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SundaySep 17 2017Festival of NationsWebsite
The annual Festival of Nations by the Division Midway Alliance is back! Taking place at Dukes Bar & Grill on 146th & Division September 17th from 11:00am-5:00pm. We'd like to invite you, our neighbors, community members, family and friends to celebrate our wonderful community as a whole. In addition, we'd love to have you share a little bit of your culture by becoming a vendor or entertainer! (Info below on these opportunities).
EVENT FEATURES: Live Music & Performances Taste of the Nations’ tent which offers delicious ethnic foods! Over 50 Unique Vendors Huge Model Train Exhibit And More! There's something for everyone!
Tomorrow
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MondaySep 18 2017Web Animation Workshop: Web Animation 0 to 60: CSS, JavaScript, and SVG Essentialsthrough
Alchemy Code LabWebsiteThis workshop will get you up and running with web animation in less time than it would take to read all the tutorials you have bookmarked. Over two days, you’ll go from beginner or novice web animatior to having expert level knowledge of the current web animation landscape. You’ll get an in-depth look at animating with CSS, JavaScript, and SVG through hands-on exercises and learn the most efficient workflows for each. Learn how to make your product or project standout from the competition with performant, effective, and well designed animation.
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Marketing Loves Salesthrough
The Leftbank AnnexWebsiteMarketing Loves Sales is the only event where marketers can focus entirely on generating, developing, and closing marketing-led opportunities. Generate more revenue, refocus on sales, and learn from other B2B marketers. The two-day event, hosted at the beautiful Leftbank Annex in downtown Portland, brings together the top B2B marketing minds and thought leaders to share how marketing departments can better coordinate with Sales and drive revenue. Marketing Loves Sales 2017 will focus on Event Marketing, Landing Page Optimization, Sales Development, Programmatic and Social, and Search. Join us in discovering what strategies and tactics most effectively drive revenue.
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Marketing Loves Salesthrough
The Leftbank AnnexWebsiteMarketing Loves Sales is the only event where marketers can focus entirely on generating, developing, and closing marketing-led opportunities. Generate more revenue, refocus on sales, and learn from other B2B marketers. The two-day event, hosted at the beautiful Leftbank Annex in downtown Portland, brings together the top B2B marketing minds and thought leaders to share how marketing departments can better coordinate with Sales and drive revenue. Marketing Loves Sales 2017 will focus on Event Marketing, Landing Page Optimization, Sales Development, Programmatic and Social, and Search. Join us in discovering what strategies and tactics most effectively drive revenue.
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Tech Academy Portland Meetup - Free One-Day Course on Introduction to Web Design with HTML & CSS - 9/18Website
Have you ever wondered whether you'd enjoy computer programming?
The Tech Academy is offering a free one-day course on Introduction to web design with HTML & CSS. These languages are used to develop the structure and styling of every website.
This course is perfect for people with little or no experience in programming who are considering a career in software development. This way, you can find out ahead of time whether you enjoy the actual work of programming computers. A computer programmer does a lot more than just write code, but coding is the most important part of the job.
Please make sure to bring your laptop, as this will be a hands on learning process where you get to code.
Details
Dates: Monday, September 18
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Classroom will open at 9:15 a.m.)
RSVP: An RSVP is needed to guarantee a seat in the class, though we tend to have a few open seats for last minute attendees
Location: 13306 NW Cornell Road Portland, Oregon 97229
(Located on second floor above Foot Traffic running store)Parking:
There is plenty of parking in the overfill lot behind the building, just off of Dale street. Please do not park in the main parking lot, so we can be good neighbors for the other businesses in the complex. There is no fee for parking.
TriMet:
Our recommendation on public transit if you are coming from downtown Portland: Take the MAX Blue Line or Red Line train to Sunset Transit center. There, catch the Bus 48 or Bus 62 which can drop you off right in front of the school.
Please Note:
• We will take a 45 minute lunch at approximately 12 p.m.
• There is no refrigerator at this location, but there is a microwave to heat up a lunch.
• There are number of eating establishments within walking distance where you can grab a quick bite.
• Space is limited to ensure we can provide the best experience.
• If something comes up after you sign up such that you are unable to attend, please change your status. This will allow others to sign up.
For questions, please email [masked]
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TAO Talks: Marketing Loves SalesWebsite
What is TAO Talks? TAO Talks is 5-minutes of stage time where local people share their personal or professional passion. Local, global, social and thought-provoking, TAO Talks provides an opportunity to get onstage and inspire others with an idea and a timed slide deck to prove it. This TAO Talk is focused on marketing, business development and sales. This topic theme is not welcoming sales pitches to the floor, but bringing unique ideas related to lead gen, branding, or anything else your marketing brain can create for a compelling 5 minutes on stage.
Speaker / Proposal Information TAO Talks: Marketing Loves Sales draws a diverse crowd of marketers, sales and business development execs, entrepreneurs, consultants and business professionals. The promise of new ideas and exciting solutions to difficult problems brings everyone together.
Proposals should include a brief written synopsis of your presentation and a brief bio about yourself. Show and tell something cool you've invented or found - no sales pitches please! Challenge us, inspire us, and show us how your idea can transform marketing!
Applications Submissions are now closed. Proposals are being reviewed by the TAO Talks: Marketing Loves Sales team. Everyone who submitted a proposal will be notified on the status of their application by August 22nd.
Why attend TAO Talks: Marketing Loves Sales? As an attendee you'll learn about emerging, innovative, unconventional, inspiring, locally-sourced concepts and tools, and connect with a diverse and passionate crowd of like-minded marketing enthusiasts. Most of all, you will have fun!
Register for this session here.
Tickets for the two day conference, Marketing Loves Sales, are available here. A 50% discount code is available for newsletter subscribers, sign up here today!
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NewTech PDX - CIVIC Tech - September 18thWebsite
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 event is $10 - $20 online, or $25 at the door: Buy Tickets
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: Travis Kriplean of Consider.it
- Pres. #2: Max Ogden of Dat Project
- Pres. #3: William Henderson of Ride Report
- Pres. #4: City of Portland on CIVIC
8:30pm - After-Party at the Portland City Grill (on the 30th Floor)
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OWASP: Crypto 101 - Part 1Website
The media keeps talking about this Cryptography thing. Information Security teams pressure internal operations and development, as well as, vendors to support encrypted data and transport.How can we responsibly implement cryptography in our projects?
In the first of a 2-part series, we will discuss major types of encryption, including symmetric, asymmetric and hashing. We will cover the simple principles behind symmetric encryption, then lightly touch modern asymmetric functions, without the math! We will also cover certificate usage.
After our talk, you will understand the difference between AES, RSA and SHA. You will also understand how the web uses encryption and certificates to keep our transactions secure.
The second part of the series presented by Tim Morgan, will focus on, SSL/TLS's PKI, certificate validation, how basic crypto goes wrong (lacking integrity protection, padding oracle attacks, weak password hashes, etc), and explore what safe cryptographic libraries are out there and how to use them.
SPEAKER: Brian Ventura
Brian is a SANS Instructor and works locally for the City of Portland as an Information Security Architect. Brian co-teaches a PCC course this fall, focused on preparing for the CISSP certification.
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Portland's Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays - Privacy, Risk, and ResponseWebsite
What exactly is privacy? Do we have a right to privacy, and if so, what can we do to exercise it? Do we even need to worry about privacy, and how much should we be concerned?
Join us this month for a discussion of these topics and more with Russell Mickler, a local technology consultant. He’ll describe the current legal state of electronic privacy in America and describe the legal, technical, and behavioral responses that we can take as individuals to protect the confidentiality of our private information.
This presentation includes a privacy self-assessment and scoring tool to help you tailor your response to privacy and will set up the conversation on privacy strategies and safeguards to extend into future TA3M sessions.
During this discussion, we’ll talk about:
the definition of privacy
our response to privacy
risk assessment and response
Program:
6:00 pm - Doors
6:15 pm - Presentation / discussion
7:15 pm - Q & A / networking
We'll have snacks, and there will be an opportunity for networking following the talk. We hope to see you there!
Speaker bio:
Russell Mickler, Principal Consultant, has been leading IT organizations since 1996; he has helped hundreds of small businesses use technology better as a private consultant since 2003. During the 1990's, Mickler earned certifications in the Microsoft NT, Windows, and Novell Netware platforms. After earning his Master’s Degree in Technology in 2000, Mickler earned his Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification in 2004. As a published technical author, Mickler teaches for universities across the country.
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PdxDevOpsWebsite
Join us for the October meeting of PdxDevOps.
Agenda:
Speakers: TBH
pdxdevops is a Portland, Oregon user group that explores the glorious intersection of software development and systems operations, and shares practical advice on working effectively in an era of agile infrastructure, server automation and cloud computing. The group welcomes participants interested in any related products, technologies and methodologies. The group has been meeting regularly since August 2010 for presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. Every month 15-35 people come together to share their knowledge, projects and enthusiasm for devops – join us!
Next two weeks
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MondaySep 18 2017Web Animation Workshop: Web Animation 0 to 60: CSS, JavaScript, and SVG Essentialsthrough
Alchemy Code LabWebsiteThis workshop will get you up and running with web animation in less time than it would take to read all the tutorials you have bookmarked. Over two days, you’ll go from beginner or novice web animatior to having expert level knowledge of the current web animation landscape. You’ll get an in-depth look at animating with CSS, JavaScript, and SVG through hands-on exercises and learn the most efficient workflows for each. Learn how to make your product or project standout from the competition with performant, effective, and well designed animation.
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Marketing Loves Salesthrough
The Leftbank AnnexWebsiteMarketing Loves Sales is the only event where marketers can focus entirely on generating, developing, and closing marketing-led opportunities. Generate more revenue, refocus on sales, and learn from other B2B marketers. The two-day event, hosted at the beautiful Leftbank Annex in downtown Portland, brings together the top B2B marketing minds and thought leaders to share how marketing departments can better coordinate with Sales and drive revenue. Marketing Loves Sales 2017 will focus on Event Marketing, Landing Page Optimization, Sales Development, Programmatic and Social, and Search. Join us in discovering what strategies and tactics most effectively drive revenue.
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Marketing Loves Salesthrough
The Leftbank AnnexWebsiteMarketing Loves Sales is the only event where marketers can focus entirely on generating, developing, and closing marketing-led opportunities. Generate more revenue, refocus on sales, and learn from other B2B marketers. The two-day event, hosted at the beautiful Leftbank Annex in downtown Portland, brings together the top B2B marketing minds and thought leaders to share how marketing departments can better coordinate with Sales and drive revenue. Marketing Loves Sales 2017 will focus on Event Marketing, Landing Page Optimization, Sales Development, Programmatic and Social, and Search. Join us in discovering what strategies and tactics most effectively drive revenue.
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TuesdaySep 19 2017Getting Started with Power BI @ Office 365 PDXWebsite
Is your organization looking at Power BI? This is a free end-user training on how to use Power BI.
Bring your laptop to this hands-on tutorial on Microsoft Power BI. At this meeting of Office 365 PDX we’ll be talking about how end-users can get to work with Power BI. This class is all about the end-user experience and how contemporary businesses will be utilizing this analytics tool. We will dive into analytics, viewing dashboards, reports, understanding natural language query, and the other cool features. No prior experience with Power BI is necessary, this session is not very technical, and we’ll be handing out log-in information to get you hands-on in a pre-built environment. Just bring a modern laptop with wifi and an up-to-date web browser.
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PDX Women In Tech Happy Hour Networking EventWebsite
***Registration through Eventbrite is required to avoid having to manually check-in at the event***
Join us for happy hour at Airbnb on September 19th.
PDXWIT exists as a way to encourage, support and empower women in the Portland tech community. One way to feel empowered is to get comfortable being brave and bold. This is so important that we’ve made it the theme of this event. The conversation starter “Which country would you move to tomorrow if you knew you had a job there?” will give you a chance to engage in a thought experiment wherein you take a huge personal leap.
While the event is primarily intended for networking, we will have a short segment at 5:30 to share important announcements and showcase three women in our community.
᛫ Introduction to Airbnb, including what they do and what job opportunities are available.
᛫ Deena Anreise, Senior Marketing Manager at Prialto, will tell us how to use your gut to make a major career change.
᛫ Kathy Lee, Software Developer, will talk about why she started speaking publicly and why you should, too.
During the event, we’ll have more to do than free-form networking:
᛫ An Activity Table where people can get creative. This is a fantastic way to meet others if large groups are not your thing. If you have trouble finding it, look for Meg Aul, our Event Activities Director.
᛫ Table Topics to help break the ice. ᛫ A section for job seekers and those hiring, to ensure people get connected.
Event FAQ
Q: What is the parking situation?
A: Limited street parking
Q: Is there secure bike parking?
A: Not available for public use
Q: Should I consider using public transportation?
A: Yes!
Q: What I can expect at check-in?
A: In addition to PDX WIT check-in through Eventbrite, Airbnb requires everyone to sign-in and wear their name tags. Name tags will be printed in-advance for early registrants as well as onsite.
PDXWIT is a community-based non-profit organization. Our purpose is to strengthen the Portland women in tech community by offering educational programs, partnerships, mentorships, resources and opportunities. We are unifying a supportive environment for current and potential women in tech, all of whom are committed to helping each other. Our goal is to bring together and empower women in tech and to encourage others to pursue tech careers. This is our step towards reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the current negative effects of that imbalance on women.
Trans and non-binary people are always welcome at our events.
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AMA-PDX's 10th annual MAX AwardsWebsite
AMA-PDX's 10th annual MAX Awards
AMA-PDX's Annual Marketing Excellence (MAX) Awards is their largest event of the year. It honors the hard work, excellent campaigns and all-star marketing strategy produced in Oregon and celebrates the amazing marketing talent behind it.
Part award ceremony, part networking and marketing celebration, the 2017 MAX awards will be September 19th, 2017 at Revolution Hall. AMA-PDX is now accepting submissions for 12 different marketing categories. All SEMpdx members can submit at our membership price and save $20 when you submit before July 30th!
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Yworkshop with Molly LindquistWebsite
Molly Lindquist is a founder of Consano.org, a medical research crowdfunding platform. Molly is going to share her personal journey of founding Consano, how the breast cancer diagnosis became a call-to-action, how she was able to channel her experience into something positive, became a social innovator and much more. And most importantly she'll share lessons learned along the way for you to get movin’ on your own business dreams. Molly was named a 2014 Knowledge Networks Rising Star by Portland Monthly magazine, a 2014 Orchid Award Winner and a 2015 “40 Under 40” award recipient by the Portland Business Journal and a 2015 Honoree of “the one hundred.”
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Your Jobs Are Safe: Rebutting the Jobless Future Freakout–
EpicodusWebsiteI (Epicodus's founder, Michael) am going to give a talk at Epicodus's Portland office on Tuesday, September 19, from 6-7pm called "Your Jobs Are Safe: Rebutting the Jobless Future Freakout". I've heard and read a lot of concern in the tech industry and more broadly that technology and automation threaten to leave our world with very few jobs and massive inequality. I'll explore the history of massive technology shifts and their impacts on jobs, the current situation of automation and people-replacement, and what the future might hold. I hope you can make it!
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JavaScript and the Internet of Things Meetup - Hack Amazon Dash Buttons with Node.js–
eBayWebsiteNew Location!
We're now at eBay!
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 Hack Amazon Dash Buttons with Node.js - Andrew Chalkley
Amazon Dash buttons are used to reorder common items on Amazon. But what if you could use these buttons to do anything!? Learn how to use Node.js to sniff out button presses on an Amazon Dash button and use it to invoke any action!
Andrew Chalkley is a Full Stack Software Architect at eBay, co-host of That Maker Show and project lead of thingsSDK. He also helps organize the JavaScript and Internet of Things Meetup!
8:00 Networking
Community Links
Join the conversation in the JS IoT Slack Channel!
Contribute to the JSoT Glossary!
Attendees, sponsors and speakers agree to abide by the code of conduct.
A huge thanks to eBay for the venue and providing food!
The eBay logo is a trademark of eBay Inc. Used with permission.
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Portland ReasonMLWebsite
Monthly meeting for Portland ReasonML.
Portland ReasonML is a group is for any software developer who is interested in learning about Reason, want to show off something they've done, or want to meet like-minded people.
We will cover a variety of topics — from how to compile native apps, JavaScript compilation with BuckleScript, how to write a React or React Native app with ReasonML, how ReasonML relates to OCaml, all the way to Unikernels with MirageOS.
Food and drink will be provided.
If you're interested in presenting at this or at a future meetup, please email [email protected]
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Portland Java User Group (PJUG)Website
Chris Hansen will be presenting an early version of a talk "It’s Good to Have (JVM) Options" he will be delivering at the JavaOne technology conference in October. Chris has organized technology events for youth in Portland and is a product manager for New Relic's Java agent.
Abstract:
The Oracle HotSpot JVM has hundreds of command-line options for tuning performance for your particular application and workload. Which ones are the most useful and the most commonly used, and which are misused? New Relic monitors more than half a million JVMs. In addition to providing runtime performance data, the New Relic Java Agent reports JVM command-line options. By looking at anonymous JVM configuration data, we can draw out interesting patterns and trends. This presentation walks through some of the most commonly used JVM options and some cases in which certain combinations may have unintended consequences. You’ll come away with a better idea of when to use an option and when JVM defaults may be the best choice.
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Portland Java User Group (PJUG)Website
Chris Hansen will be presenting an early version of a talk "It’s Good to Have (JVM) Options" he will be delivering at the JavaOne technology conference in October. Chris has organized technology events for youth in Portland and is a product manager for New Relic's Java agent.
Abstract:
The Oracle HotSpot JVM has hundreds of command-line options for tuning performance for your particular application and workload. Which ones are the most useful and the most commonly used, and which are misused? New Relic monitors more than half a million JVMs. In addition to providing runtime performance data, the New Relic Java Agent reports JVM command-line options. By looking at anonymous JVM configuration data, we can draw out interesting patterns and trends. This presentation walks through some of the most commonly used JVM options and some cases in which certain combinations may have unintended consequences. You’ll come away with a better idea of when to use an option and when JVM defaults may be the best choice.
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WednesdaySep 20 2017SharePoint 2013 REST APIs and JQuery @ Portland SharePoint User GgroupWebsite
SharePoint 2013 introduced many enhancements to the web-based APIs, in fact most of the functionality that is surfaced in the browser is utilizing these APIs under the hood. This workshop will dive into some possibilities for calling these APIs from JavaScript/JQuery. Example: viewing/inserting/editing list items, checking membership of a permission group, viewing user profile data, or starting a workflow.
Audience Level: Medium-to-Advanced Developer
Speaker: Bob Anderson, SharePoint Team Lead at Mentor Graphics
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Refresh Portland — Tools in the UX Toolbox: Net Promoter Score–
FINEWebsiteDoors open at 5:30pm, talk starts at 6:00pm.
How can you influence and shift your organization to embrace a more customer-centered focus? This has been a question and a quest for UX professionals for years. It is a challenging road to be sure. Imagine this challenge at a huge technology company with a deep engineering culture focused on performance data. Qualitative “squishy” metrics may not be persuasive on their own. What can you do to break through and effect change?
This presentation explores how one group at Intel is using the Net Promoter Score metric to spearhead UX changes. NPS is valued by executives as a simple, easy to understand measure of customer loyalty. It can be a useful tool for your UX toolbox. Barbara will show you how Intel uses this metric as part of a UX practice.
Our Presenter, Barbara Holmes
Barbara Holmes has enjoyed a 25+ year career solving problems for clients. Barbara has worked for agencies, for herself as a sole proprietor, for startups, and client side, she is currently a Customer Insights Analyst, Information Architect, with the Intel Corporation.
From filmmaker, to instructional designer, to information architect and writer, to UX, and now a research focus, Barbara brings the needs and wishes of the customer to all her projects. At Intel she focuses on making sure her primary customers, software developers around the world, have an active voice in how we design and deliver our software products.
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PDX Engineering Managers - Please join us for the next PDX Engineering Managers Meetup!Website
Please join us for the next PDX Engineering Managers Meetup! We'll be meeting to discuss the craft of software and operations management, shipping software, and building great teams!
This meeting will have two parts:
1) Informal meet and greet (food and beverages provided by New Relic)
2) A group discussion of management topics. Topics will be selected by the group during the Meetup.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Location Details:
New Relic111 SW 5th Ave,
5th Floor
Portland, OR 97204
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PDX OSGeo Monthly meetingWebsite
Monthly meeting of the Portland open source GIS group. Projects big and small are usually presented monthly along with rousing conversation and discussion. All are welcome, no need to RSVP - our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers so bring your ideas and questions!
