Utah Technical LUGS (Local User Groups)

Utah Open Source: Final week to submit papers for UTOSC 2010!

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:18:56 +0000

This Monday marked the beginning of the final week to submit papers for the 2010 Utah Open Source Conference.

If you miss this final chance to submit a paper you may well miss out on your opportunity to present!

In addition to being a presenter there are several other opportunities to contribute to the Utah Open Source Conference, such as volunteering your time or conducting a BoF get together.

Check out http://blog.utos.org and http://2010.utosc.com for all the latest opportunities to help out this year!

Utah Open Source: UTOSC 2010 Call for papers extended through August 1st!

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:09:59 +0000

Time goes by quickly, so quickly in fact that top priorities get set to the side and suddenly become missed opportunities. Fortunately submitting a proposal for a presentation at the 2010 Utah Open Source Conference doesn’t have to be one of them!

The deadline for paper submission has been extended until August 1st, 2010, just in time to sit down inside a nice cool coffee shop, sip some of the great local roast and think about what to share with the community.

Really it only takes a minute or two to place a submission and you might find it so easy and fun that you submit more then one.

Don’t worry about not having a full presentation prepared, all that needs to be submitted by the deadline is the proposal, a basic outline of what would be presented to the community at the conference. The next step is easy: sit back, relax and wait to hear if your proposal was selected by vote for the conference. Once selected the entire presentation(s) should be laid out and created.

Don’t have anything to talk about? That’s not what I’ve heard!

Topics can be as wide ranging as are the members of the Utah Open Source community at large (and that is pretty gosh darn diverse!) and should include a variety of experience levels. While one presenter may submit a presentation on Building a Better Community Through Statistics another (and an excellent presentation I attended in 2009,) might be Advanced GIMP: The Digital Diet.

So don’t be afraid to submit a proposal to talk about your favorite open source program(s) that just does silly things or maybe does nothing at all!

Has anyone ever submitted a presentation on an open source pet rock? No? Hhmm…

All ideas are welcome, but please remember to keep with the 2010 theme: its better when its free*.

Being free is so easy that my open source pet rock was free!

Interested? Want more details? Visit the Utah Open Source Conference website at http://2010.utosc.com and when your ready to submit your proposal simply create an account and visit http://2010.utosc.com/speaker/papers/ to submit your paper.

You could put it off again, but then you will have to pay to attend and where’s the fun in that?

Utah PHP User Group: PHP Fundamentals

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:06:19 +0000

For our July meeting, Justin Carmony will continue his PHP Fundamentals series. Come join us for valuable training, good times, and of course, the killer after party.

Utah Open Source: Last day to submit paper for UTOSC 2010

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:32:16 +0000

Today is the last day to submit a paper for the Utah Open Source Conference 2010.
Delivering a paper is a GREAT way for you to give back to the community and also for you to network and get to meet new people.

You don’t have to have a doctorate to present, so post your idea today! More info below

mj/v

ps. submitting a proposal for a presentation doesn’t have to be a painful reminder of a college paper or a dissertation, write your ideas in english, spanish, chinese pinyin, or uuencode!
The Utah Open Source Foundation announced a call for papers for the
2010 conference scheduled Oct 7 – 9 in Salt Lake City, Utah. July 15th
is the last day to submit proposal for review is July 15th and we
look forward to hearing your suggestions for papers.

All papers related to open source and open standards technology are
welcome including presentations on software best practices, workshops,
panel discussions, etc. Topics can range in sophistication from
beginner level classes to advanced training. We also make space
available for local user groups to meet and find new members,
participate in Birds of a Feather sessions and educational
minicourses.

With open source adoption showing brisk growth in the Mountain West,
UTOSC expects another record-breaking year of attendance, making this
conference a great place to discover, explore and learn new
technologies and software.

Please visit http://utosc.com/ for more details.

Utah PHP User Group: Monthly presentations now at Code Greene in Salt Lake

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:34:16 +0000

As you’ve probably recently heard, our great and fearless leader Victor ‘mindjuju’ Villa has made some changes, and our previous venue will no longer be available, on top of which he has passed his UPHPU baton to me.

While it is definitely not a requirement that the meetings be held at the place of employment of the current president, that tradition will continue for the foreseeable future, as he new meeting location is my place of employment. We’re the one with the big green stripe on the front window and door. Note that you can get to us via southbound State Street at 350 S onto Exchange Place, or via westbound 400 South at about 30 E, onto Cactus Street. Many of you may be familiar with XMission, and we’re right across the back alley from them. Also important to note is that parking on the street at meters is free after 6pm, and parking in the garage across the street will cost $5 for the evening, and we will be unable to validate. We will continue to meet at seven o’clock on the evening of the third Thursday of each month.

There is an Applebee’s at the Gateway, a short free Trax ride away from our meeting location, so I anticipate we’ll head over there en masse after the presentation for the after-party. They also validate an hour of parking I think if anyone wanted to drive over there rather than come back to get a car.

If we find that the downtown location is for whatever reason undesirable, we can switch things up. Since I live in Draper, I would be happy to do the after party at the Draper Applebee’s if people would prefer, but I suspect our friends from the North might not like driving down there just for a different Applebee’s, but I could be wrong.