March 6th: Connecting For Good Kansas City Digital Mentoring Opportunity

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Connecting For Good, Inc.

3101 Troost Ave. 2nd floor, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.070419 -94.571190

Help teach people how to connect to and use the Internet!
We conduct basic digital literacy classes twice a week at our facility at 31st and Troost. Digital mentors assist new Internet users through guided hands-on learning experiences during the two-hour sessions.
Most of those who participate are senior citizens and low income individuals. This is a chance to make a real impact on someone's life.
Some of the topics we cover are:
Computer Basics

Keyboarding and Mouse skills

Searching for and applying for jobs online
Intro to Social Media
Intro to Google Drive and Docs
Trainers lead a class, assess the learners skills and ensure the learners complete at least 2 (two) class sessions.
Mentors assist a trainer, by helping any learners that need assistance with current lesson, each mentor will help 5 learners. They assist them with using the mouse, where to type the URL, how to save a file, graphic or bookmark a webpage.
Call Jackie at 816-559-7077 to let us know that you are coming.

March 3rd: UXPA Kansas City: (In)Tangible Design panel discussion

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Join UXPA KC this Monday for an (In)Tangible Design panel discussion

Amanda WoodsUser Experience Director

Hello KC UXers!
We would love to see you all at the next UXPA KC event this Monday evening (3/3) for a multidisciplinary design panel discussion with a group of local Architects, Industrial, and Interaction Designers. This is a free event in honor of KC Design Week and will be held at AIA KC Center for Architecture & Design.

To register and view more details, checkout our website: http://uxpakc.org/event/panel-series-experience-intangible-design/

Hope you can join!

Panel Series: Experience (In)Tangible Design uxpakc.org

In honor of KCDW 2014, UXPA KC is hosting a FREE multidisciplinary design panel that unites Architects, Industrial, and Interaction Designers to discuss challenges in designing tangible and intangible products

March 5th: WordPress Kansas City Meeting

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Homer's Coffee

535 E Red Bridge Rd, Kansas City, MO (map)

38.925819 -94.585487

This is a working Meetup, designed for WordPress professionals and WordPress website owners to collaborate to solve specific issues or problems with their websites.
This Meetup is limited to the first 10 people who join and no guests please. Location site for working Meetups will be limited.
Please only RSVP if you intend on coming to the Meetup. As well, please cancel your RSVP if you cannot make it.
Note - Date is March, 5. I selected the wrong date on the announcement.

March 7th: 2014 Kansas City Service Jam

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User Experience Designer at Garmin International

Hello UX peeps!

The 2014 Global Service Jam (http://planet.globalservicejam.org/) will be happening in two weeks, and the KC group invites you to participate! The event is a great way to flex your design muscles for a cause, as well as to meet other professionals in the area.

The event is free to attend, though a donation to cover costs is appreciated. More info at the Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kansas-city-service-jam-2014-tickets-10632713733

April 23rd: Mobile Midwest Conference

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How Is Mobile Changing Your World? Learn From AMAZING Speakers @ Mobile Midwest!! (Super early bird tix) Manager's Choice

Michael GelphmanFounder, The Disruption Institute

/// Founder, Kansas City IT Professionals (KCITP)Top Contributor

Hey guys - we're excited to announce Mobile Midwest, our next AWESOME conference >>> http://www.mobilemidwest.com

From the fabric of society to new opportunities in the economy, how is mobile altering every facet of your life?

How can YOU leverage the shift towards a “Mobile First” world to create new opportunities for your company? Find out on April 23rd at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City.

If you're familiar with other conferences, we've created yet ANOTHER amazing speaker lineup: some of the brightest minds in mobile who are changing the landscape. Leaders & innovators recognized by Forbes, Inc., Time & more!!

We have a LIMITED number of super early bird tickets on sale right now!!! Don't miss out .. save 50% on regular ticket prices by going with a friend: go here for more info >>> http://www.mobilemidwest.com

Thanks,

Mike Gelphman
Founder/President, KCITP
Founder - The Disruption Institute http://www.disruptioninstitute.com

March 4th: Lawrence Coders Shop Talk Meeting

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

7:00 PM

Johnny's Tavern North

410 N Second, Lawrence, KS (map)

38.978490 -95.235254

This information gathering is for designers and developers to get together, grab some food and/or drinks, and talk shop. A lot of great discussions happen organically at these meetings, don't miss out!

March 3rd: Kansas City Code For America Brigade

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Monday, March 3, 2014

5:30 PM

Luminopolis HQ

115 W. 18th St., Kansas City, MO (map)

39.091625 -94.585350

We're on Floor 3 of the Bauer Building on 18th. We will try to have the front door open. If locked, please look us up on the phone box and we'll buzz you in.