This month's agenda: exciting happenings in geodata, a recap of summer events and FOSS4G highlights. Special guest Ricardo Morin will talk about "Highlighting Oregon’s WildLands" (HOWL), a recap of his presentation in Boston. More information at Ricardo's blog here: http://blog.rikitraki.com/FOSS4G-update/ and in the full abstract below [1].
In addition, bring your own geo-show and tell, and come ready to share info on any fall geo-happenings that are on the horizon!
Our mailing list is here drop us a line with any questions: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo
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[1] HOWL: 3D/4D mapping and visualization of Oregon’s wildlands
The HOWL (Highlighting Oregon's WildLands) project aims to create an interactive 3D/4D mapping and visualization tool for presenting spatio-temporal information relevant to the preservation of wilderness and wildlife protection in Oregon. HOWL will be available to conservation advocates (e.g., Oregon Wild) and the general public, to improve dissemination, understanding and interpretation of multiple publicly available data sources. Candidate data sets include boundaries of current and proposed wilderness areas, wild and scenic river areas, national forests and other public lands, wildfire events, wildlife migrations, deforestation history, and satellite imagery, to name a few.
HOWL is a web application being built using CesiumJS, a powerful open source 3D mapping and visualization library, which enables incorporating not only realistic terrain modeling, but also volumetric symbols to build interactive 3D thematic maps. In addition, HOWL will leverage the temporal visualization capabilities of CesiumJS to add the 4th dimension, thus enabling dynamic playback of related past and/or predicted events. Visualizations examples include wildfire history in old growth forest areas, wildlife migration records, and deforestation chronicles.
This presentation dives into details of building HOWL by leveraging open source front-end components (e.g., CesiumJS, jQuery, Bootstrap), back-end tools (e.g., MapShaper, toGeoJson, TopoJSON, node.js) and workflows for data acquisition, transformation, and integration. The presentation addresses key design decisions, technical challenges and future developments.
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Introduction to Prism - Portland Mobile .NET Developers GroupWebsite
Prism is a framework for building loosely coupled, maintainable, and testable XAML applications in WPF, Windows 10 UWP, and Xamarin Forms. We will walk through a Xamarin.Forms example and talk about the features of this useful framework.
As always bring any mobile development ideas, discussion topic or issues so we can discuss them as a group.
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AgilePDX: Thermodynamics of Emotion–
PuppetWebsiteThe Thermodynamics of Emotion gives us a fresh view of the human behavior we see around us. The emotions we experience create the results we get as we form teams, solve problems, and struggle for equity. Through the lens of complexity science and flow system physics, we find new tools to understand and influence the patterns of emotion that create our relationships and organizations.
http://thermodynamicsofemotion.com
Willem Larsen is the founder of Language Hunters (a non-profit organization that trains communities in the techniques of accelerated learning to revitalize endangered languages), host of the Thermodynamics of Emotion Symposium, author (and co-author) of several books including the Five Rules of Accelerated Learning, a wildlife tracker and Search and Rescue tracker, and a software engineer at Hunter Industries, home of "mob" programming, where he recently designed the Mob Programming Role-Playing game to help accelerate on-boarding and support the practice at other organizations.
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Emacs Monthly Hackers GroupWebsite
This evening, Howard Abrams will kick off our new Emacs Hackery season by showing off some Emacs features for hacking Emacs Lisp…. that’s right, using Emacs to program Emacs Lisp (what a concept). This will be followed by some interesting ways to look up Emacs functions, which includes the illustrious
suggest.elproject.With our environment initialized, we’ll start to hack on a new project (a game) that uses some of the new data structure libraries that have showed up in the Emacs ecosystem lately.
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Beaverton Haskell MeetupWebsite
Bring whatever Haskell project you happen to be working on and we'll spend a couple hours helping each other with them.
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ThursdaySep 21 2017Building Maps That Work - with Sarah from TableauWebsite
DAMA welcomes Sarah Battersby, Senior Research Scientist at Tableau Software to Portland on Thursday, September 21st. She will be presenting "Cartograpghic Licence and Building Maps That Work".
Also Included: Continental Breakfast and Networking with other Data Professionals!
Registration at: https://damapdx.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/september-2017-cartographic-license-and-building-maps-that-work/
We live in a data rich world and many of the data that we encounter have a geographic link, such as a point coordinate, an address, a state, or country name. Maps are a key part of understanding geographically linked data and utilizing it in decision making. In designing maps, virtually anyone with a computer and an internet connection can be a cartographer – regardless of knowledge of principles of spatial data or visual and cartographic communication best practices. The good news about this democratization of cartography is that everyone is empowered to explore their own data with maps. The bad news is that anyone can make a map. While many map authoring tools help guide the design, it is still easy to unintentionally (or occasionally intentionally) mislead readers. The variant of the truth that we find in maps is largely driven by choices that the cartographer makes in the data collection, cleaning, analysis, and visualization process. In this presentation I consider issues of how the map designer and reader perceive mapped data and where “noise” can creep into the communication to distort the intended message.
Through the presentation, we will explore a number of data and visualization challenges that citizen (and professional) cartographers wrestle with every day. Fortunately some of the big challenges in cartography have solutions – if you know where to look. Unfortunately, some also fall in the damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t category – but you had better have the critical understanding skills needed to consider the implications either way. No map is perfect, but some are much better than others. In this talk we will look at good and bad examples, the problems and solutions, and discuss about pathways to success and enlightenment through better mapping. Or, at least we can just try to learn to stop worrying and love maps.
The presentation will be colored with a psycho-geographic perspective garnered from way too many years teaching cartography and GIS fundamentals to unsuspecting college youths, and my more recent years at a software company designing a product to help people make better decisions without requiring years of cartographic study.
About the Speaker:
Sarah Battersby is a research scientist at Tableau Software. Her primary area of focus is cartography, with an emphasis on cognition. Her work emphasizes how we can help people visualize and use spatial information more effectively. Her research has covered a variety of areas, including perception in dynamic map displays, geospatial technologies and spatial thinking abilities, and the impact of map projection on spatial cognition. She works closely with the maps development team.
Sarah earned her PhD in Geography in 2006 from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is a member of the International Cartographic Association Commission on Map Projections, and is a Past President (2015 – 2016) of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society – a society composed of educators, researchers and practitioners involved in the design, creation, use and dissemination of geographic information.
Sarah is a member of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee, a Federal Advisory Committee sponsored by the Department of the Interior under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
About DAMA Portland
The Portland Metro Chapter of the Data Administration Management Association has been serving the Portland data community since 1984. We are a not-for-profit, vendor independent, professional association dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of enterprise information and data resource management.
Our primary purpose is to promote the understanding, development and practice of managing data, information and knowledge resources as key enterprise assets.
