From Kyle.Adams at gfs.com Tue Jul 3 14:32:56 2007 From: Kyle.Adams at gfs.com (Kyle Adams) Date: Tue Jul 3 14:31:30 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] Marketing Materials Message-ID: <468A5E14.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> Just wanted to let everyone know that we now have marketing materials posted at: http://barcamp.org/BarCampGrandRapids2Marketing The signs look pretty sweet (especially the 11x17) in my humble opinion. If anyone would be willing to help put some up (at your workplace, local coffee shop, etc.) please contact Dave (dave@brondsema.net) and myself (kadams@gfs.com). You can either print the PDFs from the web site, or if access to a printer is a problem, Dave or I can get you printed copies. BarCamp thrives on user-generated publicity, so any help is greatly appreciated! 3 weeks to go... Thanks, Kyle From cwoodruff at nusoftsolutions.com Tue Jul 3 14:45:21 2007 From: cwoodruff at nusoftsolutions.com (Christopher Woodruff) Date: Tue Jul 3 14:43:44 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] Marketing Materials In-Reply-To: <468A5E14.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> References: <468A5E14.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> Message-ID: I will have some to hand out at the West Mich .NET User Group on July 17. I will not be at the meeting but the print outs will be there at the check in table. Chris Woodruff Architect?| NuSoft Solutions Office (616) 954-9556 x160 | Cell (616)?724-6885 www.nusoftsolutions.com? Providers of NICE (NuSoft Impeccable Customer Experiences) - NuSoft's customer satisfaction program. Ask me for details. -----Original Message----- From: barcamp-bounces@gr-jug.org [mailto:barcamp-bounces@gr-jug.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Adams Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 2:33 PM To: barcamp@gr-jug.org Subject: [Barcamp] Marketing Materials Just wanted to let everyone know that we now have marketing materials posted at: http://barcamp.org/BarCampGrandRapids2Marketing The signs look pretty sweet (especially the 11x17) in my humble opinion. If anyone would be willing to help put some up (at your workplace, local coffee shop, etc.) please contact Dave (dave@brondsema.net) and myself (kadams@gfs.com). You can either print the PDFs from the web site, or if access to a printer is a problem, Dave or I can get you printed copies. BarCamp thrives on user-generated publicity, so any help is greatly appreciated! 3 weeks to go... Thanks, Kyle _______________________________________________ Barcamp mailing list Barcamp@gr-jug.org http://gr-jug.org/mailman/listinfo/barcamp From dave at brondsema.net Mon Jul 16 10:20:16 2007 From: dave at brondsema.net (Dave Brondsema) Date: Mon Jul 16 10:18:55 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] BarCamp Grand Rapids this weekend! Message-ID: <469B7EA0.20108@brondsema.net> Hey BarCampers! BarCampGrandRapids2 begins this Friday at 5-6pm! See the schedule details at http://barcamp.org/BarCampGrandRapids2Schedule If you want to sleep over at Calvin College, bring a sleeping bag and pad and we can crash in one of the classrooms. Unfortunately we won't have access to showers. Google is coming! We have been working with Google to have two Google employees come and give presentations. I believe they are a Java developer and a Linux sysadmin, from Mountain View. Keep telling your friends about BarCamp. It's never too late to register--and you can come even if you didn't register. Some people may want to carpool, if they're coming from farther away. If that's you, reply (on this list) to let people know where you're coming from. Then ride-sharers can email in private to work out the details. Dave Brondsema -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 888 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://www.gr-jug.org/pipermail/barcamp/attachments/20070716/ffa20116= /signature.pgp From Kyle.Adams at gfs.com Thu Jul 19 14:31:27 2007 From: Kyle.Adams at gfs.com (Kyle Adams) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:29:50 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] Map & Parking Message-ID: <469F75BF.