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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">SPIN: Still Programming After All These Years with Ward Cunningham</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2013-06-13T17:30:00" datetime="2013-06-13T17:30:00">Thursday, June 13, 2013 from 5:30</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2013-06-13T19:30:00" datetime="2013-06-13T19:30:00">7:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202392234'><span class='fn org p-name'>OTBC (Oregon Technology Business Center)</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">8305 Southwest Creekside Place</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Beaverton</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97008</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=8305%20Southwest%20Creekside%20Place,%20Beaverton%20Oregon%2097008%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Networking @ 5:30-6:30 PM; Seminar 6:30-7:30 PM</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Anyone who has seen a few generations of computer technology knows that each generation brings in a whole new vocabulary. It seems like the same old thing but with all of the names changed. Why do they do that?</p> <p>It helps us get unstuck. That's the short answer. Each generation brings with it unfamiliar capabilities. It takes serious effort to find application for those capabilities and hiding the good stuff among the familiar just makes doing new things harder.</p> <p>In this presentation I'll describe my own lurch forward over the last two years. The web, which has been stuck in its own way, has busted free. Its a great time to try something new. Some of this is technology, some methodology, and some community. All of it impresses me. Let me tell you why it's important.</p> <p>Bio:</p> <p>Ward Cunningham programs every day at New Relic. He continues to develop the unique data handling capabilities of Federated Wiki, a project rooted in his service as Nike's open-data fellow. Ward co-founded the consultancy, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. He has served as CTO at CitizenGlobal and AboutUs, a Director of the Eclipse Foundation, an Architect in Microsoft's Patterns & Practices Group, the Director of R&D at Wyatt Software and as Principle Engineer in the Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory.</p> <p>Ward is well known for his contributions to the developing practice of object-oriented programming, the variation called Extreme Programming, and the communities supported by his WikiWikiWeb. Ward hosts the AgileManifesto.org. He is a founder of the Hillside Group and there created the Pattern Languages of Programs conferences which continues to be held all over the word.</p> <p>How to Register</p> <p>This is a FREE lecture sponsored by the Rose City SPIN. But you can help us plan food and drinks by registering at: <a href="http://june-spin.eventbrite.com">http://june-spin.eventbrite.com</a></p> <p>A Special Treat from PNSQC</p> <p>Plan on coming early! In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) the SPIN meeting will have pizza and pop provided by PNSQC beginning at 5:30 pm.</p> <p>PNSQC is the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, a group of volunteers interested in Software Quality. The Mission of the PNSQC is to enable knowledge exchange to produce higher quality software. As a non-profit, it seeks to promote software quality by providing education and opportunities for information exchange within the software community.</p> <p>Thanks also to OTBC</p> <p>We want to thank OTBC (<a href="http://www.otbc.org/">http://www.otbc.org/</a>) for providing the space for this talk.</p> <p>How to Register</p> <p>This is a FREE lecture sponsored by the Rose City SPIN. But you can help us plan food and drinks by registering at: <a href="http://june-spin.eventbrite.com">http://june-spin.eventbrite.com</a></p> <p>Rose City SPIN</p> <p>The Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is a monthly forum for networking, mutual support, and promotion of effective software practices. We exchange practical experiences, ideas, knowledge, wisdom, and war stories about the technical, business, and human facets of software process improvement. The Rose City SPIN serves the software development community of the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Whether you work for a large company or a small one, corporate or self-employed, industrial or academic setting, you are welcome at the Rose City SPIN.</p> </div> </div>