Come meet and work with other civic-minded folks passionate about open government and civic tech! Hack Night is a weekly event hosted by Code for America, so come by and work on a civic project you have already started, start a new project, or collaborate with others on their projects. Bonus: we typically have snacks and booze!
Be sure and sign up at the national Brigade site: brigade.codeforamerica.org
And join our Google+ community too!

March 27th: SMCKC Appy Hour - Get to know the hottest new apps developed in Kansas City

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SMCKC Appy Hour - Get to know the hottest new apps developed in Kansas City | March 27th

This month, we're not hosting a happy hour - we're hosting an extra-special "appy hour", where you can meet the people behind the hottest apps developed here in KC and learn about how their innovative new products work! Enjoy delicious discounted drinks and appetizers from our friends at Snow & Company while mixing and mingling with the following groups:

Spine: Spine is the micro-story social network. Anyone can read, write, and publish short 5-sentences masterpieces in seconds with Spine.
Dewsly: Dewsly is a communication tool to better connect parents and the community with education. Users are able to choose what information they receive and how they receive it.
Knoda: Knoda allows you to make predictions on anything from the Super Bowl winner to Bieber's next arrest date or your friend's dating success. Use Knoda to say "I told ya so!" and earn the bragging rights you deserve.
Somametric: Somametric provides expert resources in the creation, and execution of technological projects that drive customer engagement. We create interactive experiences based on a deep understanding of human reaction.
FanAddict: FanAddict brings together engaged fans with bands, artists and performers through a very simple mobile app that is “fan-centric”. Connecting them to all genres of live performances and events.

March 13th: SMCKC March Pro Luncheon - Social and Mobile-Based Customer Research

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SMCKC March Pro Luncheon: Social and Mobile-Based Customer Research| March 13th

We are all living in a social and mobile world, as evidenced by the fact that we seldom go anywhere without our mobile device and constantly check our social platforms. Today's smartest experts in consumer research have recognized and capitalized on these trends and have developed programs and tactics to gain insights into preferences and habits of customers. At this session, our friends from Field Agent will help you understand how mobile and social research allow you to capture insights from shoppers and consumers in ways that were not possible a few years ago. We will focus on three key inflection points:

1. Zero Moment of Truth: making pre-shopping decisions (e.g. where to shop, 5 star ratings, etc.)
2. First Moment of Truth: making decisions at the shelf (e.g what products to buy, etc.)
3. Second Moment of Truth: making assessments of products (e.g. taste, function, value, etc.)

March 7th: SMCKC - Breakfast with Sporting KC

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Breakfast with Sporting KC | March 7th

The Sporting KC organization is a championship-caliber one both on and off the field - While the players are winning games and bringing home the MLS Cup, their teammates in the communications department are garnering recognition and accolades for their innovative, engaging campaigns. Sporting's social and digital teams have earned particular attention for their ability to manage a variety of content for and from numerous sources, especially players, as well as enjoyable and effective use of emerging platforms such as Snapchat Stories.

Jonathan Kaplan, Digital/Communications Manager for Sporting KC, will join us at our March breakfast to discuss Sporting's social and digital strategy - He'll also give us a behind-the-scenes perspective on the players, their social media habits and other interesting Sporting tidbits.

Whether you're a fellow content developer/manager, a social media enthusiast, a sports fan, or a little of everything, you won't want to miss this - The MLS Cup the team won last year will also be at the breakfast.

February 27th: SMCKC Happy Hour

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Impact of Future Technology Trends - SMCKC and Comcast February Happy Hour

Social Media Club of Kansas City

Thursday, February 27, 2014 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (CST)

Kansas City, MO

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/impact-of-future-technology-trends-smckc-and-comcast-february-happy-hour-tickets-10295537229

February 28th: Connecting For Good Kansas City - Digital Mentoring Opportunity

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Friday, February 28, 2014

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Connecting For Good, Inc.

3101 Troost Ave. 2nd floor, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.070419 -94.571190

Help teach people how to connect to and use the Internet!
We conduct basic digital literacy classes twice a week at our facility at 31st and Troost. Digital mentors assist new Internet users through guided hands-on learning experiences during the two-hour sessions.
Most of those who participate are senior citizens and low income individuals. This is a chance to make a real impact on someone's life.
Some of the topics we cover are:
Computer Basics

Keyboarding and Mouse skills

Searching for and applying for jobs online
Intro to Social Media
Intro to Google Drive and Docs
Trainers lead a class, assess the learners skills and ensure the learners complete at least 2 (two) class sessions.
Mentors assist a trainer, by helping any learners that need assistance with current lesson, each mentor will help 5 learners. They assist them with using the mouse, where to type the URL, how to save a file, graphic or bookmark a webpage.
Call Jackie at 816-559-7077 to let us know that you are coming.

