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MySQL Camp 2 in NYC
August 23rd, 2007- 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
Chicago Facebook Platform Developers
August 18th, 2007- 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!)
Jimmy John’s founder talk: “Bread so French it must be Liberated!”
February 7th, 2007- 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
TECH cocktail 3 @ Amira
January 25th, 2007- 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.
Chicago Motion Graphics Festival, Jan 25-28
January 25th, 2007- 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
TECHcoffee season 2 final
December 22nd, 2006- 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.
partyStrands @ MoMo Chicago on Dec 4th
December 4th, 2006- 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
TheIncubator.com - Annual Face to Face Party
November 9th, 2006- 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!!
UIUC ACM Reflections Projections Conference
October 20th, 2006- 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:
| Jeffrey Altman | Developer of AFS for Windows |
| Kwabena Boahen | Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University |
| Adrian Bowyer | Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath; creator of the RepRap project |
| Burnie Burns | Co-creator of “Red vs. Blue” |
| Harold Cohen | Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego; creator of AARON |
| Robert X. Cringely | PBS columnist and creator of “Triumph of the Nerds” |
| Chris DiBona | Open Source Programs Manager at Google |
| Jawed Karim | co-founder of YouTube |
| Eric Johnson | FactSet Build Systems |
| Lillian Lee | Associate Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University |
| Max Levchin | Chairman and CEO of Slide, Co-Founder of PayPal |
| Chip Mayse | SAIC satellite systems & numerical methods |
| Jim Miller | Microsoft CLR |
| John Mizel | A+ Programming Language, Morgan Stanley |
| Sanjay Patel | Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and co-founder of AGEIA |
| Yale N. Patt | Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin |
| Joel Spolsky | “Joel on Software” blog and CEO of Fog Creek Software |
| Alex Stamos | Principal Partner, iSEC Partners |
| Michael Swift | Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Kudo Tsunoda | General Manager / Executive Producer - EA Chicago |
First Annual Chicago Hackmeeting (3 days)
October 13th, 2006- 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…!
More info: