• Thu. Aug 23rd, 2007 @ 9:00am - Fri. Aug 24th, 2007 @ 7:00pm
• Jay Pipes announced this here
• Brooklyn
• Address: Polytechnic University

Jay Pipes just posted about the new MySQL camp that will occur in NYC this August. Tickets from Chicago are under $ 200 round trip if you buy them soon.

Want to go? Please leave a comment below. I’m buying tickets soon, I’ll wait on finalizing on the flight dates for a week or so.

From Jay:

Book Your Tickets. MySQL Camp II is Coming on August 23-24

I just got off the phone with Carl Skelton from Polytechnic University and we have finalized the dates for the next camp. MySQL Camp II will be held on Thursday and Friday, August 23-24, in Brooklyn, New York. Polytechnic University has graciously offered to host the camp. More details to follow about the new camp website, places to stay around Polytechnic, and much more. But I wanted to give everyone a heads up. If MySQL Camp II is anything like MySQL Camp I, I expect it to be a breeding ground for new hacks, ideas, and of course, beer.

-jaw

• Sat. Aug 18th, 2007 @ 10:30am - 6:00pm
• organization’s website
• Clarity Consulting
• Address: 1 N. Franklin Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: free
• rsvp here, limited to 80 people

A member of the Facebook platform team will be in Chicago to introduce the Facebook platform everyone has been talking about and answer questions.

For developers and others serious about a FB strategy, this half-day unconference will help you to get your questions answered, connect with others to help launch your ideas, learn about monetizing FB apps, and more. Forward this on.

Your co-host,
Keith Schacht

(creator of Grow-a-Gift, 430,000+ installs and growing strong!)

• Wed. Feb 7th, 2007 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
• Young Professionals of Chicago
• University of Chicago Gleacher
• Address: 450 N City Front, Rm TBD, Chicago
• Fee: $ 15 for Members & GSB Students, $ 20 for non-YPC members (prepay and save $ 5)
• Rsvp (links below)

After founder Jimmy John Liautaud graduated second-to-last in his high school class, his options were joining the Army, college, or starting a business. Because Liautaud was always interested in the restaurant business, he chose the latter.

His father loaned him $ 25,000 to start his own hot dog business. If the business was successful, he would own 52% and his father would own 48%. If it failed, it was agreed that Liautaud would join the army. It turns out, Liautaud never started the hot dog business or joined the army. He instead started the sandwich shop, Jimmy John’s.

Today, Liautaud is the sole owner of Jimmy John’s after buying out his father’s side of the business. Jimmy John’s now sells 18 different types of subs with almost 400 outlets in about 20 states. Liautaud projects the chain to grow to at least 1,000 shops by 2009.

Join us on Wednesday, February 7th for our Entrepreneurial Evening Event as Liautaud explains the frustrations and rewards of starting a successful business.

Members & GSB Students Prepay Here for $ 10

Non-Members Prepay Here for $ 20

• Thu. Jan 25th, 2007 @ 6:30pm - 9:00pm
• TECHcocktail
• Amira @ base of NBC tower
• Fee: free
• please RSVP here

Editor’s note: This is a great event. I’ve been to TC1 and TC2 so far — indeed, you will not want to miss this! -JAW

Mark your calendars and fire up for 2007 as TECH cocktail 3 will be held on Thursday, January 25, 2007 from 6:30pm - 9pm at the base of the NBC Tower at Amira in Chicago. We are excited to be hosting the event just off of the historic magnficant mile.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, VCs, bloggers and entrepreneurs at Amira at the base of the NBC Tower in Chicago. Stay tuned for more details as the event date nears.

• Thu. Jan 25th, 2007 @ 10:00am - Sun. Jan 28th, 2007 @ 12:00am
• MGChicago
• downtown chicago
• Address: various
• Fee: various
• RSVP website

Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2007
The Premier Midwestern Event catering to 3D and Compositing Effects
January 25-28th 2007, various locations downtown Chicago

This four-day festival pairs daily educational opportunities
with nightly industry events.

