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Started MondayMay 30 2016Risk Management and Decision Makingthrough
OnlineWebsite[FIT Online Course #PDP0711 – RISK MGMT] Schedule: Online, May 30 through Jul 1, 2016 $450* per engineer. Taught by John Blyler, PSU and JB Systems
This course will examine the concepts, techniques and tools for managing risk and making decision as key components of the systems engineering process. Differences between mission critical and non-mission critical programmatic risk will be emphasized. Other topics include the limits of expected value-based risk analysis, decision making strategies such a max/min, min/max and regrets. Formal methods in risk analysis, elementary decision analysis and decision trees, multi-objective decision making, Pareto techniques, optimality, and trade-off analysis will be covered. Risk and decision techniques will be contrasted with the interfacing processes of program management and software engineering, from both the government (DOD) and industrial perspectives. Case studies will be used throughout the course to demonstrate actual implementation of concept and techniques.
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FridayJun 10 2016Founders Liquid Therapy–
Low BarWebsiteInvite your startup friends. Invite the other Founders you know and come and detox with some great cocktails and conversations. Its a booming startup town that hides behind the veil of anonymity. Put down the laptop, drop the iPhone and meet other passionate founders.
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Started MondayMay 30 2016Risk Management and Decision Makingthrough
OnlineWebsite[FIT Online Course #PDP0711 – RISK MGMT] Schedule: Online, May 30 through Jul 1, 2016 $450* per engineer. Taught by John Blyler, PSU and JB Systems
This course will examine the concepts, techniques and tools for managing risk and making decision as key components of the systems engineering process. Differences between mission critical and non-mission critical programmatic risk will be emphasized. Other topics include the limits of expected value-based risk analysis, decision making strategies such a max/min, min/max and regrets. Formal methods in risk analysis, elementary decision analysis and decision trees, multi-objective decision making, Pareto techniques, optimality, and trade-off analysis will be covered. Risk and decision techniques will be contrasted with the interfacing processes of program management and software engineering, from both the government (DOD) and industrial perspectives. Case studies will be used throughout the course to demonstrate actual implementation of concept and techniques.
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SaturdayJun 11 2016Code Fellows Code 101Website
Thinking about a new career in software development? Start here!
This one-day workshop is the perfect place to figure out if coding is for you. You’ll get a sneak peek of what a career in coding involves, plus a taste of the Code Fellows learning experience.
Learn how websites are built and code one yourself using industry-standard tools and professional coding practices.
An hour before the start of the workshop will be dedicated to helping students get their computers set up with the appropriate tools.
View the Course Page »
To Prepare for Class: Please complete the prep work included in your confirmation email and bring your own laptop computer to the workshop. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided. Email [email protected] if you have any dietary restrictions.
Refund Policy: This course is fully refundable up to 24 hours before the start of the event. Cancellations within 24 hours of the start of the event are non-refundable and non-transferable. To request a refund, please click "Request Refund" on your ticket in Eventbrite or email us at [email protected].
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Coding and career helpWebsite
Join us for coffee and code as we help each other progress our careers. We'll meet in the lobby at 10:00am. The doors will be locked, so call Dan if you need entry later. Bring your computers!
Next two weeks
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Started MondayMay 30 2016Risk Management and Decision Makingthrough
OnlineWebsite[FIT Online Course #PDP0711 – RISK MGMT] Schedule: Online, May 30 through Jul 1, 2016 $450* per engineer. Taught by John Blyler, PSU and JB Systems
This course will examine the concepts, techniques and tools for managing risk and making decision as key components of the systems engineering process. Differences between mission critical and non-mission critical programmatic risk will be emphasized. Other topics include the limits of expected value-based risk analysis, decision making strategies such a max/min, min/max and regrets. Formal methods in risk analysis, elementary decision analysis and decision trees, multi-objective decision making, Pareto techniques, optimality, and trade-off analysis will be covered. Risk and decision techniques will be contrasted with the interfacing processes of program management and software engineering, from both the government (DOD) and industrial perspectives. Case studies will be used throughout the course to demonstrate actual implementation of concept and techniques.
