Community developer events
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Nov
24
Take your Code to the Spa Camp - Montreal NewTech Meetup Group
Montreal, Canada
Your code needs a good day at the spa. Just think how more relaxed your code would be if you would just: * Cleanse the CSS out of your HTML * Sweat out that inconsistent use of method names in its API. * Apply some hot stones to your version control process (maybe switch to git?
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Nov
24
Triples for the People: Liberating knowledge with the Semantic Web - The Ottawa Semantic Web Meetup Group
Ottawa, Canada
Full presentation abstract and bio will be posted in the next couple weeks. I'm excited to announce Dr. Michel Dumontier, Professor in the Department of Biology and School of Computer Science at Carleton University, will be speaking to our Meetup group. Professor Dumontier is one of the leading researchers in Canada leveraging Semantic Web technologies. Brief Bio: Dr.
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Nov
26
Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Ecademy, Ning, Ryze & XING for Business - Entrepreneurs International
Toronto, Canada
Social Networks for Business - An Informal Discussion for Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners LIMITED TO 10 PARTICIPANTS ONLY....REGISTER EARLY Social networks connect people at low cost; this can be beneficial for entrepreneurs and small businesses looking to expand their contact base. These networks often act as a customer relationship management tool for companies selling products and services. Companies can also use social networks for advertising in the form of banners and text ads.
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Nov
26
New Members Night - Have you ever thought about becoming an Assistant Organizer? - Entrepreneurs International
Toronto, Canada
[b]New Members Night - Have you ever thought about becoming an Assistant Organizer? Assistant Organizers have additional features in their Meetup accounts, such as the ability to organize Meetups and to have direct contact with every member of this group. As an Assistant Organizer, you will enhance your visability in the business community. On November 26, at 6:30 P.M. (Sharp), all Organizers are invited to a brief meeting to plan events for 2010 and to welcome new Assistant Organizers.
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Nov
26
End of Year Retrospective Meeting - Ottawa Scrum Users Group
Ottawa, Canada
Hello! Hot off of the heals of our mock retrospective meeting, we will hold our first end-of-year retrospective. I'll come prepared with post-it notes and tiny circle stickers for us to play with. Hopefully we will develop a list of action items to improve meetings for 2010. The second half of the meeting will be a group forum discussion regarding the impact that an organization's management structure ( matrix, functional, etc ) has on adopting Scrum. Pizza and refreshments will be served!
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Nov
27
An intro to Google Web Toolkit - The Vancouver Java Users Group
Vancouver, Canada
Henry Chan will be presenting An Introduction to the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). From the GWT home page: "Writing web apps today is a tedious and error-prone process. Developers can spend 90% of their time working around browser quirks. In addition, building, reusing, and maintaining large JavaScript code bases and AJAX components can be difficult and fragile.
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Dec
1
Cooking with Chef: Your servers will thank you - The Vancouver Ruby/Rails/Merb Meetup Group
Vancouver, Canada
Talk Description: When you hear "sysadmin work", do you think of ssh, vi, and shell scripts? If you do, it's probably not the most fun sounding work. Repetitive, tedious, and error-prone are words that come to mind. Thankfully, configuring servers is all but a solved problem thanks to Chef. The days of vi, and shell scripts are mostly over. Building complex infrastructure has never been easier.
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Dec
3
VanJS: Offline Storage and Server-Side JavaScript - Vancouver Javascript Developers
Vancouver, Canada
Following the success of our first meeting's format, we're again featuring two 40-minute presentations: [list]*Server-Side Javascript with Smart Platform: Jim Pick, Joyent*Offline Storage: Techniques and Applications: Alexei White, Nitobi*Beers afterward[/list] We'll be using the great space at the Network Hub again. Here is a Street View of the entrance. It's just a few feet down Richards from West Hastings, on the third floor. See you there!
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Dec
8
Montreal NewTech Demo Meetup - Montreal NewTech Meetup Group
Montreal, Canada
Four startups will demo for 5 minutes, followed by 5 minutes Q&A. For more information about the Montreal NewTech Meetup group: If you'd like to present, email us at demo@mtlnewtech.com
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Dec
9
Last Social Meeting for this year 2009 - VanDev: Vancouver's Software Developers Network
Vancouver, Canada
Our December Social Meeting is Tuesday December the 8th .Besides the social gathering we will be talking about Networking for job and Contract Hunting. So your presence is important for you and your fellow members. This is all about getting to know each other in a friendly way. As usual the format is simple: fill out a name tag, introduce yourself to someone, and exchange business/contact cards as appropriate.
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Dec
11
Surrey Drupal Users Group December Meetup - Surrey Drupal Users Group
Surrey, Canada
At our next Surrey Drupal meetup Alex Ventpap (Web Designer, ImageX Media) will be sharing on design for Drupal. Please RSVP if you'd like to join us. NOTE: There's no cost for this event, however it would be great if you can come prepared to order something (some of us order dinner, some just drinks) along with a 15% gratuity as we really want to keep up a good relationship with ABC as they've been great in allowing us to book their conference room.
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Dec
22
East Toronto Web Design December Meetup - East Toronto Web Design Meetup
Toronto, Canada
Hi Everyone, It's time again for our monthly meetup. It will be at the usual time. Hope to see you there. If you have examples of work you've been doing and want to show everyone, please feel free. We will be in our usual spot at Cafe Mirage. There is Free Wireless Internet onsite, so bring your laptop.
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Jan
14
VanDev: January Meetup - VanDev: Vancouver's Software Developers Network
Vancouver, Canada
We don't have a room booking yet so the date may change but in January we tentatively have Stephen Swift of SOC Robotics, Inc. presenting on one of his many projects. Stay tuned for updates.
