Category - events

BarCamp everywhere!

As many of you know, my current plans are to move to Portland, OR come August. I figured it would be a good idea to attend the local BarCamp.

There were some travel issues that prevented me from attending more than one day of the three-day get-together. Which was a shame, because the one day was pretty awesome.

Completed on May 7, 2008

Presentation updates

I’ve updated my “Write Your Own Bayesian Classifier!” page with slides from LPW ‘07, and added the slides for a quick lightning talk on Support Vector Machines (presented at the same conference).

Completed on December 21, 2007

BarCamp Milwaukee, day 2

Back home again (bless Amtrak’s “Quiet Cars”—the conductor sternly ordered no fewer than four passengers to shut off their cell phones and put them away).

The day was rainy, and (as expected) the participants were all a bit groggy. Although i had brunch with a friend beforehand, i could have dined on waffles.

The second-day presentations were a little more low-key. There was a popsicle-stick craft session…

Completed on October 14, 2007

Barcamp Milwaukee

This is my second BarCamp, but my first in Milwaukee.

Chicago to Milwaukee isn’t too bad of a trip, especially on Amtrak, which lets me plug my laptop in and get some stuff done. Specifically, it let me work on my presentation (Write your own Bayesian classifier!)....

Completed on October 13, 2007