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
Sunday February 26, 2012, 10 AM to 5 PM
Where
WillowTree Apps has been gracious enough to offer their office.
Volunteers
| Item |
Description |
Who? |
| Setup |
30 minutes to help setup the space (need 2-3 volunteers) |
Ben, Joe S.
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| pads / whiteboards + markers |
Visual aids, but also help people determine what the discussion is about as they swarm |
|
| Breakfast |
coffee + bagels? |
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| Lunch |
Lunch will be provided by NoBullBurger |
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| Teardown |
30 minutes to help clean up (need 2-3 volunteers) |
Ben, Joe S.
|
| WTA Employee |
unlock, be on-site entire time, lock up after Teardown crew has finished cleaning. |
Ron |
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Sign Up
- Ben Taitelbaum (@coshx)
- Andrew Montalenti (@amontalenti)
- Joe Sullivan (@ITChE)
- John Feminella (@superninjarobot)
- Anson Parker
- Ron DuPlain
- Stuart Leitch
- Kristy Moon
- Andrew Diamond
- Jody White
- Steve Johnson (@s4parke)
- Dan Lepage (@dplepage)
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 +1
- d3.js / protovis / data visualization with JavaScript
- NLP with Python/NLTK +1
- Write a compiler with modern tools
- Git workflows +1
- Internationalization and things you probably didn't think about
- Native vs HTML5
- JavaScript frameworks (Backbone.js, Ember.js, Knockout.js etc)
- JavaScript design patterns
- Dynamic stylesheet languages (LESS, SASS) and frameworks (Compass, etc)
