[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Cool looking talk at Curiosity Club tonight!
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Brian Richardson
Aug 21, 2012, 1:07:30 PM8/21/12
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http://www.handeyesupply.com/pages/curiosity-club
Next Meeting
Tuesday August 21st 6:00 PM
Libbey White:
OMSI: "Choose Your Own Adventure: Code in the Museum! <http://friendola.com>
This talk will provide a behind-the-scenes look at making software for
interactive exhibits in a science museum. Did you tune out at the word
"software?" Well, come back. This will be a participatory, Choose Your Own
Adventure event, complete with all the suspense and high-stakes drama
you've come to expect from the CYOA empire. What tools will you use for the
job? What jobs will you be asked to do? What crucial systems will
malfunction? What diabolical bugs will surface? How will you harness the
power of serial communication? What even IS serial communication? There's
only one way to find out. Don't worry if you haven't got a lick of
technical knowledge. Come and find out how my biggest job fear went from
"What if they ask me to do something I don't know how to do?" to "What if
they don't?"
I have been the software developer at OMSI since late 2010. Besides
interactive exhibits and web development, I'm most fond of data
visualization, generative art, and Ruby. Past jobs have included fireworks
seller, ranch cook, laundromat attendant, traveling software consultant,
pizza cutter, brain researcher, and bookstore clerk, among others. I have a
B.A. in biology and an M.F.A. in science & natural history filmmaking. When
not writing code, I like to make wild horse pudding, wear oversized
hoodies, and imagine new projects.
Next Meeting
Tuesday August 21st 6:00 PM
Libbey White:
OMSI: "Choose Your Own Adventure: Code in the Museum! <http://friendola.com>
This talk will provide a behind-the-scenes look at making software for
interactive exhibits in a science museum. Did you tune out at the word
"software?" Well, come back. This will be a participatory, Choose Your Own
Adventure event, complete with all the suspense and high-stakes drama
you've come to expect from the CYOA empire. What tools will you use for the
job? What jobs will you be asked to do? What crucial systems will
malfunction? What diabolical bugs will surface? How will you harness the
power of serial communication? What even IS serial communication? There's
only one way to find out. Don't worry if you haven't got a lick of
technical knowledge. Come and find out how my biggest job fear went from
"What if they ask me to do something I don't know how to do?" to "What if
they don't?"
I have been the software developer at OMSI since late 2010. Besides
interactive exhibits and web development, I'm most fond of data
visualization, generative art, and Ruby. Past jobs have included fireworks
seller, ranch cook, laundromat attendant, traveling software consultant,
pizza cutter, brain researcher, and bookstore clerk, among others. I have a
B.A. in biology and an M.F.A. in science & natural history filmmaking. When
not writing code, I like to make wild horse pudding, wear oversized
hoodies, and imagine new projects.
David Madden
Aug 21, 2012, 1:47:17 PM8/21/12
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On 8/21/2012 10:07, Brian Richardson wrote:
> http://www.handeyesupply.com/pages/curiosity-club
>
> Next Meeting
> Tuesday August 21st 6:00 PM
> Libbey White:
> OMSI: "Choose Your Own Adventure: Code in the Museum! <http://friendola.com>
Is this only online, or can one attend live?
> http://www.handeyesupply.com/pages/curiosity-club
>
> Next Meeting
> Tuesday August 21st 6:00 PM
> Libbey White:
> OMSI: "Choose Your Own Adventure: Code in the Museum! <http://friendola.com>
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Brian Richardson
Aug 21, 2012, 2:23:19 PM8/21/12
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I'm assuming you can go to HandEye Supply (really close to Backspace) and watch the talk.. that's my plan if I can make it.
Libbey White
Aug 21, 2012, 2:55:39 PM8/21/12
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:47:17 -0700
From: David Madden <d...@mersenne.com>
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Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] Cool looking talk at Curiosity Club
tonight!
Is this only online, or can one attend live?
You can attend live, at the Hand-Eye Supply store, 23 NW 4th Ave.
Aaron Burt
Aug 21, 2012, 4:15:38 PM8/21/12
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:47:17AM -0700, David Madden wrote:
> On 8/21/2012 10:07, Brian Richardson wrote:
> > http://www.handeyesupply.com/pages/curiosity-club
> >
> > Next Meeting
> > Tuesday August 21st 6:00 PM
> > Libbey White:
> > OMSI: "Choose Your Own Adventure: Code in the Museum! <http://friendola.com>
>
> Is this only online, or can one attend live?
It's live, with excellent company (and often free beer!) It's in the back
> On 8/21/2012 10:07, Brian Richardson wrote:
> > http://www.handeyesupply.com/pages/curiosity-club
> >
> > Next Meeting
> > Tuesday August 21st 6:00 PM
> > Libbey White:
> > OMSI: "Choose Your Own Adventure: Code in the Museum! <http://friendola.com>
>
> Is this only online, or can one attend live?
of the Hand-Eye Supply store in Chinatown, just north of Burnside.
Go early and check out the shop, if you can.
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