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Bar Camp Portland: what a weekend!

I’m inspired.

I’m still buzzing from BarCampPortland. I loved every minute of it, and managed to learn a ton from all the amazing people in Portland. I met a ton of new people, and started several more projects 🙂

Over the course of two days, I ran two sessions. The first was about PostgreSQL:

We had a fantastic discussion, totally filled the room up with people curious about what PostgreSQL can do. We had several requests for MySQL -> PostgreSQL “rosetta stone” documentation.

The second session was How to raise or eat chickens sustainably:

We had an incredible conversation – ranging from getting and raising chickens for the first time, to digging up your lawn and planting food, to gentrification, to obsessive local eating.

I also attended these others: DSLR, Bikes and Geeks Collide, Project Management, My Other Thing, Women in Tech, and a session at WordCamp.

I think it’s finally time to go to sleep. Check out a ton of pictures. Thanks so much everyone who attended, led sessions and volunteered this weekend!

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twittering on 2008-05-03

  • #barcampportland AGENDA and NOTES site: http://moourl.com/bcpdx #
  • @sarahgilbert @karolcooks sustainability, chickens, food talk is at 4pm SATURDAY 5/3/08 #
  • BIKES talk is at 10 AM Sunday!!! #
  • at the green dragon, drinking spire dark cider #
  • working on barcamp drupal site. have a stupid broken view. #
  • OMG. this module is storing dates in seconds since the epoch. WTF #
  • @schwern what timezone are those seconds in? #
  • @schwern if there was a proper time type, no need to ask silly questions like that. looking at the data would tell me right away #
  • this is so broken. #
  • @schwern ok, that helps. i still don’t know what is wrong. it seems like a timezone issue – filtering is not working. presentation layer… #
  • @schwern appears correct, so i assumed a timezone issue. now, i have no idea. #
  • ugh. i can’t fix this. #
  • ok. i gave up. and then i figured it out. feeling extremely dumb. #
  • and also, victorious! #
  • ok going to bed #
  • @gchaix i’ll be there in a few.. could user your help 🙂 #
  • on my way to #BarCampPortland! #
  • in My Other Thing session at #barcampportland #
  • @thisKat i’m here too! #
  • paraphrase of @verso: all user group ppl ask same question: where are the people to make the business side of tech business ideas work #
  • @thesethings — looking good 🙂 i’m attending sessions #
  • @selenamarie yes!! #
  • @thesethings i am so tired i am tweeting to myself #
  • @EvaCatHerder good point! although i’m not running a business in the sense that i get any money for it 🙂 #
  • @markwkm are you coming in for the postgres talk at 11am! you better hurry. jeff is on his way 🙂 #
  • @mhalligan good point! but we do need business people! separation of concerns… #
  • @tmagee http://groups.drupal.org/node/10705 #
  • @mhalligan i can ask easystreet who they used. the print quality was really good! #
twitter

twittering on 2008-05-02

  • headed to county cork for #drunkgeeking. any php people in NE want to join me? #
  • @brampitoyo you totally crack me up. #
  • ooh. i need access to bacondesk so that i can document xkcd’s baconness #
  • any CSS wizards got time this morning for a #BarCampPortland styling project? need about 1hr for pointers, then i can implement. #
  • @webchick thx for your patches to crosstable view. saving my bacon today. #
  • riding bike into work. #
  • @petdance 69 love songs, volumes 1 thru 3 #
  • OMG new PL/LOLCODE release http://snurl.com/26sz9 kthxbye #
  • @brampitoyo bike gallery is fairly close – SW 10th and salmon #
  • @ryanwi preach it! unix FTW! #
  • @samnagle: thanks for the slayer props. @garethgreenaway: was stressed, now feeling really good. barcampportland FTW! #
  • happy real birthday @xolotl! #
  • switching from slayer to sleater kinney #
  • @spinnerin does talk out loud podcast their shows after the fact? #
  • @grigs SEEN IT. 😉 #
  • @Silona @geekygirldawn sounds good! weds/thurs looking good for me. #
  • @verso thx for the heads up! #
  • coder’s summer social will be happening Sunday, August 3rd at Laurelhurst park! more details next week!!! #
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twittering on 2008-05-01