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MondayJun 13 2016Test Ruby PDX Monthly Meeting
WebsitePortland's testing user group for Ruby developers! Conversation and peer mentoring starting at 6, presentations at 7. For more information, follow @TestRubyPDX on Twitter or join the #testrubypdx Slack channel (under the pdxruby team). We are still looking for speakers, so if you're interested, visit testrubypdx.org/speak for details and suggested topics!
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Monday Python Flying Circus (Programmer Peer Mentoring Night)Website
Bring your laptop. Learn and/or share your existing knowledge with others. This group focuses on Python, Django, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, CSS and HTML. Other languages are welcome.
This week we will do introductions and then pair up mentors and learners and/or work on projects.
Set aside one night a week to become a better developer, pick up new skills, and get help with your projects and learning. We'll have mentors on hand and a community of other learners to meet and work with.
This event is beginner friendly, we can help get you started with programming, support your online learning, or just talk about where you are at and what comes next.
Free parking! Save this number in case you need help finding us: (541)[masked] We are at 2626 SW Corbett Ave, two buildings down from the Portland State Business Accelerator, and near the International School. More Directions below.
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PDXFunc - Portland Functional Programming Study GroupWebsite
Bring your functional problems, success stories and questions.
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The Birds and the Bees Pedalpalooza RideWebsite
The birds and bees are stirring and roving, searching for dates, friends, and life partners. Join this bike ride to chirp and buzz with other singles, and experience the leaves of soaring trees gracing you with love and the sunset painting the sky with glorious colors while the clouds float away.
Classy shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, and shoes are required. Also, comb your hair.
The ride will meet at 7PM at a location within 1 mile from downtown. We will bike to Mount Tabor and end at Circa 33, where we will have an afterparty.
There are limited number of tickets for men and women.
To come to the ride, you must purchase a free ticket. Only to ticket holders, we will disclose the starting point a day before the ride by email. To get a ticket, you must agree to the dress code and to the code of conduct. This event is open to singles of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
Non-ticket holders are welcome to join at 10PM at Circa 33.
Buy tickets here: The birds and bees are stirring and roving, searching for dates, friends, and life partners. Join this bike ride to chirp and buzz with other singles, and experience the leaves of soaring trees gracing you with love and the sunset painting the sky with glorious colors while the clouds float away.
Classy shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, and shoes are required. Also, comb your hair.
The ride will meet at 7PM at a location within 1 mile from downtown. We will bike to Mount Tabor and end at Circa 33, where we will have an afterparty.
There are limited number of tickets for men and women.
To come to the ride, you must purchase a free ticket. Only to ticket holders, we will disclose the starting point a day before the ride by email. To get a ticket, you must agree to the dress code and to the code of conduct. This event is open to singles of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
Non-ticket holders are welcome to join at 10PM at Circa 33.
Code of Conduct: http://www.portlandbikeparty.bikelandia.net/about-us/
Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portland-bike-party-the-birds-and-the-bees-tickets-25341423881
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TuesdayJun 14 2016Digital First Responders Course presented by LMG SecurityWebsite
Join us for a 1-day Digital First Responder class! A great way to train your IT staff in fundamental incident response and digital forensic preservation, and ramp up new incident responders quickly and cost-effectively. Includes an Incident Response tabletop exercise plus three hands-on labs, in which you will create a forensic image, preserve volatile memory, and capture network traffic.
Tuition: $495 (Register by May 31 for the Early Bird $50 Discount!)
Instructor: Karen Sprenger, COO of LMG Security
NOVITAS DATA will be sponsor the venue at the MAC in Downtown Portland
FORTINET will sponsor the cocktail party afterward.
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Makers’ Marketing: When Craft Brands Go MainstreamWebsite
Portland is a hotbed for craft brands of all types. With the values driving these brands rapidly becoming more mainstream, craft brand marketing will continue to evolve.
