MinneDemo

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MinneDemo is the Twin Cities' own DemoCamp (follow link for FAQ/background), a miniature, demo driven, version of BarCamp.

MinneDemo is an opportunity to show off something novel you been working on to a receptive audience of fellow travellers. Previous DemoCamps (in other cities) have featured AJAX apps, disposable digital camera hardware hacks, mashups and OSS phone system demos. MinneDemo is thin on ground rules: just prepare in advance, get the word out and, oh, no PowerPoint.

We have a simple goal: to showcase the kick-ass software that's being built in Minnesota, whether it be open source, corporate, or academic.

This'll be the first of hopefully many MinneDemos. We'll have them quarterly, or maybe even monthly if there's enough interrest.

Demo Schedule

We will have six 15-minute demos. They will truly be mini-demos. Sign up below (and see the next section) if you're interested and, of course, there's no fee or any BS associated with presenting.

Schedule:

1. flyspy (Robert Metcalf)
2. JRuby (Charles Oliver Nutter)
3. SaySwap - media swapping and social networking startup (Jonathan Dahl)
4. Deki and Dream -- Mono/.NET distributed application framework and sample application (Aaron Fulkerson -- MindTouch, OpenGarden.org)
5. Feedseeder (Garrick Van Buren)
6. Bookmark It! - (Brian 'Bex' Huff)

Wow, that filled up fast. Let's start a list for future MinneDemos. When signing up, please provide enough info so that we can get ahold of you to confirm that you're still interested for a future event:

1. My weather project (Ben Tesch)
2. Data_Pix (Jeff Beddow)

For presenters

Demos should have roughly a 2 minute introduction, 8 minute demonstration, and 5 minutes for questions. 15 minutes total.

Read WhatMakesAGreatDemo for tips on how to give an awesome demo.

More articles:

• Presentation tips from Edward Tufte
• Presentation Tips For The Technically Gifted
• Guy Kawasaki: How to be a demo god
• Jeffrey Veen: Seven Steps to Better Presentations

Please show up at 6:00pm so we can configure and test your laptop with the presentation system and Internet connection.

Getting there

Chiang Mai Thai is located in Calhoun Square in Uptown, Minneapolis.

3001 Hennepin Ave S

Minneapolis MN 55408 (map)

This location is serviced by the 17, 21, 23, 6, 17, and 12 buses. See Metro Transit for more details.

Parking is available in the Calhoun Square ramp (entrance on 31st Street) and on neighborhood streets.

Appetizers/Sponsors

Chiang Mai Thai's food is not to be missed, so we'll be serving up some complementary appetizers to attendees. Of course in life there's no free lunch, so we're seeking we've lined up five sponsors to chip in $100 a piece for the apps. To sign up, add your name below and email look at recursion dot org and/or dan at unpossible dot com.

1. Dan Grigsby
2. Luke Francl
3. Slantwise Design
4. New Counsel
5. Ventera

Attendees

1. Dan Grigsby (Co-organizer)
2. Luke Francl (Co-organizer)
3. Robert Metcalf flyspy
4. Graeme Thickins blog
5. Charles Oliver Nutter; JRuby, Ventera Corp
6. Jonathan Dahl - Slantwise Design
7. Nick Sieger
8. Ron Lancaster
9. BenEdwards Alt Text, refactr
10. Gene Boyer
11. Bruno Bornsztein [http://www.whinynil.com]
12. McClain Looney [http://www.loonsoft.com]
13. Aaron Fulkerson
14. Garrick Van Buren
15. Ben Tesch; RIAA Radar, Mixmatcher
16. Tom Brice
17. Michael Woods
18. Jeff Pester - Urban Radar
19. Paul Wenzel; Yamamoto-Moss,Co-Op Media
20. Justin Heideman; Co-Op Media, Walkert Art Center
21. Jacob Hookom
22. Mark Wagner
23. Nate Schutta
24. Casey Helbling Clear Consulting, refactr
25. Ben Moore
26. Pete Schwamb
27. Jason Wankerl
28.  John Roberts, New Counsel, PLC
29. Jesse O'Neill-Oine refactr
30. Martin Grider http://livingtech.net, Clockwork
31. Michael J. Freeman, MULTIMAX
32. Ryan Melena
33. Eric Peterson
34. Rudrava Roy
35. James Walsh Datacard Group
36. Timothy Wee blog
37. Scott Vlaminck refactr
38. Peter Fleck
39. Matt Zumwalt
40. Derrick Shields
41. Adam Cozine
42. Jim Cuene
43. Scott Allen
44. Andrew Eklund
45. Matt Craven - BlogMedia, Inc. The Blog Herald
46. Brian 'Bex' Huff
47. Adam McBroom
48. Stephen Filing
49. Bill Wilder
50. Benjamin Ortega
51. Paul Cantrell
52. Steve Borsch -- Yugma
53. Mike O'Connor -- Corp.com - corporate domain names
54. John Sundberg - Kinetic Data, Inc. KineticData
55. David Swanlund
56. Kraig Larson, Ciceron Internet Marketing
57. Cuong Tran, PragmaQuest
58. Mark Wright
59. Derek Peterson, BOLD Crossing
60. Adam Sellke -- Ripshark, Madoi
61. Anton Torres
62. David Hedrick Skarjune
63. Rob Davis, Haberman & Assoc.
64. Cody Hanson, Carlson School of Management
65. Scott Yokiel, RBA Consulting
66. Jared Erwin
67. Craig Gjerdingen, Carlson School of Management
68. Dan Carroll, InRadio
69. Nate Yourchuck
70. Bill Boulger, Indie Tickets
71. Bob Hastings
72. Dan Stone
73. Dan Frankowski
74. Eric Caron, JobDig
75. J.C. Hamlin, GovDelivery, Inc.
76. Kevin Marshall blog
77. Paul Saarinen
78. John Fillman
79. Kim Garretson, Swarmcast
80. Justin Chapweske, Swarmcast
81. John Riske, Swarmcast
82. Chris Barber CB1, INC.
83. Thomas O'Neill, Sierra Bravo Corp. 
84. Scott Hoggarth
85. Gabriel Mtz. Aguirre, GMAPhoto.com
86. Harold Slawik, New Counsel
87. Michelle Huff
88. Matt Bauer, Mosquito Mole Multiworks
89. Norm Orstad, Slantwise Design
90. Erick Roen
91. Chris Schumann, Third Wave Partnership
92. Lars Leafblad, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
93. Cecily Sommers, The Push Institute
94. John Kuster
95. Sam Drong
96. Christopher Hadden, Thomson West
97. Jeff and Sara Beddow

Mailing List, Tags

We'll continue to use the MinneBar list for MinneDemo. Join it here.

Tag blog posts, podcasts and photos with MinneDemo.

Thanks a lot

BenEdwards was kind enough to make us super-sweet logos for MinneDemo (PDF version)