It looks like MinneBar will have 15 sessions throughout the day (3 concurrent sessions in 5 time slots). Many will already have topics but we will leave room for signing up for topics during the event.
What do you want to talk about? Suggest session ideas below. Sessions will be discussions of 40 minutes in length and can cover just about any topic you can dream up. Expect some topics to be introduced and added the day of the even as well as everyone gets a feel for the crowd and what they would like to talk about.
Tentative Session Schedule
Session Topics
10:00 - 10:40
Area A: Programmer and Designer Roles
Jacob Hookom
How CSS, server-side languages, and semantic markup can help define programmer and designer relationships with agile development
Area B: Real-world Security practices
J Cruit
Topic surrounds security practices.
Area C: Building Synthetic Worlds
Mark McCahill and Tim Bray
Immersive multi-user environments are used for entertainment, virtual meeting places, teaching, and learning, We discuss two approaches to building massively multiuser synthetic worlds: an open source P2P toolkit called Croquet and proprietary server-centric model called Second Life. U of MN is a core ed partner on Croquet project and Mark McCahill is one of the Croquet architects. Tim Bray blogs about Second Life.
11:00 - 11:40
Area A: Open Systems Licenses and Legislation
John Nesbitt & AaronFulkerson
A discussion on what OSS is, why, and how. As well as OSS/Open Standards Legislation and Policy in MN. Will include some discussion centering on understanding the variety of available open source licenses
Area B: Agile Design
Ben Edwards
The agile method has been proven effective in the world of software development yet the various design disciplines (information, interaction, visual, etc.) seem to have fallen behind on this. Discuss how agile themes and methods can be incorporated into the work flows of designers regardless whether or not they are working with an agile development team.
2:00 - 2:40
Area A: Ajax
Nate Schutta
By now you've been exposed to the hype that is Ajax. You've been awed by Google Maps, you've tried Ta-da List, heck, maybe you even know what AJAX the acronym means. In the past we had to choose between difficult to deploy thick clients or feature bare thin clients but today we have a new choice: We can give our users the best of both worlds thanks to Ajax techniques. In this presentation, we'll cut through the hype and help you see where Ajax makes sense in your applications. We'll give you a brief overview of what Ajax is and recommendations for its usage, followed up by tips on how to take some of the pain out of JavaScript. Leading companies are introducing your customers to the possibilities of a richer web experience and after this talk; you'll be on your way to meeting their new expectations.
Area B: On being an independent Open Source Software developer
Ethan Galstad.
I'll talk about how I'm able to remain self-employed while developing an Open Source software project (Nagios) that is available free of charge. This is accomplished by using some "non-standard" OSS business models that don't get press attention. I'll talk about how Nagios got started, how the new business model came about, and where the model (and Nagios) is going in the future.
Area C: Real World CSS Design
Mark Powell
Bring your del.icio.us, Furl, Blinklist bookmarks, Web Developer toolbar and let's open up the hood. Show off innovative sites you've built or found and let everyone see how it works and why it's awesome. Other areas for discussion may include semantic mark-up and ECMA script that allows content to be separate from design separate from interaction. If you've got sites to show, include them on the MinneBarLinks page.
3:00 - 3:40
Area A: Open Source tools for Businesses
Steve Hanson & AaronFulkerson
''Some topics that are sure to come up are using open source tools such as blogs, wikis and other CMS solutions in information management. Additional discussion could be around open source monitoring tool
