Topics

We’ll be sticking with the unconference format, it’s been working
well and people have been coming up with some great topics. The
discussion has been lively and we don’t want to mess with that. If you
have a topic you want to speak on, post it to our topics wiki and
let people know. I don’t know about anyone else, but when I see some
interesting topics on the wiki, it encourages me to both attend the
meeting and come up with a topic of my own.

Speaking of topics, I haven’t been doing anything that exciting
lately; it’s all wedding stuff all the time for me. That said, I have
been spending a lot of time using Emacs (I used to be all about
the Textmate) and I’m thinking about trying out a polyphasic
sleep schedule. Is anyone interested in either of these? I think I
can work up five minutes of substance.

Schedule

Lastly, here’s a rough outline of our schedule…

• 6:45 - 7:00 — room and food setup (let Chas know via the list
  if you can help setup)
• 07:00 - 07:30 — eat, meet and mingle
• 07:30 - 08:15 — first time slot for topics
• 08:15 - 09:00 — second time slot for topics
• 09:00 - 10:00 — more time to mingle and clean-up (everyone has been
  great about cleanup and the help is really appreciated)

http://www.yelp.com/map/packards-northampton

We did this a couple of summers ago when attendance was in a trough then, and it seemed to work out. See you there!

If you plan on coming tomorrow, please “register” here, so we know how much food to get, etc.

Please make sure you head over to the meeting topic wiki and post some ideas for talks, discussion topics, etc, if you have them.

Location
——–

We’ll be meeting up at the Snowtide offices. It’s located in the Potpourri Plaza in Northampton, across the street from the Stop and Shop.

Format
——

We’re going to stick with the unconference format. We’d like you to think about a topic that you would be interested in talking about and then post it to our “Suggested Topic” wiki page. Any topic you might be interested in talking about is great and don’t worry about having a formal presentation; if you can talk about the topic for five minutes, you’re all set. You’ll talk about your topic and then let people ask questions and start talking to each other. Think of it as a way to get a conversation started.

Food
—-

We’ll be ordering a party platter from D’Angelo’s, probably two pizzas, and there’ll be a pile of soda, tea, and bottled water. A suggested donation of $8 will cover the snacks and drinks. We’ll be putting any money above and beyond the cost of the food towards future meeting costs.

If anyone has any particular dietary needs or requirements, let us know. We’ll do what we can to get something for everyone.

Schedule
——–

Our schedule is…

* 6:45 - 7:00 — room & food setup (let me know if you can help setup)
* 7:00 - 7:30 — time to eat and mingle
* 7:30 - 8:15 — first time slot for defined topics
* 8:15 - 9:00 — second time slot for defined topics
* 9:00 - 10:00 — time to mingle and chatter some more + cleanup (help
appreciated here as well)

See you there…

- Chas

Please make sure you head over to the meeting topic wiki and post some ideas for talks, discussion topics, etc, if you have them. It’s been a full month since our last “regular” meeting (due to the Ben Fry talk that took over my meetup-hosting bandwidth two weeks ago), so I’ll bet everyone has a lot to talk about.

Location
——–

We’ll be meeting up at the Snowtide offices. It’s located in the Potpourri Plaza in Northampton, across the street from the Stop and Shop.

Format
——

We’re going to stick with the unconference format. We’d like you to think about a topic that you would be interested in talking about and then post it to our “Suggested Topic” wiki page. Any topic you might be interested in talking about is great and don’t worry about having a formal presentation; if you can talk about the topic for five minutes, you’re all set. You’ll talk about your topic and then let people ask questions and start talking to each other. Think of it as a way to get a conversation started.

Food
—-

We’ll be ordering a party platter from D’Angelo’s, probably two pizzas, and there’ll be a pile of soda, tea, and bottled water. A suggested donation of $8 will cover the snacks and drinks. We’ll be putting any money above and beyond the cost of the food towards future meeting costs.

If anyone has any particular dietary needs or requirements, let us know. We’ll do what we can to get something for everyone.

Schedule
——–

Our schedule is…

* 6:45 - 7:00 — room & food setup (let me know if you can help setup)
* 7:00 - 7:30 — time to eat and mingle
* 7:30 - 8:15 — first time slot for defined topics
* 8:15 - 9:00 — second time slot for defined topics
* 9:00 - 10:00 — time to mingle and chatter some more + cleanup (help
appreciated here as well)

See you there…

- Chas

Location

We’ll be meeting up at the Snowtide offices. It’s located in the Potpourri Plaza in Northampton, across the street from the Stop and Shop.

Format

We’re going to stick with the unconference format. We’d like you to think about a topic that you would be interested in talking about and then post it to our “Suggested Topic” wiki page. Any topic you might be interested in talking about is great and don’t worry about having a formal presentation; if you can talk about the topic for five minutes, you’re all set. You’ll talk about your topic and then let people ask questions and start talking to each other. Think of it as a way to get a conversation started.

