Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup

June Meeting Notes and July Meeting Date

noreply@blogger.com (Timmy) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:57:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out the meeting last night. It was great to see old faces and meet some new COWPUlians. Here are a few assets from last nights presentation if you'd like to play around with the code yourself:

Git Hub: http://github.com/timmyc/pasteez/tree/master
Heroku Site: Demo Site
Sinatra: More About Sinatra

JULY MEETING DATE: Wed July 29th
Save the date for July's meeting, which is tentatively scheduled for the 29th. Possible topics are Git, or maybe a hackfest. Stay tuned or post other ideas to the google group.

-Timmy

June Meeting - Tomorrow 6/24!

noreply@blogger.com (Timmy) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:44:00 +0000

Geeks Unite! Well since nobody has stepped up to the plate with a subject matter for this month, myself and maybe Mark Turner will be showcasing yet another micro Ruby Framework: Sinatra.

A quick app will be built using Sinatra to show just how fun and easy it is to build a web application. We will then deploy the application to "THE CLOUD" using Heroku and Git!

It will be a ruby-tastic time!

When: 6:00PM, Wednesday June 24th
Where: G5 Search Marketing 906 NW Harriman Street - Bend, OR 97701
What: Adventures in Ruby with Sinatra and Heroku!
Why: Food, Geeks, and Beer! Why not?

Web Developer - Altrec.com

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:38:00 +0000

Web Developer
Redmond, Oregon
On-site Full Time Position - sorry no telecommute

Altrec.com, a leading e-commerce retailer of performance outdoor gear and Greatoutdoors.com, an outdoor focused content site, is seeking to add an experienced intermediate level Web Developer to our growing team. We are a fast-paced organization, focused on exceeding the expectations of our customers and encouraging people to be in the Great Outdoors.

We are seeking a Developer with the ability to produce tight, crisp front end code for our online retail business. You will be involved heavily in building our brand and catapulting us into extreme growth. This is an outstanding opportunity for a developer with 3-5 years experience looking to contribute to an exciting company.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Develop optimized/cross-platform front-end code in CSS/XHTML, JavaScript
· Work within various UI frameworks to efficiently create commercial grade Ajax solutions
· Using the Design and Usability teams’ visual and functional requirements, build and maintain templates, style sheets and site scripts
· This role requires excellent communication skills as you will be working with Interaction Designers, Visual Designers, User Experience Researchers, Backend Engineers, and Product Managers.
· Test and fix code for multi-browser compatibility and functionality
· Architect and develop a master CSS plan to be applied throughout the entire site
· Build, enhance and maintain the data models, interfaces and application integration required to support the Altrec.com and Greatoutdoors.com sites.

REQUIREMENTS:
· 3 - 5 yrs of web development experience
· Able to quickly code clean, compliant, validating and semantic DHTML & XHTML (Strong understanding of HTML standards and coding best practices)
· Experience with web design and familiarity with image editing software, such as PhotoShop, preferred
· Expertise in multi-browser testing and web-application compatibility on multiple platforms
· In-depth CSS and JavaScript expertise

DESIRED SKILLS:
· W3C DOM methods and properties
· Working knowledge of JS based animations
· Experience with ASP, JSP and Flash
· PHP not required but considered a plus

COMPENSATION:

Altrec.com/GreatOutdoors.com is committed to creating innovative benefit programs, compensation plans and learning initiatives that allow our employees to grow professionally, succeed in their role, and ultimately to balance their passion for the outdoors and their professional careers. Altrec is based in Redmond, OR with a satellite office in Seattle, WA. This position is salaried with generous vacation time, and full benefits (medical, dental, and vision). Pay is commensurate with experience.

HOW TO APPLY: Please send your resume and cover letter to:
Email: jobs@altrec.com

Please no 3rd parties

May Meeting Directions

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Stevens) — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:45:00 +0000

For the May Meeting tomorrow (see post below), we are going to meet in Redmond out at Altrec.com. Here is a Google Maps link to the building, which is on 641 SE Umatilla. If your looking at the map, our building is the small tree next to the rock.

If you aren't a map person, just turn left when you see the big T-Mobile building. Then take your first left onto Umatilla. Our driveway is the the second one on the right. If you see a big building that say's Altrec.com, then you've gone a bit too far (that's our warehouse). I'm in the building right before that.