February 27th: Cowtown Computer Congress Meeting in Kansas City

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

7:00 PM

Hammerspace Hobby & Community Workshop

440 E 63 ST, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.013630 -94.582695

Come through the main door

We currently meet every Thursday in our new shared work space. Meetings start at 7pm and are open to all those interested. If your interested in seeing what we're all about, come on a Thursday to see all the current projects. When you get here just give us a call and we'll come let you in. The number down in the cave is (202) 621-2252.

February 27th: Python Kansas City User Group Meeting

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Google Fiber Space Lounge

1820 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.050278 -94.607063

Jon Smajda: Python generators
Piero Ferrante: sci-kit learn and IPython notebook.
Zach Hilbert: "No offense to CRUP Jr (C, Ruby, Perl, Java, JavaScript), but Python is neat!"

February 27th: Kansas City Connecting For Good

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Connecting For Good, Inc.

3101 Troost Ave. 2nd floor, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.070419 -94.571190

Help teach people how to connect to and use the Internet!
We conduct basic digital literacy classes twice a week at our facility at 31st and Troost. Digital mentors assist new Internet users through guided hands-on learning experiences during the two-hour sessions.
Most of those who participate are senior citizens and low income individuals. This is a chance to make a real impact on someone's life.
Some of the topics we cover are:
Computer Basics

Keyboarding and Mouse skills

Searching for and applying for jobs online
Intro to Social Media
Intro to Google Drive and Docs
Trainers lead a class, assess the learners skills and ensure the learners complete at least 2 (two) class sessions.
Mentors assist a trainer, by helping any learners that need assistance with current lesson, each mentor will help 5 learners. They assist them with using the mouse, where to type the URL, how to save a file, graphic or bookmark a webpage.
Call Jackie at 816-559-7077 to let us know that you are coming.

February 27th: Agile KC - Kansas City User Group Meeting

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This month's Agile KC meeting will be next Thursday February 27, 2014 at Centriq.

Please visit www.agilekc.org to register for event if you plan on attending so we can give our sponsor an accurate count for dinner.

Meeting Topic: Agile Open Space

Meeting Description:

This month's meeting is all about you! We want to talk about your challenges, accomplishments and questions. Join us Thursday evening for an Open Space format. This type of format allows the attendees to join in a deeper discussion about topics that they suggest, promote, or otherwise have an interest in. It's always beneficial and you can't help but learn something.

So please plan on joining us whether you are an agile expert, a novice or somewhere in between!

Hope to see you there!

If your organization would like to sponsor a meeting, please contact Martin Olson and [email protected] and let him know. The Agile KC group is made up of a variety of participants from through the meto-KC area. Our members range from developers to QA to consultants to executives. By sponsoring a meeting, you will be able to direct your message to the group at large and participate in the collaboration that makes Agile KC so successful.

February 27th: Kansas City Mobile App Developers Group Meeting

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

6:00 PM

Quark Studios

8527 Bluejacket Street, Lenexa, KS (map)

38.973747 -94.710472

For our February meetup, Kunjan will be presenting on Dependency Management in your iOS projects with CocoaPods. CocoaPods is the dependency manager for Objective-C projects. It has thousands of libraries and can help you scale your projects elegantly. It is the "AppStore" of libraries, but it can do much more than that. We will learn setting up CocoaPods, and discuss some of the popular iOS libraries and tools that can be set up using CocoaPods, making your iOS Developer workflow much easier.
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For those who came to our Gaming meetup in October, Kitty Pig has been released to the App Store. You can download the game from the App Store, or at kittypig.com/download. As indie developers, your download and 5-star rating are really important! Help spread the word and earn free Pig Bombs! Just click the “Share” button (megaphone) at the end of any level to share with your friends and family! Be sure to follow Kitty Pig on Facebook and Twitter to follow Josh's and Zach's progress! Feel free to 'Share' or retweet anything you like! It all helps!
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If you have a project you want to show and talk with the group about for future meetups, please contact us. If you would like to hear about any specific topic in any future meetups, please feel free to let the group know!

Food and drinks will be provided by Experis, so please RSVP if you plan on attending so they can get proper amounts of each.
Please note the meetup location -
Enterprise Center of Johnson County
8527 Bluejacket Street, Lenexa, KS 66214
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 - Socializing and meeting other members.
6:30-7:30 - Presentations from members
7:30-8 - Follow-up discussions with members.