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> FYI, I've uploaded a map of Calvin College with the BarCamp location (2nd floor of the North Hall) marked: http://barcamp.org/f/barcampgrandrapids-map.png The best parking is also indicated via the area shaded red. There should also be signs when you arrive on campus; I'm still working on those :-) For more information on getting to Calvin College, see http://www.calvin.edu/map/ If anyone has any questions about getting to Calvin, feel free to e-mail me directly. As Dave mentioned, if you're interested in carpooling please send a reply to this list. Thanks, Kyle From Kyle.Adams at gfs.com Thu Jul 19 14:52:28 2007 From: Kyle.Adams at gfs.com (Kyle Adams) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:50:52 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] Map & Parking In-Reply-To: <469F75BF.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> References: <469F75BF.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> Message-ID: <469F7AAD.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> > http://barcamp.org/f/barcampgrandrapids-map.png Version 1.1 of the map; if you've already pulled the map up in your browser, Shift+Refresh to make sure you're looking at the latest version. Due to construction, we'll have to park further south than original marked on the map. Construction also limits the ways to get to the North Hall; you're pretty much limited to coming at it from the south. I've highlighted that approach on the map. Kyle From dave at brondsema.net Thu Jul 19 19:31:23 2007 From: dave at brondsema.net (Dave Brondsema) Date: Thu Jul 19 19:29:20 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] presentations Message-ID: <469FF44B.1090801@brondsema.net> We're looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow (and/or Saturday)! We have over 40 people registered. It's not too late to be preparing a presentation to share. It doesn't have to be anything formal or fancy, just a half-hour of something that is interesting to you. If that's not your thing, we're planning on having some time for 5-minute lightning talks, and time for Open Spaces which is simply semi-structured discussion around topics of interest. The Google Java presenter unfortunately cannot make it. The Google Linux System Administrator, Matt Alexander, will be presenting at 10:00am Saturday about Ubuntu Linux and package management. -- = Dave Brondsema : dave@brondsema.net http://www.brondsema.net : personal http://www.splike.com : programming <>< -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Specifically Ruby On Rails, but the concepts should apply across the board. Zach On 7/19/07, Dave Brondsema wrote: > > We're looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow (and/or Saturday)! We > have over 40 people registered. > > It's not too late to be preparing a presentation to share. It doesn't > have to be anything formal or fancy, just a half-hour of something that > is interesting to you. If that's not your thing, we're planning on > having some time for 5-minute lightning talks, and time for Open Spaces > which is simply semi-structured discussion around topics of interest. > > The Google Java presenter unfortunately cannot make it. The Google > Linux System Administrator, Matt Alexander, will be presenting at > 10:00am Saturday about Ubuntu Linux and package management. > > > > -- > Dave Brondsema : dave@brondsema.net > http://www.brondsema.net : personal > http://www.splike.com : programming > <>< > > > _______________________________________________ > Barcamp mailing list > Barcamp@gr-jug.org > http://gr-jug.org/mailman/listinfo/barcamp > > > From dave at brondsema.net Thu Jul 19 22:26:37 2007 From: dave at brondsema.net (Dave Brondsema) Date: Thu Jul 19 22:24:36 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] presentations In-Reply-To: <85d99afe0707191841j2936215en7167130e4d5445bf@mail.gmail.com> References: <469FF44B.1090801@brondsema.net> <85d99afe0707191841j2936215en7167130e4d5445bf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46A01D5D.3020309@brondsema.net> Sounds good. The way the schedule board is open adding/re-arranging all weekend, so just add it to a slot when you get there. If Open Spaces discussions become popular, we can make more time in the schedule for them. Zach Dennis wrote: > Hi Dave, > = > I'm interesting in doing a short presentation, but I'd really like to > do more of leading some discussion in OpenSpace format moreso then > presenting itself. > = > I'm a developer who now works at Atomic Object, but