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WindyCityGo: Call for Presenters

WindyCityGo, Chicago’s mobile developers conference, will be held on Thursday & Friday, April 5-6, 2012. Highlights:

• Two days of mobile development presentations and interaction. More time for great speakers, serious learning, and powerful networking.
• Holding WindyCityGo during the week (Thursday & Friday) is helpful to those who seek a good work/life balance.

Do you have something you’d like to say to a mobile developer audience? Then we invite you to submit a proposal.

See you at WindyCityGo!

Lean Startup Machine: Fri-Sun, Jan 20-22, 2012

Lean Startup Machine comes to Chicago on Fri-Sun, Jan 20-22, 2012.

Lean Startup Machine is a metrics-driven startup competition where teams learn to identify the key risks in their business model through hands-on mentorship and a tested framework of tools.

The bottom line: Entrepreneurship can be learned. Visit http://theleanstartupmachine.com for details.

WindyCityRails - Thank You Team!

WindyCityRails played to a sold-out crowd this year. Many people work together in concert to make WindyCityRails happen. Here’s the core team:

• Kevin Zolkiewicz – Designer & project manager. Kevin runs the conference.
• Ginny Hendry – Ginny runs our hack nights. She’s always on the lookout for new speaking talent.
• Dean Pannell – Aspiring comedian. Half of the team that guides Elmhurst.
• Tracie Pannell – Half of the team that guides Elmhurst.
• Adam Grandy – Presentation video & audio.
• Jeanne Franks – Ran the after Party. Stay tuned; you might see her again.
• Carl Jackson – Highly proactive, manages our relationship with Apple.
• Ryan Balla – Video at monthly meetings and at conferences.
• Justin Love – Active with hack nights & Elmhurst.
• Matt Polito – Long time organizer, headed to Florida… maybe?
• Raymond Westbrook – Teenage Linux enthusiast. Walk-around videos.
• Ray Hightower – That guy with crazy ideas about conferences…

Thank you for making WindyCityRails work so well. Let’s do this again!

ChicagoRuby Job Board
Are you building a software team? Check out the ChicagoRuby Job Board. ChicagoRuby attracts some of the sharpest minds in software development. http://jobs.chicagoruby.org.

The WindyCity Experience

WindyCityRails will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2011. What can you expect at WindyCityRails? Take a look at feedback we received on two conferences held earlier in 2011: WindyCityGo (mobile) and WindyCityDB (NoSQL databases).

Why do we go to conferences?

• Presentations. To hear from peers who are working on the cutting edge of our profession. Presentations from this year’s WindyCityGo and WindyCityDB are online.
• Networking. To share ideas with our peers – some of the sharpest minds in the developer community. To talk to folks that we don’t see every day. To give serendipity a chance to work!
• Fun. After all, if we’re not having fun, maybe we should go somewhere else :-)

What does the WindyCity experience mean to you? Hear more about the experience from people who have been there.

When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen. Early registration ends on Monday, August 15th. We look forward to seeing you at WindyCityRails!
 
 
 

WindyCityRails: Sat, Sept 17, 2011

WindyCityRails is Chicago’s annual gathering for all who are passionate about Ruby on Rails. The conference will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the Westin Chicago River North.

Rails developers & designers will enjoy interacting with some of the sharpest minds in the software community. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!

Two of our local Rails success stories, Groupon and Obtiva, have special activities lined up for the day.

Check out the WindyCityRails schedule. Early registration ends on August 15th. See you there!