February 26th: Kansas City Web Pros Meeting - Microsoft MVC

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Group: Kansas City Web Professionals

Subject: KCWebPros: FEBRUARY Meeting...WEDNESDAY the 26th!!!!

KCWebPros: FEBRUARY Mtg. 1/26/2014.....FOR OUR 640+ MEMBERS!!!

###THAT"S RIGHT NEXT WEDNESDAY!!!!###

ITS the 4th Wednesday Nite of the Month! So, Let's get back into the KC WEB PROS typical time of the Month!

6:30 PM, Wed, FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Centriq Training Center

8700 State Line Rd, Leawood, KS

(West side of State Line Rd, directly across from Ward Parkway Mall)

Sponsor: CJK Consulting
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Food and door prizes will be provided by : CJK Consulting In order to ensure that we have enough food, please send an email to John K.( [email protected]) to indicate if you will be attending. Thanks very much !

This month's presentation is: Microsoft's MVC

(speaker: Carolyn Schroeder)

A modern look at web programming using MVC...

Mini-Bio:

Carolyn got her start in IT programming part time for a non-profit organization in New York City. She worked on a desktop application written in VB6. Originally a native of the Kansas City area, Carolyn moved back in 2004. She earned an MCAD in C# which enabled her to obtain her first .NET position. It involved using C# to access the Microsoft Word and Excel object models to create reports. She went on to work at LabOne, now Quest Diagnostics where she worked on an international web application for the company. It used web forms on the front end and WCF services to connect to SQL Server on the back end. Carolyn went on to NIC where she used MVC to housesome individual web applications in a single code base. Carolyn continued her work with MVC as a contractor at UMB.

Carolyn is now the owner and principal of Schroeder Consulting. She holds an MCPD in .NET Frameworks 2.0, 3.5, and 4.0. She has two open source application which use MVC and the Entity Framwork published in public repositories on GitHub. She also does consulting throughout the Kansas City area, which is happily how she made John's acquaintance.

February 26th: DevOps Kansas City Meeting

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Codero

5750 W. 95th St., Suite 300, Overland Park, KS (map)

38.957462 -94.652023

Pizza and Soda will be provided by Cerner.
About the Presenter
Eddie Satterly (@eddie_satterly) is the Chief Big Data Evangelist in the office of the CTO at Splunk. Prior to working at Splunk, he has been in a variety of roles such as engineer, architect, and CTO. Satterly has extensive experience with Apache Cassandra and Apache Hadoop and was named to the Apache Cassandra MVP board in 2012. In addition to his role at Splunk, Satterly serves on the advisory board of two data startups and is a frequent conference speaker.

February 26th: Lambda Lounge Kansas City Meeting - F# and Haskell

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

6:30 PM

C2FO

4210 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Fairway, KS (map)

39.028881 -94.634811

Sharpen Your Skills - Curtis Cockerham
F# is Microsoft's functional programming language. Like most .NET languages, F# has, *ahem* borrowed...features of many different functional languages such as Haskell and OCaml. This talk will go over some of the basics as well as parsing through datasets using lync inside of F#.
About the Speaker
Curtis plays a developer on TV and in a pinch can speak on a topic like he knows what he is talking about.
Demystifying Haskell - Andrew Rademacher
An in-depth examination of the Fibonacci sequence intended to demonstrate the value of Haskell, bust myths about the difficulty of using Haskell and encourage further research and interest in the language.
About the speaker
Andrew is a software consultant with experience delivering telemarketing, manufacturing and analytic systems to both web and native platforms.
New Attendees
Welcome! This is an easy meetup to get involved with. There are no functional programming experience expectations or prerequisites of any kind, though some talks are more advanced than others. These events are generally well suited to help infuse functional programming ideas into an existing programming skill set.
Location Details
The address is 4210 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 400A.
C2FO offices are on the top floor of the same building in which Fairway, KS City Hall is located. This building is right behind Stroud's restaurant and LLKC attendees should be able to gain entry from any door. If anyone has trouble getting in just call Pete's cell at 206-778-1545.
Additional Notes
Cerner is sponsoring pizza, so come hungry!

February 25th: Kansas City Video Game Developers Meeting

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

7:00 PM

Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen

1526 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.094872 -94.582489

Open to anyone in the area who is interested in developing video games. In order to have a little structure, we'll try to do a couple things each week:

Introduce new members. What have you worked on, game related or not? What do you want to work on next?
Discuss this week's conversation starter. Some article, video or game that we can dig into a little.
Members can present any games they're working on, for feedback or just to brag.

