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Technology & Design (un)Conference: No Spectators, Only Participants

"One of the best uses of my Saturday in as long as I can remember." - Rick Cochrane, ObjectZen

UPDATE: Another MinneBar come to an end. Post session recaps below.

MinneBar 2008 Pictures

Twitter updates

Session notes & slides

GTD and Start-ups
Why Should I Care About Grails?
Metaprogramming with Groovy
Intro to iPhone Development
Small teams, Big results

Media coverage

MinneBar Offers Peek at Next Killer App Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Press 5/9/08
Minnesota's Internet Tech Crowd Flexes Its Muscle Graeme Thickins, MinnPost 5/13/08 (via Minnov8.com)

Blog posts

Want a Rotary iPhone Dialer? You'll Get One Your Tech Blog (TwinCities.com)
Minnebar '08 Rocked the Mouse, the House, the State, and the Twitterverse Graeme Thickins, Tech~Surf~Blog
Recording - Farmsourcing Rails (Matt Bauer, 10am)
Recording - Screw You LAMP (Dan Grigsby, 11am)
Recording - State of the State (Panel, Noon)
Blog posts tagged MinneBar (via Technorati)
Minnebar 2008: Geeks 1 Minnesota Fishing Opener 0
Recording - State of the State: Technology in Minnesota Steve Borsch for Minnov8.com
Minnebar 2008 Google Blog Search Results (sorted by date)
Bex Huff on Communication For Geeks Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
Intro to iPhone Development with Jesse O'Neill-Oine Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
Consulting for Fun and Profit with Jon Dahl Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
State of the State: Technology in Minnesota - Panel Discussion Ed Kohler, Technology Evangelist
Minnesota's Internet Tech Crowd Flexes Its Muscle Graeme Thickins for Minnov8.com
Spectrum of the User Experience (Kevin Farner, Gomoll Research + Design, 2pm)
MinneBar First Timer's Perspective (Kevin Farner)
Managing Your Most Important Asset: Knowledge (Rich Hoeg)
Minnebar was fun (MNteractive)

Add yours here!

Who	You! Everyone is welcome, and the event is free. Add your name to the list below.
When	Saturday May 10th, 2008 starting at 8:30am. Registration begins at 8:00 please come early.
Where	Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota Campus (Minneapolis)
Address	300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455-0110 map & directions
Parking	There is metered and street parking around and also several large ramps.
Bus	Save money on parking! The U of M is serviced by 30+ bus routes

Pre-event mixer Friday, May 9, 8pm - ??? at Bulldog NE (401 East Hennepin Avenue, Mpls). Tons of great appetizers sponsored by Refactr.

Event Sponsors

Aside from all the great discussion and networking to be had, MinneBar includes free breakfast, lunch, afternoon appetizers, evening drinks, and a commemorative t-shirt. Of course someone has to pay for all this, so we've lined up a great group of sponsors to cover the costs:

- Special Venue Sponsor -

We all know the world of technology is evolving rapidly. The question is, how do you keep pace with this change? Or better still, how do you lead it? By bringing the right people together by creating an innovative and learning community where academic and industry professionals within the field of software engineering can meet with each other, talk, compare notes, share ideas, and launch new projects. The University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center (UMSEC) was created to do just that.

- Sponsors -

Split Rock Partners invests in emerging healthcare, software and Internet services companies in the Upper Midwest and West Coast. We are an early-stage venture capital firm that was founded in June 2004 by the former healthcare and software investment teams of St. Paul Venture Capital (SPVC). The Split Rock team managed over $1 billion of venture capital during our tenure at SPVC, and continues to manage the SPVC healthcare and software portfolio. In May of 2005, we raised $275 million in our inaugural Split Rock Partners fund.

If you're looking for high-speed Internet access for your Twin Cities home or business -- DSL, dialup, T1 and other broadband connectivity -- then consider yourself at home with ipHouse. If you're seeking Secure Colocation, Web site hosting, self-managed email, Spam/Virus protection, firewalls and other Internet services, then you're at the right place. Come on in. And if your company is a power house who needs special services such as high-capacity MetroEthernet or OCx services, then you're at home with ipHouse.

Swarmcast empowers content providers to build profitable businesses around high-quality online video. Swarmcast's Autobahn Platform delivers full screen, high quality video that sharpens to the best experience for each viewer, without buffering or stalling. Engaging global audiences for both live and on-demand video, Swarmcast is redefining what is possible for content providers such as Major League Baseball and TV Tokyo.

Sierra Bravo is among the fastest-growing web development companies in the Twin Cities. Our staff of 50 developers build enhanced online functionality for forward-looking companies, including the end clients of ad, marketing and design companies that partner with us to create websites that look great and work smart.

FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, is the leading provider of Internet marketing solutions for law firms and an online legal destination at FindLaw.com for consumers with legal needs. FindLaw's client development services help law firms use the Internet as a powerful tool to find qualified prospects through website development, search engine marketing, lawyer directories and other online visibility tools. It’s Eagan-based Client Development group currently maintains thousands of custom-built websites for law firms across the country.

Sessions & Demos

We want to have over 40 diverse sessions at this year's event.

Sign up on the MinneBarSessions page to lead a discussion on a topic that interest you (because chances are if it interests you it will interest at least 20 more attendees).

Draft Session Schedule has been posted.

Participants

If you know you will attend this year's event, click the Edit page button at the top of this page, and add your name below. Then start thinking about sessions and demos you would like to create.

BenEdwards (Co-organizer) - Refactr , alt text
Luke Francl (Co-organizer) - Slantwise Design , Rail Spikes , blog
Randy Geise - Geise Design
Graeme Thickins - Tech~Surf~Blog , NewMediaWise , Minnov8 , DoApp
Thomas Knoll - dydimustk.com & Launching Ekklesia Lab, and a coworking space
Ethan Galstad - Nagios Enterprises , Nagios
Shad Petosky - PUNY ENTERTAINMENT , Puny Blog
Eric Hedberg - Enleiten , Enleitened Blog
Martin Grider - clockwork.net , go-tetris.com
Stephen Van Dahm - Blog
John Reilly - Tightrope Media Systems , twitter
Doreen Hartzell - Enleiten , Enleitened Blog
Allie Micka - Advantage Labs , pajunas interactive
Robert Metcalf - Flyspy
Jeff Pester - Text Capital , twitter
Corey Donovan - Vibrant , Wedding Photographer.com
Stephen Heuer - Arux Software
Austin Smith
Bil Macleslie - ipHouse
Peter Edstrom - Blog
Shaun Tabatt - Blog
Adam Vernier - Digital Cyclone
Tim Elliott - Personal Blog , Winecast
Marshall Onsrud
Joe Sriver - DoApp
Jonathan Lord - Dr. Wingnut
Tim Wilson - Blog
Kyle Henderson
Steve Borsch - Connecting the Dots , Minnov8 - Minnesota Internet & Web Innovation
Bryan Strawser - Target , My Blog
Jamie Thingelstad - Personal Blog | Tech Blog
Scott Litman - SDWA Ventures , Minnesota Cup
Jesse O'Neill-Oine - Refactr
Mark Hurlburt - F1 Web Challenge , Sierra Bravo
Michael Woods
Glenn Moen
Marc Johnson
Bill Boulger - Indie Tickets
Charles Edge - 318
Dan Grigsby - Blog , Twitter
Joe Roushar - K-Netica Corp , Linkedin
Adam Sellke - Ripshark
4braham Williams - http://abrah.am
Michael Lehmkuhl - Electric Pulp
Kashif Ahmed
Ira Mitchell - freemind solutions , GlassyEyes
James Swanson - freemind solutions
Subbu Sastry - newstrust , newsrack
Barry Hess - Blog , Twitter , Ventorium , Harvest
Pete Carr - DoApp
Phil Crissman - blog , CM&D
Alan Palazzolo - alanpalazzolo.com
Margaret Andrews - blog , vita.mn
Sam Schroeder - blog , Twitter
Curt Prins - LinkedIn , Visit Albania
Robert Fischer - blog , Twitter , LinkedIn
David Hedrick Skarjune - MN MySQL UG <-FLOSSie
Mike Hugo - Piragua Consulting
Jeff Gold - Twitter , jeff.a.g - skypeID
Paul Wenzel MPR , pwenzel.info
Gary Elfert - VISI
Rick Graner Grocery Shopping Network , Maverism
Peter Fleck - PF Hyper Blog , Twitter
John A. Grozik - Digital Campfires Foundation
Paul C. Ernst - Twitter , LinkedIn
Justin Heideman - Walker Art Center , Co-Op Media
Louis DeJardin - blog
Jeramey Jannene - FreshCoastVentures UrbanMilwaukee.com
Chris Gwinn - blog , Four51
