Selected By: Michael
Beasterfeld
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As we approach 9,000 members, we want to say thank you for being part of
this awesome community!
Join us for our 4th anniversary Happy Hour at Snow &
Company for an evening of high fives, food & drinks on Wednesday, July 18th
@ 6PM.
For more info and registration, see: http://www.kcitp.com/2012/06/26/kansas-city-technology-event-happy-hour/
The entire bar has been reserved exclusively for our
event..but space is EXTREMELY limited - register TODAY!
Also, a limited # of early bird tickets are available at a
discount! Don't miss out!
***Other announcements****
With over 100 developers & 25+ ideas submitted, our first
hackathon , Hack The Midwest was extremely successful!
In case you missed some of our coverage, the event & one
of the winners (Qup.TV) were mentioned on The Next Web, GigaOm and other
awesome tech blogs.
If you're a developer - DON'T MISS OUT on the next one, make
sure you go to http://www.hackthemidwest.com
to sign up & get notified!
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Next AgileKC Meeting
The next meeting of AgileKC will take place on Thursday
June 28, 2012 -- 6:30 PM at:
Centriq Training Center
8700 State Line Road
Suite 200
Leawood, KS 66206
Suite 200
Leawood, KS 66206
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The meeting
topic: Why Agile Works; Theoretical
Explanations and Experimental Evidence to Lay Before
Skeptics
Agile works, but can you explain to a skeptic why? Anecdotes
are fine, but what experimental evidence would you present? Can you throw equations on the board and
speak intelligently about them? Mark
Randolph will provide persuasive experimental and theoretical evidence to lay
before the most hardened skeptic demonstrating why Agile succeeds. Here are his
talking points:
* Pair Programming: After extensive and carefully conducted
field research published in peer reviewed journals, it is possible to say with
near certainty that using peer programming doesn't hurt and might help ...
occasionally.
* End arguments about story sizes: If estimates are within a
hand grenade's radius of accurate, the forecast is close enough. Here is the
formula to prove it.
* Queing theory and probability: If your opponent advocates
waterfall, take the bet. The deck is stacked in your favor.
One last freebie to take home; a calculation for evaluating
risk that you can do in your head.
Bring a calculator! See you there!
Our speaker, Mark Randolph, is best known as the Agile
Programming “go-to” guy at his current job where he has been advocating the
approach since his arrival 4 years ago. Prior to that, Mark was responsible for
piloting Scrum (an Agile Programming method) at the SAIC Lenexa facility, where
he arranged training for 12 team leads, and organized and ran 7 Scrum teams, not
all of which were successful, an experience which Mark found profoundly
instructive. Mark is also very active in the KC Agile User Group where he is a
frequent presenter, and has published articles on the Scrum Alliance web site.
Mark was certified by Mike Cohn as a ScrumMaster 6 years ago. Interestingly,
Mark is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of
Missouri, and possesses MSc and BSc degrees in Civil Engineering from the
University of Illinois. Despite that inauspicious start, this slacker has
accumulated a fair amount of experience in software engineering. At one time or
another, Mark has been a team lead for Test planning and management; Software
Configuration Management; Document management; Process re-engineering, and is a
former computer programming instructor. His skill set includes master level
knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis & Design with UML (OOA&D); Master
level knowledge of C++; and he is a Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP
6.0). Mark currently works for the
Federal Government as a Senior IT specialist.
Hope
to see you there!
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Agenda
* 6:30 Networking
* 7:00-8:00 Presentation
* 8:00-8:30 Open forum.
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Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Centriq Training, 8700 State Line Rd, Leawood, KS 66206
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Group: Kansas City Web Professionals
6:30 PM, Wed, JUNE 27, 2012
Centriq Training Center
8700 State Line Rd, Leawood, KS
(West side of State Line Rd, directly across from Ward Parkway Mall)
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Food and door prizes will be provided by : TBD
In order to ensure that we have enough food, please send an email to Ray Harris to indicate if you will be attending. Thanks very much !
