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As we approach 9,000 members, we want to say thank you for being part of
this awesome community!
Join us for our 4th anniversary Happy Hour at Snow &
Company for an evening of high fives, food & drinks on Wednesday, July 18th
@ 6PM.
For more info and registration, see: http://www.kcitp.com/2012/06/26/kansas-city-technology-event-happy-hour/
The entire bar has been reserved exclusively for our
event..but space is EXTREMELY limited - register TODAY!
Also, a limited # of early bird tickets are available at a
discount! Don't miss out!
***Other announcements****
With over 100 developers & 25+ ideas submitted, our first
hackathon , Hack The Midwest was extremely successful!
In case you missed some of our coverage, the event & one
of the winners (Qup.TV) were mentioned on The Next Web, GigaOm and other
awesome tech blogs.
If you're a developer - DON'T MISS OUT on the next one, make
sure you go to http://www.hackthemidwest.com
to sign up & get notified!
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Next AgileKC Meeting
Suite 200
Leawood, KS 66206
The meeting
topic: Why Agile Works; Theoretical
Explanations and Experimental Evidence to Lay Before
Skeptics
Agile works, but can you explain to a skeptic why? Anecdotes
are fine, but what experimental evidence would you present? Can you throw equations on the board and
speak intelligently about them? Mark
Randolph will provide persuasive experimental and theoretical evidence to lay
before the most hardened skeptic demonstrating why Agile succeeds. Here are his
talking points:
* Pair Programming: After extensive and carefully conducted
field research published in peer reviewed journals, it is possible to say with
near certainty that using peer programming doesn't hurt and might help ...
occasionally.
* End arguments about story sizes: If estimates are within a
hand grenade's radius of accurate, the forecast is close enough. Here is the
formula to prove it.
* Queing theory and probability: If your opponent advocates
waterfall, take the bet. The deck is stacked in your favor.
One last freebie to take home; a calculation for evaluating
risk that you can do in your head.
Bring a calculator! See you there!
Our speaker, Mark Randolph, is best known as the Agile
Programming “go-to” guy at his current job where he has been advocating the
approach since his arrival 4 years ago. Prior to that, Mark was responsible for
piloting Scrum (an Agile Programming method) at the SAIC Lenexa facility, where
he arranged training for 12 team leads, and organized and ran 7 Scrum teams, not
all of which were successful, an experience which Mark found profoundly
instructive. Mark is also very active in the KC Agile User Group where he is a
frequent presenter, and has published articles on the Scrum Alliance web site.
Mark was certified by Mike Cohn as a ScrumMaster 6 years ago. Interestingly,
Mark is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of
Missouri, and possesses MSc and BSc degrees in Civil Engineering from the
University of Illinois. Despite that inauspicious start, this slacker has
accumulated a fair amount of experience in software engineering. At one time or
another, Mark has been a team lead for Test planning and management; Software
Configuration Management; Document management; Process re-engineering, and is a
former computer programming instructor. His skill set includes master level
knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis & Design with UML (OOA&D); Master
level knowledge of C++; and he is a Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP
6.0). Mark currently works for the
Federal Government as a Senior IT specialist.
Hope
to see you there!
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Group: Kansas City Web Professionals
6:30 PM, Wed, JUNE 27, 2012
Centriq Training Center
8700 State Line Rd, Leawood, KS
(West side of State Line Rd, directly across from Ward Parkway Mall)
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Food and door prizes will be provided by : TBD
In order to ensure that we have enough food, please send an email to Ray Harris to indicate if you will be attending. Thanks very much !
This month's topic is:
SQL Injection and XSS: How to and How to prevent (Speaker: Rob Kraft)
SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) are frequently listed as the two top web site vulnerabilities being exploited by hackers. In this session you will learn exactly what these exploits are, see how hackers use tools to automate this hacking, and most importantly, learn the steps you can take to minimize the risk of falling victim to these exploits.
Rob Kraft's Mini-BIO:
Rob Kraft is an independent project manager, architect and developer from Lee's Summit, MO. He was a certified trainer on SQL Server and Visual Basic and co-authored a few books about SQL Server and network security. He has been developing software 25 years. He created http://www.SimpleSQL.net/ and http://www.KansasCityUserGroups.com/ and he blogs occasionally at http://csharpdeveloper.wordpress.com/. His company web site is http://www.KraftSoftware.com.
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Our website URL is: http://www.kcwebpros.com
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So here’s the deal. Red Nova Labs has rented a space in the Kauffman Stadium parking lot (Lot N; Space B:1) for the June 26 game against the Devil Rays. We also got a tent because someone told us it gets hot in late June in Kansas City. (Entreprenerds are known to melt in the sun.)