Of course, it's all very informal. The main goal is interesting conversation(s) about our passion.
Looking forward to it!

February 25th: SharePoint Kansas City User Group Meeting

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Smarter SharePoint KC User Group

Smarter SharePoint KC User Group

Monthly Event - Last Tuesday of every month: 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)

Overland Park, KS

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/smarter-sharepoint-kc-user-group-tickets-8694400185

February 27th: WordPress Kansas City Meeting

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

6:00 PM

Learn About Image Use and Management with Travis Pflanz

KCPT

125 East 31st Street, Kansas City, MO (map)

February 25th: Kansas City .Net User Group: Concurrency and Asynchronous Processing in SQL Server

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

6:00 PM

Centriq Training

8700 State Line Road, Leawood, KS (map)

38.969131 -94.609184

The fastest way to process large amounts of data in SQL Server is using set-based operations. That is if you can stand the blocking. This session walks through different ways to think about applications when transaction blocking becomes your biggest problem. It covers specific T-SQL suggestions to minimize the rows locked, application architectures to maximize concurrency and reporting solutions to reduce impact on the production database. And always lots of demos and spirited discussion.
Presented By: Bill Graziano
Bill Graziano is a SQL Server consultant specializing in high-throughput transaction environments using SQL Server. He spends his days counting the milliseconds behind credit card swipes. Bill is the former President of PASS, a global non-profit professional association for users of Microsoft's data platform. PASS has over 100,000 members and 200 chapters around the world. Bill also runs a web site for SQL Server developers and administrators at SQLTeam.com.

February 25th: Up.Front - Kansas City's Front End Developer Group - Web Components, Flex Box, and the Shadow Dom

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Snow & Company

1815 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.091248 -94.585709

Shane Daniel, Rob LaFeve, and Russell Madsen will be leading discussions on Web Components, Flex Box, and the Shadow Dom. Although we have discussion leaders, feel free to bring examples of your own work/experiments. We'll have a projector set up so anyone can demo.
Snow & Company has been nice enough to let us use their space for the meetup. Come early to hang out and get a drink!
Joe

February 24th: Kansas City Code For America Brigade - Hack Night

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Monday, February 24, 2014

5:30 PM

Luminopolis HQ

115 W. 18th St., Kansas City, MO (map)

39.091625 -94.585350

We're on Floor 3 of the Bauer Building on 18th. We will try to have the front door open. If locked, please look us up on the phone box and we'll buzz you in.

Come meet and work with other civic-minded folks passionate about open government and civic tech! Hack Night is a weekly event hosted by Code for America, so come by and work on a civic project you have already started, start a new project, or collaborate with others on their projects. Bonus: we typically have snacks and booze!
Be sure and sign up at the national Brigade site: brigade.codeforamerica.org
And join our Google+ community too!

March 20th: Join the Kansas City IT Crowd at The Bulldog

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

7:00 PM

The Bulldog

1715 Main St, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.092949 -94.583191

"it's clear that among the legions of folks who are professional IT that they are some of the most intelligent and creative people in our society."
Then why aren't we getting together?
Let's get together and talk about our ideas, projects, and problems.
This is a great time to get together with other like minded individuals to run your projects by, test your next great game/app/software or got a coding problem you just can't get the answer to, why not run it by the group.
Bring your laptops, tablets, whatever and lets talk tech, share ideas and solve problems!

February 20th: Kansas City SQL Server User Group Meeting

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Just a reminder of the user group meeting this Thursday (February 20th).

Please thank the folks at Cerner for sponsoring this month's meeting.

Tristan Wilson, DBA with Cerner, will be presenting: Zabbix: Your Free Monitoring Solution

Please RSVP for free here: http://kcssug.eventbrite.com

Overview:

Tired of paying for an expensive monitoring solution? Zabbix is the answer! Zabbix is an open-source monitoring solution that can be used to monitor a variety of platforms and software. This powerful solution collects, displays, and archives, performance statistics and metrics from Unix and Windows and can be configured to collect metrics from other software and platforms as well (including SQL Server). Zabbix can also be configured to alarm based on thresholds and conditions you set up. Monitor and maintain your whole enterprise from this one centralized solution! This session will cover how to use Zabbix and configure it to monitor Sql Server.

Please note, this will be an evening meeting at the Cerner Riverport Campus, drinks and food will be available.

Meeting Schedule for Thursday, February 20th, 2014:

6:00 - 6:10 - Greeting and Housekeeping
6:10 - 7:10 - Presentation
7:10 - 7:30 - Door Prizes and wrap up

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Location:

Cerner Riverport Campus
6177 NE Birmingham
Kansas City, MO 64117

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 7-9 - 2014 PASS Business Analytics Conference

Please use code BA2Z5R to save yourself $150 on registration and additionally benefit our local chapter.

