often to meet. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have face to face help to go with the online coursework. Feel free to show up early and grab a brew and some food. We will be meeting along the back wall by the power. Stay as long as you have questions and leave when you like. Agenda: Pre-7:00: Food, Beer, Socialize. 7:00 Meeting Starts. Class Discussion. 7:30 Discuss next meeting's time and location. 7:45-??? Study Group as needed. → Lucky Lab Brew Pub 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 503-236-3555 Join the first study group session for the Free 8 Week Course: Programming Handheld Systems with Android For more details, visit: https://www.coursera.org/course/android At this meeting we will discuss the first lesson from Tuesday 1/21 and decide where and how often to meet. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have face to face help to go with the online coursework. Feel free to show up early and grab a brew and some food. We will be meeting along the back wall by the power. Stay as long as you have questions and leave when you like. If the main room is crowed, try the party room. Agenda: Pre-7:00: Food, Beer, Socialize. 7:00 Meeting Starts. Class Discussion. 7:30 Discuss next meeting's time and location. 7:45-??? Study Group as needed.
Change #25778
2014-01-16
17:08:18

update Calagator::Event 1250465323 Programming Android Devices - Study Group Begins Today Roll back

description Lucky Lab Brew Pub 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 503-236-3555 Join the first study group session for the Free 8 Week Course: Programming Handheld Systems with Android For more details, visit: https://www.coursera.org/course/android At this meeting we will discuss the first lesson from Monday 1/20 and decide where and how often to meet. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have face to face help to go with the online coursework. Feel free to show up early and grab a brew and some food. We will be meeting along the back wall by the power. Stay as long as you have questions and leave when you like. Agenda: Pre-7:00: Food, Beer, Socialize 7:00 Meeting Starts. Class Discussion 7:30 Discuss next meeting's time and location 7:45-??? Study Group as needed → Lucky Lab Brew Pub 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 503-236-3555 Join the first study group session for the Free 8 Week Course: Programming Handheld Systems with Android For more details, visit: https://www.coursera.org/course/android At this meeting we will discuss the first lesson from Tuesday 1/21 and decide where and how often to meet. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to have face to face help to go with the online coursework. Feel free to show up early and grab a brew and some food. We will be meeting along the back wall by the power. Stay as long as you have questions and leave when you like. Agenda: Pre-7:00: Food, Beer, Socialize. 7:00 Meeting Starts. Class Discussion. 7:30 Discuss next meeting's time and location. 7:45-??? Study Group as needed.
Change #25777
2014-01-16
17:04:49

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

description nil → 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.
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id nil → 1250465540
start_time nil → 2014-01-16 18:30:00 -0800
title nil → Agile PDX Evening: The Role of QA in Scrum - Leveraging Agile for Defect Prevention
url nil → http://www.agilepdx.org
venue_details nil → Details and Pizza: This event is free. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). The program starts at 7:00 pm. After the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion.
venue_id nil → 202393539
Change #25776
2014-01-16
16:16:13

create Calagator::Event 1250465539 AgilePDX Downtown Pub Lunch: Keeping it Fresh: New Ideas for Agile Retrospectives Roll back

description nil → In February, due to popular demand, we are revisiting retrospectives with our local (and noted international) authority on the topic, Diana Larsen. Retrospectives improve any project or process--building on a team’s immediate past experience of success and failure. Smart teams and organizations hold Retrospectives iteratively, throughout the work cycle and at important milestones. In Retrospectives, teams systematically evaluate their own performance, explore their lessons learned, expand their capacity and capability, and forge ways to continuously improve their work and deliverables. Teams can’t truly call themselves Agile if they don’t include Retrospectives among their regular work practices. However, over time as Retrospectives become routine, they can also become stale and boring, delivering less value to the team. Or teams may hold pro forma Retrospectives that don't result in real improvements. How can you prevent this? Keep your Retrospective practice fresh through a renewed emphasis on team learning, collective analysis, and collaborative decision making. Bring new activities and group processes to the meeting that will stimulate better thinking and improvements. In this session, Diana Larsen will introduce the Flexible Framework for Retrospectives and how to incorporate the Five Rules for Team Learning in your Retrospective designs. She'll lead a discussion of new team activities to enlarge your repertoire, so bring your favorites to share. Bio: Diana Larsen, founding partner of FutureWorks Consulting, is considered an international authority in the areas of Agile software development, team leadership, and Agile transitions. Diana works with organizations around the world to design work systems, improve project performance, and support Agile leaders and enterprises. Deeply in tune with how work teams grow, adapt, and develop, she co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams and Projects, Quickstart Guide to Five Rules for Accelerated Learning, and articles about the Agile Fluency model at www.agilefluency.com and http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-fluency-fit-purpose Follow Diana on Twitter (@DianaOfPortland). We’ll be waiting for you at Ringler’s under the Crystal Ballroom on Burnside but will start on time at 12p and end on time at 1p. We’re in the back room. If you miss this opportunity, you miss an opportunity to learn, network, and drink McMenamin’s beer in the middle of day with new friends.
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id nil → 1250465539
start_time nil → 2014-02-14 12:00:00 -0800
title nil → AgilePDX Downtown Pub Lunch: Keeping it Fresh: New Ideas for Agile Retrospectives
url nil → http://www.agilepdx.org
venue_id nil → 202390475
Change #25775
2014-01-16
14:42:48