Toby Cryns - The Mighty Mo! Design Co. , Lunch of Champions
Derrick Fountain , Internet Broadcasting
Bill Heyman - CodeMorphic
Steve Cayford
Aaron Hall - Prior Lake area attorney | Shakopee area attorney
Brian Michelich
Bjorn Stansvik - MentorMate
Brian 'Bex' Huff - Bezzotech , My ECM Blog bexhuff.com
Derrick Shields - WebproLeads Inc.
Dylan Petersson - WebproLeads Inc.
David A. Pickett - Blog
John T. Hoffoss - Twitter
Dylan Bruzenak
Dustin Bruzenak
Neal Tovsen
Kent Tangen - Blog
Christine Smith
Rick Cochrane - ObjectZen Consulting
Adam Dewitz
Hector Fernandez - Triathlon blog
Rudrava Roy - Invisible Computing
Bruce Gary - Hearing aids
Non Marco - SendBlaster Bulk Email Software
Ward Tongen - Medtronic , LinkedIn
Michael Russin - PharmRX Solutions
Scott Vlaminck - Refactr
Samir M. Nassar - SteamedPenguin , LinkedIn
Benjamin Ortega - MN Population Center @ U of M , the substars blog
Greg Dalen
Eric Peterson
Charles Gimon - Fairview , Me
Jason Motylinski
Manish Cod{e}
Tom ONeill - Sierra Bravo
Norm Orstad - Slantwise Design
Paul DeBettignies - MN Headhunter Blog , Twitter , LinkedIn
Jeremy Mooney
John Mindiola III - mindiola
Joe Hoover
Phil Wilson - Localtone Systems , RemainComm
Amanda Luker - TC Open Circuit
Thomas Saunders - home , work , play
tom chow
Bart Gottschalk - ArcStone
Michael Amundson - Echobit
Steve Kickert - Riverock
Joe Buck
Josh Kruck - LinkedIn
Ben Moore
Clayton Smith
Ben Wallace - Link Positive , Adaptive Avenue , LinkedIn
Rich Hoeg - Honeywell , My Blog , LinkedIn
Mark Gritter - blog LinkedIn
David Harris - homepage
Patrick Rhone - Machine Methods Consulting , blog
Pete Wall - Blog , Calabrio
Denis Ahearn - Riverock
Gabe Turner - Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
John Stefany - StarTribune.com
Matt Zumwalt - MediaShelf
Kyle Drake - Killed by Death
Kyle Wilson - Net Brew Design
Michael Valentiner
Kristi Dugan - Medtronic , LinkedIn
April Karnes - Northwest Airlines
Jonathan Dahl - Tumblon , Slantwise Design
David Schlenk - Personal Blog | Spanlink Communications, Inc.
Jake Roufa - http://jacobroufa.com , LinkedIn
Mykl Roventine - Ciceron , Blog , LinkedIn
Jeremiah Davis - LinkedIn
Andy Atkinson - Pain in the Tech
Mike Bollinger - Livefront
Dan Stone
Gillian Reynolds - Twitter , Wicked Fish Design
Mike Willbanks - Mike Willbanks Blog , Digital River
Nathan Hein - LinkedIn , Twitter
Ryan Tvenge - Twitter
Mark Beckman
Karel Lukas - Yugma , My Blog , Twitter
Tom Hudak - Yugma
Matt Schuster - MPS Industries , twitter
Zachary Garbow - 8aweek , Socialbrowse , Y Combinator startup
Mark Nelson - The Minnesota Supercomputer Institute
Kyle Cunningham - The Minnesota Daily , Codeincarnate
Zach Valentiner - The Minnesota Daily
Thomas Bishop - The Minnesota Daily
Son Huynh - The Minnesota Daily
Ryan Bailey - The Minnesota Daily
Jesse Ross - Blog , Etoile
Steve Hanson - Cruiskeen Consulting , Drupal For Users
Todd Suomela - Blog
John Kuster
Jeff Brand - Blog , Microsoft
Dan Eichholz
Matt Craven - Bryghtpath LLC , Columnist/Blogger The Blog Herald & others , Twitter
Adam McBroom - website
Thomas Bohmbach, Jr. - website
Lindsi Gish
Andy Tinkham - Twitter
Nick Bauman - Blog
Curtis Thompson - Blog
Cuong Tran - pragmaquest.com
Arik Jones - atinypixel.com
andy kvamme
John Ballantine
Karif Roberts
Matt Bauer - Mosquito Mole Multiworks
Paul Cantrell - innig.net
Chris Barber - CB1, INC.
Damon Allison CodeMorphic
Paul Julius Stelligent, Inc., CruiseControl co-founder, CITCON co-chair
Steven Novotny - Arux Software
Chris Mitra
