Please join us for an evening of Puppet talks!
We'll have Ryan Whitehurst, SysOps Engineer to talk about what he learned from the recent move of our internal Puppet deployment from PE 3.2 (Puppet 3.4.3) to PE 2015.2 (Puppet 4.2). He'll cover the successes, troubles, and tricks we used to make this transition. Ryan works on the SysOps team at Puppet Labs. His current primary responsibility is the development and maintenance of our internal Puppet Enterprise deployment.
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 Pizza & salad, including vegan & gluten free options
6:30-7:15 Moving from Puppet 3 to Puppet 4 - Ryan Whitehurst, Puppet Labs
7:15-7:45 Discussion about challenges that you've experienced moving your Puppet deployments
7:45-8:15 Mingle & plan for the next meeting
Extra Details: The office is wheelchair accessible, and has an elevator. There is bike parking on the street and just inside the parking garage at the corner of SW Stark and SW 1st Ave. Parking is available on the street or at one of the many pay to park lots near the office
Startups are hard. You don't have to do it alone. Let's challenge the assumptions of what it means to be a startup founder, a person of color and build a diverse startup ecosystem here in Portland. Redefining diversity to be more inclusive (even including white males, go figure). Come for coffee. Meet other founders. Then get to work. Hosted by Yu Te, founder of MacPCX (and Startup Weekend Organizer) yu@macpcx.com or 971-998-9511.
We'll have pizza & beer starting at 6pm, so stop by early if you want to have dinner and socialize before the presentations.
PRESENTATIONS at 7pm: Making the Most of the lib Directory in a Rails App - Brett ChalupaWhere does code goes that does not cleanly fit within the MVC structure that Rails suggests? Does one create a new folder within the app directory and introduce a new concept to the app? The vendor directory?! Should it go in a gem? When the conventions of Rails do not cover a concept or approach, it is difficult to know where to put classes and modules.
Over the years, I have been putting more code in the lib directory. It allows for more object oriented code composition, faster tests, and a clear path for extraction into gems. Working in a directory with nothing but a "tasks" directory can be a bit daunting at first, but soon enough it will start to feel like home.
In this talk, I want to show the benefits of putting code in the lib directory, when to put code in lib, how to test code in lib, how to configure a Rails application to use the lib directory, and common pitfalls to watch out for. There will be plenty of examples, open source code to reference, and hopefully other folks sharing their experiences with the lib directory.
After presentations we'll have more socializing time.
Thanks to New Relic for providing the venue and beer, pizza & snacks this month!ARRIVING BY BIKE? Cyclists are welcome to park their bikes in the New Relic office. Bikes are not allowed in the building lobby, however, and must use the freight elevator. To get your bike up to the 29th floor, enter the building's parking lot by going down the ramp at 5th and Pine. Go past the booth -- no need to pick up a ticket -- and turn right. Go straight until you almost run into the elevator lobby, then go right again. On the back side of the elevator block you'll see a beat up pair of double doors marked "freight elevator." You can get up by buzzing in with the intercom, and saying you're here for New Relic. Ride on up to the 29th floor, you'll easily find the bike parking.
ABOUT THE GROUP: The Portland Ruby Brigade, also known as pdxruby and pdx.rb, is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland, Oregon area. The group welcomes all programmers interested in the language and its implementations, tools, libraries and frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails. The group has been meeting since August 2002 for presentations, demos and discussions. Every month 35-75 people come together to share their knowledge, projects and enthusiasm for Ruby. If you'd like to present or have a topic you'd like discussed, please post to the mailing list. The group usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month, "Ruby Tuesday" -- see you there!
Excited to have DropTrip speaking to us this week!
"DropTrip is a crowdsourced shipping platform."
1 Million Cups Portland is a free, weekly national program designed to educate, engage, and connect entrepreneurs. Developed by the Kauffman Foundation, 1MC is based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and network over a million cups of coffee.
Every week we have a new local entrepreneur building an amazing company here in Portland. They give a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business.
As always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland.
Come and check it out and bring a friend.
Paige Hendrix Bruckner has a startup with an amazing story that any marketing team would love to tell, but she's the first to tell you that a startup needs to focus on finding a product-market fit and building sales long before launching a marketing stratgy.
Paige is a passionate educator and entrepreneur. As the Founder and CEO of ClientJoy, she works with her team to help businesses show gratitude by managing their gifting. When she's not working on her startup, Paige teaches high school students how to become entrepreneurs with TiE Oregon.
Portland's startup scene is like no other city's. Join us on Wednesday, February 3, as we shine a spotlight on the creatives and entrepreneurs you need to know locally. We'll be at the Portland Development Commission (our fantastic host and sponsor!) all day, but feel free to drop in for individual talks.
