• Wed. May 21st, 2008 @ 10:00am - 1:00pm
• Coverity
• Free webinar Online
• Fee: Free
• RSVP website

Open Source Uncovered, what a Department of Homeland Security Scan Reveals about Open Source-

A SD Times Webinar
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 1:00p.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. PDT

Launched as a joint venture with support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Coverity’s Scan site began providing static source code analysis to open source developers in March 2006. Over 250 open source projects are now involved with the Scan site, including well known projects such as Samba, Linux, and OpenSSL. In total, the 250 projects represent 50 million lines of code that are analyzed on an ongoing basis to identify potential security and quality defects. To date, more than 8,500 defects have been eliminated by open source developers using information from the Scan site.

We invite you to join David Maxwell, Coverity’s open source strategist as well as an open source developer on the NetBSD project as he reviews how the open source projects at the Scan site have leveraged static analysis to improve their code.

Maxwell will also present original analysis based on data collected by the Scan site regarding overall code quality in open source projects, common defect types and many other findings based on the aggregate, daily evaluation of more than 50 million lines of open source code from early 2006 to 2008.

Moderator: David Worthington, Associate Editor, SD Times

Speaker: David Maxwell, Coverity’s Open Source Strategist, responsible for Scan and other open source efforts.

David Maxwell is a Coverity employee, and open source developer on the NetBSD project. He works to provide ongoing static analysis to open source projects so that their developers can fix software defects before they affect users.

To register for the webinar click the RVSP website .

Questions? Contact: mailto:reply@coverity.com

• Mon. Apr 14th, 2008 @ 9:00am - Fri. Apr 18th, 2008 @ 5:00pm
• Stonehenge Consulting Services
• Hostel International
• Address: 29 E. Congress, Chicago, IL
• Fee: $ 250-$ 750
• Register through The Perl Review

Stonehenge is offering open-enrollment Perl classes in downtown Chicago in April. These are the full Stonehenge courses in a slightly compressed-time format that we offer to the public only a couple times a year:

• Beginning Catalyst with Jon Rockway, April 14-15, 9am to 5pm, $ 500
• Test Driven Development with Josh McAdams, April 14-15, 6pm to 9pm, $ 250
• Intermediate Perl with brian d foy, April 16-18, 9am to 5pm, $ 750

We can also take purchase orders and alternate payment methods for any of there. We can also offer team discounts for people from the same group paying at the same time. Write to me (brian@stonehenge.com) with any questions about the classes.

Questions? Contact: brian@stonehenge.com

• Fri. Apr 4th, 2008 @ 12:00am - Sat. Apr 5th, 2008 @ 12:00am
• UIC LUG/UIC ACM
• UIC
• Address: 842 west taylor st, chicago,il
• Fee: 0
• http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php

To everyone interested,

The University of Illinois at Chicago Linux Users Group (UIC-LUG) and the University of Illinois at Chicago Association for Computing
Machinery (UIC-ACM) are hosting their second annual Flourish Conference promoting the adoption and use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). The UIC-LUG and UIC-ACM would like to invite you to attend this glorious event. The entire conference is free

with registration (or $ 5 at the door), but please do register if you plant to
attend please lets us know how many people we should expect. http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php.

Some of our featured speakers will include: Bruce Perens from Source Labs, Jon “maddog” Hall from Linux International, Brian Fitzpatrick (and Ben Collins-Sussman) from Google, Dru Lavigne from Open Source Business Resource and BSD Certification Group Inc., among many others.

We will be hosting a variety of events which include but are not limited to: BarCamp Mini, Flourish Mini-expo, WAFD (Web Application Framework Development) Rumble, Networking Events, and Hack-a-Thon, BSDA Examination. For more information please visit: http://www.flourishconf.com/flourish2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30

Flourish 2008 will be held on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5th. We expect the conference attendance to be between 300 and 400 people. Please reply and let me know whether or not you will be attending Flourish 2008.

Organizations/Developers: We still have open tables in the expo space, if you’d like to use one of the tables to advertise your said organization or promote an event. We are also still looking for developers to represent the various Web frameworks. If anyone is interested in participating, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you,

Samir Faci

Flourish Public Relations

Questions? Contact: samir at esamir dot com

• Fri. Dec 14th, 2007 @ 9:00am - Sun. Dec 16th, 2007 @ 5:00pm
• Windy City Perl Mongers
• Hostel International
• Address: 29 E. Congress, Chicago
• Fee: free
• RSVP website

Join local Perl hackers for three days of informal group work on various Perl topics. Volunteer to help other people on their projects, get people to work on your project, or just work alone while hanging out with other Perl programmers.

If you are coming from out-of-town and would like to stay at the hostel, we’ve reserved some beds. See the wiki for reservation details.

Questions? Contact: joshua.mcadams@gmail.com

• Thu. Dec 13th, 2007 @ 6:00pm - Fri. Dec 14th, 2007 @ 9:00pm
• Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc
• Hostel International
• Address: 29 E. Congress, Chicago
• Fee: $ 500
• RSVP website

This Alpaca course, sometimes known as PROM, uses O’Reilly’s Alpaca book, “Intermediate” by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy. It’s suitable for students who have completed the Learning Perl (Llama) course, or who otherwise have a good background in the basics of Perl. This course covers Perl’s references, object-oriented program, module creation, and testing.