Join marketing and branding expert Michelle Hunt for AMA PDX’s June luncheon for her reflections on how the consumer landscape for craft brands has changed during her 25-year career.
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Portland Java User Group (PJUG)Website
The future of robotics
Robots have been in our minds for ages. Our imagination has been fed by science fiction, movies, books. But where are the robots to be seen today? You might wonder.
At Aldebaran, we’ve been making robots for the last 10 years. Programmable humanoid robots. Social robots. Robots that don’t focus on performance but rather on interacting with people. We get the feeling they are the ultimate interface. But what are they useful for? How do they work? And more importantly: why should you pay attention to them?
In this presentation, we'll invite Pepper on stage to do some demos, we’ll discuss software, hardware, sensors and emotions, we’ll share our vision about the future of robotics, and as much as we can, we’ll try to answer all the questions you have about this new species that will soon take over the world.
Speaker:
Nicolas Rigaud joined Aldebaran four years ago as a community manager, after spending 9 years in the media industry.
He is now developers advocate and manages relations with external developer communities. He’s strongly convinced that robots will change our lives in the years to come, and keep spreading the word all over the world. He's been talking at a range of events around the world (JavaOne, Devoxx, JFokus) and was awarded JavaOne RockStar in 2015.
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WednesdayJun 15 2016STEM Initiative - Be a Kid at a Club! Hands on fun and lunch.Website
We hope you enjoyed our first event and introduction to the great programs at Boys & Girls Clubs. We certainly enjoyed meeting everyone who could attend! Our next event will be June 15th at our Inukai Family Club in Hillsboro, OR from 11:30AM-1:30PM.
To mix things up, in addition to lunch and an optional Club tour, we will have stations where you can try the activities our members participate in as part of our STEM programs. Come try your hand at powering a lightbulb with a KidWind Challenge or create a video game with Scratch and CS First. Our staff will be manning the stations to answer questions you may have about our programs and how you can get involved.
Even if you attended our first event we encourage you to come and see what it’s like to be a kid in the Club!
We look forward to seeing familiar and new faces and please let us know if you have any questions.
If you would like to apply to volunteer at any Portland Boys and Girls Club, please check out our STEM and other opportunities at: http://bgcportland.org/volunteer/individual-volunteer-opportunities/
Hope to see you there!
The BGC Portland team
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Welcome to Silicon Forest!Website
Passionate About Growing Your Tech Company in Silicon Forest? Join us for a summer party!
Our region’s tech scene has its own identity, proving itself capable of supporting vibrant tech companies, raising real venture capital and asserting its place in today’s economy. It has a history of innovation with some of the large established companies that attracted tech talent in the first place, which has given way to emerging tech startups.
Whether you’re a tech company that helped to plant Silicon Forest’s first seeds, one that has relocated or is establishing new roots by opening an office here, or an emerging tech startup, join us for a summer social to meet tech companies that are choosing to move here and learn why. Connect with the resources available to tech companies here in Oregon. Let’s continue to support, engage and grow our tech community, and have some fun!
Join us on Wednesday, June 15th to meet new tech in town and hear from valuable resources to get you settled.
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Client Operations & Services Community - Third Wednesday Happy HourWebsite
Please join us for the Third Wednesday Client Operations and Services Community Happy Hour - come meet, mingle and get to know fellow tech services professionals in a casual setting on the evening of Wednesday, June 15th at 5:00 PM.
The mission of the Client Operations and Services Community is to define and deliver customer success through building relationships and leveraging technology.
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Homebrew Website Club PDXWebsite
Are you building your own website? Your own personal bot? RSS/Twitter/IRC/Slack reader? Personal publishing web app? Or some other digital magic-cloud proxy? If so, come on by and join a gathering of people with likeminded interests. Bring your friends that want to start a personal web site. Exchange information, swap ideas, talk shop, or help work on a project!
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Jr Dev MeetupWebsite
Join us at our monthly meetup for junior developers! We alternate monthly between Happy Hours and Speakers (hosted at Epicodus). For more details about upcoming and past gatherings, check out http://www.meetup.com/Portland-JR-DEVELOPER-Meetup/.