This month's topic is:
SQL Injection and XSS: How to and How to prevent (Speaker: Rob Kraft)
SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) are frequently listed as the two top web site vulnerabilities being exploited by hackers. In this session you will learn exactly what these exploits are, see how hackers use tools to automate this hacking, and most importantly, learn the steps you can take to minimize the risk of falling victim to these exploits.
Rob Kraft's Mini-BIO:
Rob Kraft is an independent project manager, architect and developer from Lee's Summit, MO. He was a certified trainer on SQL Server and Visual Basic and co-authored a few books about SQL Server and network security. He has been developing software 25 years. He created http://www.SimpleSQL.net/ and http://www.KansasCityUserGroups.com/ and he blogs occasionally at http://csharpdeveloper.wordpress.com/. His company web site is http://www.KraftSoftware.com.
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See you there!
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Our website URL is: http://www.kcwebpros.com
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June 26th: Venture Day at the K: Entrepreneur Day at the K is June 26.- Red Nova Labs
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12:10 PM
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
4:00 PM to
Selected By: C.J. Moore
Entrepreneur Day at the K is June 26. This got us
thinking… We like entrepreneuring. We like drinking. We like drinking games. We
like preparing meat over fire (mmmmm meat!). We even like watching baseball. It
sounded like the perfect opportunity to get together our Venture Friday folk and
have a big tailgate party with plenty of booze, plenty of entrepreneurs and
plenty of MEAT!
So here’s the deal. Red Nova Labs has rented a space in the Kauffman Stadium parking lot (Lot N; Space B:1) for the June 26 game against the Devil Rays. We also got a tent because someone told us it gets hot in late June in Kansas City. (Entreprenerds are known to melt in the sun.)
Update: We're co-hosting (or tri-hosting?) with KC Roundtable and Under 30 CEO.
Details below. Or as the hipsters in the office call them, the “dets”.
Who: Venture Friday/KC Roundtable/Under 30 CEO members and family/friends
What: A tailgate party (Meat and drinks provided by Red Nova Labs. Feel free to bring additional tailgating dishes.)
When: June 26 from 4 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. (Game time is 7:10 p.m.)
Where: Kauffman Stadium parking lot, Lot N; Space B:1.
Why: Entrepreneur Day at the K is the final event for One Week KC, which is the kickoff to the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Big 5 Entrepreneurial Initiative. Venture Friday on June 22 is one of the sponsored events. For more info on One Week KC, check out the website
.
http://www.meetup.com/VentureFridays
So here’s the deal. Red Nova Labs has rented a space in the Kauffman Stadium parking lot (Lot N; Space B:1) for the June 26 game against the Devil Rays. We also got a tent because someone told us it gets hot in late June in Kansas City. (Entreprenerds are known to melt in the sun.)
Update: We're co-hosting (or tri-hosting?) with KC Roundtable and Under 30 CEO.
Details below. Or as the hipsters in the office call them, the “dets”.
Who: Venture Friday/KC Roundtable/Under 30 CEO members and family/friends
What: A tailgate party (Meat and drinks provided by Red Nova Labs. Feel free to bring additional tailgating dishes.)
When: June 26 from 4 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. (Game time is 7:10 p.m.)
Where: Kauffman Stadium parking lot, Lot N; Space B:1.
Why: Entrepreneur Day at the K is the final event for One Week KC, which is the kickoff to the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Big 5 Entrepreneurial Initiative. Venture Friday on June 22 is one of the sponsored events. For more info on One Week KC, check out the website
.http://www.meetup.com/VentureFridays
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Friday, June 22, 2012
11:30 AM
Selected By: Eric J. Gruber
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I have trouble making it to most Shop Talk because of family obligations.
Anybody interested in lunch? India Palace, Jefferson's, Burger Stand, Chipotle,
etc?
http://www.meetup.com/Lawrence-Coders
http://www.meetup.com/Lawrence-Coders
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