Once again, this meeting is going to have free food, a raffle to give away schwag, and sweet show and tell sessions featuring you.

Hope to see you there.

May Meeting! Show & Tell

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Stevens) — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:41:00 +0000

Wednesday May 27

For this meeting we are going to do something a little different. Instead of having one person formally prepare a longer presentation, this meeting is going to be about showing off interesting projects you have built. Anyone who thinks they've got something the COWPU community would benefit from seeing, and/or would like to receive helpful advise- this meeting is your chance to show it off. Each mini presentation should be pretty small and informal, and there will be a projector and internet connection available.

5:15 - Arrive and network / Enjoy snacks and refreshments
5:45 - Announcements / Handout books / Draw for door prize
6:00 - Start show and tell sessions (about 10-15 min each)

So far, we already have two potential projects...
- Solar search with facets
- DOM based front end templating engine

We are going to have our scheduled meeting (last Wednesday of the month) on the 27th out at Altrec.com in Redmond. I know what your thinking- you don't want to drive out to Redmond. Trust me, I don't like driving out there anymore than you do, but my company has a big meeting area and is more than happy to host this months meeting.

Social Media Brunch: Enterprise Level Search Discussion

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:21:00 +0000

Via http://www.globalstrategies.com/2009/enterprise-level-search-discussion/...

Thursday, May 7th at 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern.

Our guest speaker will be Jay Middleton III, Senior Manager of Worldwide Search Marketing at Adobe. Prior to joining the Adobe team and helping to build the Adobe search program from the bottom up, Jay was an award-winning search manager on the marketing agency side. Jay will lead a discussion on enterprise level search and how it can scale for smaller businesses.

Come with your thinking cap on! Jay will be giving away a copy of Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements to the audience member who asks the best question.

What is a Social Media Brunch?

Social Media Brunches are an opportunity for Global Strategies International (GSI) to host seminars on the hottest new media topics in a casual atmosphere. Thought leaders in the areas of search and social media moderate our discussion, often joining us from around the world by video conference, and in person at a local Bend, Oregon meeting place.

Join us for the Social Media Brunch

Social Media Brunches take place on the first Thursday of the month at 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern.

To join the conversation in person, come down to Poet House, located at 55 Minnesota Ave in Bend, Oregon (map).

Our online viewers can watch a live video of the brunch and join the conversation in our chat room by tuning in to the GSI ustream channel.

Check out our blog to find archived videos, audio and presentation material from past GSI Social Media Brunches.

.Net Developer

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Stevens) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:26:00 +0000

Hey all - my company, Altrec.com, is collecting resumes for a .Net back end programmer. I know, I know.... this job posting doesn't adhere to the WP part of our group name, but I'd figure in our current climate you probably know just the right person we're looking for (maybe even you). If you have any questions about the position or just want to chat about the company I work for, please feel free to email me directly. All serious inquiries can go straight to our HR department.

Here is a link to the job posting

Great Meeting + Slides

noreply@blogger.com (Timmy) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:03:00 +0000

A big thanks to everyone who showed up this week for the Merb + ExtJS chat. It was great to see lots of familiar faces and some new ones. And thanks again to G5 for hosting the event!

As promised, here is the slide-deck from the other night. Feel free to post any questions to the Google Group or contact me directly if you have questions about Merb or ExtJS.

Timmy [timmydcrawford - gmail - com]

Open Source Bridge

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:46:00 +0000

COWPU will be raffling off ONE pass to the Open Source Bridge Conference at a future meeting! Details will be coming soon...

Open Source Bridge is a new conference for developers working with open source technologies. It will take place June 17-19 in Portland, OR, with five tracks connecting people across projects, languages and experience to explore how we do our work and why we participate in open source. The conference structure is designed to provide developers with an opportunity to learn from people they might not connect with at other events.

Open Source Bridge is run entirely by volunteers who believe in the need for an open source conference that focuses on the culture of being an open source citizen, regardless of where in the stack you choose to code. All proceeds from conference registration and sponsorship go directly to the costs of the conference.

Our sessions and events will share in-depth knowledge about using, creating and contributing to open source as citizens of a greater community. You’ll find relevant information whether you write web apps for the cloud, tinker with operating system internals, create hardware, run a startup, or blog about technology.

We’re still seeking session proposals, so submit yours by the end of March 31st.