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OSGeo-PDX monthly meeting
WebsiteThis month our topic is led by Our invited guest will be Anatoly Geyfman who'll be talking to us about working with PostGIS and rendering from it with D3.js. This meet up we will cover setting up PostGIS, setting up a vector tile API, serving statistical data, and rendering it with D3.
In addition to Anatoly's talk, there are plenty of other items to share:
- Report back from FOSS4GNA
- Local OpenStreetMap activities (Trimet and elsewhere)
- Open Source Bridge participation
- Pedalpalooza planning
As always there will be Pizza! and feel free to BYOB.
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Info Session: How to Launch A New Coding Career in Less Than 6 MonthsWebsite
Considering a career in coding, but wondering how exactly you'll get there and what your job prospects will be once you're trained up?
At this event, hear from Code Fellows alumni, instructors and staff on how Code Fellows helps you launch your new career as a software developer. We'll have pizza, beverages and plenty of time to answer any and all questions you have about the Code Fellows formula for success.
RSVP; space is limited.
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So You Want to Build a Web Team–
FINEWebsiteWhen I got my job at Liquid, I was brought on with the task of building a web team from the ground up. When I looked for advice on how to accomplish this, there wasn’t a lot out there. Really, I was flying blind and had to hit the ground running if this was ever going to work.
Over the past 8 months, this humbling, rewarding experience has taught me a lot about what it is to be a better developer, a better leader and overall, a better person.
My goal today, is to share this experience and hopefully help people that are in a similar boat, whether its building your own team, improving your existing team, or simply becoming a better employee.
Join me as I share some anecdotal advice and stories from these past few months about my journey.
Our Presenter, Drew Parroccini
Drew is a seasoned web developer and recent transplant from Pittsburgh, PA. Focusing mostly on front end development, Drew has been building on the web for the last twelve years. Currently, he is the senior developer for Liquid Agency and on his off days, can be found in the woods with his lovely wife and their two great danes.
Our venue, FINE
Thanks to FINE for hosting us this month! FINE is located at 1140 SW 11th Ave, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97205.
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AgilePDX: Gender and Agile Teams. Is There a Problem Here?Website
In September of 2016 the Agile Alliance held a community Open Space meeting in Portland and one of our community facilitated a topic on Agile as a context for improved workplace experience for women. Twelve to fifteen people attended her topic—and split pro and con right down the middle with men and women on both sides. Over the last few months, software-related Meetups all over Portland have held discussions focused on women in STEM and women in software development. Now AgilePDX invites you into an Agile-focused discussion on gender dynamics on Agile teams.
What do you think? Has Agile improved, hindered, or left the issue of gender dynamics completely untouched? Does self-organization mean women have more of a voice? When men and women speak up about gender dynamics on teams is anyone left out? What about “gamergate?” Do the Agile Manifesto and Principles imply anything about gender dynamics on teams? And, if so, what is that? Or, is there something additional in the Agile “secret sauce” that improves (or hinders) how men and women work and play together on Agile teams? Would you want your son or daughter on an Agile team?
This month, AgilePDX gathers a panel of two men and two women to consider the state of Agile and gender diversity.
To follow the conversation before the event, join the AgilePDX Slack.
Panelists:
Megan Bigelow -- a connector and tech community leader, having co-founded Portland Women in Tech (PDXWIT) and continues to serve as its President. In this role she's created a platform to connect tech women to companies, mentors and practical skills. PDXWIT is 2000 strong and includes the support of 30+ tech companies. Above all, Megan has a commitment to building community to solve issues. In her day job, she is the Manager of Customer Support at Jama Software.
