Technology & Design (un)Conference: No Spectators, Only Participants
"One of the best uses of my Saturday in as long as I can remember." - Rick Cochrane, ObjectZen
UPDATE: Another MinneBar come to an end. Post session recaps below. |
MinneBar 2008 Pictures
Photos tagged with minnebar.
MinneBar Tweets (via Summize)
GTD and Start-ups
Why Should I Care About Grails?
Metaprogramming with Groovy (code examples)
Intro to iPhone Development
Small teams, Big results
What is Drupal? An Introduction for Programmers (Use full screen mode in SlideShare to access links in upper right corner of slides to You Tube demo videos.)
MinneBar Offers Peek at Next Killer App Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press 5/9/08
Minnesota's Internet Tech Crowd Flexes Its Muscle Graeme Thickins, MinnPost 5/13/08 (via Minnov8.com)
Want a Rotary iPhone Dialer? You'll Get One Your Tech Blog (TwinCities.com)
Minnebar '08 Rocked the Mouse, the House, the State, and the Twitterverse Graeme Thickins, Tech~Surf~Blog
Recording - Farmsourcing Rails (Matt Bauer, 10am)
Recording - Screw You LAMP (Dan Grigsby, 11am)
Recording - State of the State (Panel, Noon)
Blog posts tagged MinneBar (via Technorati)
Minnebar 2008: Geeks 1 Minnesota Fishing Opener 0
Recording - State of the State: Technology in Minnesota Steve Borsch for Minnov8.com
Minnebar 2008 Google Blog Search Results (sorted by date)
Bex Huff on Communication For Geeks Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
Intro to iPhone Development with Jesse O'Neill-Oine Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
Consulting for Fun and Profit with Jon Dahl Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
State of the State: Technology in Minnesota - Panel Discussion Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
Minnesota's Internet Tech Crowd Flexes Its Muscle Graeme Thickins for Minnov8.com
Spectrum of the User Experience (Kevin Farner, Gomoll Research + Design, 2pm)
MinneBar First Timer's Perspective (Kevin Farner)
Managing Your Most Important Asset: Knowledge (Rich Hoeg)
Minnebar was fun (MNteractive)
Minnebar Recap (WindyWire.com - a technology & digital business site in Chicago)
Minnebar 08 (myklroventine.com)
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Who |
You! Everyone is welcome, and the event is free. Add your name to the list below. |
When |
Saturday May 10th, 2008 starting at 8:30am. Registration begins at 8:00 please come early. |
Where |
Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota Campus (Minneapolis) |
Address |
300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455-0110 map & directions |
Parking |
There is metered and street parking around and also several large ramps. |
Bus |
Save money on parking! The U of M is serviced by 30+ bus routes |
Pre-event mixer Friday, May 9, 8pm - ??? at Bulldog NE (401 East Hennepin Avenue, Mpls). Tons of great appetizers sponsored by Refactr.
Event Sponsors
Aside from all the great discussion and networking to be had, MinneBar includes free breakfast, lunch, afternoon appetizers, evening drinks, and a commemorative t-shirt. Of course someone has to pay for all this, so we've lined up a great group of sponsors to cover the costs:
- Special Venue Sponsor -
We all know the world of technology is evolving rapidly. The question is, how do you keep pace with this change? Or better still, how do you lead it? By bringing the right people together by creating an innovative and learning community where academic and industry professionals within the field of software engineering can meet with each other, talk, compare notes, share ideas, and launch new projects. The University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center (UMSEC) was created to do just that.
- Sponsors -
Split Rock Partners invests in emerging healthcare, software and Internet services companies in the Upper Midwest and West Coast. We are an early-stage venture capital firm that was founded in June 2004 by the former healthcare and software investment teams of St. Paul Venture Capital (SPVC). The Split Rock team managed over $1 billion of venture capital during our tenure at SPVC, and continues to manage the SPVC healthcare and software portfolio. In May of 2005, we raised $275 million in our inaugural Split Rock Partners fund.
