The mission of PDX Critique is to provide a monthly forum for designers of any stripe (graphic, web, whatever) to share information and constructive criticism.

If you have something to show, sign up here: http://groups.google.com/group/pdxcritique/web/slots-for-april-2009

The mission of PDX Critique is to provide a monthly forum for designers of any stripe (graphic, web, whatever) to share information and constructive criticism.

If you have something to show, sign up here: http://groups.google.com/group/pdxcritique/web/slots-for-may-2009

The mission of PDX Critique is to provide a monthly forum for Creatives of any stripe (graphic, web, whatever) to share information and constructive criticism.

We will be meeting at the Open Source Bridge conference in the Marquam room at the Oregon Convention Center. You do NOT need to be registered for the conference to be able to attend the pdxcritique session.

If you have something to show, sign up here: http://groups.google.com/group/pdxcritique/web/slots-for-june-2009

What Beginners Teach Us

Check out our pre-event Q&A with Selena on the New Relic blog.

Open source as an idea has won. Linux dominates developer servers, open source tools are ubiquitous and being an open source developer rocks. And yet, we talk frequently about how to find new contributors, how to increase the number of people who participate and share code with us, how to improve the skills of the junior developers and hire them as fast as we can.

Selena has spent a considerable amount of time teaching absolute beginners how to program in Python, how to use the command-line and how to use revision control. These beginners succeed and fail in open source in both familiar and surprising ways. In this talk, she will share lessons from their experiences to help us create a more inclusive and welcoming future for open source software. Further, she will provide insights into the code review process, and how learning how to give code review (not just receive code review) is critical to becoming an expert developer.

This is the 7th event in a series of free monthly FutureTalks from disruptive Developers, innovative Technologists and world-changing Creatives. Networking begins at 5:30, with free food and drinks. The presentation will begin right at 6p.

Please RSVP via Eventbrite HERE

Selena is a major contributor to PostgreSQL and a data architect at Mozilla. She's been involved with free and open source software since 1995 and began running conferences for PostgreSQL in 2007. She founded Open Source Bridge, Postgres Open and speaks internationally about open source, databases and community. She is an advisor to the Ada Initiative, an organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women in open source and technology communities.

You can find her on Twitter @selenamarie and on her blog at chesnok.com

› FutureTalk is brought to you by New Relic in collaboration with TAO

Join us online for desktop or mobile at https://zoom.us/j/7891236789

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Do you want to learn and share your passion in a supportive community? Knowledge Mavens is an ethos of sharing, creativity, and inspiration.

Our Meetup provides an opportunity to "Show and Tell" followed by a feedback and Q&A. You'll have the opportunity to share with our channels such as Meetup, GitHub, YouTube, and Facebook to connect with more passionate people.

The second half of our session we'll collaborate on new topics. The winner wins an award for the most interesting topic and the opportunity to share in an upcoming session.