Erick Banks -- Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer at Puppet. Hosted the discussion on gender inequality in tech at Agile Open Northwest (http://aonw2015.blogspot.com/2015/02/gender-inequality-in-tech.html). My first degree was in physics, my second in computer science, two of the most male-dominated majors. Incidentally I'm single. Interested in gender equality at work largely for selfish reasons. My hope is for my nieces to feel comfortable entering technical fields like mine without the burden of those fields being so gender imbalanced. I try to keep current on issues concerning gender in the workplace by reading (preferably data driven) articles online, a collection of some of them can be found here: https://github.com/ThoughtCrhyme/TechAndGender
Matt Plavcan -- an Agile and Technical Practices Coach with Intel’s Emergent Systems team. He assists teams within the company adopt Agile practices and build their technical capabilities. His career includes verification of desktop microprocessors and teaching Intel architecture at the University of Illinois. Matt is the founder of the Code Dojo and Coderetreat program at Intel, which uses dedicated practice to hone professional programming skills. He runs similar events for the Portland community, and is a coordinator for the 2016 Global Day of Coderetreat. He posts his coaching and development musings on Twitter (@mplavcan)
Kathryn Gruenefeldt -- Sr. Director of Backend Engineering at Simple, where she leads the team focused on services that reliably manage customers' financial transactions and adds homegrown Simple goodness on top, such as Goals and Safe-to-Spend. Simple is a technology company that’s changing the way people bank and think about their money. Kathryn has spent over 20 years in variety of engineering roles, ranging from Database and Middleware development to Healthcare and Energy Conservation applications. Kathryn has a BA in Computer Science, Finance, and Management from University of Oregon, and a MS degree in Computer Science from University of California, Davis.
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Emacs Hack NightWebsite
Tonight, our Emacs Hangout will feature a Hack Night, where we can all get together and hack on new or existing projects that members bring. Not sure what this may entail? Check out these initial thoughts on the subject, and post your responses on the Meetup site or Google Groups mailing list.
If you have a little or big project or problem you'd like to solve, bring it for a bit of hackery and fun.
Hope to see you all there!
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ThursdayJun 16 2016Certified Scaled Agilist - SAFe Agilist Certification Programthrough
World Trade CenterWebsiteThe SAFe® Agilist certification program is for executives, managers and Agile change agents responsible for leading a Lean-Agile change initiative in a large software enterprise. It validates their knowledge in applying the Scaled Agile Framework, lean thinking, and product development flow principles in an enterprise context so they can lead the adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework.
This Leading SAFe® workshop will show you how to deliver large projects with multiple teams and how Agile works at the portfolio and program levels.
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Entering International Markets from an HR PerspectiveWebsite
Working as an international HR professional is a challenge in so many ways. How can you best prepare for success in your role? Our international HR colleagues are willing to share their ideas and experiences with you and answer any questions you may have. This is a great opportunity to collaborate and create HR contacts around the world.
The TAO HR Committee is excited to bring together a panel of international HR leaders to discuss the opportunties and challenges we face when expanding into global markets. This event will include a panel presentation with topics such as:
-How to Hire Internationally -Employment Contracts -Benefits -Labor Law -Culture
The event will also include time to connect individually to explore questions for those curious about entering into EMEA, APAC and India.
This has been one of the top requested topics by HR leaders/practitioners in both large and small organizations so we hope you are able to attend!
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SaturdayJun 18 2016Programming Languages I've Been Meaning To Try But Haven't Gotten Around To Yet–
SimpleWebsitePLIBMTTBHGATY is a lightly-structured party where people get together and work on a project in a new programming language, either with or just near each other. Thanks to Simple and Thoughtbot for co-sponsoring!
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EAST Knowledge - Replace Your File Cabinet with Mayan EDMS
WebsiteEAST Knowledge is excited to host James Richey for our eighth meeting. Join us for James' talk sharing what he's learned about Mayan EDMS. There will be an interactive demonstration, so bring your laptops! All are welcome!
