What
beSwarm is a gathering of tech enthusiasts from all over central Virginia to discuss, share, and learn about anything that interests us. The idea of the even is that participants "vote with their feet," moving around the room and forming swarms around interesting discussions and presentations.
When
TBD - January or February, 2012
Vote for a date: http://www.doodle.com/r636pm8xfcebst7g
Where
TBD
- CitySpace meeting room is currently booked on all the Saturdays in Jan. + February, but is open for most of the Sundays. See the calendar at http://charlottesvillearts.org/cityspace/
- We want to set up 5 to 10 stations, so a local office or school could work -- any ideas?
Volunteers
| Item |
Description |
Who? |
| Setup |
30 minutes to help setup the space (need 2-3 volunteers) |
Ben, |
| pads / whiteboards + markers |
Visual aids, but also help people determine what the discussion is about as they swarm |
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| Breakfast |
coffee + bagels? |
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| Lunch |
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| Teardown |
30 minutes to help clean up (need 2-3 volunteers) |
Ben, |
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Sign Up
- Ben Taitelbaum (@coshx)
- Andrew Montalenti (@amontalenti)
Topics of Interest
actual topics will emerge at the event, but jot down what you think you'll be interested in discussing/sharing/learning
- layout frameworks like bootstrap and blueprint and experiences with these
- advanced html5 topics
- 3D javascript engines
- arduino hacking
- d3.js / protovis / data visualization with JavaScript
- NLP with Python/NLTK
- Write a compiler with modern tools