Some examples of our proposals so far: Brian Aker on Drizzle, a reboot of MySQL designed “for the cloud”; Linux Kernel hacker Greg K-H about how Linux manages development; Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, about what’s next in collaboration; Amber Case, an anthropologist living in both the physical and virtual worlds, about Cyborg Citizenship. (You can view all current proposals at here)

In addition to regular conference sessions, we will hold an unconference day for free-form sessions, and host a 24-hour dedicated “hacker lounge” at the top of the Portland Hilton. In addition to hosting the hacker lounge, the Hilton has offered Open Source Bridge attendees steeply discounted room rates, starting at $139/night.

Visit http://opensourcebridge.org/ to learn more about the conference, see our session proposals, and register to attend.

Thanks!

PS: Interested in taking advantage of the user group discount code that will allow user group members to register for $150? Enter “osb4228” when you register to receive the discount.

March Meeting

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:56:00 +0000

That's right... a meeting!!!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 5:30pm
G5 Search Marketing, 906 NW Harriman Street - Bend, OR 97701

Merb + ExtJs = Fun
Presented by Timmy Crawford, G5 Search Marketing
Come get an overview of Merb a new Ruby framework that will be driving many features coming this Spring to Ruby on Rails version 3. As part of the overview, we will look at a Merb application that leverages ExtJs to create a rich front-end interface for the Amazon S3 Service. Time/interest permitting we can dive a bit deeper into ExtJs as well, and maybe write some code.

If you are interested in attending please visit the page for this event at upcoming.org and click "I'm Going".

Agenda
5:30pm - Doors open, networking
5:50pm - Announcements and door prizes
6:00pm - Presentation

"Apres Geek" Beverages: Across the street at Blacksmith

Books, Books, Getyer Books Here!

The O'Reilly Publishing Company is a sponsor of COWPU. Not only do they offer discounts on great tech books on a wide variety of topics... they also offer complimentary review copies to group members. See something you like at their online store? Drop a line to TeeDub with the book title and ISBN number. He'll bring your book to an upcoming meeting. After you have a chance to thumb through the book, write a review and post it to the O'Reilly website.

This Event is in partnership with other great local usergroups!

Central Oregon Information Systems User Group (COISUG)
Women in Technology (WoTech)
BendTech
Software Association of Oregon (SAO)

Web Developer (Contract to Hire)

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Our client is looking for an experienced Software Developer with experience in ASP, PHP-5 and Javascript. This opportunity is contract to hire. Project involves the development of a web-portal tied into several third party services/vendors.

Experience developing web based financial transactional components is a plus.

Contact:
Nathan Chapman TECHNICAL RECRUITER
750 NW Charbonneau Dr. #105, Bend, OR 97701
T 541.678.5259

Read the COWPU job posting policy.

Volunteers Needed

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Do you have some time and energy to dedicate to a community group? COWPU needs your help! If you are interested in organizing meetings, posting job listings, or otherwise helping out please contact Jen.

Thanks!

HTML Email Coding Guru

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Redmond, Oregon

Please forward resume to resumes@planetschnoogie.com

This is NOT a web developer position. This is coding and designing for ecommerce email campaigns.

E-Commerce Retailer is seeking a proficient HTML/Email Coding Guru to become part of a high impact online email marketing and design team.

REQUIREMENTS:

2+ years solid HTML coding experience required. Primary responsibilities "email coder".
Experience testing various browser platforms and resolving rendering issues
CSS and related tools a plus.
Experience with design/developing email campaigns within an e-commerce company desirable.
Experience and willingness to handle high volume and leading-edge email marketing/development techniques.

OTHER:

Bachelor Degree Marketing, Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
Effective in fast paced environment
Collaborative with internal Groups
Self starter/motivator
Creative and effective problem solving skills
Ability to work on/manage multiple tasks concurrently

PREFERRED:

Experience supporting multiple accounts for Email Coding in an Agency setting or at an ESP in an Account Support Role preferred.

COMPENSATION:
The company is committed to creating innovative benefit programs, compensation plans and learning initiatives that allow their employees to grow professionally, succeed in their role, and ultimately to balance their passion for the outdoors and their professional careers. Pay is commensurate with experience.

For immediate consideration please forward your resume along with outline highlighting your relevant experiences to resumes@planetschnoogie.com in confidence.

Planetschnoogie.com, a recruiting firm, specializes in the placement of intermediate to senior-level professionals in the technology and green arena's.

