BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100703T025238Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100710T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100710T083000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100703T025238Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100703T025238Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458826 DESCRIPTION:In early 2009\, several developers from Relevance and Viget L abs got together and starting talking about technical conferences. As we discussed our past experiences at regional\, national\, and internation al events\, we began to realize something: large conferences are wonderf ul for a lot of things\, but we wanted something that met a different se t of goals. We came up with Developer Day\, which was designed to: \; \nBuild lasting relationships among local peersBridge distinct technical communities \;\n \;\nAfter a year of Developer Days\, however\, w e decided a new look was in order\, and thus was born DevNation. We've s till got the same ideals\, but we feel that the DevNation name better re flects that vision (and it's easier to Google!) \;\n \;\nRelations hips \;\n \;\nThe general pattern for a large conference runs some thing like this: you fly to a city\, go to the event\, have a great time \, meet lots of great people\, and fly home. More often than not\, you d on't see those people again until the next big conference\, and that's a problem. We wanted our event to be different\, so it's intentionally lo cal. Speakers and attendees are overwhelmingly local to the conference\, so when you meet someone doing something cool\, you can connect with th em a week later for lunch without a problem. \;\n \;\nTechnology-A gnostic \;\n \;\nSure\, there are events that draw a wide range of developers (e.g.\, OSCON)\, but even then people tend to segregate\; th e Pythonists go to their sessions\, the Rubyists to theirs\, and the PHP devs to theirs. By having only one track\, we give everyone the opportu nity to see what's happening in other communities.\n\nTags: ruby\, riak\ , nosql\, conference\, html\, css\, javascript\, functional languages\, postgresql\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458826 URL:http://devnation.us/events/10 SUMMARY:Dev Nation LOCATION:Ace Hotel: 1022 SW Stark Street \, Portland OR 97205 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100805T074709Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100817T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100817T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100805T074709Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100805T162030Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458966 DESCRIPTION:We are the local R user group for Portland\, Oregon. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http:/ /www.r-project.org/ ). Our goal is to support and share R experience an d knowledge among its users in the Portland community. We would like to hear how you use and enjoy the R language and statistical programming e nvironment. \;\n \;\nAt our initial meeting\, we'll see how many p eople in the area use R and where your interests and backgrounds lie. On ce we've made contact\, our meetings may grow to include presentations o r tutorials. Come and tell us what you'd like from your local R user gro up!\n\nTags: r\, #rstats\, functional languages\, statistics\, data visu alization\, data\, programming\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/ev ents/1250458966 URL:http://www.meetup.com/portland-r-user-group/ SUMMARY:Portland R User Group LOCATION:Lucky Labrador Brew Pub: 915 SE Hawthorne Boulevard\, Portland O regon 97214 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR