Central Oregon Blogger Meet-up... Take Two!
0 Comments Published by Jen on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 4/28/2008.
I've been busy with jury duty, hosting baby showers, getting hitched, and starting a new gig... so there won't be a May meeting. Sorry! Instead, think about going to the...
Central Oregon Blogger Meet-up
Wednesday, April 30, 5:30ish at the Summit, Downtown Bend
To RSVP visit this event's page on Upcoming and click "I'm Going!", leave a comment, or email me at jenblackledge at gmail.com
The first blogger meetup was a big success! Since then there's been a lot of growth and new folks have popped up in our local "blogosphere". Meetups like this are a nice chance for all of us to gather, unwind, and put some faces together with the blogs.
This event is primarily intended for bloggers who wish to meet other bloggers. If you don't have a blog, then this may not be the get-together for you. So, if you just can't stand not being there and don't already have a blog... what are you waiting for?!
Central Oregon Blogger Meet-up
Wednesday, April 30, 5:30ish at the Summit, Downtown Bend
To RSVP visit this event's page on Upcoming and click "I'm Going!", leave a comment, or email me at jenblackledge at gmail.com
The first blogger meetup was a big success! Since then there's been a lot of growth and new folks have popped up in our local "blogosphere". Meetups like this are a nice chance for all of us to gather, unwind, and put some faces together with the blogs.
This event is primarily intended for bloggers who wish to meet other bloggers. If you don't have a blog, then this may not be the get-together for you. So, if you just can't stand not being there and don't already have a blog... what are you waiting for?!
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Work at home, flexible hours. Knowledge of web site management (FrontPage or Dreamweaver), Photoshop, email and occasional telephone required. SQL and code experience a plus though not required. Pay is commensurate with experience, initial expectation is 40-80 hrs/month.
Web Mentors has an immediate opening for self-motivated, customer oriented professional. This is an exciting position ideal for someone with their own PC, broadband internet connection and experience managing websites. You will help customers enhance their existing websites by taking text, photos, PDF, audio and video and contributing to the web. Approximately 15% of the support requests are graphical in nature, requiring manipulation in graphic programs such as Photoshop and Fireworks. We have many happy customers and while most work is done online, there is a periodic need to speak by telephone for clarification, and professionalism is a must when doing so. While the initial need is website management, the ideal candidate also has some experience in technologies such as SQL, and web programming. Occasionally updates to the source code are also required and this is an anticipated area of training and growth for the position.
Please email resume and short explanation of your experience in the areas we are seeking as well as availability to begin work.
Read the COWPU job posting policy.
Web Mentors has an immediate opening for self-motivated, customer oriented professional. This is an exciting position ideal for someone with their own PC, broadband internet connection and experience managing websites. You will help customers enhance their existing websites by taking text, photos, PDF, audio and video and contributing to the web. Approximately 15% of the support requests are graphical in nature, requiring manipulation in graphic programs such as Photoshop and Fireworks. We have many happy customers and while most work is done online, there is a periodic need to speak by telephone for clarification, and professionalism is a must when doing so. While the initial need is website management, the ideal candidate also has some experience in technologies such as SQL, and web programming. Occasionally updates to the source code are also required and this is an anticipated area of training and growth for the position.
Please email resume and short explanation of your experience in the areas we are seeking as well as availability to begin work.
Read the COWPU job posting policy.
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Apr 17th PubTalk - hear the founder of Jive Software
0 Comments Published by Jen on Friday, April 11, 2008 at 4/11/2008.
JOIN US FOR A LIVELY TECH DOUBLE HITTER!
Keynote Speaker: Dave Hersh, Jive Software
As CEO of Jive Software, Dave Hersh is responsible for overseeing the company's strategic direction, planning and implementation. In six short years, Dave has led Jive Software from a small open source project to an Inc. 500 company with 100 percent annual growth rates.
Previously, Dave held the roles of CFO and product strategist at 4charity. Prior to that, he was a management consultant to Hewlett Packard, focused on HP's Worldwide Information Management Strategy. Dave began his career as a strategy and change management consultant at VIA International in Chicago and London.Dave has gained a reputation for his deep industry knowledge of collaboration, knowledge management and open source, and he is frequently tapped to present at industry events and serve as a media reference. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from DePauw University.
Early Stage Presentation: Lloyd Fassett, Azteria
Lloyd Fassett is CEO and co-founder of Azteria, a Bend-based company specializing in national recruiting and career management for the health care industry. Azteria takes an open database approach to common recruiting problems, making it easier for employer and candidate to connect. Fassett and co-founder Jim Smith bring real world experience to their solution with backgrounds in travel nursing, and software development for enterprise supply chain management and the Internet.
Get ahead of the game and reserve your spot today. Fast forward to valuable networking and save time at the door.
Sign up online, or
Call EDCO offices at 541-388-3236.
Economic Development For Central Oregon
109 NW Greenwood Ave., Suite 102, Bend, OR 97701
(541) 388-3236 or (800) 342-4135
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The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) is returning to Portland, Oregon. Once again we're offering a special discount to the locals--User Group members in Oregon and Washington. With this "locals only" discount, you get 20% off the registration price for OSCON. Use code "os08pdxug" when you register.
To register, go to: https://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/register
Join the OSCON Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11018041402
Or Contribute to the OSCON 2008 Wiki: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/oscon2008/index.cgi?HomePage
Hope to see you there!
To register, go to: https://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/register
Join the OSCON Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11018041402
Or Contribute to the OSCON 2008 Wiki: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/oscon2008/index.cgi?HomePage
Hope to see you there!
Labels: announcements, conferences
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 5:30pm
Topic: Make Your Site Go Faster with Web Caching (by Ricardo Newbery)
Location: McKay Cottage
A presentation by web application developer, Ricardo Newbery, on web caching principles and technologies. We will talk about basic principles and concrete examples of application caching, proxy caching, and browser caching.
All web developers should know about web caching. Make your site go faster. Stretch the capacity of your server resources. And stop wasting bandwidth! The Internet was designed to be cached... so start caching.
If you are interested in attending please contact Jen, or visit the page for this event at upcoming.org and click "I'm attending".
Agenda:
5:30pm - Doors open, networking
6:15pm - Announcements and door prizes
6:30pm - Presentation by Ricardo Newbery
Topic: Make Your Site Go Faster with Web Caching (by Ricardo Newbery)
Location: McKay Cottage
A presentation by web application developer, Ricardo Newbery, on web caching principles and technologies. We will talk about basic principles and concrete examples of application caching, proxy caching, and browser caching.
All web developers should know about web caching. Make your site go faster. Stretch the capacity of your server resources. And stop wasting bandwidth! The Internet was designed to be cached... so start caching.
If you are interested in attending please contact Jen, or visit the page for this event at upcoming.org and click "I'm attending".
Agenda:
5:30pm - Doors open, networking
6:15pm - Announcements and door prizes
6:30pm - Presentation by Ricardo Newbery
Labels: meetings
The Software Association of Oregon has a meeting coming up! COWPU members are welcome to attend. You must register in advance in order to receive webinar access information.
The QA Process for Medical Products: Something in it for You, Too?
Thursday, March 27, 2008
12:00pm-1:00pm
Cost: Free
Register
Because of their intended use, the quality of medical products must be high when they are released for sale. Sue will speak to the approaches typically taken in the regulated medical products business when bringing new products to market vs. those commonly taken in a more typical hi-tech business. Many of these approaches can be used by anyone to improve processes, including how verification & validation (testing) are done, which any QA or development team might consider in working to improve their product quality.
Speaker:
Susan R. Hart, Welch-Allyn
Sue has been in the design and development of electronic monitoring and diagnostic medical products for over 18 years. She also has hi-tech development experience outside the medical-products industry. Her roles have included Director of R&D, Program Director, Project Manager, Product Architect, and Engineer in the R&D and Quality departments.
The QA Process for Medical Products: Something in it for You, Too?
Thursday, March 27, 2008
12:00pm-1:00pm
Cost: Free
Register
Because of their intended use, the quality of medical products must be high when they are released for sale. Sue will speak to the approaches typically taken in the regulated medical products business when bringing new products to market vs. those commonly taken in a more typical hi-tech business. Many of these approaches can be used by anyone to improve processes, including how verification & validation (testing) are done, which any QA or development team might consider in working to improve their product quality.
Speaker:
Susan R. Hart, Welch-Allyn
Sue has been in the design and development of electronic monitoring and diagnostic medical products for over 18 years. She also has hi-tech development experience outside the medical-products industry. Her roles have included Director of R&D, Program Director, Project Manager, Product Architect, and Engineer in the R&D and Quality departments.
Labels: announcements
PM Rountable - The Art and Science of Innovation and Development
0 Comments Published by Jen on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 3/13/2008.
The Project Management Roundtable has a meeting scheduled, which COWPU members are also welcome to attend.
When: Wednesday, March 19th, 5pm
Where: COCC - Boyle Education Center, room 155
Presenter: Jeff Oltmann
Topic: The Art and Science of Innovation and Development
Luck is not enough to create the repeated project successes that companies need to survive in a brutally competitive marketplace. Fortunately, savvy leaders can add science to the luck by creating a structured development framework that melds five proven management disciplines: Project Management; Program Management; Portfolio Management; Platform Management; and Market and Strategic Planning. This presentation uses research results and the experiences of an example company to show how these disciplines fit into a single, cohesive framework, creating a bridge from strategic direction to clean execution.
Jeff is a first rate speaker and this topic should be on the money for a lot of Bend businesses and organizations.
Please RSVP to Ed Sea if you plan to attend.
When: Wednesday, March 19th, 5pm
Where: COCC - Boyle Education Center, room 155
Presenter: Jeff Oltmann
Topic: The Art and Science of Innovation and Development
Luck is not enough to create the repeated project successes that companies need to survive in a brutally competitive marketplace. Fortunately, savvy leaders can add science to the luck by creating a structured development framework that melds five proven management disciplines: Project Management; Program Management; Portfolio Management; Platform Management; and Market and Strategic Planning. This presentation uses research results and the experiences of an example company to show how these disciplines fit into a single, cohesive framework, creating a bridge from strategic direction to clean execution.
Jeff is a first rate speaker and this topic should be on the money for a lot of Bend businesses and organizations.
Please RSVP to Ed Sea if you plan to attend.
Labels: announcements