The DAMA Portland Chapter is dedicated to delivering thought provoking data-centric presentations that will make you more successful in your job. Please join me, the rest of the DAMA board, and other fellow lovers of data at this regular chapter meeting in downtown Portland.
Thanks for your support of local Data Education, we look forward to seeing you there!
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Blockchain and BeersWebsite
Please join us for Beer and Blockchain!!
Smart contracts have the potential to change the way in which applications are built within the enterprise. From their ability to securely execute business logic, to the automation of business transactions across a blockchain network, smart contracts represent a huge opportunity for organizations deploying this technology.
Join this session to learn more about smart contracts, and their use within an enterprise/permissioned blockchain deployment
Agenda
5:30pm - 6:00pm - Registration/Networking
6:00pm - 6:45pm - Presentation
6:45pm - 7:30pm - Live Demo - Q & A
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#FullStackPDX : Critique–Website
Who are we? We are entrepreneurs, full stack engineers, hackers, continuous learners, but above all, we are a group that loves to work hard and play harder. We organize a variety of content types, and the organizing team believes in delivering the best value for time invested in our events. Companies have launched, founders paired, code taken apart, lessons learned, and more. We are not the typical meetup where a teacher like presenter stands in front of the class and delivers their message. We are a full hands on interactive experience and meetings are successful from the cumulative knowledge and expertise of all members.
Join us for something different.
Join us to learn.
Let’s have fun building our dreams.
Register for our events and buy your ticket on meetup.com
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The Neuroscience of Pleasure–
VacasaWebsiteWhy do we feel pleasure and how does pleasure work in the brain? Join us for September's Neurogeeks meetup to learn more!
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FridaySep 22 2017Devsigner Conference 2017Website
Join us in Portland, OR, for our 4th year of inspirational sessions and educational workshops, cross-pollinating our diverse community of creatives, developers and front-end engineers.
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Starting Open Source InvolvementWebsite
Interested in Open Source? Anyone can get involved, from writing documentation to writing code. Walk step-by-step with us to learn how to identify and contribute to open source projects. It could be anything from Gnome to VLC to Calagator! We’ll help you set up the system and equip you with the necessary tools. Prerequisite: Some command line experience.
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Agile PDX Westside: The Making of Great Product OwnersWebsite
As usual we gather on the 4th Friday of the month for a west side lunch discussion. The topic focuses on Product Owners:
• What makes a Product Owner great?
• What does a Product Owner do for the team?
• How can we best fulfill the intention of this role?
Share your experiences, techniques, and ideas on product ownership, allowing us to dive beyond the theoretical and documented responsibilities.
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SaturdaySep 23 2017PDXWIT Quarterly N/NE Lean Coffee GatheringWebsite
Women and other underrepresented groups in tech, particularly those who call North and Northeast Portland home, are invited to a special Lean Coffee networking event. This is a great opportunity to cross boundaries and broaden networks in a safe space. IntraEdge Technology Service & Solutions is happy to host us at Compass Coffee Roasting. If you’d like to start your Saturday off with a casual networking event, join us! The event is geared towards those who “find ourselves at the edges of the bell curve of demographics in tech fields,” as Brittany Newhouse so eloquently put it. Don’t be intimidated by the Lean Coffee format; it’s not just for Agile practitioners. It’s simply an informal way to meet and discuss what interests and affects us.
The meetup will run from 8:30-10 a.m. Be there early to make your order before we start; coffee and snacks will be provided. This event is sponsored by PDXWIT, AgilePDX and Portland Lean Coffee.
Purpose:
PDXWIT is a community-based non-profit organization. Our purpose is to strengthen the Portland women in tech community by offering educational programs, partnerships, mentorships, resources and opportunities. We are unifying a supportive environment for current and potential women in tech, all of whom are committed to helping each other. Our goal is to bring together and empower women in tech and to encourage others to pursue tech careers. This is our step towards reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the current negative effects of that imbalance on women.Trans and non-binary people are always welcome at our events.
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Data Science Python Machine Learning Open Ideas in ScienceWebsite
Do you want to learn more about API calls to Google and Better Doctor?
How about AI in Pygame?
At the end of the session, we'll brainstorm new ideas and the winner will be crowned innovator of the week!
Here's a YouTube of the session from the previous week. https://youtu.be/U5sdLYHeJgk
Join the fun!
Agenda Presenter Topic Time Everyone Introductions 1:00 - 1:10 PM Kimberely API calls - Google Maps, Better Doctor 1:10 - 1:25 PM Everyone API calls - Q&A 1:25 - 1:30 PM Garrett Pygame Games 1:30 - 1:45 PM Everyone Pygame Q&A 1:45 - 1:50 PM Everyone Brainstorm & Vote Topics 1:50 - 2:00 PM
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Equifax Q&A for the Layperson: What it means and What you can do–
PASCALOn September 7th, 2017 Equifax Inc., one of the largest three credit intelligence corporations in the world announced that it had been compromised from Mid-may through July of 2017. This breach resulted in the loss of information, including Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver's license numbers, for about 143 million people.
Join us Saturday, September 23rd for a free discussion regarding how this breach could affect you or your business, and what steps to take to limit the damage long term and protect your identity. We will field questions for a large portion of the event with the intent of better informing the community.
It is not the core intent of this event to sell any product or service, the core goal is simply to better inform local business owners and individuals.
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MondaySep 25 2017Tech Academy Portland Meetup - Free One-Day Course on Introduction to Programming with Python - 9/25–
RegusWebsiteHave you ever wondered whether you'd enjoy computer programming?
The Tech Academy is offering a free one-day course on Introduction to Programming with Python. Python is a popular computer programming language.
This course is perfect for people with little or no experience in programming who are considering a career in software development. This way, you can find out ahead of time whether you enjoy the actual work of programming computers. A computer programmer does a lot more than just write code, but coding is the most important part of the job.
Please make sure to bring your laptop, as this will be a hands on learning process where you get to code.
Details
Dates: Monday, September 25
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Classroom will open at 9:15 a.m.)
RSVP: An RSVP is needed to guarantee a seat in the class, though we tend to have a few open seats for last minute attendees
Location: 1455 NW Irving Street, Portland, Oregon
(First Floor Conference Room straight ahead as you enter)Please Note:
• We will take a 45 minute lunch at approximately 12 p.m.
• We will provide coffee and donuts.
• There are number of eating establishments within walking distance where you can grab a quick bite.
• Space is limited to ensure we can provide the best experience.
• If something comes up after you sign up such that you are unable to attend, please change your status. This will allow others to sign up.
For questions, please email [masked]
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Agile PDX - Agile Practitioners Book Club: Coaching Agile TeamsWebsite
Come join us again at Rogue Eastside for a discussion of Lyssa Adkins' great book, Coaching Agile Teams. We'll be looking at Part II of the book - and exploring the various stances a coach takes to the team , be it coach, facilitator, teacher, mentor. If you are familiar with the Agile Coaching Competency Framework from ACI, this book is the root of that. We look forward to having you at the discussion where we'll dig into the different stances a coach takes and over a pint we'll try out an exercise to learn more about the areas where we are collectively strong, and the areas we could stand to learn more about!
