BARcamp starts in a week

I'm one of the organizers for...

What?	BARcamp Chicago 2008
Web?	http://barcampchicago.com
When?	20:00 (8pm) Friday Aug 15 - 20:00 (8:00pm) Sunday Aug 17
Where?	A University of Illinois at Chicago commercial space at 1240 W. Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607 (pictures)
Who?	You and lots of others (http://barcampchicago.com/index.php?wiki=AttendeeList)
Why?	http://barcampchicago.com/index.php?wiki=WhyPage

Also, bring your instruments for a jam! (Yes, I'll be there with the banjo.)

BARcamp, juggling and Java

It's been two busy weeks, but I'm finally organizing my notes from BARcamp Chicago.

I met Erik Costlow because he saw me juggling and, after we did a couple of partner juggling tricks (he's much better than I am), we got to talking and discovered that we were both alumni of Gamma Phi Circus.

Erik recommended several Eclipse plug-ins that sound pretty good:

Project	URL(s)
Format On Save	autoupdate
Groovy IDE	autoupdate
Spring IDE	autoupdate
Subclipse 1.2.x (Eclipse 3.2+)	autoupdate
Eclipse WTP (the eclipse plugin manager will resolve your dependencies)	???
Ivy - Java dependency manager - resolved the jars in your project through ibiblio	info
Eclipse IvyDE	autoupdate
JodaTime jars	info

Erik also recommends the Java Posse podcast and the Crypto-Gram Security Podcast.

Trash bag accident after BARcamp Chicago 2007

My fellow BARcamp Chicago organizers decide the best way to get the trash bags down six flights of stairs is with a ropeline.

BARcamp Chicago this weekend

I'm one of the organizers for...

What? BARcamp Chicago
Web? http://barcampchicago.com
When? 12:00 noon Saturday June 23 - 20:00 (8:00pm) Sunday June 24
Where? 1464 N Milwaukee, Chicago (Wicker Park) (http://barcampchicago.com/index.php?wiki=WherePage)
Who? You and an expected 200 others (http://barcampchicago.com/index.php?wiki=AttendeeList)
Why? http://barcampchicago.com/index.php?wiki=WhyPage

Amongst our topics are such elements as:

• Advanced Photography On Linux
• Mass Customization: The Next Revolution in Software is Hardware (Ziad Hussain)
• Old Technology: Not a formal talk, but a discussion of all things Low Tech, from steam engines to dripping water clocks. I just want to see how many other people are fascinated by this. Look for the guy with the Ballista. (TimSaylor)
• Kirix: Strata Code Sprint -- building dynamic web mash-ups with RSS and a data browser (Aaron Williams)
• Cleversafe, Inc.: Global Data Dispersal (John Quigley)
• Chicago Linux: Brewing Beer at Home (Tristan Sloughter)
• Chicago Lisp: Anatomy of Lisp (John Quigley)
• Developing cross-platform applications using wxWidgets (Dave Williams)
• Ruby on rails deep dive (ActiveRecord internals) (Mike Mangino)
• Rich applications with Groovy and Swing (James Williams)
• A.I.: Learning coding libraries through operator learning and representation. Practical methods of extending complex systems (FRDCSA).
• Getting started in bug work in F/OSS software projects. (Freddy Martinez)
• Mobile Web 2.0 ideas and brainstorming session
• Mobile Web 2.0 MobHackaThon (go live by the end of the day)
• Entrepreneur's Circle Of Progress - what are you getting done?
• Web App Security analytics for session management - Jason Rexilius
• Foresight Linux, don't you want your desktop to be cool and intro to Conary packaging Ken VanDine
• Domainer's Swap Meet. Buy/sell/trade with other domainers. One man's trash is another man's $100/day AdSense play. Michael Carruth
• Conary packaging and a demo of a MythTV Appliance Ken VanDine
• Chicago Gnome User Group Meeting
• Jason Jacobsohn - Discussion of Business Resources for Entrepreneurs: Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, 12A Investment Fund, and The Big Idea Forum
• Humanized - Tales from developing Enso
• Gizmometer: Keeping Tabs On Your System When You've Got Other Things To Do (Conrad Albrecht Buehler)

And that's just the planned stuff. Lots of unplanned stuff is also planned.

BARcamp Chicago - Mark your calendar

BARcamp Chicago is the local 32-hour-long BarCamp that will be held from noon on Saturday June 23^rd through 8pm on Sunday June 24^th in Wicker Park.

Obligatory definition from BarCamp.org:

A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. The name BarCamp was inspired as a complement to FooCamp.

Two videos capture the essence of BarCamp. Take a look at video summaries from BarCamp SF, What is a BarCamp and BarCamp Austin.

I'll be there, along with some other AgileTek folks. You should be there, too.