You'll hear about local startups through the lenses of design, negotiation, and diversity during this slate of talks:
10 AM — "Sales Before Storytelling" (http://sched.co/5za0)
Paige Hendrix Bruckner, founder at ClientJoy
11 AM — "Design Thinking for Startups" (http://sched.co/5za1)
Amelia Abreu, product designer and UX consultant at Abreu.co
12 PM — Lunch Break
1:30 PM — "What Women Entrepreneurs in Portland Need" (http://sched.co/5za5)
moderated by Paige Hubbell, founder of Women's Tech Radio
Christie Koehler, founder of Stumptown Syndicate and Authentic Engine
Paige Hendrix Bruckner, founder at ClientJoy
Jewel Mlnarik, founder at Workfrom
2:30 PM — "Beyond Leaning In: How to Negotiate to Get What You Want" (http://sched.co/5za9)
Katie Lane, attorney and negotiation consultant at Work Made for Hire
3:30 PM — "Practical Diversity in the Portland Tech Scene" (http://sched.co/5zaB)
moderated by Audrey Eschright, founder of The Recompiler
Thursday Bram, founder of Urgency Inc.
Elea Chang, founder of AffectConf
Sev Leonard, founder of The Data Scout
Please note that no lunch will be provided, though you're encouraged to take one of our speakers out to lunch at one of the many restaurants near the PDC.
During this one-hour workshop, product designer and UX consultant Amelia Abreu will give you a crash course in design thinking and how to use it at your startup!
Amelia is a consultant who works with technology-driven organizations to build and improve products and services. She is the founder of Abreu.co and has worked with clients ranging from Mozilla to Nike.
Negotiation is an every day part of startup life. During this workshop, Katie Lane will help you with effective, practical skills to improve negotiations and give you ways deal confidently with conflicts.
Katie is an attorney and a negotiation coach who helps people protect their rights and get paid fairly for the work they do. She writes about negotiation and intellectual property at her blog WorkMadeForHire.net.
Join us for Mentor Connect with Will McKinney! Make an appointment for a 30-minute private meeting with Will during Mentor Connect ‘office hours’ on Wednesday, February 3rd.
— Make Your Reservation Here —
TiE Mentor Connect is FREE and exclusively available to all TiE Members (including Charter Members and Student Members!)
Will McKinney, Chief Operations Officer, Adherial
Mr. McKinney has over 30 years of senior management and startup experience. Previously President of Health and Wellness for The Regence Group, now known as Cambia Direct Health Solutions, VP of Engineering at ABC Tech, (SAS). Will has a deep background in healthcare as well as developing and delivering products.
Specialties: Project Management, Pitching, Business Strategy, Operations, Strategic Partnerships, Competition and Competitive Advantage, and Product marketing
Diversity is crucial to Portland's startups, but there's a big difference between talking about diversity and actually doing something. This panel will focus on practical steps local startups can take to improve diversity in our tech scene.
Ted Wheeler isn't just running for Portland Mayor; he holds a big job as Oregon's current State Treasurer. The Q&A will be led by Linda Baker, Editor of the Oregon Business Magazine. Enjoy pizza and beverages while networking with entrepreneurs, investors and innovators. Join us for this fun 2016 kick-off event and a tour of WeWork / US Customs House downtown. The event is FREE.
YESpdx is a social club for young entrepreneurs in Portland. Event Co-Hosts: University of Portland, WeWork (wework.com), Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN).
After party: GroundControl, 8pm - late.http://groundkontrol.com/
Last month, we got a taste of how RubyMotion (and RedPotion) can make mobile app development fun and easy. However, we barely scratched the surface of interacting with remote data and APIs. In this meeting we will dive deeper into working with APIs, including dealing with common authentication scenarios.
We will leave time at the end for Q&A/show&tell for you to show off any project you've been working on or to get help.
Note that our meeting will be held at a NEW location, sponsored by Notch8. Pizza and drinks will be provided!
If you missed our last meeting, or you want a recap of what we learned, check out our new website and blog posts: http://motionpdx.github.io
Join us for Thought Leader Coffee on the first (or sometimes the second) Friday of every month. Portland has one of the most vibrant tech communities in the country, and the more we support our tech ecosystem, the more we'll all experience and create together!
Entry to the meetup is $5 per person (with online RSVP), or $10 at the door.
This month's thought leader is co-founder of Startups.co, Chris Justice.
From garages to corporate offices, you will find pragmatic, creative people designing new solutions to pressing social and environmental issues and creating value for their companies, communities, and society at large. These social entrepreneurs are finding new ways to make a difference while changing how business is done. The Summit celebrates and shares new approaches to generating social and environmental impact across business, social, public, and academic sectors.
The full day program includes a social innovation pitch fest; candid keynotes with renowned social entrepreneurs; diverse perspectives on funding for social impact; how an intrapreneurial company is partnering with employers to lower national recidivism; a look at the power of zip codes vs. genetic codes in lifelong health, and an exploration of the often untold risks, failures, and first steps to creating social change.
Buy tickets at www.elevatingimpact.org
$20 student ticket rate!
Limited ticket scholarships available, e-mail impactentrepreneurs@pdx.edu for more information.