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TAO - Project Mgmt Lightning Talks Happy HourWebsite
Meet, mingle and learn from other People, Program and Project Managers during our lightning talks.
All registrants are invited to submit a topic, attendees will vote on topics, and three people will be asked to speak during our Happy Hour. Present an unsolved question or an inspirational answer - it's your choice. The only rules are that the topic is Project Management and you only have five minutes.
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TuesdaySep 26 2017Structure SecurityWebsite
Structure Security will highlight the best practices that security professionals are using to protect some of the world's largest companies and institutions, and examine the future of security products, services, and the threats that aim to take them down.
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PDXWIT Mentorship Program Networking EventWebsite
Please RSVP at Eventbrite
Join us for our next PDXWIT Mentorship Program Networking Event sponsored by New Relic! Whether you're already part of the program or interested to find out more, come celebrate the successes of the program and meet other individuals in the mentorship network.
Agenda
5:30 Doors open
6:15 Program beings
- Welcome address by New Relic’s Anne Buckley
- Special guest from Intel
- Desiree Sylvester will talk about both a mentor and mentee influenced her career, sticking around for a Q&A
- Mentorship spotlight on Claire Hernandez and Angela Gaffney, who will discuss how they connected outside of the mentorship program and subsequently joined
7:10 Networking
7:30 Event ends
Are you in the program and can't attend? Don't worry, this event is optional.
Haven't signed up yet? Never fear! You can still sign up and we will try to match you as soon as we have a mentor available.
PDXWIT is a community-based non-profit organization. Our purpose is to strengthen the Portland women in tech community by offering educational programs, partnerships, mentorships, resources and opportunities. We are unifying a supportive environment for current and potential women in tech, all of whom are committed to helping each other. Our goal is to bring together and empower women in tech and to encourage others to pursue tech careers. This is our step towards reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the current negative effects of that imbalance on women.
Trans and non-binary people are always welcome at our events.
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Confessions of an Entrepreneur with Jesse Rosenzweig - Co-Founder and CTO of Elemental TechnologiesWebsite
Elemental Technologies is one of Portland’s biggest start-up successes. Founded in 2006 by Sam, Brian, and Jesse, Elemental was acquired for a reported $287M nine years later by AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services company. But on the way there, they learned a lot about start-ups and would say some things worked out really well but they would have done some things differently, too. Come hear Jesse speak about lessons learned, and tell a few stories of the journey.
Jesse brings a deep background in video systems and software to AWS Elemental where he leads the software and applications developments teams. As a software applications engineer at Pixelworks, he played a critical role in bringing numerous complex customer designs into production. Jesse was a core architect for the clean-slate development of Pixelworks' next-generation System Development Kit (SDK), the real-time operating system that powers all Pixelworks ImageProcessor ICs. He managed and contributed to many successful products at Pixelworks, including the digital television SDK that drives all Pixelworks-based digital televisions today. Prior to Pixelworks, Jesse held software engineering positions at Qualcomm and Ericsson. He earned a B.S. in computer science from the University of Colorado, Boulder and has been recognized by the Portland Business Journal as one of forty outstanding leaders under forty. Jesse enjoys spending his free time exploring rivers and mountains and is at home in the elements.
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ProductStack PDX: Aligning Product Strategy with Customer Feedback–
VacasaWebsiteJoin Product leaders and experts for a lively panel discussion about how to incorporate customer feedback to make products your customers love and deliver a better overall customer experience. We'll share best practices from industry leaders and give attendees a chance to ask their questions as well!
The evening will be hosted at Vacasa’s office in the Pearl and emceed by the unofficial Godfather of Portland Tech, founder of Silicon Florist, cofounder of Portland Incubator Experiment, cofounder of Oregon Story Board, cofounder of TechfestNW, Rick Turoczy. He’ll moderate a panel discussion with Patrick Lightbody, SVP of Product Management at Delphix, Heather Knight of Airbnb, Greg Goodman, CEO of ProductPlan, Dan Podsedly, VP of Pivotal Tracker, and Kevin Steigerwald, CPO of Notion.
There will be snacks and drinks and plenty of time for networking and discussions.
AGENDA
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5:30 Arrive
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6:00 Panel Discussion: How Product can leverage Support to build better products
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6:40 Q&A
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7:00 Networking, Food, and Drinks
ABOUT THE PANEL
HEATHER KNIGHT
Heather is a former healthcare worker turned techie. She started out on the Customer Experience at Airbnb and is currently on the Business Travel Team as an Account Coordinator for Enterprise-level companies. She has developed a deep interest in product development and was part of a beta test group for a new internal product that was recently released into the wild. When Heather is not working, she's learning how to code at Alchemy Labs part time program in the evenings. In her not so free time, she's also the Portland City co-director of Lesbians Who Tech. Someday soon, when code school is finished, she hopes to resume her hiking, backpacking and international travel addictions.
GREG GOODMAN
Greg Goodman is the co-founder and CEO of ProductPlan. He has a passion for building products and companies. He was the founder of Miramar Systems, which was acquired by Computer Associates and has advised and invested in numerous technology startups including AppFolio, RightScale, HGData and Apeel Sciences. He has degrees in Computer Science and Business Economics from UC Santa Barbara.
DAN PODSEDLY
Dan Podsedly is a Pivotal Labs VP and the General Manager of Pivotal Tracker, the popular project collaboration tool for modern software teams. Dan has been with Pivotal Labs since their nascent days in the mid-2000s, and has experience in every aspect of software development, including engineering, product management, and UX design.
KEVIN STEIGERWALD
Full-stack product designer with over 10 years of experience designing, researching, marketing, planning, and building products. From package design in big-box retailers to indie games in the App Store, my passion is for designing experiences that make our lives easier and more enjoyable. I believe pies are for dessert not for charts, tortillas make the best utensil, and the iPhone 4 is the proper screen size for a phone.
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Women Who Code Portland - Networking Night @ AWS Portland–Website
***** NOTE: Please RSVP on Eventbrite. Everyone will need to be registered on Eventbrite to attend the attend. *****
Women Who Code Portland is thrilled to announce that our September Networking Night is being hosted by AWS Elemental, at their new office in downtown Portland! AWS Elemental is an Amazon Web Services company that combines deep video expertise with the power and scale of the cloud to provide nimble, flexible software-based video processing and delivery solutions.
The event will be focused around the theme: Customer Obsession - The Art of Working Backwards. Speakers will demonstrate how they use their company's leadership principle, “Customer Obsession,” with their internal customers: their employees.
This month, we are featuring a tech talk from AWS Training and Certification, a demo from AWS Elemental and two distinguished Amazonians sharing their experiences at the company.