Stonehenge open enrollment classes are a low-cost alternative to our onsite classes. Students travel to the open enrollment site and supply their own laptops for the labs, and students are responsible for their own meals and refreshment. Stonehenge supplies all other materials, including copies of the class sides, handouts, and tutorial books.

All prices are for single registrations paying by credit cards. Please contact us for information on group pricing and alternate payment methods. We can accept purchase orders from established companies with verifiable credit.

Questions? Contact: brian.d.foy@gmail.com

• Mon. Dec 10th, 2007 @ 9:00am - Wed. Dec 12th, 2007 @ 5:00am
• Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc
• Hostel International
• Address: 29 E. Congress, Chicago
• Fee: $ 750
• RSVP website

This course is based on the popular O’Reilly Nutshell book, Learning Perl, and taught by its co-author brian d foy. The course presumes no prior knowledge of Perl, and exposes the course participants to the most important parts of Perl — those items that are needed to accomplish many common tasks, and to lay the groundwork for more advanced study on an as-needed basis.

Stonehenge open enrollment classes are a low-cost alternative to our onsite classes. Students travel to the open enrollment site and supply their own laptops for the labs, and students are responsible for their own meals and refreshment. Stonehenge supplies all other materials, including copies of the class sides, handouts, and tutorial books.

All prices are for single registrations paying by credit cards. Please contact us for information on group pricing and alternate payment methods. We can accept purchase orders from established companies with verifiable credit.

Questions? Contact: brian.d.foy@gmail.com

This sounds like a super cool event! — Ed.

• Thu. Dec 6th, 2007 @ 6:00pm - 11:00pm
• Ignite Chicago
• Goose Island Wrigleyville
• Address: 3535 North Clark St
• Fee: $ 0
• RSVP at upcoming.org

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

For more information check out http://ignite-chicago.org

Questions? Contact: harper dot sean at gmail dot com

• Wed. Oct 24th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Business Network Chicago
• Weber Grill
• Address: 539 N State Street in Chicago
• Fee: $ 20
• Online sign-up

Join us at the October BNC IT Speed Networking Event. You don’t have to be a member to attend. You just have to possess a desire to meet IT and IT related professionals who can help you with your career or IT needs.

Questions? Contact: jpic333@hotmail.com

• Tue. Sep 25th, 2007 @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm
• Business Network Chicago
• Midtown Kitchen & Bar
• Address: 203 N. LaSalle (in the loop, just North of State of IL building)
• Fee: 17.00
• register online

Please join us for the next gathering of the BNC IT Group. This month Robert Harney will be our guest speaker. Robert is the president of RHS Telecom (www.rhstelecom.com). The presentation is called ‘Pay Close Attention to What is Behind the Curtain’. Robert will be talking about all the things you need to consider when choosing a telecommunications service for your company.

You will notice that with this event there are some differences: 1) it is an early evening/after work event, 2) it is scheduled to last 2 hours, 3) the first 30 minutes will be used for mingling and 4) there will be a cash bar. At 6:00 pm, we will have the 15 minute presentation from Robert Harney and then we will begin our speed networking table rotations.

All attendees will be charged a fee of $ 17.00 which covers the cost of some appetizers and the room. Because we will have a cash bar, you will be responsible for paying for your own drinks. The registration fee will be collected on line at http://sept07bncitgroup.eventbrite.com. Once you have paid the registration fee, you will receive an email confirming your RSVP.

RSVPs will be required in order to attend the event. Midtown Kitchen & Bar requires a guaranteed head count by Friday, Sept 21, at noon. Therefore, no reservations will be accepted after Friday, Sept 21st at 11:00am CST.

Space is limited so make your reservation early. Once all seats are filled, you must send me an email to have your name put on the wait list. If space opens up, you will be sent an email or I will call you to tell you how to submit your registration fee and receive your RSVP confirmation.

Please bring your business cards and/or hand bills which you can share with the other attendees when you move from table to table. An attendee list will be included in the handouts packet which is distributed to all attendees.

To contact me:
Call: 312-431-8335
Email: jpic333@hotmail.com

We actually had to turn people away at our last event. Our group is growing. I am starting out with 36 spaces this time. However, I expect that the space will be filled quickly so don’t wait until the last minute. Sign-up early to make sure you can attend our first evening networking event.

See you there,
Jean Pickering President The Tektite Group, LLC

• Wed. Jun 27th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

Flu pandemics, terrorism, hurricanes and other disasters dictate companies immediate response. Executives must plan for the worst while building enterprise resilience and managing costs. Join us and gain insight on these key issues:

Area IT executives best approaches to disaster recovery and business continuity planning:

Keynote Panel
Linking disaster recovery to business and compliance requirements
Business continuity and corporate governance synergies
The convergence of business continuity, security and emergency management trends

Questions? Contact: Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• 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.