[ Thr ] Screen Magazine’s Star Awards (see the nominees)
[ Fri ] Motion Graphics Interactive Mixer @ Bridges Media Group
[ Sat ] Two Hi-Def Screenings of Festival Winners @ the Chicago Cultural Center
[ Sun ] Forward thinking online event in the virtual worlds of SecondLife.com

The educational conference hosts workshop, lectures, panels and classes on all four days.
Check the website for a complete list of topics and presenters.

Festival Badges and individual tickets on sale now!

Also, Join us Wednesday night for our free informational
Pre-party and DVD launch –> Onomatopoeia Wednesday
Jan 24th @ Dulcenea, 1431 N. Milwaukee Ave. from 7pm - 12am

www.MGChicago.com

Questions? Contact: mason dixon, 312.375.5379

• Fri. Dec 22nd, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee at LaSalle & Lake.
• Fee: Buy something to drink and get 1 hour free wifi, $ 1.50 purchases /additional hours

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early like a running club and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

What languages are allowed?
Whatever floats your Blub. Season One saw Python, Perl, Lisp, Ruby, Javascript, and Java (at least). Oh, and some OCaml. Work on what you’re working on. Everyone’s welcome.

• Mon. Dec 4th, 2006 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
• MobileMonday Chicago
• ThoughtWorks
• Address: 200 E Randolph (25th Floor)
• Fee: 0.00 USD
• Please join the mailing group - link on the website

partyStrands is a free interactive music and entertainment service for bars, clubs and DJs that utilizes screens, mobile phones and digital music and offers partygoers a new, colorful and fresh way to have fun. Partygoers can pick the nights music, send text messages and pictures and vote on songs, drinks, and much more, all from their cell phones.

partStrands will present at this MoMo session. Stephen Venute of pS will present the application and describe his companies view of social technologies such as pS and recommendation based mobile communities. Where is this technology headed and what the future holds and ofcourse we will have an interactive session with pS and get to try it for ourselves.

Thanks to ThoughtWorks for hosting the event.

Where:
The ThoughtWorks office:
25th Floor,
200 East Randolph, (The Aon Centre)
Chicago, IL

When:
6pm on Dec 4th (Monday)

Light Snacks and Drinks will be served at the venue
At this session - be ready to draw your mobile at the sight of partyStrands, the latest in interactive music entertainment projected to a wall. With a simple text message (alias + artist) you will be able to influence the music and request a favorite artist from our music library. You can also interact with other MoMo’ers via text messages sent to the screen, or email your pictures to the display, or even participate in votings.

Please sign up to the mailing group for more details. We might get over-subscribed this event so it would be a good idea to rsvp on the mailing group.

Questions? Contact: Kiran (kiran [doT] bellubbi aT gMail [doT] com

• Thursday, November 9th, 6:30 - 10:00pm

• First Bank & Trust of Evanston 820 Church Street, Evanston, IL.
• RSVP Now, email gmunoz [at] theincubator.com
• TheIncubator website

Join us to celebrate The Incubator’s 20th Anniversary at our Annual Face to Face event hosted by First Bank & Trust of Evanston. See old friends and meet the young companies that are defining the future of innovation. Above all, just network and have a good time!!

• October 20 - 22, 2006 (Friday thru Sunday)
• UofI at Urbana-Champaign
• Free for all, including a TShirt ($20 including food)
• Register here

The Association for Computing Machinery at the University of Illinois is hosting its 12th annual student computing conference on October 20 - 22, 2006. Registration for the conference is open to all parties interested in cutting-edge computing technology. No university or ACM affiliation is necessary.

Several of us are driving there on the 20th in the afternoon. Please leave a comment here if you’d like a ride. Also, may be able to find you a free place to stay, if you leave a comment.