Michael Janssen UMN Center for Distributed Robotics blog Twitter
Trent Huber
Jenel Farrell - Twitter LinkedIn
Tony Webster - Photoblog
Tammy Tucker - Sweet Tea Design
Emily Mercer - CTEP, Intermedia Arts
Fred Van Dellen
Kelly Heikkila - Kinetic Data
Wenlei Fang
Ross Niemi - ThoughtWorks
Joe Dwyer - DwyerTech
Ry4an Brase - Swarmacst
Mike Dockerty
Jeff Lin - Bust Out Solutions
Jim Bernard - work , home
Tim Bursch
Tom Hagman
Richard Elsberry
Paul Wiedel - blog
Jamshid A. Vayghan - blog bio
Justin Grammens - Localtone
Mike Calvo - Citronella
Adam May - Digital Cyclone
Zan Thrash
Rick Mahn = RickMahn.com
Ray Ghanbari
Doug Frevert
Autumn Patterson Arts Midwest
John Murphy Website
steve ulrich
Erica Mauter - Metroblogging Minneapolis Twitter
Andy Morgan
Steve Campbell - blog
Irma Kafalghazal
Blaine Cross - New Media Group @ U of M
Rich Graves - claimid linkedin quixote carleton college
David Decesare
Eric Chapweske - Slantwise Design, Rail Spikes
Nate Aune - Jazkarta, Plone4Artists, nateaune.com
Tony Collen - Halogen Labs
Pete Clark - blog
K Rafferty - website
R Carlsson
Eric Foster-Johnson - home, work
Alex Dietz
John Malone - FirstScribe
Jeremy Keillor
Ian Whitney
Matthew Purland - blog
Brendan Malone - TRG Inc.
Michael Schrenk - schrenk.com
Eric Snyder - ipHouse LinkedIn
Ryan Payne - website
Chris St.Germain - website
Harlan Iverson - blog, LinkedIn
Barry Dietrich -website
Joelle Tegwen - Institute on Community Integration - U of M
Brian Maddy
Nik Rowell - ArcStone, nikrowell.com
Jo Soo - Siemens AG
Patrick Williams - Entrepreneurial Management Major (Carlson School of Management)
Esten Rye
Sean Dulin
Larry Green
Randall Rodakowski
Markus Silpala
Jeremy D. Pavleck - Pavleck.Com, Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn
Matt Baxter - BAE Systems
Matty Albiniak - gangster. myuzk, LinkedIn
Jason DeBoer-Moran - LinkedIn, Twitter
Christian Carter - Concentration Studios
Dwight Fellman
Gretchen Enger - LinkedIn
Justin Coyne - MN Population Center @ U of M
Tom Harty - Convention-reg.com
Jason Baker - www.visi.com
Jennifer Sly - YouthAssets
Jan Poehland - Comparatio USA
Chris Schumann - Third Wave Partnership, LLC
Zach Johnson - Watermelon Sauce, LLC
Paul Armstrong - Watermelon Sauce, LLC
Bryan Sowieja - Home Loan University
Siddhartha Chadda -OLSON
Sheila Kim
Fred H Olson - Cohousing-L , Communication for Justice
Kevin Farner - Twitter account , Gomoll Research + Design
Jared Roy - Twitter , RMG
Mark Danielson - FindLaw, LinkedIn
Hiromi Suenaga
Joseph Golemo LinkedIn
Bill Worple - 3LUXE
Kevin Ciesielski - DorkFactorPrime, twitter
Mark Leppke - U.S. Bank,
Shourya Sarcar - Blog
Karen McPherson - BD'M
Rami Siriani
Victor Martinez
Erik Jordan
Josh More - Alliance Technologies, Personal info at www.starmind.org
Brian Kopp - Medtronic , LinkedIn
Seth Viebrock - The Hursk Group , Open Workshop
Steve Wicks
Robert Stephens - The Geek Squad
dack ragus
Chip Pearson - JAMF Software
Jeremy Tucker - OSI
Steven Clift - E-Democracy, DoWire.Org, StevenClift.Com
Marcus Nelson - , CitizenDesk Co-Working, LinkedIn, Twitter
John Moravec - Leapfrog Institutes & Education Futures
Grant Dobbe - Wobsite/Blag
Tom Brice
Marty Wetherall - FanChatter.com , FanChatter Stadium , blog , Twitter , LinkedIn
Dan Ficker - August Ash Inc. , inReview.net
Wade S. Beavers - DoApp
Matt Thompson - vita.mn , Snarkmarket
Darren Siaw - Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Bill Helgeson
Andy Blair
Ben Dolmar - Sierra Bravo Corporation
John Muchow - Leveraging Social Media and Technology Blog