has spent the last > six years developing java desktop clients and web applications for > Fortune 50 and smaller companies. I'd like to present and/or lead a > discussion on testing in web application frameworks. > = > Specifically Ruby On Rails, but the concepts should apply across the boar= d. > = > Zach > = > On 7/19/07, Dave Brondsema wrote: >> >> We're looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow (and/or Saturday)! We >> have over 40 people registered. >> >> It's not too late to be preparing a presentation to share. It doesn't >> have to be anything formal or fancy, just a half-hour of something that >> is interesting to you. If that's not your thing, we're planning on >> having some time for 5-minute lightning talks, and time for Open Spaces >> which is simply semi-structured discussion around topics of interest. >> >> The Google Java presenter unfortunately cannot make it. 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URL: http://www.gr-jug.org/pipermail/barcamp/attachments/20070722/85b6e2af/attachment.htm From Kyle.Adams at gfs.com Mon Jul 23 09:29:52 2007 From: Kyle.Adams at gfs.com (Kyle Adams) Date: Mon Jul 23 09:28:16 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] Design Eye for the IT Guy Resources Message-ID: <46A47510.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> http://barcamp.org/DesignEyeForTheItGuy As promised, I've pulled together all of the resources that my presentation was based on. If you liked the presentation, I'd highly recommend reading through some of the source material to get a much richer understanding of the design techniques covered. Most of the stuff should be pretty easy to grok for anyone more comfortable with a calculator than a crayon. Kyle From dan at envoisolutions.com Mon Jul 23 09:36:01 2007 From: dan at envoisolutions.com (Dan Diephouse) Date: Mon Jul 23 09:34:15 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] Design Eye for the IT Guy Resources In-Reply-To: <46A47510.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> References: <46A47510.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> Message-ID: <7b774c950707230636l2ecba49di4660386b2937169@mail.gmail.com> Thanks Kyle. I really enjoyed this presentation! On 7/23/07, Kyle Adams wrote: > > http://barcamp.org/DesignEyeForTheItGuy > > As promised, I've pulled together all of the resources that my > presentation was based on. If you liked the presentation, I'd highly > recommend reading through some of the source material to get a much richer > understanding of the design techniques covered. Most of the stuff should= be > pretty easy to grok for anyone more comfortable with a calculator than a > crayon. > > Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Barcamp mailing list > Barcamp@gr-jug.org > http://gr-jug.org/mailman/listinfo/barcamp > -- = Dan Diephouse Envoi Solutions http://envoisolutions.com | http://netzooid.com/blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gr-jug.org/pipermail/barcamp/attachments/20070723/5f96202d/= attachment.htm From jeff at demaagd.com Mon Jul 23 09:36:58 2007 From: jeff at demaagd.com (Jeff DeMaagd) Date: Mon Jul 23 09:36:12 2007 Subject: Thanks Was: [Barcamp] Map & Parking In-Reply-To: <62BA289B-F624-4D47-8E63-B65C20481492@learningjquery.com> References: <469F75BF.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> <469F7AAD.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> <62BA289B-F624-4D47-8E63-B65C20481492@learningjquery.com> Message-ID: <46A4AEFA.2010701@demaagd.com> Yes, thanks to Kyle, Dave and anyone else that helped. It was a good time. Jeff Karl Swedberg wrote: > Hi Kyle, > > Thanks so much for putting on a great Barcamp yesterday! I had a great > time and learned some really cool things. I especially liked your CSS > presentation. I had never considered using such precise em values > before. That'll come in handy! > > Cheers, > > --Karl > _________________ > Karl Swedberg > www.learningjquery.com > www.englishrules.com > > > From Kyle.Adams at gfs.com Mon Jul 23 13:02:27 2007 From: Kyle.Adams at gfs.com (Kyle Adams) Date: Mon Jul 23 13:00:45 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] Design Eye for the IT Guy Resources In-Reply-To: <46A47510.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> References: <46A47510.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> Message-ID: <46A4A6E2.