February 18th: Web & Google Analytics Monthly Meeting in Kansas City Cancelled!

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Web & Google Analytics Monthly Meeting, scheduled to occur on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 6:30 PM has been cancelled. Please update your plans accordingly.

Sorry for the late notice. My company, InfoDeli LLC, is launching a new SAAS product and we're working late nights to meet our scheduled launch date smoothly.

However, please join us in March and April. We'll have two guest speakers for those upcoming months. We'll be talking about better integrating Mailchimp and other email platforms with your Google Analytics. We'll also have a local Business Intelligence SAAS provider show us how to integrate Google Analytics with your other business intelligence and analytics data.

If you have further questions, you can email me through the Contact Us link on Meetup.

Thanks.

Breht Burri
InfoDeli LLC

Hope to see your in March and April.

February 19th: HUG Microsoft Access Meeting at JCCC

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HUG Access SIG Meeting 6:30 pm, February 19, 2014, at JCCC, Regnier Center - 3rd Floor, RC 353

Beginning Presentation:
Title: Discussion of primary keys, surrogate keys, business keys
Presenter: Janet Gelsinger

Description:
Access User Group presentation is database design and identifying good primary keys for tables.
During the discussion, we will look at examples and explore questions like:

What are some best practices for primary keys?
Should I use the “business key” that makes the data unique or should I use “surrogate keys”?
What are the pros and cons?
Is it preferable to be consistent when enhancing an existing database or implement different standard practices that you think are better?

Janet Gelsinger has participated in the Heartland Access User Group since about 1996 and works at Hallmark Cards as a Data Analyst for the www.Hallmark.com website. Janet’s IT career began with computer software support and progressed to a primary focus on data as both a DBA and Data Analyst, working on database administration, development and design on Access, Oracle, Teradata and most recently, SQL Server.

Advanced Presentation:
Title: Total Queries - What are they and why do I care…
Presenter: Jim Watkins, Jr.

Description:
SELECT queries are the bread and butter of any database, however the power of a database shines when you produce summation queries. Summation queries allow users to analyze their data and adds real value to the database. Come join us to learn some basics and some tricks to use in Total queries.

Jim Watkins is a senior developer for Heritage Computer Consulting & Services, Inc. HCCS is a 22 year old Computer Consulting firm located in Overland Park, Kansas specializing in providing custom solutions to real world challenges for their clients.

Drawing:
Microsoft Access 2013 for Dummies You need Access. You need it to organize your data, produce reports that make you look like a genius, create forms that enable your staff to enter and manage more data, and find the significant drop of data you're looking for in that huge pool of information. This book is the key that unlocks the Access magic - read on, and access the power!

Give-away drawing for HUG members only. Sponsored by: Heritage Computer Consulting & Services, Inc.

March 12th: Kansas City Java User Group Meeting - JavaFX for Developers

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

6:30 PM

Centriq Training & Centriq's TechSmart KC Program

8700 State Line Road #200, Leawood, KS (map)

38.969131 -94.609184

JavaFX for Develpers
Recruiters and Businesses wanting to attend please drop an email to the group organizer.
JavaFX is a server side Java API for developing rich clients however it is not Java Swing. Come to the presentation to learn more and see sample code.
Presenter : Jarett Lear
Details and Speark BIO available soon
Sponsored by : TBD

February 20th: Google Developers Group - Dart

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Google Fiber Space Lounge

1814 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.050659 -94.607025

Tech Talk and Code Lab with a focus on understanding and using Dart.

February 20th: Cowtown Computer Congress Meeting in Kansas City

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

7:00 PM

Hammerspace Hobby & Community Workshop

440 E 63 ST, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.013630 -94.582695

Come through the main door

We currently meet every Thursday in our new shared work space. Meetings start at 7pm and are open to all those interested. If your interested in seeing what we're all about, come on a Thursday to see all the current projects. When you get here just give us a call and we'll come let you in. The number down in the cave is (202) 621-2252.

February 20th: SQL Server User Group Meeting in Kansas City

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Please thank the folks at Cerner for sponsoring this month's meeting.

Tristan Wilson, DBA with Cerner, will be presenting: Zabbix: Your Free Monitoring Solution

Please RSVP for free here: http://kcssug.eventbrite.com

Overview:

Tired of paying for an expensive monitoring solution? Zabbix is the answer! Zabbix is an open-source monitoring solution that can be used to monitor a variety of platforms and software. This powerful solution collects, displays, and archives, performance statistics and metrics from Unix and Windows and can be configured to collect metrics from other software and platforms as well (including SQL Server). Zabbix can also be configured to alarm based on thresholds and conditions you set up. Monitor and maintain your whole enterprise from this one centralized solution! This session will cover how to use Zabbix and configure it to monitor Sql Server.