update Calagator::Source 996334960 http://www.meetup.com/PDX-FitNesse-Users-Group/events/156305492/ Roll back

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Change #25774
2014-01-16
14:42:47

create Calagator::Event 1250465538 FitNesse Orientation Roll back

description nil → <p>Most of the folks that have joined this group have little or no experience with FitNesse, so we thought it would be a good idea to start off our regular monthly meetings with an orientation session.</p> <p>• What is FitNesse?</p> <p><br>• What can it do?</p> <p><br>• How does it work?</p> <p><br>• Examples</p> <p><br>Hope to see you there.</p> <p>Tim & Subu</p>
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start_time nil → 2014-01-21 17:30:00 -0800
title nil → FitNesse Orientation
url nil → http://www.meetup.com/PDX-FitNesse-Users-Group/events/156305492/
Change #25773
2014-01-16
14:42:47

create Calagator::Source 996334960 http://www.meetup.com/PDX-FitNesse-Users-Group/events/156305492/ Roll back

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Change #25772
2014-01-16
14:12:46

update Calagator::Event 1250465536 "Is it usable yet?" Find out about the value of UCD & IA in contemporary UX Roll back

description # Is It Usable Yet? Forty years on, it's easy to forget that user-centered design and information architecture were once disruptive new ideas. Today, they're both presumed to be kind-of "thrown in" when UX work is being done. "Of course we're user centered: that's the U in UX!" "Of course we did the IA - we've got navbars and a site map, don't we?" But as Peter Morville notes, when something is a part of everybody's job, that thing ends up being nobody's job and it does not get done right. What's the situation around, and value of, UCD and IA in contemporary UX practice? Find out in a lively Q&A and short presentation on January 28 at Mozilla's office in Portland with Dan Klyn from The Understanding Group. Spoiler: what these things mean today is amazing, essential, transformative and not what you probably expect. ## About Dan Dan Klyn is co-founder of The Understanding Group (TUG), teaches information architecture at the University of Michigan School of Information and serves on the board of the IA Institute. He does IA work for clients including Herman Miller and JSTOR and his research focus is also his hero: Richard Saul Wurman. → # Is It Usable Yet? Forty years on, it's easy to forget that user-centered design and information architecture were once disruptive new ideas. Today, they're both presumed to be kind-of "thrown in" when UX work is being done. "Of course we're user centered: that's the U in UX!" "Of course we did the IA - we've got navbars and a site map, don't we?" But as Peter Morville notes, when something is a part of everybody's job, that thing ends up being nobody's job and it does not get done right. What's the situation around, and value of, UCD and IA in contemporary UX practice? Find out in a lively Q&A and short presentation on January 28 at Mozilla's office in Portland with Dan Klyn from The Understanding Group. There will be food and drink at the event. Spoiler: what these things mean today is amazing, essential, transformative and not what you probably expect. ## About Dan Dan Klyn is co-founder of The Understanding Group (TUG), teaches information architecture at the University of Michigan School of Information and serves on the board of the IA Institute. He does IA work for clients including Herman Miller and JSTOR and his research focus is also his hero: Richard Saul Wurman.
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title "Is it usable yet?" Find out about the value of UCD & IA in contemporary UX → Join IxDA at Mozilla's new office for Dan Klyn's talk "Is It Usable Yet?"
Change #25771
2014-01-16
12:54:31

update Calagator::Source 996334959 https://civicrm.org/civicrm/event/ical?reset=1&list=1&id=376 Roll back

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