Meeting & Events

[Gregg Pollack]

Hey guys,

I've got lots to tell you about... Here's the summary:

1. Clojure with Larry Diehl this Thursday
2. Next ORUG meeting - March 19th
3. Ignite Orlando - March 4th
4. David Black dinner - March 9th
5. BarCampOrlando - April 18th
6. Lean Kan Ban - May 6th - 8th

1. Clojure with Larry Diehl this Thursday

   As many of you probably already guessed it, there's no meeting this month (Acts As Conference kinda took that place).  However, if you're looking for a fix, this Thursday (tomorrow) at the Orlando Java Users Group, our own Larry Diehl will be giving an introduction to the functional Clojure programming language. See http://www.codetown.us/events/orlandojug-1 for more information.

2. Next ORUG meeting March 19th

    Our next meeting will be March 19th, and we'll have a presentation from Voxeo.   Voxeo is a local company which creates enterprise Voice over IP services, and they've invited us down to their offices to show off their brand new Ruby API. During this talk they'll demonstrate how to use Ruby for everything from conferencing and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to Instant Messaging bots and SMS self service.  Pretty cool!

    We'll be meeting downtown at "Urban Flats" (http://bit.ly/Ei2tC) at 6 PM for dinner sponsored by Voxeo, and at around 7 PM we'll be taking the elevators up to Voxeo's offices in the building.  If you show up after 7 PM you'll need to give us a call to let you in (407-754-5517).

3. Ignite Orlando March 4th

     Next I wanted to let you guys know about Ignite Orlando taking place one week from today, Wednesday, March 4th - 7 PM at Slingapours.  If you have a short attention span like I do, you'll love the 5 minute talk format.  Take a look at the awesome talks we have lined up, and register at http://www.igniteorlando.com

4. David Black Ruby dinner - March 9th

     David Black will be in Orlando in 2 weeks, and I figured it might be nice to have a Ruby dinner March 9th for whomever is interested in joining us.   We'll be eating somewhere in the Waterford Lakes area in East Orlando, probably around 6 PM.  If you're interested in joining us please send me an email, and we'll figure out the details from there.  

     Also, David wanted me to let you guys know about his upcoming training session April 1-3 in Atlanta, GA, See http://entp.com/training/atlanta09/ for more information.

5. BarCampOrlando - April 18th

    BarCampOrlando is scheduled for April 18th.  For more information and to register for free check out http://www.barcamporlando.org.

6. Lean Kan Ban - May 6th - 8th

     Cory Foy from Tampa wanted me to let you guys know about the Lean Kanban conference in Miami, May 6th - 8th.  Apparently Lean and Kanban are means of optimizing your operations (kinda like Agile / XP).  More information at http://leankanbanconference.com/.

      Thanks guys, and hopefully see you next week for Ignite Orlando. =)

-Gregg