Reflections | Projections brings together students and professionals from across the country to gain a broader perspective on computer science. The conference is a unique opportunity for attendees to enrich their knowledge of cutting-edge concepts from beyond the classroom. The associated job fair provides an ideal venue to meet representatives from a wide range of employers interested in computer science, MIS and electrical and computer engineering students. All in all, Reflections | Projections is an exciting weekend of learning and fun.

Speaker List:

• First Annual Chicago Hackmeeting!
• October 13 - 15 @ www.dai5ychain.net
• 2159 W 21st PL (21st PL and Leavitt) Chicago, IL USA 60608
• hackmeetingwiki.dai5ychain.net

Calling all free-wheeling free-information free-reproductionistas! Attention to the hackers who love the streets! For the activists that just want to share resources! And for the militant media makers in search of free and open access to knowledge and ideas!
This event will gather some of the regions most committed activist programmers, free software lovers, socially engaged artists, independent media makers and critical thinkers to brainstorm and develop an agenda for the technological support of radical social movements in the great lakes region.

Theme suggestions:
Intellectual Property Regimes, Creative Commons, Low Power Radio FM, Internet Law for Activists, Public Space, Non Profit, Free Labor, Electronic Security Culture, The Global Politics of the Digital Infrastructure

Collaborate and collectively develop the first Annual Chicago Hackmeeting with us by proposing themes, presentations, workshops, discussions, skill shares, swaps, etc…!

• flyer 1 and 2
  

More info:

• http://www.dai5ychain.net
• http://www.chicagolug.org/pipermail/chicago-hacktavism
• http://hackmeetingwiki.dai5ychain.net

• Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 7:00 PM
• Goose Island Brewpub 1800 N. Clybourn Ave Chicago , IL 60614 312-915-0071
• RSVP Required: http://web.meetup.com/20/events/5137930/

Join us for the first-ever Beta: The Chicago Web 2.0 Mixer - where start-ups are born.

This event is for founders, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, and other technical folks who are currently (or looking to be) involved in web 2.0 start-ups. You should come if:

1. You have an idea and need to people to help you execute
2. If you are looking to get involved in a start-up

Pop-quiz: ruby on rails, tag clouds, del.icio.us, ajax, agile ?
…if these terms are familiar, this is the place for you. This is not a place to sell your services.

We’ll be meeting at Goose Island Brewery on Clyborn. Parking is available in this area. Public transporatation: take the red line to NORTH/CLYBOURN and walk 0.3 miles north on Clyborn. Turn left on Willow St, it’ll be right there.

Join us on Wednesday, October 4th at 7 - 10 pm.

Got questions? Interested in sponsorship? Send questions to Keith Schacht at keith (at) blogcoin [dot] com, or call 773-936-4945.

RSVP Required: http://web.meetup.com/20/events/5137930/

This is a special event, as it is out of Chicago, but many of us Chicagoans will be travelling to Sunnyvale, CA for this sweet-action event. Be sure to RSVP here, and if you’re a Chicagoan, leave a comment below on this post.

• Friday - Sunday Sept 29 - Oct. 1st in Sunnyvale, CA
• Free to participate, just RSVP here, on Upcoming’s site (Also leave a comment below).
• www.hackday.org

From Yahoo’s announcement:

We’ll kick things off on Friday, September 29th with a free all-day developer workshop. Then we’ll launch a 24-hour Hack Day with an outdoor party into the wee hours, with special guests providing the soundtrack. (Details to come later, but we guarantee this won’t be your usual corporate-wedding-band leading the crowd through 2am group sing-alongs of “Brick House.”) We’ll hack through the night, keep going through Saturday morning, and wind it all up that evening with hacker demos, judging from a panel of luminaries. and special awards for the coolest hacks. We’ll have special guest speakers all weekend, with Michael Arrington of TechCrunch presiding over the festivities. After nightfall we’ll close things out with another round of entertainment that you would be happy to pay for, except that you won’t have to.