Please note, this will be an evening meeting at the Cerner Riverport Campus, drinks and food will be available.

Meeting Schedule for Thursday, February 20th, 2014:

6:00 - 6:10 - Greeting and Housekeeping
6:10 - 7:10 - Presentation
7:10 - 7:30 - Door Prizes and wrap up

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Location:

Cerner Riverport Campus
6177 NE Birmingham
Kansas City, MO 64117

February 20th: Clean Code & Pragmatic Architecture - .Net User Group Meeting from AJI Software

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If you missed the January .NET User Group meeting, Cory will be presenting the topic again, as well as a session on Clean Code at the Microsoft office in Overland Park on 2/20. This event is brought to you by AJi Software and will run from 10:00am to 12:30pm with lunch provided.

Click on the link to register: http://ajisoftware.com/Events/GeekLunch/GeekLunch-2014-0

Session Information

Part I: Writing Clean Code

Anyone can write code a computer can understand, but professional developers write code *humans* can understand. Clean code is a reader-focused development style that produces software that's easy to write, read and maintain...

Part II: Pragmatic Architecture in .NET

An architect’s job is to manage complexity, not increase it. Yet the developer life is filled with jargon, acronyms, and seemingly infinite choices. So how do we know when complexity makes sense? Let's discuss when abstractions are justified and determine how to structure applications so they’re maintainable, scalable, and testable...

Cory's Bio

Cory is an independent consultant, INETA speaker, Pluralsight author, blogger, and software architect at VinSolutions where he specializes in creating C# .Net and JavaScript based single page applications for the automotive industry. He regularly speaks on clean code, architecture, and software career development at conferences and user groups across the country. Cory's most recent Pluralsight course "Clean Code: Writing Code for Humans" went live in October. Cory maintains a blog at bitnative.com and is active on Twitter as @housecor.

More About AJi Software

When you don’t have the time—or expertise—to develop the custom software application you need, AJi Software can help. Our team of experienced developers can take your vision and turn it into beautifully designed software that works the way it’s supposed to—for your employees, management, customers, and vendors. Visit our site for more information.

February 20th: Limited WIP Society - Lean/Kanban - Kansas City Meeting

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Digital Evolution Group

10801 Mastin Street #130, Overland Park, KS (map)

38.932846 -94.702248

You’re invited to join us for lunch and great conversation on Lean software and Kanban.
Format: Lean Coffee topical format
Where: Digital Evolution Group Coffee Shop, 10801 Mastin Street, Overland Park, KS
This is a BYOL (bring your own lunch) event.
Starbucks coffee is provided!

March 6th: Winter Venture Lounge in Kansas City

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Dentons

4520 Main Street, 9th Floor, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.044888 -94.587257

Venture Lounge returns Thursday, March 6, 2014!
Kansas City's entrepreneur happy hour event has expanded to include key professionals in the early-stage capital markets: investors, attorneys, SBA lenders, commercial bank professionals, etc.
The Enterprise Center of Johnson County (ECJC) along with the Mid-America Angels and the Women's Capital Connection are excited to welcome you to the 9th floor of the Dentons office and enjoy stunning views of the Country Club Plaza while you network with entrepreneurs and individuals in the early-stage capital markets.
Format for March 6, 2014 event (Click for Parking Map):

4:00 - 4:15 Arrive, grab a name tag & a beverage
4:15 - 4:30 Presentation by Dentons attorney on early-stage capital topic (TBD)

4:30 - 6:00 Networking

February 20th: Connecting For Good Kansas City

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Connecting For Good, Inc.

3101 Troost Ave. 2nd floor, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.070419 -94.571190

Help teach people how to connect to and use the Internet!
We conduct basic digital literacy classes twice a week at our facility at 31st and Troost. Digital mentors assist new Internet users through guided hands-on learning experiences during the two-hour sessions.
Most of those who participate are senior citizens and low income individuals. This is a chance to make a real impact on someone's life.
Some of the topics we cover are:
Computer Basics

Keyboarding and Mouse skills

Searching for and applying for jobs online
Intro to Social Media
Intro to Google Drive and Docs
Trainers lead a class, assess the learners skills and ensure the learners complete at least 2 (two) class sessions.
Mentors assist a trainer, by helping any learners that need assistance with current lesson, each mentor will help 5 learners. They assist them with using the mouse, where to type the URL, how to save a file, graphic or bookmark a webpage.
Call Jackie at 816-559-7077 to let us know that you are coming.