  • Can’t. No comp til morn #
  • sleepy. headed to bed to get up early tomorrow! #
  • @xolotl drupal is definitely NOT holding up my pants. happy birthday! #
  • @xolotl oh ok. at least you didn’t rickroll me. #
  • @Seeger my mistake – @xolotl’s birthday isn’t until tomorrow. corresponds with no pants day. #
  • @xolotl whoa. twinsight! #
  • Retweeting @ravenzachary: Still looking for more BarCamp Portland volunteers. More info here: http://tinyurl.com/5v3kwl #
  • i hate mediawiki markup #
  • @linuxpoet drama! #
  • wishing i could attend http://drupalpdx.org/camp08/ gonna be at the beach instead! #
  • i love transactions. #
  • @rebekahgolden join us! it’ll be fun 😉 #
  • @rebekahgolden damn! i wish i could make it to drupalcamp. barcamp is unstructured-this is my first one, so i’ll let you know how i like it #
  • @karolcooks i don’t have a time yet — will be determined on friday night. #
  • @karolcooks i’ll txt you with the time when i get one! #
  • slayer is kind of relaxing. #
  • @reidab GOOD LUCK! #
  • @Seeger i’m interested. where’d you hear that? #
  • @Seeger well, i will watch with interest. been kinda skeptical about their bus. model, but sad to see them fail. #
  • @karolcooks ohhh man. we will have to talk about this over drinks sometime! #
  • @karolcooks i love me some orange chicken! #
  • @zrusilla which cat? #
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twittering on 2008-04-30

  • at barcamp planning meeting #
  • does someone have a video camera that we could borrow on saturday for a project during barcamp? it would be on a tripod, would love a remote #
  • @missrogue you saw that LA times opinion piece about men who explain things, right? http://snurl.com/26f4u #
  • At green dragon #
  • @sharong there are a lot of drunk kayakers 🙂 i met one named "shaymo" from gresham that was very nice. #
  • @sharong LOL i’m so out of the game that i just thought he was being friendly. but he did ask me if i came there often… #
  • @geekygirldawn fill up on the antioxidents and sleep in tomorrow. #
  • @kmazz can’t wait to meet you! #
  • checking out picnic sites for the summer coders’ social in pdx #
  • @robotadam nothing firm – but we’re thinking 1 or 2 weeks after OSCON #
  • imagining what it might be like to have @petdance around the office. #
  • @turoczy i don’t have kids, but probably will someday. joining! http://twurl.cc/10z #
  • @radiogretchen what would make it better? i think of all the art walks, galleries and coffeeshop shows and imagine that things are good #
  • @mattking has such cute avatars. makes me forgive him for changing them all the time. #
  • @turoczy yes!! #
  • @karolcooks i will go with you! when is it? #
  • catching up on my twitter backlog – following a bunch of new tweeps i’ve met. *wave* #
  • @Silona @geekygirldawn i’m up for a conference call about this.. #
  • @TiEsQue i am working on it!!!! #
  • @TiEsQue considering: chocolate bacon #
  • @jtkeith you too? i did that a few years ago (4?) and had a blast! was passing from the UK on to Berlin at the time.. #
  • @brampitoyo we just need a fearless leader to put the session up 🙂 #
  • @jasonglaspey wow. my bacon news just quintupled. #
  • @mattking i highly recommend opening it up. well, if you thnk you can handle the bacon. #
  • @mattking i think that @gorthx may be interested. i am also interested.. we will be in touch! #
  • @sewmyheadon we’re going to have a wordcamp in portland on may 4 – during barcamp in PDX #
  • @sewmyheadon — a little bit is on http://www.barcamportland.org/ (redirects to a pbwiki site) – more on twitter @ahockley #
  • @sewmyheadon oops — http://www.barcampportland.org/ 🙂 #
  • @ahockley pls give more details to @sewmyhead on re: wordpresscamp! #
  • @sewmyheadon that’s the plan! #
  • @turoczy my blog does. but it is just a lowly personal blog. #
  • @xolotl why don’t you help me with my drupal problem instead of contemplating your pants? #
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twittering on 2008-04-29