Swarmcast empowers content providers to build profitable businesses around high-quality online video. Swarmcast's Autobahn Platform delivers full screen, high quality video that sharpens to the best experience for each viewer, without buffering or stalling. Engaging global audiences for both live and on-demand video, Swarmcast is redefining what is possible for content providers such as Major League Baseball and TV Tokyo.
Sierra Bravo is among the fastest-growing web development companies in the Twin Cities. Our staff of 50 developers build enhanced online functionality for forward-looking companies, including the end clients of ad, marketing and design companies that partner with us to create websites that look great and work smart.
FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, is the leading provider of Internet marketing solutions for law firms and an online legal destination at FindLaw.com for consumers with legal needs. FindLaw's client development services help law firms use the Internet as a powerful tool to find qualified prospects through website development, search engine marketing, lawyer directories and other online visibility tools. It’s Eagan-based Client Development group currently maintains thousands of custom-built websites for law firms across the country.
Sessions & Demos
We want to have over 40 diverse sessions at this year's event.
Sign up on the MinneBarSessions page to lead a discussion on a topic that interest you (because chances are if it interests you it will interest at least 20 more attendees).
Draft Session Schedule has been posted.
Participants
If you know you will attend this year's event, click the Edit page button at the top of this page, and add your name below. Then start thinking about sessions and demos you would like to create.
- Today In Tech - Today In Tech
- Gaia Solutions - [herf="http://www.gaia-radio.com Gaia Solutions]
- Bob Smith - Cheap Reliable Hosting
- BenEdwards (Co-organizer) - Refactr , alt text
- Luke Francl (Co-organizer) - Slantwise Design , Rail Spikes , blog
- Randy Geise - Geise Design
- Graeme Thickins - Tech~Surf~Blog , NewMediaWise , Minnov8 , DoApp
- Thomas Knoll - dydimustk.com & Launching Ekklesia Lab, and a coworking space
- Ethan Galstad - Nagios Enterprises , Nagios
- Shad Petosky - PUNY ENTERTAINMENT , Puny Blog
- Eric Hedberg - Enleiten , Enleitened Blog
- Martin Grider - clockwork.net , go-tetris.com
- Stephen Van Dahm - Blog
- John Reilly - Tightrope Media Systems , twitter
- Doreen Hartzell - Enleiten , Enleitened Blog
- Allie Micka - Advantage Labs , pajunas interactive
- Robert Metcalf - Flyspy
- Jeff Pester - Text Capital , twitter
- Corey Donovan - Vibrant , Wedding Photographer.com
- Stephen Heuer - Arux Software
- Austin Smith
- Bil Macleslie - ipHouse
- Peter Edstrom - Blog
- Shaun Tabatt - Blog
- Adam Vernier - Digital Cyclone
- Tim Elliott - Personal Blog , Winecast
- Marshall Onsrud
- Joe Sriver - DoApp
- Jonathan Lord - Dr. Wingnut
- Tim Wilson - Blog
- Kyle Henderson
- Steve Borsch - Connecting the Dots , Minnov8 - Minnesota Internet & Web Innovation
- Bryan Strawser - Target , My Blog
- Jamie Thingelstad - Personal Blog Tech Blog
- Scott Litman - SDWA Ventures , Minnesota Cup
- Jesse O'Neill-Oine - Refactr
- Mark Hurlburt - F1 Web Challenge , Sierra Bravo
- Michael Woods
- Glenn Moen
- Marc Johnson