What: Replace Your File Cabinet with Mayan EDMS Who: James Richey Where Large Meeting Room at the Gresham Library When: 10:30am-Noon, Saturday, June 18th, 2016 Why: Sharing what we know Mayan EDMS is a free open source electronic document management system suitable for the home or office. It has powerful search and automatic categorization functionality. If you have you ever been frustrated while trying to locate an important document, been overwhelmed from attempting to organize a large stack of papers, or want to preserve your documents in digital form, you'll want to learn more about Mayan EDMS. James will:
- Give an overview of Mayan EDMS and the problems it solves
- Explain the key concepts such as metadata, document types, and indexes
- Show how to import documents
- Explore ways to quickly locate documents
- Demonstrate Mayan EDMS with a live, interactive demo
- Describe how to install and administer the software
Come and learn something new! We hope to see you there!
Join us for lunch after!
We're going to try something different for this meeting. After the talk, anybody who is interested can join us for lunch at Blondie's Pizza, which is a couple of blocks from the library. The last time I was there, they had a $6 lunch special for a salad and a slice of pizza. Blondie's is next to Jazzy Bagels on 112 N Main Ave (map).
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Open Source Bridge Planning Meeting / Work Sprint–
TBDCome join us to work on Open Source Bridge 2016! Help us finish the last minute prep for June 21-24! Contact [email protected] for more information.
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SundayJun 19 2016PLUG Linux ClinicWebsite
The Linux Clinic meets once a month on the third Sunday from 1 - 5 pm at Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland, 97214.
Bring your Linux computer that is being a brat and we'll teach it some manners. Or bring your computer that has some evil operating system on it and we'll send it home with a shiny, clean Linux distro. Or just come and look over shoulders to see what Linux is all about.
If you already know Linux well, the Clinic is also a good place to learn how to help users troubleshoot problems. It's excellent training for tech support work in Linux.
We have monitors, mice, keyboards, and miscellanous other perifpherals, so generally all you need to bring is the box.
There will also be coffee and people usually bring munchies as well. After all, you can't do computers on an empty tummy.
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MondayJun 20 2016NewTech PDX - JuneWebsite
Join us for NewTech PDX on the 3rd Monday of every month. Portland has one of the most vibrant tech communities in the country, and the more we support our tech ecosystem, the more we'll all experience and create together!
Join us to learn about the cool and amazing technologies being developed by Portland companies. Event volunteers are welcome! Let us know if you'd like to volunteer.
Entry to the meetup is $10 online, or $20 at the door.
Agenda
5:30pm - Doors Open / Buffet / Drinks / Get to know your community
7:00pm - Event Begins!Community Announcements: Events, Jobs, etc. (20 seconds/ea)
Pres. #1: Ganesh Shankar of RFPIO
- Pres. #2: Joe Montaño of JoLoMo Hardware
- Pres. #3: Tim Wetzel of Big Mouth Water Purifier
- Pres. #4: Jeffrey Kleiss of Rela Chat
- Pres. #5: Greg Clark & Erik Gordon of Storybulbs
8:30pm - After-Party at Hair of the Dog (SE Yamhill and Water)
Tickets at: https://impactflow.com/event/newtech-pdx-june-298
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Monday Python Flying Circus (Programmer Peer Mentoring Night)Website
Bring your laptop. Learn and/or share your existing knowledge with others. This group focuses on Python, Django, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, CSS and HTML. Other languages are welcome.
This week we will do introductions and then pair up mentors and learners and/or work on projects.
Set aside one night a week to become a better developer, pick up new skills, and get help with your projects and learning. We'll have mentors on hand and a community of other learners to meet and work with.
This event is beginner friendly, we can help get you started with programming, support your online learning, or just talk about where you are at and what comes next.
Free parking! Save this number in case you need help finding us: (541)[masked] We are at 2626 SW Corbett Ave, two buildings down from the Portland State Business Accelerator, and near the International School. More Directions below.
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Dispatches from the Data Frontier: Hack Oregon Demo NightWebsite
DEMO DAY 2016
Hack Oregon has been hard at work since February using data to find insight on important topics facing our state. We've had over 100 volunteers contribute over 10,000 man hours to bring you one night of data-driven wonderment!
Join us as we unleash a new set of open data projects that will change the way you see Oregon.
