Welcome to Houston ALT.NET!
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Open Spaces 2010
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Official Conference Site: http://www.altnethouston.com
Registration ($20): http://altnethouston2010.eventbrite.com/
This is the general schedule for the conference.
Friday, April 30th
Workshops - Two half-day workshops will be hosted on Friday starting at 12pm.
We will have the opening session at 6pm. This is when we get to select the topics we will discuss on Saturday & Sunday
Saturday, May 1st
We will start the day at 8:00am (with coffee, breakfast) and start sessions around 9:30. It will be a full day with lunch provided and end around 5:30pm. Dinner will not be provided.
Saturday Topics
Sunday, May 2nd
Starting around 8:00am (with coffee, breakfast) we will have a couple more sessions and then the closing ceremonies to conclude the event.
Sunday Topics
Sponsored By:
Improving
Microsoft
Devlicio.us & CodeBetter.com
Telerik
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May 7th, 2009 Coding Dojo
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The first coding dojo was a big success. Some background can be found on the Coding dojo page, and a retrospective here.
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This wiki will serve as the home for Houston ALT.NET gatherings. Gatherings so far have been monthly geek dinners, and we recently hosted our first open spaces event! (Sessions)! Look at Geek Dinners or our mailing list hosted on Google Groups for information on past & upcoming dinners! You can also take a look at the Members list & add yourself if you like!
Subscribe to our mailing list!
We have a mailing list hosted on Google Groups. It's low-volume and is mostly used to post community announcements (like our geek dinners.)
What is ALT.NET?
(from the altdotnet.org site:)
We are a self-organizing, ad-hoc community of developers bound by a desire to improve ourselves, challenge assumptions, and help each other pursue excellence in the practice of software development.
For some history on ALT.NET see the original post that started it all, and the subsequent comments. You can also subscribe the main altdotnet yahoo group to join in on the discussion at a global scale.
What is open spaces?
Open spaces is a self-organizing process that allows any group or organization to address complex, important issues and achieve meaningful results quickly. For .NET developers, this means that we'll dive into topics that we find most pressing. Others vote on those ideas, the important issues rise to the top and we get together. No pre-canned sessions, no marketing material, just passionate developers looking to expand their craft.
The open spaces philosophy:
- Whoever comes is the right people: this alerts the participants that attendees of a session class as "right" simply because they care to attend
- Whatever happens is the only thing that could have: this tells the attendees to pay attention to events of the moment, instead of worrying about what could possibly happen
- Whenever it starts is the right time: clarifies the lack of any given schedule or structure and emphasizes creativity and innovation
- When it's over, it's over: encourages the participants not to waste time, but to move on to something else when the fruitful discussion ends
For more information, read the wikipedia article.
If you would like access to edit this wiki (or to add your profile) send an email to Ben Scheirman.
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