- Bill Boulger - Indie Tickets
- Charles Edge - 318
- Dan Grigsby - Blog , Twitter
- Joe Roushar - K-Netica Corp , Linkedin
- Adam Sellke - Ripshark
- 4braham Williams - http://abrah.am
- Michael Lehmkuhl - Electric Pulp
- Kashif Ahmed
- Ira Mitchell - freemind solutions , GlassyEyes
- James Swanson - freemind solutions
- Subbu Sastry - newstrust , newsrack
- Barry Hess - Blog , Twitter , Ventorium , Harvest
- Pete Carr - DoApp
- Phil Crissman - blog , CM&D
- Alan Palazzolo - alanpalazzolo.com
- Margaret Andrews - blog , vita.mn
- Sam Schroeder - blog , Twitter
- Curt Prins - LinkedIn , Visit Albania
- Robert Fischer - blog , Twitter , LinkedIn
- David Hedrick Skarjune - MN MySQL UG <-FLOSSie
- Mike Hugo - Piragua Consulting
- Jeff Gold - Twitter , jeff.a.g - skypeID
- Paul Wenzel MPR , pwenzel.info
- Gary Elfert - VISI
- Tom Abey - Windows Vista Help
- Rick Graner Grocery Shopping Network , Maverism
- Peter Fleck - PF Hyper Blog , Twitter
- John A. Grozik - Digital Campfires Foundation
- Paul C. Ernst - Twitter , LinkedIn
- Justin Heideman - Walker Art Center , Co-Op Media
- Louis DeJardin - blog
- Jeramey Jannene - FreshCoastVentures UrbanMilwaukee.com
- Chris Gwinn - blog , Four51
- Toby Cryns - The Mighty Mo! Design Co. , Lunch of Champions
- Derrick Fountain , Internet Broadcasting
- Bill Heyman - CodeMorphic
- Steve Cayford
- Aaron Hall - Prior Lake area attorney Shakopee area attorney
- Brian Michelich
- Bjorn Stansvik - MentorMate
- Brian 'Bex' Huff - Bezzotech , My ECM Blog bexhuff.com
- Derrick Shields - WebproLeads Inc.
- Dylan Petersson - WebproLeads Inc.
- David A. Pickett - Blog
- John T. Hoffoss - Twitter
- Dylan Bruzenak
- Dustin Bruzenak
- Neal Tovsen
- Kent Tangen - Blog
- Christine Smith
- Rick Cochrane - ObjectZen Consulting
- Adam Dewitz
- Hector Fernandez - Triathlon blog
- Rudrava Roy - Invisible Computing
- Bruce Gary - Hearing aids
- Non Marco - SendBlaster Bulk Email Software
- Ward Tongen - Medtronic , LinkedIn
- Michael Russin - PharmRX Solutions
- Scott Vlaminck - Refactr
- Samir M. Nassar - SteamedPenguin , LinkedIn
- Benjamin Ortega - MN Population Center @ U of M , the substars blog
- Greg Dalen
- Eric Peterson
- Charles Gimon - Fairview , Me
- Jason Motylinski
- Manish Cod{e}
- Tom ONeill - Sierra Bravo
- Norm Orstad - Slantwise Design
- Paul DeBettignies - MN Headhunter Blog , Twitter , LinkedIn
- Jeremy Mooney
- John Mindiola III - mindiola
- Joe Hoover
- Phil Wilson - Localtone Systems , RemainComm
- Amanda Luker - TC Open Circuit
- Thomas Saunders - home , work , play
- tom chow
- Bart Gottschalk - ArcStone
- Michael Amundson - Echobit
- Steve Kickert - Riverock
- Joe Buck
- Josh Kruck - LinkedIn
- Ben Moore
- Clayton Smith
- Ben Wallace - Link Positive , Adaptive Avenue , LinkedIn
- Rich Hoeg - Honeywell , My Blog , LinkedIn
- Mark Gritter - blog LinkedIn
- David Harris - homepage
- Patrick Rhone - Machine Methods Consulting , blog
- Pete Wall - Blog , Calabrio
- Denis Ahearn - Riverock
- Gabe Turner - Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
- John Stefany - StarTribune.com
- Matt Zumwalt - MediaShelf
- Kyle Drake - Killed by Death
- Kyle Wilson - Net Brew Design
- Michael Valentiner
- Kristi Dugan - Medtronic , LinkedIn
- April Karnes - Northwest Airlines
- Jonathan Dahl - Tumblon , Slantwise Design
- David Schlenk - Personal Blog | Spanlink Communications, Inc.
