[Eug-lug] Fwd: UG News--OSCON Newsletter, July 16

[Ben Barrett]

I know O'Reilly is a business, but if they're so supporting of user groups,
why won't they feature OSCAMP more?  Don't miss it!
http://oscamp.org/
(and related events.... Portland will be buzzing with gnurds this week!)

ben



On 7/21/07, David Mandel <dmandel at pdxlinux.org> wrote:
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> ****July 25-26 2007 OSCAMP, 9:00am-6:00pm
> http://oscamp.org/
> A grassroots cooperative effort with O'Reilly, OSCAMP seeks to organize
> the fringe of activity that has grown up around OSCON during the last
> several years so that the entire shindig can rock even more! Come
> together to network, write code, have fun and learn about the cool
> things that are afoot in the movement.
>
>
> ***July 23-26, BoFs--Birds of a Feather
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/bof.html
>
> Times as follows:
> Date: Monday, July 23, 2007
> Time: 5:30PM - 9:30PM
>
> Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
> Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
>
> Birds of a Feather (BoF) Sessions
> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2007
> Time: 7:30PM - 10:30PM
>
> Birds of a Feather (BoF) Sessions
> Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007
> Time: 7:30PM - 10:30PM
>
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> OSCON Related Special Events
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>
> ****July 24 PDX.rb presents FOSCON III: Really Radical Ruby, 7:30pm
> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/216872/
>
> The Portland Ruby Brigade will be hosting an evening of wide-ranging
> talks about Ruby. This year the focus is on people doing strange things
> with Ruby. Strange, of course, is anything just a bit outside the
> expected. If you've created a new Ruby-based interface for hacking your
> brand new internet-enabled phone (rPhone anyone?) or composed your
> latest bit of metaprogramming magic, we'd love to hear about it.
>
> Using the lightning talk idea you'll get 10 minutes (give or take a few)
> to talk. Make it especially interesting and they might even give you an
> extra minute or two. Send an email to tlockney+foscon at gmail.com in
> advance if you are interested in presenting or show up early on the 24th
> to sign up for a possible slot.
>
>
> ****Powell's Technical Book Event July 24-26
> http://www.powells.com/oscon
>
> - Tuesday,  July 24--Phil Torrone, 6pm
> Make magazine senior editor and blogger Phil Torrone will show off his
> hobbyist skills at Powell's Technical Books. Torrone will demonstrate
> how to make open source hardware.
>
> - Wednesday, July 25--Beautiful Code, 7:30pm
> See a panel of A-list programmers discuss problems and challenges in
> software development. They will discuss "Beautiful Code: Leading
> Programmers Explain How They Think." The all-star panel features Andy
> Oram, chromatic, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Karl Fogel, and Simon Peyton Jones.
> Ward Cunningham will moderate this lively discussion.
>
> -Thursday July 26--Scott Berkun, 6pm
> Author Scott Berkun asks timeless, important questions in his latest
> book, "The Myths of Innovation." How do you know whether a new
> technology will succeed or fail? Where will the next big idea come from?
> We think we know what innovation is, but Berkun dispels the myths.
>
>
> ****July 26 SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards, 6pm-9 pm
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2007/view/e_sess/14361
> SourceForge.net is throwing a party to honor their top projects and
> you're invited! They've rented out the Jupiter Hotel--one of Portland's
> hottest spots--for a night of drinks, food, prizes and surprises to
> announce the winners of our Second Annual SourceForge.net Community
> Choice Awards. This is a FREE event but space is limited. If you'd like
> to attend, please RSVP by July 20 to: cca at corp.sourceforge.com
>
>
> ***Find even more OSCON Events at:
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/events.html
>
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