Stop me if you’ve heard this one before….
I am really looking forward to the Get Agile event this month. I went through my big phone book and found about 550 Austin fans of agile technology. Add the core GeekAustin folks (and subtract those that would rather stay home and download their girlfriend) — and we’re looking at a pretty good bash.
The co-host for this month’s event is Agile Austin. These folks are doing great things — sponsoring workshops, providing continuing education for software, project, and management professionals, as well as bringing industry leaders to town for speaking engagements. As far as I can tell, only about half of my friends are aware of them. I hope the rest of you can make it to the party and meet a few of these folks. If you’d like to learn more about agile in an informal environment, while tossing back a few drinks, this is your opportunity.
A note about the venue: There is plenty of room at Union Park. You won’t be standing in line to get in. And when I say that there will be valet parking, I actually call the valet company to send extra drivers. So you want to take advantage of it, you won’t have to wait to get your car parked either. The drinks at Union Park are generous and reasonably priced. For those of you who want to see how agile you are after a couple of drinks, we’ll be in the BoomBoom room.
Here’s the details:
Get Agile with GeekAustin / Agile Austin
Tuesday April 29th 6PM-9PM
at Union Park 612 w. 6th street (map)
Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/433148/
We have a few surprises in store as well — but we’re not going to tell.
To get on the invite list for future GeekAustin events, send email to linearb@gmail.com
Hope to see you there!
-Lynn
April 29th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I just came back from this. It was pretty cool. The roof of Union Park is definitely the coolest part of that place, the downstairs seemed a bit too loud and echo-ey for a networking type meeting . . . but I loved the place overall. I will definitely be back for future GeekAustin events there.
It was interesting talking to some of the Agile Austin guys. I had not heard of http://agileaustin.org/ until I read about it here. It’s interesting to think back to 1990s, and how many buzzwords have come and gone about how to make software: Extreme Programming, Pair Programming, Pragmatic Programming, Bazaar vs. Cathedral, Mythical Man-hour, etc. You can make fun of them, and I like to, but in the end it all comes down to one thing: ANYTHING is better than the way most big corporations and institutions develope software.