Read the COWPU job posting policy.

Bend Mailing seeks Web Developer

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:29:00 +0000

Bend Mailing Services, LLC is currently looking for a full time web developer. Starting salary will be between 30k – 40k for the first year, with full health and vision benefits starting after the first 90 days. With that out of the way, lets go over the skills that are REQUIRED. First, applicants need to be proficient in .Net, PhP, MSSQL and MySql. We are looking for at least 2 years experience working with these, but are flexible if you are able to at least show proficiency in them. Second, applicants will need to demonstrate good problem solving and reasoning skills. We are looking for someone who is available Monday – Friday, but also is able to work weekends, if needed.

If you are interested or would like more information, feel free to email Ryan Di Spaltro at neptunegrand (at) me (dot) com.

Read the COWPU job posting policy.

Social Media Brunch

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:16:00 +0000

Actual meeting in the works, I promise! In the meantime...

Global Strategies International Social Media Brunch

Thursday January 15, 2009 at 11:00am
Jackson's Corner
845 N.W. Delaware Ave.
Bend, Oregon 97701

Global Strategies International is hosting a monthly networking event for social media enthusiasts. Come for the coffee and pastries, stay for great conversation!

This month, Bill Hunt will lead a discussion on the question, "Does Search Still Matter?".

Click here for more information, and to RSVP.

Social Media Clinic

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:24:00 +0000

Not a COWPU event per se, but thought it might be of interest to the crowd!

What: Social Media Clinic
When: Saturday, December 27 at 10:00 am
Where: Balay Coffeehouse in Bend, Oregon

First topics will include wordpress & twitter. Future topics will cover brightkite, facebook, upcoming, google profiles, &c. I imagine it will not take very long for me to exhaust my knowledge and get everyone in the clinic caught up to where I am ~ at which point, the clinics can shift into a study group, where we all explore & share knowledge together.

Click here for more information.

Sharepoint Usergroup

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:24:00 +0000

The first meeting of the Bend SharePoint User Group will be this Friday, December 12th, from 12:00 – 1:30PM. Pizza and networking begins at 12PM. Please bring $4 to contribute towards pizza, or feel free to bring your own lunch.

The meeting will be held at the Cinetix Solutions office at 780 NW York Drive, Suite #204.

Directions: Mt. Washington Drive, turn west onto NW Crossing Drive towards Summit High School, left on Charbonneau, left on York. (Map)

Agenda for our first meeting:

Jason Hamlin (Les Schwab) and Barb Troyer (Cinetix Solutions) will share how they are solving real world business problems with SharePoint 2007. We invite you to take 10 minutes or so to share with the group ways in which you are utilizing or planning to utilize SharePoint through your own company.

We're envisioning an interactive user group in which we share ideas and training. Let's brainstorm as a group regarding what we would like to see this group become, topic ideas, etc.

To gauge the number of potential attendees for our first meeting, please RSVP.

Join our mailing list

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about the user group or the meeting, please contact:

Barb Troyer: barb.troyer@cinetixsolutions.com, 541-306-6532
Jason Hamlin: Jason.E.Hamlin@lesschwab.com

December OOPS! and a Tweet-up

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:01:00 +0000

Awww, crud. (Not that kind of CRUD. Wow, you are a geek!) Here it is, December 1 already. What with traveling to the Adobe MAX conference in San Francisco and Thanksgiving in Klamath Falls I was a big slacker and never got around to planning a meeting. I'm sorry, folks!

Hopefully maybe this will tide everyone over...

Tweet-up with Andrew Hyde of Techstars
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 5:30pm
Blacksmith Restaurant

What's a Tweet-up, you might be asking? It's a real world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online Twitter service. (Don't know what Twitter is? Click here to find out.) Not using Twitter yet? Maybe it's time to start! (But you are welcome to attend the Tweet-up, either way!)

Those crazy Bend Twitter folks found another cool guy who's coming to Bend tomorrow and asked us to spread the word.

We're meeting at the Blacksmith for a no-host happy hour to welcome Andrew Hyde. He's the community manager for Techstars, a well known startup incubator in Boulder.

Come meet your fellow techies and Twitter-ers (Twits!) for a purely social networking event after work.

More on Andrew:

Oh hai. My name is Andrew Hyde, and I'm a startup enthusiast. The great company that I work for is TechStars, which is most certainly the finest startup accelerator in the land. I have founded 4 companies, including Startup Weekend and VCwear.