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> > Most of the stuff should be pretty easy to grok > for anyone more comfortable with a calculator than a crayon. I should also note that the on-screen calculator I used during the presentation was actually Launchy, a wonderful, open source, keyboard-driven launcher: http://www.launchy.net/ If you're a Mac user who also lives in the Windows world, Launchy is Quicksilver for the Mac. No more frustration at futile Ctrl+Space attempts. Kyle From zach.dennis at gmail.com Mon Jul 23 13:23:50 2007 From: zach.dennis at gmail.com (Zach Dennis) Date: Mon Jul 23 13:22:03 2007 Subject: Thanks Was: [Barcamp] Map & Parking In-Reply-To: <46A4AEFA.2010701@demaagd.com> References: <469F75BF.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> <469F7AAD.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> <62BA289B-F624-4D47-8E63-B65C20481492@learningjquery.com> <46A4AEFA.2010701@demaagd.com> Message-ID: <85d99afe0707231023o74e7fa36vc916ac77a7d7bb4@mail.gmail.com> I had a great time as well! thanks to Kyle, Dave, Carlus, Dan, etc... and everyone else who helped put this together. Zach On 7/23/07, Jeff DeMaagd wrote: > > Yes, thanks to Kyle, Dave and anyone else that helped. > > It was a good time. > > Jeff > > Karl Swedberg wrote: > > Hi Kyle, > > > > Thanks so much for putting on a great Barcamp yesterday! I had a great > > time and learned some really cool things. I especially liked your CSS > > presentation. I had never considered using such precise em values > > before. That'll come in handy! > > > > Cheers, > > > > --Karl > > _________________ > > Karl Swedberg > > www.learningjquery.com > > www.englishrules.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Barcamp mailing list > Barcamp@gr-jug.org > http://gr-jug.org/mailman/listinfo/barcamp > From Kyle.Adams at gfs.com Wed Jul 25 10:21:28 2007 From: Kyle.Adams at gfs.com (Kyle Adams) Date: Wed Jul 25 10:19:52 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] BarCamp Grand Rapids 2 Postmortem Message-ID: <46A72428.6F65.0052.0@gfs.com> Organizing a BarCamp can be nerve-wracking: we're so dependent on the participation of all campers. What if no one shows up? What if no one wants to present? >From that perspective, this weekend was incredible. Not only did we have more people this year over last, but we had tons of help throughout all parts of the conference - setup, the presentations, the informal chats outside of the sessions, and cleanup. I can not thank everyone enough for the various ways that you pitched in and helped make the weekend a success. If you're interested in helping out in some way (no matter how small or big) with next year's BarCamp, we'd encourage you to subscribe to the barcamp-organizers mailing list. Don't worry - subscription doesn't imply obligation :-) http://gr-jug.org/mailman/listinfo/barcamp-organizers On behalf of the BarCamp organizers, Kyle From dave at brondsema.net Wed Jul 25 17:17:27 2007 From: dave at brondsema.net (Dave Brondsema) Date: Wed Jul 25 17:15:44 2007 Subject: [Barcamp] view all barcampgrandrapids2-tagged material at once (via yahoo pipes!) Message-ID: <46A7BDE7.9080902@brondsema.net> Last night Kyle and I put together a Yahoo Pipe to aggregate from del.icio.us, flickr, technorati, and youtube. It's called "Taggregator" :) http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=3DOnPtOis63BGrI5nZjUnRlg Using the barcampgrandrapids2 tag, you can see all the bookmarks, photos, blog posts, and videos (none) about barcamp! These URLs run the pipe: Run pipe (as a webpage): http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?tag=3Dbarcampgrandrapids2&technorati= _api_key=3D&_cmd=3DRun+Pipe&_id=3DOnPtOis63BGrI5nZjUnRlg&_run=3D1 Run as rss: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=3DOnPtOis63BGrI5nZjUnRlg&_render= =3Drss&tag=3Dbarcampgrandrapids2&technorati_api_key=3D Unfortunately, technorati requires an API key to get tagged blog posts results. So those links don't include the 3 tagged blog entries about barcampgrandrapids2. To run it with a key, get a key at http://technorati.com/developers/apikey.html and use that on the pipe page. -- = Dave Brondsema Software Developer Cornerstone University -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We gotta get that fixed. Hopefully the Taggregator will get its own API key shortly. Thanks, Kyle