February 15th: Kansas City PHP User Group Meeting

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Saturday, February 15, 2014

2:30 PM

Westport Flea Market-Bar-Grill

817 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.050743 -94.596199

We are just going to find a few tables. Look for the Blue elePHPant and the happy people.

Come hang out this weekend with other Kansas City-area PHP developers! We are going to do something a little different.
By request, we are going to go down to the Westport Flea Market Bar and Grill. Please RSVP so we know how many chairs to get. You can even do it from your mobile app before you head out the door!
So come on in, pull up a chair, order up a pint of something and talk some shop. Or, just hang out and join the fun.
Whether you have development question you want answers to, want to be a fly on the wall or just need some face time with other developers, you're encouraged to bring your laptop maybe get a bite at this informal meetup!
Our Saturday Meeting Format
Our Saturday meetings are free-formed and the attendees bring up topics that interest them or that they want feedback on. Our rough meeting structure follows this format:
* Introductions / meet and greet new members
* Open group discussion on any development topic, concern or question; discussing any new happenings that interest the group
* Setting up your development environment, reviewing code written by others, quick demos, etc. (time permitting)
All Developers Welcome!
We understand PHP developers come from all backgrounds, many doing work as developers using other languages than just PHP, while many others are from a system administration background.
Our attendees range in all skill levels from beginner, to weekend warrior, to development professionals and experts. Whether you're curious about PHP and just starting out, or work with PHP for a living, our goal is that you will learn something new, useful and thought provoking during one of our meetings.

Regular attendees of our meetings are knowledgeable about and use the following PHP frameworks/libraries: Symfony, Zend Framework, Laravel, Composer, Silex, Slim, CakePHP, WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, just to name the most popular.
Interested in giving a more formal presentation to the group, or demoing something new and exciting you're working on? Contact one of our organizers through Meetup or talk after a monthly meeting and tell us your ideas!

February 18th: Lawrence Coders - Shop Talk

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

7:00 PM

Wayne & Larry's Sports Bar & Grill

933 Iowa Street, Lawrence, KS (map)

38.966602 -95.262566

This information gathering is for designers and developers to get together, grab some food and/or drinks, and talk shop. A lot of great discussions happen organically at these meetings, don't miss out!

Februrary 18th: Kansas City Web & Google Analytics Meeting

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

6:30 PM

TooBaRoo Internet Marketing

2107 Grand Boulevard #208, Kansas City, MO (map)

39.086819 -94.581566

Located in the Historic Western Auto Building 2107 Grand Blvd

TooBaRoo Internet Marketing & Web Development will be hosting the Kansas City Web Analytics, Google Analytics & Marketing Metrics Group.
Each month we have one or more guest speakers discussing Google Analytics, Web Analytics and Marketing Metrics.

Meeting Agenda*

6:45 - 7:00 Welcome and Networking with food and drink
7:00 - 7:30 Google & Web Analytics Topic 1
7:30 - 8:00 Google & Web Analytics Topic 1
8:00 - 8:30 Group Discussion - Q&A and Answers To Previously Submitted Questions
8:30 - 9:00 Informal Breakout sessions for specific Q&A among group members

* The actual agenda is flexible depending upon speaker's presentations and length of Q&A.

All attendees are encouraged to email questions to be answered at the event to Breht Burri at [email protected].

Parking: Free Parking on Grand Blvd on both east a west sides of the street.

February 13th: SMCKC February Pro Lunch

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Are you a social content creator? Do you use your creative juices each day to communicate your brand message? Do you ever question a piece of content - not know if it's okay to post - then give up on it? Avoid making legal mistakes by learning from our friends at Lathrop & Gage!

THURSDAY- FEBRUARY 13TH Top 10 Legal Pitfalls for Content Generators - SMCKC February Pro Lunch

As social media becomes increasingly recognized not just as an engaging and enjoyable platform for communication but also as a legitimate, trusted source of news and information, many professional practitioners find themselves in uncharted territory when it comes to making sure that content is legally compliant. Luckily, our friends at Lathrop & Gage are here to help us navigate this new terrain! Join us for our February Professional Luncheon as Lathrop & Gage Partners David Waters and Dave Barnard discuss the "Top 10 Legal Pitfalls for Content Generators" - They'll give guidance on how posts made on social media platforms can be in conflict with HIPAA, Right of Privacy and Copyright law, and how to avoid making these legally costly mistakes.

Guests can park in any visitor or non-reserved spot in the 2345 Grand Blvd. garage, and parking will be validated at the event.

Hope to see you there!