This is the quick presentation given at the first meeting for gnocode.org

1. gnocode
is
New Orleans’ Community of Developers and Engineers

2. Why we are here
• “I’m convinced there is a large number of
software developers in New Orleans that
don’t realize there is an entire community
of other people in the city doing the exact
same thing.” -- me

3. What we are about
• Software development as an industry
• There’s more to it than code
• Creating a strong, visible and local
community

4. Who’s invited
• Anyone who participates in the technical
aspects of software in the New Orleans
• Programmers
• Interface and Web Designers
• Database and Network Administrators
• Project Managers (the serious ones)

5. Our Focuses
• Community
• Education
• Networking
• Service
• Fun

6. Community
• Get to know other developers
• Learn from each other
• Let the world know NOLA writes code
• Stackoverflow Dev Days

7. Education
• Talks from members and guests
• Share your knowledge or interests
• Tell us what your group is doing
• Keep them short (15 - 30 min)
• But don’t dumb them down
• (Promise it won’t become class)

8. Networking
• Discover other companies/projects in town
• Meet developers with different skill sets
• Introduce people for the ‘the next big thing’
• Be neutral ground for other user groups

9. Service
• BarCampNOLA ’09
• Was awesome
• Let’s do it again
• Hands on learning from each other
• Give back

10. Special Events
• Code competitions
• Hash Table
• Pick a controversial topic and ‘hash’ it out
over dinner
• Other People’s Problems (each event)
• Let the group suggest solutions
• Fast Track
• Help others dive into new technologies

11. Webspace
• Meat-space only gets us so far.
• nolainteractive.com IRC channel
• Options?
• Facebook?
• Ning?
• Wordpress site?

12. What do you want?