Update:

Most of us are taking a Southwest flight (only $110 each way) out on Thursday night and and leaving Sunday morning. Book a flight with us, or leave a post below to split up the hotel room!
Southwest flight details follow:

• Wednesday Aug 30, 6 - 7:15 pm
• North end of Grant park between Monroe and Jackson and Lakeshore and Columbia - map
• Free, just show up to play
• Skill optional, frisbees provided

Join a bunch of web 2.0, software, startup, and consulting people to play Ultimate Frisbee in the Park. We play most Wednesdays, and you don’t even need to know how to play to show up. Usually between 6 and 12 people play a few games.

• August 29th, 7:00 pm
• Red Lion Pub for drinks
• Free, try to RSVP at nextChicago.org

The tech folks, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists of nextChicago will be congregating once again on Tuesday, August 29th at 7:00pm. This time we’ll be getting together at Red Lion Pub, on 2446 N. Lincoln Avenue, a great English pub. Rumor has it the place is haunted, which means we could consider it a community service project as well – teaching the dead about all things Web 2.0.

nextChicago is a fun way to connect both socially and professionally with young people who have a stake in future of tech and new media in Chicago. Participants generally have less than ten years experience and we especially welcome recent graduates who are just starting their careers.

• Wednesday Aug 16, 6 - 7:15 pm
• North end of Grant park between Monroe and Jackson and Lakeshore and Columbia - map
• Free, just show up to play
• Skill optional, frisbees provided

Join a bunch of web 2.0, software, startup, and consulting people to play Ultimate Frisbee in the Park. We play most Wednesdays, and you don’t even need to know how to play to show up. Usually between 6 and 8 people play one 45 min to 1 hour long game.

It’s exhaustingly awesome! Just show up.

* Wednesday Aug 16, 6 - 7:15 pm
* North end of Grant park between Monroe and Jackson and Lakeshore and Columbia - map
* Free, just show up to play
* Skill optional, frisbees provided

Join a bunch of web 2.0, software, startup, and consulting people to play Ultimate Frisbee in the Park. We play most Wednesdays, and you don’t even need to know how to play to show up. Usually between 6 and 8 people play one 45 min to 1 hour long game.

It’s exhaustingly awesome! Email me today if you’re going to show up ( JAW [at] TechSocial.com ).

• Wednesday Aug 9, 6 - 7:15 pm
• North end of Grant park between Monroe and Jackson and Lakeshore and Columbia - map
• Free, please RSVP to JAW [at] TechSocial.com
• Skill optional, frisbees provided.

Join a bunch of web 2.0, software, startup, and consulting people to play Ultimate Frisbee in the Park. We play most Wednesdays, and you don’t even need to know how to play to show up. Usually between 6 and 8 people play one 45 min to 1 hour long game.

It’s exhaustingly awesome! Email me today if you’re going to show up ( JAW [at] TechSocial.com ).

• July 25th, 7pm
• Moody’s Pub: 5910 N Broadway St
• Please rsvp by adding your name here: nextChicago.org

Meet other Chicago-based tech folks, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists at nextChicago’s first social gathering. The excitement is the first of many events from nextChicago.org. Join them for burgers, beer and bonding. See you there!

nextChicago is a fun way to connect both socially and professionally with young people who have a stake in future of tech and new media in Chicago. Participants generally have less than ten years experience and we especially welcome recent graduates who are just starting their careers.

nextChicago is an extension of nextNY, a New York City based organization with over 100 active members.

Sky High Network Night

• July 25th, 4:45 - 9:15 PM
• UIC Pavilion, Racine and the Eisenhower Expressway, Chicago, IL USA
• Costs is from $25 to $250
• You must rsvp

website: www.speednetworking.com/skyevent    contact: Richard Landman 773-935-7757 rlandman@rcn.com

“Sky High Network Night! will be the biggest networking event of 2006. And it’s a celebration of the power of building new relationships! We’re doing it strictly with viral marketing, networking and customer evangelism methods – so tell everybody! We’re combining a networking event led by three of Chicago’s premier networking gurus with a basketball game featuring our hottest new pro team The WNBA Chicago Sky Professional Basketball Team.”

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