Project Teasers
"Oregon Hunger Equation"
Food InsecurityYear after year, Oregon has one of the highest reported rates of food insecurity in the country. If you ask the question, "Who's hungry?":
The answer is kids.
The data is clear, but the reality is hard. We've made a dynamic program to explore systemic causes of hunger at home by placing a special focus on resources available to families with young children including regional cost of living, state benefit programs, and inequalities local schools districts.
"Behind the Curtain”
Campaign FinanceWe're lifting the veil off election politics with a fascinating high-level view of influence and money in Oregon's election cycles.
Hack Oregon has the only machine readable database for local campaign finance in the country, and we've learned that influence is as much about relationships as it about dollars. And at the local level, your vote matters A LOT.
This year, we've added new meta-data to reveal effects of industry buy-in and individual patronage during an election cycle... with a few surprises. Unlock the real story behind politics and feel ultra-empowered as a voter this November.
“Plot PDX”
Urban DevelopmentData can tell us a lot about our neighborhoods. At a time when Portland is experiencing rapid growth and change, it's more important than ever that all communities have equal access to information that can inform decisions about the future of our city.
We're giving the community access to a range of data which has never been available on one platform. Explore Portland's neighborhoods as you've never seen them before, on topics that you care about, like demolitions, crime, and the rising cost of rent.
“Crop Compass"
AgricultureIn the Pacific Northwest, we live in one of the most rich biospheres in the world, with global demand for Oregon grown products. We have the ability to produce a wide range of food in Oregon, but we're far from self-sustaining.
How much of our regional vitality is retained inside of Oregon, and how much do we ship out? How do our economic and environmental factors work together to shape our food system? We've created a tool that gives insight into multi-dimensional patterns across land use, crop diversity, subsidies, seasonality, and import/export trends to help understand more about the mechanics of how food gets from farm to table.
"Programming to Progress"
EducationAcross Oregon, some schools are lucky enough to have free or low-cost summer school programming and/or after school programming--- and the playing field is not level.
How much of a difference does after school and summer school programming make for early literacy, attendance, and future academic success of students? Hack Oregon has the first aggregate statewide analysis of the link between performance and expanded programming, with some surprising implications of region-wide impact that goes beyond the classroom.
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TuesdayJun 21 2016Open Source Bridge 2016Website
Open Source Bridge is an open source developers' and makers' conference, focused on bringing people from a range of technology backgrounds together to share our knowledge and explore what it means to be an open source citizen.
Find out more at http://opensourcebridge.org/
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PDX Women in Tech (PDXWIT) Happy Hour Networking Event–
VadioWebsiteJoin us for happy hour at Vadio! Come network and have fun! We will have a short segment at 5:30, which includes:
Introduction to Vadio
Hear from our Entrepreneur Spotlight Kathryn Brown from Scout Savvy
Lightning talk from Angela Kienholz called "The candid truth about entrepreneurship". She will give us some key insights for taking the plunge.
Make sure you say hi to Barb Stark. She is the Office Manager at Vadio! Read our June newsletter to learn more about Barb.
PDX Women in Tech exists to celebrate professional women in the Portland-metro area who work with, manage, lead or have an interest in technology. Whether you are developing event-driven, non-blocking applications in node.js or setting technology strategy for a Fortune 500 company - or anything in between - come join us!
All attendees of the event must adhere to the PDXWIT Code of Conduct.
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Dust Off Your Brand StrategyWebsite
Nearly every marketer has been through a rigorous brand or rebrand exercise. We invest hours, weeks, and months conducting interviews, brainstorming which car or dog breeed or luxury brand we relate to most closely. Posters and detailed pwer points are made and distributed and the work pays off, for a while...
Frequent use fades into a quick glance and, after a few months have passed, the posters end up out of sight and out of mind. Despite the time and effort invested, everyone goes back to their off-brand routines and inconsistency creeps back.
Join the TAO Marketing Committee as we host a panel of brand strategy experts and cover practical ways to keep the momentum going long after your branding project is complete.