Hope to see you there!

This Event is in partnership with other great local usergroups!

Central Oregon Information Systems User Group (COISUG)
Women in Technology (WoTech)
BendTech
Software Association of Oregon (SAO)

COWPU.GIT

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:14:00 +0000

What:
Mark Turner will make a presentation on Git, the newest rage in version control.

When:
Friday, November 14th 2008
7:00 PM

Where:
The Bulletin
1777 SW Chandler Ave
Bend, OR 97702
(map)

Parking Instructions:
Park wherever you want, just not in the rear of the building.

Bring: Beer and food

November Meeting

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:24:00 +0000

Since the first is on a Saturday, no meeting is planned for November. Hope to see you at the SAO event, "Selling your IT / Tech Business" on Wednesday, November 12th (details here).

COWPU on Rails

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:56:00 +0000

Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 6:30pm
McMenamin's Old St Francis School - Smoke Room

Advanced Ruby on Rails Discussion and Collaboration
Main topics will be Passenger and Git

If you are interested in attending please contact Jen, or visit the page for this event at upcoming.org and click "I'm Going".

O'Reilly Media survey - Win a free book!

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:41:00 +0000

O'Reilly Media is conducting research about in-person, live workshops on software and business topics, and we'd really like your opinion. If you live in the United States and work in the tech industry, please consider taking our 19 question survey to help us understand what you look for in a live training course – what motivates you, what you expect to get out of a workshop, what topics you'd like to see, and so forth.

To participate, please click here

To show our appreciation, we'll select 10 people at random to receive a free book of your choice. The drawing will happen on Friday, October 17, so you'll need to complete the survey by that date to enter. The last question on the survey will ask for your e-mail – we'll use that only to contact the randomly selected winners – and your responses will remain anonymous.

SAO Event: Selling your IT / Tech Business

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Location: McMenamins Old St. Francais School (Bend, OR) - Rambler Room
Date: Wednesday, November 12th 2008
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Cost: $15 for non members
Free for SAO, EDCO, COWPU, COISUG, WoTech and BendTech members!

Bob Chalfin, author of "Selling Your IT Business" will share practical suggestions for leaders to build into their business plan before they consider selling their company.

Click here to find out more, and to register for this event (pre-registration is required).

October Meeting - REMINDER!!

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 4:00pm
McMenamin's Old St Francis School - Rambler Room

The Ultimate Web Balance: Brand, Search, Content
(Choosing a company and system for your success)
Click here for the details.

If you are interested in attending please contact Jen, or visit the page for this event at upcoming.org and click "I'm Going".

Thanks to Smart Solutions and the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) for sponsoring this event!

Tweet-up!

jenfloyd08@gmail.com (Jen F) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:16:00 +0000

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 5:00pm
Blacksmith Restaurant
211 NW Greenwood
Bend, OR 97701

BendTech Tweet-up with Julio Fernandez

What's a Tweet-up, you might be asking? It's a real world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online Twitter service. (Don't know what Twitter is? Click here to find out.) Not using Twitter yet? Maybe it's time to start! (But you are welcome to attend the Tweet-up, either way!)

From the BendTech Meetup site...

We're planning an impromtu "Meet Up" on Wednesday, requested by Julio Fernandez, via Twitter, who's coming to town to meet with his Bend client, Global Strategies. Julio's flying in from Florida, and it's his first visit to Bend. I figured this is a good excuse for a happy hour event!

Julio is an intersting guy, with experience as Global Marketing Manager at Oracle, and as an Evangelist at Google B2B Technology Council. He also won a Pulitzer while at the Miami Herald.

Specialties:
Metrics, metrics, metrics: Omniture web analytics, SiteCatalyst, Discover, A/B testing, multivariate analysis, behavioral targeting, site auditing, Google Analytics and more.

This will be a casual, no-host get together at the BlackSmith (great happy hour prices on food and drinks!)

Hope to see you there, and feel free to bring friends! Bloggers, Twits, Techies and even marketing people are welcome to attend!

This Event is brought to you by BendTech, in partnership with other great local usergroups!

Central Oregon Information Systems User Group (COISUG)
Central Oregon Web Professionals' Usergroup (COWPU)
Women in Technology (WoTech)
Software Association of Oregon (SAO)