Rich Davies - University of MN, Department of CS
Pradeep Narayanashetty - UofM, Department of CS
Adrienne Peirce - UofM, Carlson School of Management
Leon Giles - Internet Broadcasting
Chris Huebner
Leo Timmons - General Mills
Steve Brown
Vinod Krishnan - HCI
Scott Rodgers - online media - LinkedIn
Brian Dolan-Goecke
Kevin Marshall blog
Matt Gauger twitter
Bill Brown - Aspen Informatics
Doug Hamlin - Web site
Andrew Hunkins - BusyKeeper , LinkedIn
Rob Lindberg
David Paul Ellenwood - Clearance ,
Greg Swan Perfect Porridge
David Newberger - Blog , twitter , LinkedIn
Michael Gorman Split Rock Partners
Orlin Melstrand
Jonathan Barrentine SPED-Outreach
Peter Beacom Quality Bunker , Cogent Code
Jeremy Lizakowski Green Spring Design , LinkedIn , TCLUG
George Walker - Electric Pulp , twitter , blog
Tim Erickson E-Democracy.Org, Blog, Twitter
Lee Carmichael LinkedIn
Joel Donna
Paul Wonsavage
Collin Anderson Personal Blog, Code Blog, Twitter
Padraic McGee
Randy Roland LinkedIn
Avanidhar Chandrasekaran - UofM CS Department
Praveen Kannan - U of M CS Department
Marjorie Roswell
Jay Curry - Twitter
Karin Roof - Site
Kent Tenney
Andrew Urbanski - http://www.sjm.com
Matt Geiser
Ed Kohler - Technology Evangelist
Roald Marth - Technology Evangelist
Mike Miller - LinkedIn
Tom Miller
Arun Agrahri - [http://www.arunagrahri.qsh.in]
Ankur Ashok Kath - U of M CS Department
Abhishek Rawat - U of M CS Department
Douglas K. Olson - Product GM Microsoft Expression
Arouna Phommasouvanh - ArcStone
Nicole Garst Personal Blog,Twitter
Ben Kremer - Kremer Design
Shawn Horton -Shawn Horton, Twitter, Facebook
Bill Galfano - Room & Board
Michaelynn E. McCarron - [http://www.memart.net]
Peter Berman ActiFi
Gwen Jorgens - RBC Wealth Management
Bryan Knauber - website
Kelly P. Waxler
Anil Rao
Lief Larson - Workface Inc. Website
Paul Fitch
Karl Larsen - GeoComm Inc, LinkedIn, Blog
Michael Armstrong - Machine Methods Consulting , myTwinCities Photoblog, blog
Kla Haeck
Mark Kurtz Gage, LinkedIn, Blog, Twitter
j. alex lee - U of M chem eng & mat sci
Erik Blakkestad
Andrew P. Kandels - CATS Applicant Tracking System
Asim Baig - CATS Applicant Tracking System
Tony Sternberg - Cognizo Technologies, Inc.
Krista Gallagher - UofM Medical School
Daniel Schaefer - OLSON
Raghu Sagi
Jeff Schaefer - StarTribune.com
David Quimby - Adaptive Avenue
Rajesh Govindaraj - COMP NETWARE
Sheldon Schwartz - {mo}{weekly sweep}
Gabe Ormsby
Yan Liang U of M CEMS - Personal Homepage
Ross Levine
Dave Borrillo - DoApp
John Roberts - New Counsel,PLC www.newcounsel.com
John Hoffman - Mighty Agent
John Collins - UMSEC
Kim Condon - The Advocates for Human Rights
John Dahl // Interactive Designer // S4 Sales // LinkedIn
Darrel Austin - MNteractive
Kailash Thapa
Patrick Bores
Lee Chang
Soua Chang
Terrence Salizar
Chai Chang
Za Chang
Soo Lee womopo
David Potosky LinkedIn
Harold Slawik
Stephen Thompson
Joel Koenigs RMG
Nick Bilyk
Jereme Allen
Scott Ferris - LinkedIn
Charlie Hoff - VISI
Ryan Libson - monsterobot
Andrew Ronningen - www.franchotassociates.com
Matthew Dornquast - Code 42 + CrashPlan
Bright, Jason - MediaBeacon, Inc.
Bobbi Anderson - Advantage Labs, Inc
Todd Welch - TC-TEKS Computers LLC
Sara Cowles - Valtira
Cyrus Master
Rick Faulise - TAP
Erich Hanson - August Ash, Inc. + LinkedIn
Brad Lahr - LinkedIn
Skyler Kehren - google:Pyrodogg
Kevin Rose - Digg
Troy Gaul
Joel Calhoun
Geoff Hankerson - Website
Colin Harrington - [http://www.colinharrington.net] :: [http://www.carol.com]
Munir Nassar