Agenda
5:30 – 6:15 - Doors Open + Networking
6:15 – 6:30 - Intro from Women Who Code & AWS Elemental
6:30 - 6:45 - Demo from AWS Elemental
6:45 - 7:00 - Tech Talk from AWS Training and Certification
7:00 - 7:20 - Two distinguished Amazonians will speak about their experience at Amazon with Q&A from attendees
8:20 – 8:30 - More Networking + Closing Remarks
About AWS Elemental
AWS Elemental solutions give video providers the power to quickly, easily and economically deploy and scale workflows and focus on what matters: transforming ideas into compelling content that captivates viewers.
About AWS
In 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began offering IT infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now commonly known as cloud computing. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and Australia, customers across all industries are taking advantage of agile, low cost, flexible and secure AWS technology platform.
About Women Who Code Portland
Women Who Code is a global nonprofit dedicated to inspire women to excel in technology careers. We connect amazing women with other like-minded individuals around the globe who unite under one simple notion--the world of technology is better with women in it. In Portland, we organize monthly study nights, workshops, and networking nights, as well as hackathons and social events.
Our {short} Code of Conduct
Women Who Code (WWCode) is dedicated to providing an empowering experience for everyone who participates in or supports our community, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, socioeconomic status, caste, or creed. Our events are intended to inspire women to excel in technology careers, and anyone who is there for this purpose is welcome. Because we value the safety and security of our members and strive to have an inclusive community, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form. Our Code of Conduct applies to all events run by Women Who Code, Inc. If you would like to report an incident or contact our leadership team, please submit an incident report form.
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Donut.jsWebsite
Announcements
- Things were crowded and loud last month—it was a packed house! This month we've capped ticket sales to avoid overcrowding, so make sure you get your ticket early, and if you can't make it,
- A hard copy of our Code of Conduct will be posted at the check-in, by the refreshments, and in each of the bathrooms.
Schedule
- 6:00 — Arrive, eat donuts, and socialize!
- 6:30 — Opening Remarks
- 6:40 — Courtney Stanton (@q0rtz) — How to Manage People
- 7:00 — Emily Plummer (@emplums) — Learning from History: Architecture & Universal Design
- 7:20 — Intermission!
- 7:40 — George Mandis (@georgemandis) — Make More Than Music with MIDI, JavaScript & Tiny Computers
- 8:00 — Jesse Wolfe (@jes5199) — Synthesizing Video and Turning It Into Music
- 8:15 — Meet people and eat more donuts!
Details
- $10 in advance at https://donutjs.club or at the door. We take cards.
- Women Who Code members can register for free.
- Nametags and pronoun stickers will be handed out at check-in.
- Free Donut.js stickers available.
- Donut.js enamel pins available for $5.
- Proceeds this month go to Basic Rights OR, an organization that works tirelessly for LGBTQ Oregonians.
- All talks are live-captioned by Mirabai Knight of Steno Knight.
- Two restrooms (gendered, marked 'Men' and 'Women') are available.
- Event is on the second floor. Elevator is available.
- We'll have donuts! We have donuts for omnivores from Coco Donuts and combination gluten-free-vegan donuts from Back to Eden Bakery.
- A few other snacks will be available.
- A variety of LaCroix soda will be available.
- Water will be available.
- We have a Code of Conduct and require that all staff, speakers, attendees, and venue staff abide by it: https://donutjs.club/conduct/
Every Month
Donut.js is a monthly meet-up in Portland, OR with a handful of wonderful talks on tech, creativity, community, society, and the places those things overlap. Every month we donate our proceeds to a local nonprofit. Come and see wonderful presentations, eat donuts, and chat with friends.
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RainSecWebsite
RainSec is an informal group of like-minded security professionals who meet to discuss topics of interest in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Preferably while drinking just enough to forget our day jobs.
While this is a public event open to any interested parties, our target audience is experienced information security professionals.
Follow @PDXRainSec for updates.
This event is also on meetup.com. Invite your friends!
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WednesdaySep 27 2017Peer mentoring and Coursera course discussionWebsite
Lets get together to discuss all aspects of deep learning and any questions you may have on the Fast.AI or Andrew Ng's coursera course.
All levels of experience are welcome. We rarely have presentations, though we may someone lead a discussion. Bring your questions, projects and ideas, basic or advanced, and we'll try to help.
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Security and Azure @ Portland Azure User Group (PAzUG)Website
Jon from F5 will go over Azure Security Center Deployments, Azure Resource Manager Templates and the different types of deployments F5 has, helping augment Microsoft Azure services.
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NW Education Cluster PDXedTech MeetupWebsite
What better way to start the new school year than with one of the founding members of the NW Education Cluster: Learning.com.
In addition to our usual networking and mingling, Learning.com's CEO, Keith Oelrich, will be our spotlight guest for another "fireside chat". It's a unique opportunity to hear from a pioneer in the K-12 online education market who's been a part of its evolution over the last 17 years.
Bring your business cards (or post-its and a pen) and be ready to meet and reacquaint yourself with peers working at the intersection of education and technology. See you there!
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Portland's Silicon Forest Networking MixerWebsite
Join Us For A Night Of Networking With Startup and Tech Professionals In Portland!
Join the fastest growing startup and tech networking event in Portland! Meet new people and participate in lively discussions with outstanding names in the Silicon Forest startup community. Register immediately for an early bird ticket.
Quick note: We encourage our attendees to bring cool company swag to our events, product samples, host demonstrations etc. Whatever you decide to bring or do, make it something people will enjoy! Most importantly, come to hang out and meet cool people.
Details Discounted Drinks Great People Great Vibes Supporting Women Entrepreneurs (see below) Show Off Your Stuff\
Please have a printed or mobile version of your ticket ready at the entrance.
Tickets to this event sell out very quickly! Register asap.
knw is a huge supporter of women in tech and entrepreneurship. If you're interested in helping us empower more women entrepreneurs and women in business stop by our event and let us know how you want to get involved. Please ask us about our Women's Entrepreneur Fund and empowerment project as well.
Our mission at knw is to host fun and interactive startup and tech networking parties for the local community. Our events are cool, casual and designed for young entrepreneurs, tech professionals, and start-ups who don't want to feel like they are networking. Hanging out and socializing with the right people is how networking naturally happens and we work hard to create an environment that feels like a hangout and not a business event.
Attendees are encouraged to come and show off their cool products and services in creative ways, we just ask that you don't come to our events just to push material on people. Figure out a cool way to present your stuff and most important of all, be comfortable hanging out and actually meeting people, trust us the business will come after building real friendships.
Register now and we'll see you there!
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ThursdaySep 28 2017How to Scale Up Your Startup–
JLLWebsiteJoin us for our Scale Up workshop series to learn how to: tailor your company’s growing operations to a specific business strategy, learn when and how to outsource work, align your product development and business goals, and develop a scalable sales & marketing strategy.
Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/scaleseries
Our workshop series consists of three sessions on Sept. 28, Oct. 5, and Oct. 12 focused on operations, product development, and marketing. Each session runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and includes lunch.
