You can help PodCamp CT

You can help PodCamp Connecticut get out of a classical Catch-22. They are an ad-hoc group trying to run a non-profit event and caught up in the financial restrictions around that.

What can you do?
Commit to attend PodCamp CT on October 16th here and make arrangements to get the $20 to one of the organizers.



Please spread the word they need 50 registrations by Sep 30th.

Thanks for your help!

Ignite Spatial: Boston 2 Needs Your Help

Ignite Spatial: Boston 2 is moving fast, but needs your help.
Here are some ways you can help out:

Talks

Please submit a talk about your interesting spatial stories or get your friends to do so. To submit a talk proposal please visit:
http://bit.ly/ISB2submit
Here is a list of the talks we have so far:
The Public Mapping Project by Micah Altman
Huge Spatial Data Analytics by Jon R. Shepherd
mailto:ignitespatialboston@gmail.com by Michael Olkin
How to build an open geo wiki by Max Ogden
Building clouds... by Michael Parkin

PPT Karoake

Please help us by creating a PPT Karoake presentation for use at this event or send us a set of your wacky spatial photos that we can use to create PPT Karoake slides

Sponsorship

If you or your company, or anyone you know would be interested in supporting this event, please email the organizers at ignitespatialboston@gmail.com. We would like to be able to have the following items at the event:
Video Services
Food (pizza, salad and/or snacks)
Drink (Water and/or juice)
Prizes for Karoake rounds

Day of team

If you would like to help with registration please email ignitespatialboston@gmail.com to let us know.


Finally, the website(http://prl.me/isb2post) has been updated with more descriptions on the talks and everything else discussed in this email. Also, the final batch of tickets are up for grabs on August 2nd.
Thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you soon.


Guido Stein
Lead Organizer
Ignite Spatial: Boston 2

Note: I received this email as an IgniteSpatial participant. I have worked with Guido before at a couple of PodCamps and well as his inaugural FiberCamp. I will volunteer to help at the registration/welcome desk as this is something I like to do and have a great deal of fun with.

job search notes: gavel time

Who will make the decision on your getting hired?

Who would you want to make the decision?

Have you prepared your resume?

Have you prepared your LinkedIn profile?

Have you prepared for the interview?

How do you do all these?

Participate in the Job Search Jam Sessions to be held on Friday, May 14th. The St John the Evangelist Parish Center is a wonderful space we can use to hold multiple sessions. The sessions will address topics like those above. If you would like to add one, or volunteer to lead one, this event is for you.

You can register here: http://jobsearchjamsessions.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount

Note - you can pay via PayPal or credit card in advance or select "show other payment options" to reserve your ticket and pay at the door. Either way, your reservation will help us plan for the amount of people to expect that day.

This was originally posted at http://jobsearchjamsessions.blogspot.com/2010/05/gavel-time.html

Pet Peeve

If you would like me to properly and effectively register your product, please make it simple and easy for me to do so.

Especially where there is software and versions and models involved, you should have an auto-detect for your own product so I don't need to select one and avoid selecting the wrong one.

The screen shot is from a Logitech registration page. They happen to be the current and handy item to slect for this pet peeve but most other vendors out there do the same thing.

This one in particular get me. The language selection indicates a drop down and there is only one choice (English). Some one was lazy and prepared for the future when they provide other choices I suppose.

PodCamp Boston 3 - Register in advance, please!

To avoid any security issues, PodCamp Boston 3 will not permit any day-of registrations by cash or check. Folks are welcome to register on the day of the event via the electronic registration page, using a credit card. A laptop with Internet access will be available at the registration desk to assist you with day-of registrations, plus anyone with one of those fancy iPhones!

Next Steps:

originally posted at the PodCamp Boston 3 blog

Franklin: register to vote by May 21st

If you are of age, please register to vote.
Visit the Town Clerks office at the Municipal Building.
You would need to register to vote by May 21st.

If you are going to be out of town on June 10th, you can pick up an absentee ballot at the Town Clerks office.

If you can't visit the Town Clerks office in person, you will need to write a letter explaining why you are out of town on the 10th (attending school, traveling on business, etc.). An email is not sufficient, they need your signature for the records so an "old fashioned" either hand written or typed note will do the trick.

Spread the word to register to vote. Franklin Schools need the money from this override.

If you need details on the Town Budget or School budget, visit the Town web site

The School Committee blog

Or Franklin Matters

PodCamp Boston 3 - July 19-20

Yes, the third iteration of the historic event returns to the Boston area this summer. PodCampers will converge on Harvard:

After a few months of research and groundwork, PodCamp Boston 3 will be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School on July 19 & 20, 2008. We’ve scheduled it during the summer, when it’s more affordable for venues, and not *too* close to PME/NME and PodCamps Ohio and Philly.

Here’s where it gets interesting. The venue, after all is said and done, will be about $35K for the amenities package, or about $25K for the space, plus A/V and Internet access.

PodCamp Boston 3 will be the first PodCamp that is also substantially sponsored by YOU. To help offset the fairly large price tag of the venue (and other schools & conference centers were of comparable cost), PodCamp Boston 3 will be the first PodCamp to revert back to the FooCamp model (the original unconference, before BarCamp) of using paid tickets for admission.

The Harvard medical school conference center holds about 400 people. With $50 sponsorships per person plus some corporate sponsorships, PodCamp Boston 3 should be able to break even.

We hope to see you at Harvard this summer. Sponsorship tickets are now available.

Click through to the PodCamp website to add it to your RSS Reader to maintain currency with additional info as it becomes available and of course, to register.