On Tuesday, June 21st a panel of Oregon's tech marketing leaders who will share real-world stories and advice from the school of hard knocks. All attendees are encouraged to engage in the conversation, share experiences, and seek answers to their questions in this interactive event.
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OWASP: Add TAL, improve a threat model!–
WebMDWebsiteAdd TAL, improve a threat model!
To improve your (threat) modeling career, you need a better (threat) agent (library)! Threat modeling is a process for capturing, organizing, and analyzing the security of a system based on the perspective of a threat agent. Threat modeling enables informed decision-making about application security risk. In addition to producing a model, typical threat modeling efforts also produce a prioritized list of security improvements to the concept, requirements, design, or implementation. In 2009, OWASP posted wiki pages on threat modeling. Although there was the start of a section on threat agents, it has yet to be completed.
Intel developed a unique standardized threat agent library (TAL) that provides a consistent, up-to-date reference describing the human agents that pose threats to IT systems and other information assets. Instead of picking threat agents based on vendor recommendations and space requirements in Powerpoint, the TAL produces a repeatable, yet flexible enough for a range of risk assessment uses. We will cover both the TAL, the Threat Agent Risk Assessment (TARA), how they can be used to improve threat modeling.
Speaker
Eric Jernigan
Information Security Architect
Umpqua Bank
Eric Jernigan is an Information Security Architect at Umpqua Bank and focuses on risk assessment, Secure project support, information security governance, and security awareness. Prior to this, Eric He has also served as an information security manager and adjunct instructor at PCC. He has also served as an active duty Information Warfare Analyst in the Air National Guard in support of NORTHCOM/NORAD. He has almost twenty years of intelligence, counter-terrorism, Information warfare, information security, and compliance experience. His current professional certifications include CISM, CRISC, and CISSP, so love him. A staunch privacy advocate, he hates Facebook.
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Meetings are free and open to the public.
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Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics
WebsitePortland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics
Topic to be announced!
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WednesdayJun 22 2016OEN Entrepreneurial Summit 2016: True Grit – The Power of PerseveranceWebsite
What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? Innovation, talent, a touch of crazy – all of these are important ingredients. But the least celebrated, and arguably most important, is true grit. On Wednesday, June 22, eight successful local entrepreneurs will their their stories of perseverance, including how they overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles, where they stumbled, and what they learned along the way.
Speakers include: - Monica Enand, Zapproved - Bertony Faustin, Abbey Creek Vineyard & Winery - Cody White, Spaceview - Michael Morrow, Nutcase Helmets - Mindee Hardin, Boogie Wipes - Brian Chaney, Korkers - Janelle Isaacson, Living Room Realty
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Learn about Reactive Libraries!Website
Using Michael Stanis' talk "Why You Should Be Building Better Mobile Apps with Reactive Programming" as a springboard, we will walk through the principles of Reactive .NET extensions and how they can be used in mobile apps.
We will be ordering pizza! Mmmmm pizza...
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ThursdayJun 23 2016IoTReX: Functional Reactive Programming & HardwareWebsite
Agenda
6:30 Arrive and Networking
6:45 Show and Tell
What have you been working on since the last meetup? Come and share what you've done. No project too small. A blinking LED is awesome!
7:15 Talk - IoTReX: Functional Reactive Programming & Hardware - Sam Julien
Description: In March, Lyza gave us an introduction to johnny-five and Firmata, which opens the door to using virtually any JavaScript technology out there with our microcontrollers. Now we’re going to see how socket.io and RxJS can be used to read, manipulate, and visualize your analog data in real time - even wirelessly! This talk will cover setting up the platform, an introduction to functional reactive programming and RxJS, and some examples of what you can do with this powerful library.Speaker Bio: Sam Julien is a developer, musician, and all-around adventurer. When not working in C# and JavaScript for Energy Trust of Oregon or tinkering on hardware, you’ll probably find him blacksmithing, woodworking, hiking, or learning wilderness survival skills.
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