WHAT: January PDXUX.Net Meeting
WHEN: Tuesday 01/20/2009
6:30 p.m. Pizza (by Silvertail Software)
7:00 p.m. Presentation
WHERE:
Robert Half Technology
KOIN Center (Map)
222 SW Columbia Street
Portland, OR 97201
WHO: You
At first I'll be giving some ideas for types and sizes of projects. After that the
rest of the meeting will be you splitting into groups, meeting team members, deciding
on a project and schedule, and getting the wheels rolling.
TOPIC: Kickoff Team RIA Projects
- Form a team. You can come to the meeting with your team already
formed. Not everyone from your team has to attend PDXUX.Net, but everyone should be willing to
present once the project is complete. :-) Please don't be scared about joining a team with
people you don't know. You can always be on mine or Erik's team.
- Pick a group leader. This is the person who I will be following up with to
help make sure your team isn't getting stuck. As teams get stuck we'll have
special meetings in March and May devoted to Q&A or pair programming, basically whatever is
needed to help you out. If an unscheduled meetup is needed then we can always schedule a
nerd dinner where others could also attend and perhaps benefit.
- Decide on a project. If this is your first Silverlight/WPF project then you
shouldn't pick anything longer than 8-10 weeks or you may get burnt out. Bring your ideas to
the meeting. These projects can be open source or not. Remember, you'll have a team you'll be
working with. The purpose of these projects should be to help you learn the technologies but also
be real world applications. Save your million dollar idea for your second or third project.
- Start working on your project.
I realize that this may seem hard cord, and the format may not appeal to everyone. One of the goals
of PDXUX.Net this year is to help our members get actual experience and grow their skills with regard
to finding that next hot job opportunity developing truly rich applications. If you think this is for
you, please show up and be a part of this.
While you're at it, consider visiting our Platinum Sponsors that make these meetings possible:
Looking forward to seeing you all there!