Update: We're co-hosting (or tri-hosting?) with KC Roundtable and Under 30 CEO.
Details below. Or as the hipsters in the office call them, the “dets”.
Who: Venture Friday/KC Roundtable/Under 30 CEO members and family/friends
What: A tailgate party (Meat and drinks provided by Red Nova Labs. Feel free to bring additional tailgating dishes.)
When: June 26 from 4 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. (Game time is 7:10 p.m.)
Where: Kauffman Stadium parking lot, Lot N; Space B:1.
Why: Entrepreneur Day at the K is the final event for One Week KC, which is the kickoff to the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Big 5 Entrepreneurial Initiative. Venture Friday on June 22 is one of the sponsored events. For more info on One Week KC, check out the website.
http://www.meetup.com/VentureFridays
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http://www.meetup.com/Lawrence-Coders
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This lunch has no set topic. It's just a way for us to get together and enjoy some BBQ. The OpenKC google group has been meeting for lunch once a month regularly.
http://www.meetup.com/OpenKC
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Our Limited WIP Society KC meets once per month (every 3rd Thursday) for lunch. Join us for a stimulating discussion on improving software development environments.
http://limitedwipsocietykc.org/
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The June 19th Windows/Freeware SIG Meeting is cancelled.
Due to scheduling conflicts which could not be resolved, the Windows/Freeware SIG is canceled. We should resume on July 17, 2012.
Bill Diamond
SIG Leader
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Venture Fridays is a simple but fun concept: The startup culture of Kansas City and surrounding areas is invited to gather at our private office lounge to discuss what we’re all thinking about, working on, needing help with, and might do for each other. Existing or aspiring entrepreneurs of all types and ages are invited. Let’s raise our glasses to building the entrepreneurial culture beyond ourselves.
Doors are open on Rainbow Boulevard (Westwood, Kan.) 4 to 6 p.m. on the 2nd Friday of every month. Who are your hosts? We’re a web marketing metacompany, still whiffing the baby powder of our start in 2009. We work hard, and we play hard. Sometimes Venture Fridays will be co-located with other events, sometimes not. Either way, we’ll be here drinking and thinking. Will you? Drop in.
No soliciting or mooching please (entrepreneurial mojo required; read more in Discussions).
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Inaugural meeting of the KC EE meetup
- Who's using EE
- Installation process
- Resources
- Plugin's/Addon's
- Additional Platforms
We hope to see all of you there!
http://www.meetup.com/KC-EE-Meetup
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Kansas City User Group Meeting - June 20th
- Posted by Jason Kort | 1 month ago
Where: American Century (4400 Main, Kansas City, MO 64111)
CLICK HERE to RSVP
Meeting Agenda
11:00 am - Lunch and networking
11:05 am - Introduction
11:15 pm – Visual Flow Designer and Partner Management presented by Issac Barcz, Senior Salesforce.com Sales Engineer.
- What is Visual Flow?
- Examples of Visual Flow.
- Designer and Configuration Demo
- Partner Portal - What's the difference?
- Partner Portal Examples and Use Cases
12:45 pm - Birds-of-the Feather Breakouts
- Sales/User Adoption Track
- Marketing/Demand Generation/Reporting Track (Issac Barcz, Salesforce.com)
- Administrator Track
- Force.com Platform /Developers/ Data/Integration
- Analytics, Reporting and Dashboards
2:00 pm – End of event
Please contact Jason Kort at jasonkort1 @ gmail.com if you have any interest in leading a Birds-of-the Feather Breakout session or presenting during Customer Use Roundtable.
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http://www.meetup.com/KCDevelopers
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June 19th: PythonKC - wxPython by Royce Haynes and Mustache Templates by Seth Verrinder and BeagleBone by Juan Gomez
Talk discusses basics of creating a wxPython application and provides information needed to start building your own cross-platform Python application.
Mustache Templates in Pythonby Seth Verrinder (http://sethverrinder.com/)
Python on the BeagleBoneby Juan Gomez (@_juandg)
http://www.meetup.com/pythonkc
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This event is a part of One Week KC: a week full of local events that help educate, inspire, encourage and celebrate entrepreneurship in our quest to make Kansas City America's Most Entrepreneurial City. One Week events include technical meetups, classrooms, conferences, networking, speakers, parties and fun activities.
http://www.meetup.com/nodekc
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You should bring:
* something to eat for lunch (or, email Wes to get on the Chipotle group order list)
* something to drink (we have water, both cold and hot!)