  • @mcauliflower i love the vladmaster!! vladimir was in myrussian classes at UO 🙂 #
  • Retweeting @niczak: Strange but rather interesting site: http://twistori.com — following the love feed right now #
  • woo! afternoon bubble tea will be happening again at #BarCampPortland thanks to SixApart! #
  • video from siggy @ silverstripe – two postgresql sightings 🙂 http://snurl.com/26ds5 #
  • @br3nda what a good idea! i made one for my laptop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/selenamarie/1493986449/ #
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twittering on 2008-04-28

  • succumbing to horrible plague. trying to sleep. #
  • headed out for more kleenex, maybe jamba juice and depositing checks for #BarCampPortland #
  • wishing that i wasn’t sick so that i could go to #mobilepdx tonight http://snurl.com/266ch #
  • @markwkm i hope i didn’t get you and @gorthx sick too! did you see adrian’s note to -advocacy? 🙂 #
  • @karolcooks thank you! i have lemon, honey, water and scotch so i see a hot toddy in my future. #
  • @gorthx can’t wait to see your conference wrap-up 🙂 #
  • will you be the 200th RSVP’er for #BarCampPortland? starts this Saturday! (may 2-4) http://snurl.com/266tj #
  • @mattking wearing the band shirt to that band’s concert is a faux pas? uh oh. #
  • hard boiling eggs. #
  • claps in @petdance’s general direction #
  • @danblaker you defiitely can attend for part of the day. i’m working on an event calendar that will be advertised on the Wiki and Upcoming #
  • @danblaker check out event sched before coming, and then re-check the board upon arrival. planning is on Friday night, but sitch is fluid #
  • @mtrichardson whoa thx for heads up. #
  • who is leading the bacon BoF at #barcampportland? #
  • just hit 200 attendees at #BarCampPortland. i think #200 is vj: http://snurl.com/267nu #
  • @xolotl break a leg! #
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My Other Things

Audrey listed out her projects the other day, and I decided to follow suit:

  • PDXPUG – Portland PostgreSQL Users Group. I just spent the weekend with @markwkm and @gorthx at LinuxFest NW, a fantastic Linux conference. We met tons of people, made some new friends, and got a list of 15 people who want to be part of a new PostgreSQL User Group in Seattle! Also, there was a Tesla Coil. PDXPUG will host PGDay on July 20th, just before OSCON. It will be a day of talks, followed by a great party!
  • User Group Liaison, PostgreSQL Global Development Group – I’m running pugs.postgresql.org. Our community is adding about 2 new user groups a month throughout the world. I’ve given 6 talks in the last month, and will be giving two talks about people and user groups at OSCON.
  • PgUS – The United States PostgreSQL Association. I am Director, Treasurer and chief Guerrilla Marketing Campaigner (self-assigned title).
  • Legion of Tech – Board member, and part of the Finance committee.
  • BarCamp Portland – Fundraising coordinator, and trying to set up a long-term repository for conference notes, audio and video. We’ve got hosting of a super fast server from the Open Source Lab. Now I just need to finish configuring the website!
  • Gardening. I really like gardening. I had great compost this spring from compostable food, chicken manure, lawn debris and dirt/grass we’d dug up from our front yard. We removed the last of the grass from the front yard, and I’m hoping to get some tomatoes up there soon.
  • Chickens. I keep two chickens in my backyard and they are each laying 1 egg/day.
  • ptop. I help hack on ptop, a postgresql monitoring tool written in C.
  • PerlMongers. I regularly attend the Portland Perl Mongers and recently gave a talk on PL/lolcode – a lolcode implementation for the stored procedure engine inside of PostgreSQL.
  • Code-n-splode. I helped found code-n-splode, a coding group dedicated to getting more women involved in programming.

What about you?

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twittering on 2008-04-27

  • @bryanstearns awesome! wish that i was seeing baby mama too.. i’m gonna have to wait until mid-week 🙂 #
  • had waffle for breakfast. still thinking the tesla coil last night was awesome. i was part of a human chain that lit a flourescent light. #
  • al reading clay shirky’s web2.0 talk http://snurl.com/261mm #
  • excellent food again for lunch at #linuxfestnw #
  • @garethgreenaway SCALE RULES! 🙂 #
  • @garethgreenaway haha. linuxfestNW is awesome. great crowd, tons of people, awesome food (culinary school), good talks. tons of Pg fans 🙂 #
  • seeking antihistamines #