September 20th, 2008
WindyCityRails is a gathering for all who are passionate about Ruby on Rails. Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists will interact for a full day in the Windy City. Only 150 seats are available and they are expected to sell fast. Visit http://windycityrails.org for registration and details.
Questions? Contact: http://windycityrails.org
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July 3rd, 2008
This month, I\’ll be presenting Subversion, one of the leading version control systems out there. Even if you\’re a team of one, version control can save you numerous headaches. Come learn how you can put it to use!
Be sure to visit our website/blog at suburbanchicagophp.org!
Questions? Contact: http://php.meetup.com/381
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July 1st, 2008
- Tue. Jul 1st, 2008 @ 6:45pm - 9:45pm
- NWCLUG
- Harper College - A238
- Address: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
- Fee: Free
We talk about linux and the things in the linux area, open source, networking, interacting w/ other os’s and such. We can have newbies to sys admins to programs at our meetings. So come on out to the NW burbs and see what things we are doing.
We meet the first Tuesday of the month at Harper College in Palatine IL.
Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu
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June 21st, 2008
We are ChicagoRuby.org, a group of Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen! ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 3pm.
ChicagoRuby.org produces WindyCityRails, the full-day Ruby on Rails conference that starts at 8am on Sat, 9/20/2008 at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Visit http://WindyCityRails.org for registration and details.
Questions? Contact: http://ChicagoRuby.org
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June 4th, 2008
The
British Midlands, the North American economic development agency
for central England, is bringing their Bridge2Growth
http://www.bridge2growth.com briefing to small and mid-sized Chicago
companies on June 4th. Bridge2Growth’s appeal is the bundle of free
offers being extended to companies in the Chicago area. We offer
information and value to those that are eventually thinking about
expanding into Western Europe or even the U.K.
Additional information follows. Can you pass this along to members and
others in your network? Thank you again and please let us know if you
have questions or need additional information. Thank you! Susan Harris
susan@bridge2growth.com
To register: http://www.bridge2growth.com/register.html
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May 31st, 2008
INTRO TO LISP WORKSHOP
WHO: Programmers interested in learning more about Lisp.
HOW MUCH: The low, low price of 3ish hours of attention span.
WHEN: Saturday, May 31st from 3pm-6pm.
WHERE: Institute of Design, 350 N. LaSalle St, 4th floor, Chicago. Map.
WHAT: A hands-on introduction the the Common Lisp programming language
Tentative Schedule (presentations will be 30-60 min)
* Setting up a Lisp Environment (John Quigley): A hands-on walkthrough of how to setup a Lisp environment, Emacs, and SLIME. There will be documentation beforehand about steps to take and which packages to get.
* Lisp Basics and Idioms (Peter Christensen): Lisp syntax, contructs, basic code, idioms and practices.
* Common Lisp condition system (need a volunteer)
* Macros (Craig Luddington): How Lisp lets you write code that writes code that writes code � and why you�d want to do that.
* Demos of cool things in Lisp (need volunteers): showing off both neat and practical things that Lisp can do.
We�re looking for volunteers to do the following:
* Present on the CL condition system
* Suggest and present on other aspects of CL not listed here that would be suitable for an introductory session
* Walk around and help troubleshoot during the first session about setting up your environment.
* Help with audio and video recording
* Provide audio recording equipment (mics, cords, some way to record the audio on a computer, etc)
* Contact other programming user groups to promote the event
If you�re interested in attending or helping, please email Peter Christensen (http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/contact-me/) and include �Intro to Lisp Workshop� at the start of the message.
Questions? Contact: Peter Christensen
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May 16th, 2008
NEXT MEETING:
WHEN: Friday, May 16th at 7pm.
WHERE: CashNetUSA offices. 200 W. Jackson Blvd, 14th floor, Chicago. Map.
WHAT: Planning for Intro to Lisp Workshop,
Lightning talks. The following people have signed up, more welcome (email Peter if interested or add a comment at Coordinatr)
* Grant Rattke - A simple object system using macros
* Steve Githens - Scripting a Java SOA system using Kawa and Clojure
* Dry runs from the people presenting at the Intro to Lisp Workshop
Questions? Contact: Peter Christensen
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April 19th, 2008
ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!
Next meeting: Sat, April 19, 2008 at 3pm. ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 3pm. Visit http://chicagoruby.org for details and to RSVP.
Questions? Contact: http://ChicagoRuby.org
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March 21st, 2008
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
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March 15th, 2008
- Sat. Mar 15th, 2008 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- ChicagoRuby.org
- Elmhurst, IL
- Address: Elmhurst, IL
- Fee: 0.00
ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!
Next meeting: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3pm. ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 3pm. Visit http://chicagoruby.org for details and to RSVP.
Questions? Contact: ChicagoRuby.org
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March 4th, 2008
- Tue. Mar 4th, 2008 @ 6:45pm - 9:35pm
- NWCLUG
- Harper College - A238
- Address: 1200 W Algonquin Rd Palatine IL
- Fee: Free
New to linux or an if you are an experienced veteran come out and enjoy NWCLUG. See what where all about.
Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu
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