Video(s) will start at 12:15.
So, tell your boss you're going to an educational meeting, take a long lunch, and come spend it with us.
If there's a recent video you'd like to share with the group, add it to the comments and we'll pick the favorites.
http://www.meetup.com/kcruby
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This is an interactive talk, so plan to bring alaptop and code along. At the end, you'll at least have run a bit of CoffeeScript and Dart. You don’t have to be an experienced developer, as we’ll keep it super-high level.
About your presenter:
By day, David Mitchell is a mild mannered Group Technical Director at VML, where he is more likely to review JavaScript code than write it. By night, David is a polygot programmer, exploring languages like JavaScript, Smalltalk, and Lisp. David has presented nationally and at regional conferences and has taught programming at Sprint, Centriq, and at workshops for kids through local schools and homeschool groups.
This talk will be a part of One Week KC, an exciting week full of grassroots events that help educate, inspire, encourage and celebrate entrepreneurship in our quest to make Kansas City America's Most Entrepreneurial City. One Week events include technical meetups, classrooms, conferences, networking, speakers, parties and fun activities. More details to come.
http://www.meetup.com/upfront
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The monthly meetup for the Kansas City Rubyists is tonight (June 12th) at 7PM at
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Topic this month:
Please RSVP via the following link:http://kansascity.theiiba.org/index.php/general?view=ckforms&id=6
You are welcome to forward this invitation to others you think may be interested. We always welcome new faces. You don't have to be a member to attend your first 2 meetings, so come check us out!
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Those of you that use or are interested in Expression Engine can find others with the same interests at the new meetup: http://www.meetup.com/KC-EE-Meetup
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If you would like to speak on this topic, we're looking for presenters! Contact Eric
http://www.meetup.com/Lawrence-Coders/
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Maybe you just want to show something off. Perhaps you have questions and you need answers. How about some helpful feedback? This is the time - show us what you've got.
If you're going to be presenting, please email Eric at eric j [email protected] just to give a heads up.
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Tuesday June 12th WEB SIG
RC 252
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Facebook for Business Purposes
Here's a description of the program:
It is an axiom of marketing to go to where your customers are. Well, today they’re in social networks! If Facebook were a nation, its 900 million users would constitute the third largest population in the world. Half of those members visit the site daily and this represents a tremendous marketing opportunity. Join us as we discuss the process of forging strong customer relationships through social media vehicles such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yelp, blogs and more. The discussion will include the content, frequency and variety of posts with the goal being that prospective customers will read, save and share them with their own networks, thus dramatically increasing a marketer’s reach.
Presenter:
John Addessi is a Consultant with Johnson County Community College's Kansas Small Business Development Center. The Small Business Development Center at JCCC offers individualized, confidential and comprehensive consulting at no charge to prospective and existing small business owners in Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. John teaches business seminars and provides consultation on topics such as financing, business plans, marketing, e-commerce and more.
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http://www.meetup.com/pythonkc
Cerner has been nice enough to sponsor the happy hour for us at Snow & Company.
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06/27/2012
08:15 AM - 06:00 PM
Welcome Time: 08:00 AM
10801 Mastin Blvd. Ste. 620
Overland Park, KS 66210
USA
driving directions
General Event Information
Featured Product/Topic: Microsoft Azure
Recommended Audiences: IT Managers, IT Professionals, Solution Architects, Software Developers, Software Tester
Spend a day with experts, learning how to build a web application that runs in Windows Azure. You will learn how to sign up for free time in the could, and how to build a typical web application using the same ASP.NET tools and techniques you already use today.
- A computer or laptop installed with one of the following: Windows 7 (Ultimate, Professional, or Enterprise edition), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista (Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise edition) with either Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2
- One click install of Windows Azure SDK and required software
- Consider bringing a power strip or extension cord
- Sample code and the handbook for the labs will be provided at the event
We are one of Microsoft’s oldest partners, Gold Certified, Managed, BlackBelt, and Award-winning, with fifteen Microsoft competencies and twelve Microsoft Virtual Technical Specialists. We architect, plan, implement, support, and manage projects across the Microsoft technology stack.
We are a team of individuals, made stronger by being together. We help each other achieve success so that we can help our clients do the same. We are enthusiastic business people and technologists. And, while we aren’t perfect, we have some of the highest customer satisfaction scores of any Microsoft partner, anywhere.
You should know us.
For more information, visit www.oakwoodsys.com, and to read more about our points of view, visit http://oakwoodinsights.blogspot.com/.
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