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OEN Workshop: Scaling Operations for Startups–
JLLWebsiteScaling a startup requires careful attention to the operational details within the company. Experts in finance, human resources, and real estate will equip you with concepts and tools to build and evaluate operations to support your vision. You will learn how to tailor your company’s operational competencies, processes, and assets to a specific business strategy.
Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/scaling-operations
This session is part of a three-part workshop series, "How to Scale Your Startup," hosted by the nonprofit Oregon Entrepreneurs Network. Register for the entire series here: http://bit.ly/scaleseries
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PDX Women in Tech (PDXWIT) Introduction to Machine Learning Workshop, Part 2Website
We highly encourage taking public transportation or carpooling. There is limited parking around Avea Solutions.
Join Andrew Ferlitsch and Ernest Bonat, Ph.D., from the Portland Data Science Group for an introduction into Machine Learning fundamentals. Mostly focused on the concepts, this workshop will be intermixed with some Python programming examples. We will cover Linear and Logistic Regression analysis using scikit-learn Machine Learning framework. All skill levels welcome; just bring your Windows or Mac laptops. Follow the Python Laptop Setup document for Data Science projects development.
Note: This is the second workshop in a three-part series.
Did you miss the Introduction to Machine Learning Pt. 1? No problem, check out http://www.labs.earth/ and click the presentations button and look for:
Introduction to Machine Learning
Introduction to Tensor Flow
Introduction to Dynamic Programming
Agenda
5:00 p.m. - Doors
5:15 p.m. - Workshop beings
6:45 p.m. - Data Regression Demo
7:15 p.m. - Q&A
Python Laptop Setup for Data Science Projects Development
1.) Install Java SE Development Kit 8
2.) Install Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
3.) Install PyDev plugin - Python IDE for Eclipse (in Eclipse, select Help menu, click on Eclipse Marketplace, search for PyDev plugin and install it.)
4.) Install Anaconda package
Please see EventBrite page for download urls of the packages listed above. Feel free to contact Ernest by email [email protected] at any time you need.
Purpose: PDXWIT is a community-based non-profit organization. Our purpose is to strengthen the Portland women in tech community by offering educational programs, partnerships, mentorships, resources and opportunities. We are unifying a supportive environment for current and potential women in tech, all of whom are committed to helping each other. Our goal is to bring together and empower women in tech and to encourage others to pursue tech careers. This is our step towards reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the current negative effects of that imbalance on women.
Trans and non-binary people are always welcome at our events.
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UX Book Club | The UX Careers Handbook | Cory Lebson–
PuppetWebsiteWe'll be discussing Cory Lebson's recent book, The UX Careers Handbook.
The author will join the discussion for Q+A, remotely, around 6:00. (This is earlier than usual, so please try not to be late!)
You can purchase a copy of the book at Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/UX-Careers-Handbook-Cory-Lebson/dp/1138901067/) or CRC Press (https://www.crcpress.com/The-UX-Careers-Handbook/Lebson/p/book/9781138901063).
About the book:
The UX Careers Handbook offers an insider’s look at how to be a successful User Experience (UX) professional from comprehensive career pathways to learning, personal branding, networking skills, building of resumes and portfolios, and actually landing a UX job.
This book goes in-depth to explain what it takes to get into and succeed in a UX career, be it as a designer, information architect, strategist, user researcher, or in a variety of other UX career specialities. It presents a wealth of resources designed to help readers develop and take control of their UX career success including perspectives and advice from experts in the field.
About the author:
Cory Lebson has been a UX consultant for over two decades. He is the Principal and Owner of a small UX consultancy, a builder of UX community, and a past president of the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA). Not only a practitioner of UX, Cory teaches and mentors to help professionals grow their UX skills, and conducts regular talks and workshops on topics related to both UX skills and career development.
All participants must read and abide by Puppet Labs' Event Code of Conduct below:
Event Code of Conduct
Exhibitors, speakers, sponsors, staff and all other attendees at events organized by Puppet Labs (PuppetConf, Puppet Camps, training classes, and others) or held at Puppet Labs facilities are subject to these Community Guidelines and Code of Conduct. We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, and we do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.
We ask you to be considerate of others and behave professionally and respectfully to all other participants. Remember that sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any event venue, including talks. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the event without a refund at the discretion of the organizers or Puppet Labs staff members.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, real or implied violence, intimidation, oppression, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the event organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the event with no refund. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the event staff immediately.
Event staff will be happy to help participants address concerns. All reports will be treated as confidential. We strongly encourage you to address your issues privately with any of our staff members who are organizing the event. We encourage you to avoid disclosing information about the incident until the staff have had sufficient time in which to address the situation. Please also keep in mind that public shaming can be counter-productive to building a strong community. We do not condone nor participate in such actions.
We value your attendance. If you cannot find a member of the event staff or are not comfortable contacting one of the staff, you can alternatively contact [email protected], Kara Sowles (kara at puppetlabs.com) or Nathan Rawlins (503-806-2992 or nathan.rawlins at puppetlabs.com).
We expect all participants to follow these rules at all event venues and related social events.
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CTO Leadership Exchange: Security Issues Keeping you up at NightWebsite
Join us for our CTO Leadership Exchange September 28th!
We will be kicking off the fall with a round table session shared with local subject matter experts in security. We'll discuss challenges met and lessons learned, compare current practices and problems, and look to the future of the CTO role as our soon-to-be-announced SMEs anchor this peer-to-peer roundtable discussion organized exclusively for senior technology leaders of TAO companies.
The meeting will take place in downtown Portland, with our location being announced to registered attendees.
TAO Leadership Exchanges provide unique opportunities for peer-to-peer discussions, solution sharing and idea generation This event is only for senior-level development and engineering leaders at TAO member companies. If you are interested in TAO membership, please contact Theresa at [email protected]
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FridaySep 29 2017Ignite TAO: Southern Willamette Valley–
SymantecWebsite1 mic, 5 minutes, 300 peers in the audience... no pressure, right?
What is Ignite TAO: SWV?
Ignite is a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by local people who have a burning idea and the guts to get onstage and share their personal and professional passions. Quick, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, and global - Ignite is all of these and more.
Ignite TAO: SWV will focus on topics around all kinds of tech. What new products, services or research can really take technology to the next level? Speakers are from the Southern Willamette Valley community with representatives across many verticals - we want to hear from you!
Apply
Proposals should be submitted online by August 4th, 2017. Once submitted, your proposal will be reviewed by the Ignite team. Please include your contact information in case the team has questions about your proposal. Everyone who submits a proposal will be notified on the status of their application by September 8th. Click on the application link to get started! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedpi99GWff5AIsjbjujX269jvBC6ps7GrP0mSJK_iUC4kfAA/viewform
Why attend Ignite TAO: SWV?
As an attendee, you'll learn about emerging, innovative, unconventional, inspiring, locally-sourced concepts and tools, and connect with a diverse and passionate crowd of like-minded innovation enthusiasts. Most of all, you will have fun!