- Jake Roufa - http://jacobroufa.com , LinkedIn
- Mykl Roventine - Ciceron , Blog , LinkedIn
- Jeremiah Davis - LinkedIn
- Andy Atkinson - Pain in the Tech
- Mike Bollinger - Livefront
- Dan Stone
- Gillian Reynolds - Twitter , Wicked Fish Design
- Mike Willbanks - Mike Willbanks Blog , Digital River
- Nathan Hein - LinkedIn , Twitter
- Ryan Tvenge - Twitter
- Mark Beckman
- Karel Lukas - Yugma , My Blog , Twitter
- Tom Hudak - Yugma
- Matt Schuster - MPS Industries , twitter
- Zachary Garbow - 8aweek , Socialbrowse , Y Combinator startup
- Mark Nelson - The Minnesota Supercomputer Institute
- Kyle Cunningham - The Minnesota Daily , Codeincarnate
- Zach Valentiner - The Minnesota Daily
- Thomas Bishop - The Minnesota Daily
- Son Huynh - The Minnesota Daily
- Ryan Bailey - The Minnesota Daily
- Jesse Ross - Blog , Etoile
- Steve Hanson - Cruiskeen Consulting , Drupal For Users
- Todd Suomela - Blog
- John Kuster
- Jeff Brand - Blog , Microsoft
- Dan Eichholz
- Matt Craven - Bryghtpath LLC , Columnist/Blogger The Blog Herald & others , Twitter
- Adam McBroom - website
- Thomas Bohmbach, Jr. - website
- Lindsi Gish
- Andy Tinkham - Twitter
- Nick Bauman - Blog
- Curtis Thompson - Blog
- Cuong Tran - pragmaquest.com
- Arik Jones - atinypixel.com
- andy kvamme
- John Ballantine
- Karif Roberts
- Matt Bauer - Mosquito Mole Multiworks
- Paul Cantrell - innig.net
- Chris Barber - CB1, INC.
- Damon Allison CodeMorphic
- Paul Julius Stelligent, Inc., CruiseControl co-founder, CITCON co-chair
- Steven Novotny - Arux Software
- Chris Mitra
- Michael Janssen UMN Center for Distributed Robotics blog Twitter
- Trent Huber
- Jenel Farrell - Twitter LinkedIn
- Tony Webster - Photoblog
- Tammy Tucker - Sweet Tea Design
- Emily Mercer - CTEP, Intermedia Arts
- Fred Van Dellen
- Kelly Heikkila - Kinetic Data
- Wenlei Fang
- Ross Niemi - ThoughtWorks
- Joe Dwyer - DwyerTech
- Ry4an Brase - Swarmacst
- Mike Dockerty
- Jeff Lin - Bust Out Solutions
- Jim Bernard - work , home
- Tim Bursch
- Tom Hagman
- Richard Elsberry
- Paul Wiedel - blog
- Jamshid A. Vayghan - blog bio
- Justin Grammens - Localtone
- Mike Calvo - Citronella
- Adam May - Digital Cyclone
- Zan Thrash
- Rick Mahn = RickMahn.com
- Ray Ghanbari
- Doug Frevert
- Autumn Patterson Arts Midwest
- John Murphy Website
- steve ulrich
- Erica Mauter - Metroblogging Minneapolis Twitter
- Andy Morgan
- Steve Campbell - blog
- Irma Kafalghazal
- Blaine Cross - New Media Group @ U of M
- Rich Graves - claimid linkedin quixote carleton college
- David Decesare
- Eric Chapweske - Slantwise Design, Rail Spikes
- Nate Aune - Jazkarta, Plone4Artists, nateaune.com
- Tony Collen - Halogen Labs
- Pete Clark - blog
- K Rafferty - website
- R Carlsson
- Eric Foster-Johnson - home, work
- Alex Dietz
- John Malone - FirstScribe
- Jeremy Keillor
- Ian Whitney
- Matthew Purland - blog
- Brendan Malone - TRG Inc.
