We are tentatively planning to hold a Jive Developer Day event focused on the Clearspace 2.0 release. But before we make anything official, we wanted to make sure that people were interested in attending.
What I need to know
(See below for details)
Are you interested in attending?
If so, would you also attend an optional Saturday event?
Any suggestions to improve the event?
Target Audience
People writing plugins, customizing, or doing other development on Clearspace.
Tentative Logistics
Location: Jive's World HQ in lovely Portland Oregon
Date: April 10-11
Price: Maybe free or a very small registration fee.
Rough Agenda
4/10
6-8pm Happy hour with a presentation on New Technologies and Implications for Upgrading to Clearspace 2.0.
4/11
8-9: Breakfast / networking
9-9:15: Kickoff with Matt / Bill / Marty
9:15: Session 1 - Tips, Tricks & Best Practices for theming Clearspace 2.0
10-10:15: Break
10:15-11: Session 2 - Widgets to customize home and other pages in Clearspace 2.0
11-11:45: Session 3 - Lessons in upgrading the Google Maps plugin to 2.0
11:45-12:45: Lunch & networking (or working lunch)
12:45-1:30: Session 4 - Plugins and Macros in Clearspace 2.0
1:30-2:15: Session 5 - TBD
2:15-2:30: Break
2:30-3:15: Session 6 - Web Services - what you can do in CS 2.0
3:15-5:15: Coding workshop - Attendees bring their code, ask questions, & get tips from roving Jive engineers
5:15-??: Happy hour & Dinner with Jive developers and brainstorming ideas for improving Clearspace
4/12
If people are interested, we would be happy to organize a fun Saturday event like a wine tasting, bowling, beers of the NW, etc. We'd probably ask people to chip in to cover the costs of this event, but you would get to hang out with cool people from Jive
I'd come if it was on a work day.