Food

We’ll be ordering a party platter from D’Angelo’s, probably two pizzas, and there’ll be a pile of soda, tea, and bottled water. A suggested donation of $8 will cover the snacks and drinks. We’ll be putting any money above and beyond the cost of the food towards future meeting costs.

If anyone has any particular dietary needs or requirements, let us know. We’ll do what we can to get something for everyone.

Schedule

Our schedule is…

• 6:45 - 7:00 — room & food setup (let me know if you can help setup)
• 7:00 - 7:30 — time to eat and mingle
• 7:30 - 8:15 — first time slot for defined topics
• 8:15 - 9:00 — second time slot for defined topics
• 9:00 - 10:00 — time to mingle and chatter some more + cleanup (help
  appreciated here as well)

He will be presenting to the Western MA Developers Group on Tuesday, May 5th at 6:30pm at 243 King String, Poutpourri Plaza in Northampton, MA. This event will be hosted by Snowtide Informatics, beverages and snacks will be available.

About Ben Fry

Ben Fry is director of Seed Visualization and its Phyllotaxis Lab, a design laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on understanding complex data. He also develops the Processing programming environment with Casey Reas.

We have a meeting coming up this week (Thursday the 29th).:) Last
meeting’s format went over well, we’re going to try that again this
week.

Location

We’ll be meeting up at the Snowtide office where Chas works. They have a couple of office that they are willing to share, we’ll be breaking up into groups and meeting there. It’s located in the Potpourri Plaza in
Northampton, across the street from the Stop and Shop.

Food

Chas and Miles will be providing some snacks (including coffee) for this meeting. There will be a box at the door, please donate some money to cover the snacks. We’ll be taking any money above and beyond the cost of the snacks and putting it towards food for the next meeting.

If anyone has any particular dietary needs or requirements, let us know.
We’ll do what we can to get something for everyone.

Format

We’re going to stick with the unconference format from last meeting.
We’d like you to think about a topic that you would be interested in talking
about and then post it to our “Suggested Topic” wiki page (thank
you, Doug). Any topic you might be interested in talking about is great
and don’t worry about having a formal presentation; if you can talk
about the topic for five minutes, you’re all set. You’ll talk about your
topic and then let people ask questions and start talking to each other.
Think of it as a way to get a conversation started. I think this is
going to be a lot of fun.

Schedule

Our proposed schedule is…

• 7:00 - 7:30 — time to eat and mingle — maybe a quick intro to the
  “process” we’re going to try
• 7:30 - 8:15 — first time slot for defined topics
• 8:15 - 9:00 — second time slot for defined topics
• 9:00 - 10:00 — time to mingle and chatter some more + cleanup (help
  appreciated here as well)

When: Thursday, March 19,2009…
5:30 to 7:30 PM
5:30 to 6:00 PM Networking and munchies
6:00 to 7:30 PM Program

Where: Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, Mass. Living Room B, 1st floor, McAllum Building (the old brick building just left of the Main Entrance of the Hospital)

Cost: NO CHARGE, by special arrangement with Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Refreshments: Munchies provided

Information Systems at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and Hidden Tech will be presenting a primer on the emerging trends in healthcare technology including the most in demand skills and how to do business with hospitals and clinicians in the Pioneer Valley. Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s Chief Information Officer, Wayne Freeberg, and his colleagues will lead an interactive discussion with the Hidden-Tech community on the ins and outs and do’s and don’ts of doing business in the healthcare arena.

Learn who gets on preferred vendor lists and how, where to look for RFPs, what skills are most in demand and why. Understand how trends in electronic medical record-keeping and Web-based applications spell opportunity for technology professionals with the right skill sets.

Location

We’ll be meeting up at the Snowtide office where Chas works. They have access to a good sized meeting room and Chas has been kind enough to volunteer it. It’s located in the Potpourri Plaza in Northampton, across the street from the Stop and Shop.

Food

Chas will be ordering up a party platter from D’Aneglo’s! I was very pleased last time we ate this and I am looking forward to it. There will be a box at the door, please donate some money to cover the snacks. We’ll be taking any money above and beyond the cost of the platter and putting it towards food for the next meeting.

Format

We’re going to be trying out a new format: the unconference! We’d like you to think about a topic that you would be interested in talking about and then posting it to our “Suggested Topic” wiki page (thank you, Doug). Any topic you might be interested in talking about is great and don’t worry about having a formal presentation; if you can talk about the topic for five minutes, you’re all set. You’ll talk about your topic and then let people ask questions and start talking to each other. Think of it as a way to get a conversation started. I think this is going to be a lot of fun.

Schedule

Our proposed schedule is…

• 6:00 - 7:00 — room & food setup
• 7:00 - 7:30 — time to eat and mingle — maybe a quick intro to the “process” we’re going to try
• 7:30 - 8:15 — first time slot for defined topics
• 8:15 - 9:00 — second time slot for defined topics
• 9:00 - 10:00 — time to mingle and chatter some more + cleanup (help appreciated here as well)

This is going to be a lot fun! See you there.

Also, Addison Wesley has sent us some books on Python. I’ll be bringing them to the meeting and putting them up for grabs.

See you there!