- Michael Schrenk - schrenk.com
- Eric Snyder - ipHouse LinkedIn
- Ryan Payne - website
- Chris St.Germain - website
- Harlan Iverson - blog, LinkedIn
- Barry Dietrich -website
- Joelle Tegwen - Institute on Community Integration - U of M
- Brian Maddy
- Nik Rowell - ArcStone, nikrowell.com
- Jo Soo - Siemens AG
- Patrick Williams - Entrepreneurial Management Major (Carlson School of Management)
- Esten Rye
- Sean Dulin
- Larry Green
- Randall Rodakowski
- Markus Silpala
- Jeremy D. Pavleck - Pavleck.Com, Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn
- Matt Baxter - BAE Systems
- Matty Albiniak - gangster. myuzk, LinkedIn
- Jason DeBoer-Moran - LinkedIn, Twitter
- Christian Carter - Concentration Studios
- Dwight Fellman
- Gretchen Enger - LinkedIn
- Justin Coyne - MN Population Center @ U of M
- Tom Harty - Convention-reg.com
- Jason Baker - www.visi.com
- Jennifer Sly - YouthAssets
- Jan Poehland - Comparatio USA
- Chris Schumann - Third Wave Partnership, LLC
- Zach Johnson - Watermelon Sauce, LLC
- Paul Armstrong - Watermelon Sauce, LLC
- Bryan Sowieja - Home Loan University
- Siddhartha Chadda -OLSON
- Sheila Kim
- Fred H Olson - Cohousing-L , Communication for Justice
- Kevin Farner - Twitter account , Gomoll Research + Design
- Jared Roy - Twitter , RMG
- Mark Danielson - FindLaw, LinkedIn
- Hiromi Suenaga
- Joseph Golemo LinkedIn
- Bill Worple - 3LUXE
- Kevin Ciesielski - DorkFactorPrime, twitter
- Mark Leppke - U.S. Bank,
- Shourya Sarcar - Blog
- Karen McPherson - BD'M
- Rami Siriani
- Victor Martinez
- Erik Jordan
- Josh More - Alliance Technologies, Personal info at www.starmind.org
- Brian Kopp - Medtronic , LinkedIn
- Seth Viebrock - The Hursk Group , Open Workshop
- Steve Wicks
- Robert Stephens - The Geek Squad
- dack ragus
- Chip Pearson - JAMF Software
- Jeremy Tucker - OSI
- Steven Clift - E-Democracy, DoWire.Org, StevenClift.Com
- Marcus Nelson - , CitizenDesk Co-Working, LinkedIn, Twitter
- John Moravec - Leapfrog Institutes & Education Futures
- Grant Dobbe - Wobsite/Blag
- Tom Brice
- Marty Wetherall - FanChatter.com , FanChatter Stadium , blog , Twitter , LinkedIn
- Dan Ficker - August Ash Inc. , inReview.net
- Wade S. Beavers - DoApp
- Matt Thompson - vita.mn , Snarkmarket
- Darren Siaw - Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
- Bill Helgeson
- Andy Blair
- Ben Dolmar - Sierra Bravo Corporation
- John Muchow - Leveraging Social Media and Technology Blog
- Rich Davies - University of MN, Department of CS
- Pradeep Narayanashetty - UofM, Department of CS
- Adrienne Peirce - UofM, Carlson School of Management
- Leon Giles - Internet Broadcasting
- Chris Huebner Blog
- Leo Timmons - General Mills
- Steve Brown
- Vinod Krishnan - HCI
- Scott Rodgers - online media - LinkedIn
- Brian Dolan-Goecke
- Kevin Marshall blog
- Matt Gauger twitter
- Bill Brown - Aspen Informatics
- Doug Hamlin - Web site
- Andrew Hunkins - BusyKeeper , LinkedIn
- Rob Lindberg
- David Paul Ellenwood - Clearance ,
- Greg Swan Perfect Porridge
- David Newberger - Blog , twitter , LinkedIn
- Michael Gorman Split Rock Partners
- Orlin Melstrand
- Jonathan Barrentine SPED-Outreach
- Peter Beacom Quality Bunker , Cogent Code
- Jeremy Lizakowski Green Spring Design , LinkedIn , TCLUG
