Sessions Planned (please see the session listings below for descriptions)
Add a BarCampKC session for anything you are interested in so like-minded folks can get together and discuss the topic(s). At barcampkc sessions don't need to be big productions, though that's fine too. They can range from lightly structured discussions to coding jam sessions to full fledged, ready to take on the road presentations. We'll get a schedule of the sessions firmed up when we kick things off.
There will even be open spaces at the event for spontaneous topics and sessions just find an open spot and some friends and start talking.
Use the existing sessions below as templates. Note the anchor tag that will allow you to link directly to the description
Session Descriptions
| YProviding video streaming services will not be giving a session |
| Adam Nutting |
| Video Dude |
| Usability 101 |
| Garrett Nafzinger |
| I don't write code (besides X/HTML, CSS, JavaScript), I hope that is ok. I'll give an overview of web usability. I hope programmers are interested in this topic. :) If you'd like a specific topic covered (handling errors, application flow, anti-patterns, etc.) drop me an e-mail garrett at nafzinger dot com. |
| Pragmatic Content Management with Radiant |
| Sean Cribbs |
| Radiant is a no-fluff, open source content management system designed for small teams and built with Ruby on Rails. |
| The Future Architecture of Web Applications |
| Nick Davis |
| An overview and comparison of Amazon's Web Services (EC2 and S3) along with Google's new App Engine. |
| amateur software: a brief & tortured history of SWAPs |
| Pete Thomas |
| A critical look at situated web application platforms like EditGrid, Wufoo, and AppJet. Do they matter? We'll look at some existing as well as try to build some new applications during the session. |
| Erlang 101 |
| Samuel Tesla |
| An introduction to the Erlang programming language, and a high level overview of the OTP architecture. |
| Practical Git |
| Samuel Tesla |
| A discussion of Git, one of the biggest new DVCS tools. It will talk about the concepts that distinguish Git (and other DVCS) tools from traditional VCS such as CVS and Subversion. It will also demonstrate the basic usage of Git and some of the tools that it offers. |
| Seaside |
| Blaine Buxton |
| A presentation given in Seaside, a continuation-based web framework. Seaside is an exciting new take at web development by looking at the past and pushing to the future. |
| Introduction to Groovy |
| Scott Hickey |
| An introduction to Groovy that I've done at Omaha user groups and at Infotec in 2007 . The agenda includes: Overview of the Language, Groovy Code Examples, Making Java Better with Groovy, Practical Things to Know |
| Real World Groovy |
| Scott Hickey |
| A presentation based on three years of experience using Groovy to build a complicated insurance rates calculation engine as part of large J2EE project. This presentation was given at the 2007 and 2008 Omaha No Fluff show and the 2007 Grails Exchange in London. |
| Google Maps consumption |
| Tim Hibbard |
| Google Maps and the different ways you can consume them in websites or applications (static map image, my maps and javascript api) |
| Swarm |
| Phil Pell |
| ...an online business collaboration tool designed to connect large businesses in need of novel or unconventional solutions or products with smaller firms that can provide them and to connect small firms to each other in “swarms” to enable collaboration between disparate core competencies |
| Geekvolution |
| Ryan Flannagan |
| ...in Alpha right now... built on Flex 3 and RoR...rich internet app...presented at StartFEST on Thursday night. The Geekvolution is committed to increasing expression, enhancing user friendliness, and extending connectivity. Basically, providing a great way to socialize around geeky events like BarCamp. |
| Bringing geopolitical data to Google Maps |
| Teresa Molina |
| First, an overview of Chemidex's efforts to bring together their geopolitical data with Google Maps. Second, an overview of some Google Maps mash-ups out in the wild but that your probably haven't seen before. |
I outright plagiarized some of this from the MinneBar page, credit to them for a concise intro...
