Civic Engagement Meetup
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Come talk to other Portland software developers about how to engage with each other, the city of Portland, the Portland Development Commission.
Description
Come talk to other Portland software developers about how to engage with each other, the city of Portland, the Portland Development Commission.
Tags
community, government, civic engagement
Speaking experience
Speakers
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- Website: http://lifeofaudrey.com/
- Blog: http://dyepot-teapot.com/
- Twitter: spinnerin
- Favorites: View Audrey's favorites
Biography
Programmer at Elevated Code working with Ruby, Rails, and occasionally iPhone development. Writer of essays, recipes, horror comics, and knitting patterns. Photographer working with digital and film cameras, including Polaroid, Holga, and pinholes. Community organizer of unconferences like WhereCampPDX. Core team member of the infamous Calagator. Agitator for a variety of grassroots local tech.
Sessions
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- Title: The Fine Line Between Creepy and Fun
- Track: Hacks
- Room: St. Johns
- Time: 3:45 – 4:30pm
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Excerpt:
Social software is kind of a big deal right now. In the open-source spirit of transparency and dissection, let’s talk about what makes social technology creepy, what makes it fun, and how to hack things to maximize your desired outcome.
- Speakers: Audrey Eschright
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- Title: Organizing user groups, a panel discussion
- Track: Culture
- Room: Morrison
- Time: 10:00 – 11:45am
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Excerpt:
User groups are a vital part of the open source community. Learn more about how to start a group, keep it going, and make an existing group better from a panel of experienced user group organizers.
- Speakers: Igal Koshevoy, Jesse Hallett, Eric Wilhelm, Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Audrey Eschright, Sam Keen
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- Title: Ruby meetup
- Track: BoF
- Room: St. Johns
- Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
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Excerpt:
Join your fellow Rubyists to talk about fun things you’re working on.
- Speakers: Audrey Eschright, Igal Koshevoy, Reid Beels
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- Title: Civic Engagement Meetup
- Track: BoF
- Room: Morrison
- Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
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Excerpt:
Come talk to other Portland software developers about how to engage with each other, the city of Portland, the Portland Development Commission.
- Speakers: Christie Koehler, Audrey Eschright
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Christie Koehler
Stumptown Syndicate / Mozilla- Website: http://www.christiekoehler.com/
- Blog: http://www.subfictional.com/
- Twitter: christiekoehler
- Identi.ca: christiekoehler
- Favorites: View Christie's favorites
Biography
Christie Koehler is an experienced software engineer, technical project manager, community organizer and speaker. She works at Mozilla (makers of Firefox) as a project manager on the Developer Evangelist team. Christie is co-founder and President of the non-profit Stumptown Syndicate. Additionally, Christie facilitates two monthly user groups for women in technology: Code ‘n’ Splode and Women Who Hack.
Sessions
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- Title: Organizing user groups, a panel discussion
- Track: Culture
- Room: Morrison
- Time: 10:00 – 11:45am
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Excerpt:
User groups are a vital part of the open source community. Learn more about how to start a group, keep it going, and make an existing group better from a panel of experienced user group organizers.
- Speakers: Igal Koshevoy, Jesse Hallett, Eric Wilhelm, Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Audrey Eschright, Sam Keen
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- Title: Civic Engagement Meetup
- Track: BoF
- Room: Morrison
- Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
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Excerpt:
Come talk to other Portland software developers about how to engage with each other, the city of Portland, the Portland Development Commission.
- Speakers: Christie Koehler, Audrey Eschright
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- Title: Code 'n' Splode
- Track: BoF
- Room: St. Johns
- Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
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Excerpt:
Supporting the participation of women in the Portland tech community
- Speakers: Christie Koehler, gabrielle roth, Addie Beseda