Barcamp Tri-Cities | July 22-24

Sponsored by:
    

We'll be hosted by the beautiful Richland Public Library [map]

Event sponsored by Richland Public Library, &yet, <!doctype society>, and nGenuity.

(We'd love other sponsors. Email Adam if you're interested in sponsoring.)

What's Barcamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

The focus of this event will be technology, design, communication, and entrepreneurship.

Please create an account and add yourself to lists below!

Proposed Sessions

The goal of listing proposed sessions is to generate as many potential talks, discussions, and demos that people can share their passion.

If you could lead sessions, please indicate proposed topics you'd be willing to lead below—none of what's below are guaranteed sessions. Feel free to nominate people, but indicate you're doing so. If you accept a nomination, just remove the "nominated".

Technology

• HTML/CSS (James Menera)
• Node.js intro - Javascript on the server (Henrik Joreteg)
• Beginning Javascript (Henrik Joreteg)
• SASS (Adam Brault)
• Hosting your website (Matt Lowe nominated)
• Python (Nathan Fritz nominated)
• Doing cool stuff with your Mac (Justin Brault nominated)
• Intro to CSS Grid Layouts (Erik Ralston)
• Beginner's Guide to jQuery (Erik Ralston)

Design/Communication

• Wireframing (Kristin De La Rosa)
• Basics of SEO - Fact vs Fiction (Matt McGee - Fri/Sat only)
• Content Strategy (Imageworks folks who went to ConFab nominated; Matt McGee able if needed - Fri/Sat only)
• Interface Design (Doug Waltman)
• Getting started with Wordpress (Doug Waltman)
• Typography for Programmers (Erik Ralston)
• Top 5 Usability Principles (Erik Ralston)
• Why Twitter is such a big deal and why you should use it -  (Henrik Joreteg) 

Entrepreneurship

• Freelance Fundamentals (Adam Brault)
• Why You Should Make Products (Adam Brault or Henrik Joreteg)
• Doing a Startup (Matt Dawes nominated) 
• 10-20-30 Rule for Presentations (Bruce Schmoetzer)

Requested topics

• Using vim
• Arduino hacking  
• CoffeeScript 
• Business basics
• Web development process
• Usability basics (Doug Waltman)
• Security (Adam Baldwin) - Anybody narrow this down with what they might want to see?
• WebAPP Pen Testing 
• Ruby on Rails
• Mastering Content Management Systems (Drupal, Joomla, etc)
• Django 
• Women in Technology/Business/Design
• Unit Testing in JavaScript, Python, etc
• Project Management Basic
• Sharing Code and/or Starting Projects on GitHub, SourceForge, Google Code, etc 

Proposed Tracks

These are proposed themes to build long blocks of talks around.  Ideally, each track might start with an anchor talk (or several) introducing the fundamentals, then some scheduled talks around the idea with room for improvisation.  The tracks should also have some sort of geographic relationship, enabling people to inevitably jump easily between related ones.  Inevitably, some "miscellaneous" talks will be given and tracks are susceptible to rework based on content we have on hand.

• Front-End Web Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, User Experience, Usability, etc)
• Back-End Web Development (PHP, Python, Ruby, C#, SQL, NoSQL, Frameworks, etc - CMSes here or front-end?)
•  Software Engineering & Project Management (Software Architecture, SDLC, Design Patterns, Security, Quality, etc)
• Design Tracks?
• Entrepreneur Tracks? 

Planners

The following folks have either volunteered or have been invited to help plan. 

• Adam Brault
• Bruce Schmoetzer 
• Eric Zanol
• Jeff Boyus
• Bryan Rogers
• Paul Carlisle 
• Henrik Joreteg 
• Erik Ralston  
• Adam Baldwin
• Doug Waltman 
• Jordan Fritch
• Kristin De La Rosa
• Brandon Martin 
• Franco Vallejos (unconfirmed)
• James Menera
• Shenoa Lawrence
• Matt Dawes (unconfirmed)
• Amy Taylor (unconfirmed) 
• Matt Lowe
• Matt McGee
• Carl Cadwell
•  
• Seth Burnett (unconfirmed) 
• Brian Manley (unconfirmed) 
• Ryan Welch (unconfirmed) 
• lots others invited but still unconfirmed... :) 

Volunteers

• add yourself and what you could offer...

Participants (aka Campers)

• add yourself if you're attending. Include a one-line linked bio for context.
• Adam Brault | &yet founder/ceo, web+community geek | Blog | Twitter
• Adam Baldwin | nGenuity co-founder, webapp security | Evilpacket | Twitter
• Doug Waltman | Freelancer designer, programmer, UI guy | digitalAugment | Twitter
• Paul Carlisle | elevate founder, biz consultant, tech adviser | Linkedin | Twitter
• Erik Ralston | Web Developer at PNNL | About Me | Twitter
• Henrik Joreteg | &yet partner, web application developer | Twitter 
• Carlos Virgen | Walla Walla Union-Bulletin online manager | Twitter  
• Kristin De La Rosa | Front-end web developer, graphic designer | Twitter
• Josh Gesler | WWUB IT Manager, Creative Visionary, Vegetarian Foodie | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter |
• Shenoa Lawrence | Freelancer web development | Twitter | LinkedIn | Blog |
• Brandon Martin | Zyph Martin Web Developer | Twitter 
• James Menera | &yet Front-End Developer | Twitter
• Matt McGee | Executive News Editor, SearchEngineLand.com & small biz marketing consultant | About Me | Twitter
• Carl Cadwell | Cadwell Labs, Tri-City Court Club, and more
• Lance Ivy | Kickstarter lead developer | Blog | Twitter
• Jeff Boyus | Software Developer at PNNL | Google+ | Twitter

Todo List

(please -cross out- when it's done)

Promotion

• Press Release written
• Make basic logo (PNG)
• Twitter account (@tri_conf)
• Press Release sent
• Make basic flyer (half-sheets) (11x17 full)
• Post flyers at
• All area coffee shops
• PNNL
• Lockheed-Martin?  
• CBC 
• WSU Tri-Cities
• All local libraries
• bookstores
• Where else? 
• Who should we contact in Walla Walla? 
• Announce to organizations (mailing lists)
• Doctype Society
• PNNL EDO 
• Library 
• Imageworks
• CBC
• WSU Tri-Cities 
• PNNL 
• Tri-Cities Linux Users Group (3CLUG)
• DC509 (dc509.org)
• Determine which rooms are specifically available or not  

Planning 

• Organizers should familiarize themselves with Open Space Technology (Here's a bunch of quick descriptions of it [link] and a series introducing OST: 1 2 3 ) 
• Flesh out schedule  
• Determine which rooms are specifically available or not 

Tech

• Wifi (Library)
• White Boards (Library)
• 4-6 projectors: 
• Projector 1 (Adam Brault)
• Projector 2  (Adam Baldwin)
• Projector 3
• Projector 4
• Projector 5
• Projector 6
• Photo/video/audio 

Personnel

• Welcome wagon
• Room wranglers
• Others? 

Tags for Twitter, Flickr, and bookmarking services

@tri_conf is the official Twitter account. #triconf is the official #hashtag.

Who's blogging / tweeting about it?

July 22 | Friday Evening Schedule

Earlybird meetup and hang-out beginning at 4:00

Open with an intro to Open Space Technology (how the event will be organized)

After? Opening meetup?

July 23 | Saturday Morning Schedule

Doors open at 8:00.

July 23 | Saturday Afternoon Schedule

July 24 | Sunday Morning Schedule

Doors open at 8:00