- George Walker - Electric Pulp , twitter , blog
- Tim Erickson E-Democracy.Org, Blog, Twitter
- Lee Carmichael LinkedIn
- Joel Donna
- Paul Wonsavage
- Collin Anderson Personal Blog, Code Blog, Twitter
- Padraic McGee
- Randy Roland LinkedIn
- Avanidhar Chandrasekaran - UofM CS Department
- Praveen Kannan - U of M CS Department
- Marjorie Roswell
- Jay Curry - Twitter
- Kent Tenney
- Andrew Urbanski - http://www.sjm.com
- Matt Geiser
- Ed Kohler - Technology Evangelist
- Roald Marth - Technology Evangelist
- Mike Miller - LinkedIn
- Tom Miller
- Arun Agrahri - [http://www.arunagrahri.qsh.in]
- Ankur Ashok Kath - U of M CS Department
- Abhishek Rawat - U of M CS Department
- Douglas K. Olson - Product GM Microsoft Expression
- Arouna Phommasouvanh - ArcStone
- Nicole Garst Personal Blog,Twitter
- Ben Kremer - Kremer Design
- Shawn Horton -Shawn Horton, Twitter, Facebook
- Bill Galfano - Room & Board
- Michaelynn E. McCarron - [http://www.memart.net]
- Peter Berman ActiFi
- Gwen Jorgens - RBC Wealth Management
- Bryan Knauber - website
- Kelly P. Waxler
- Anil Rao
- Lief Larson - Workface Inc. Website
- Paul Fitch
- Karl Larsen - GeoComm Inc, LinkedIn, Blog
- Michael Armstrong - Machine Methods Consulting , myTwinCities Photoblog, blog
- Kla Haeck
- Mark Kurtz Gage, LinkedIn, Blog, Twitter
- j. alex lee - U of M chem eng & mat sci
- Erik Blakkestad
- Andrew P. Kandels - CATS Applicant Tracking System
- Asim Baig - CATS Applicant Tracking System
- Tony Sternberg - Cognizo Technologies, Inc.
- Krista Gallagher - UofM Medical School
- Daniel Schaefer - OLSON
- Raghu Sagi
- Jeff Schaefer - StarTribune.com
- David Quimby - Adaptive Avenue
- Rajesh Govindaraj - COMP NETWARE
- Sheldon Schwartz - {mo}{weekly sweep}
- Gabe Ormsby
- Yan Liang U of M CEMS - Personal Homepage
- Ross Levine
- Dave Borrillo - DoApp
- John Roberts - New Counsel,PLC www.newcounsel.com
- John Hoffman - Mighty Agent
- John Collins - UMSEC
- Kim Condon - The Advocates for Human Rights
- John Dahl // Interactive Designer // S4 Sales // LinkedIn
- Darrel Austin - MNteractive
- Kailash Thapa
- Patrick Bores
- Lee Chang
- Soua Chang
- Terrence Salizar
- Chai Chang
- Za Chang
- Soo Lee womopo
- David Potosky LinkedIn
- Harold Slawik
- Stephen Thompson
- Joel Koenigs RMG
- Nick Bilyk
- Jereme Allen
- Scott Ferris - LinkedIn
- Charlie Hoff - VISI
- Ryan Libson - monsterobot
- Andrew Ronningen - www.franchotassociates.com
- Matthew Dornquast - Code 42 + CrashPlan
- Bright, Jason - MediaBeacon, Inc.
- Bobbi Anderson - Advantage Labs, Inc
- Todd Welch - TC-TEKS Computers LLC
- Sara Cowles - Valtira
- Cyrus Master
- Rick Faulise - TAP
- Erich Hanson - August Ash, Inc. + LinkedIn
- Brad Lahr - LinkedIn
- Skyler Kehren - google:Pyrodogg
- Kevin Rose - Digg
- Troy Gaul
- Joel Calhoun
- Geoff Hankerson - Website
- Colin Harrington - [http://www.colinharrington.net] :: [http://www.carol.com]
- Munir Nassar
- Tavis Hudson - Blog, LinkedIn, Twitter
- Jawed Karim - Youniversity Ventures
- Aaron Weber - LinkedIn
- M A - [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bostonred]
- Mark Young - zarzax the blog, LinkedIn, Twitter
- Dejen Tesfagiorgis - ArtsApp Media Management, LinkedIn
- Jon Darcio Website & Blog
- Roger Parco - Kohls
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