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2011 Women Tech Award Recipients

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Announcing the Women Tech Awards 2011 sponsored by the Women Tech Council. This years recipients are:

Courtney Doyle, Ph. D student, Robotics, College of Engineering – Student Award

Kate Maloney, CEO, CostumeCraze – Rising Star Award

Sarah B. Hiza, Senior Manager, Energetic Materials & Mechanical Testing, ATK – Technology Innovator Award

Jennifer Hwu, CEO, InnoSys – Technology Entrepreneur Award

Patricia Hall, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs and Co. – Technology Excellence Award

Shawn Adamson, Regional Vice President, Xo Communications – Technology Trailblazer Award

Susan Johnson, President and CEO, Futura Industries – Leadership Excellence Award

Congratulations to everyone.

Utah Open Source Conference 2010 Wrap-Up

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This year’s Utah Open Source Conference was a great event. I’m still amazed this conference can pull off three days, but it some how does just that. I’ll admit that on the third day, I’m pretty tired, and my brain is in information overload.

Clint Savage (@herlo) and crew have done an excellent job brining Open Source into the spotlight at least once a year. The conference is open to anyone, and I would really like to see more Enterprises that use Open Source get involved, and I think more Enterprises should send the staff to learn about Open Source alternatives to commercial software. There are a number of OSS products that are just as good if not better than their commercial counterpart. Everything from Office alternatives (OpenOffice.org), to network administration tools, intrusion detection, and photo management.

What is really exceptional is all of the content presented by folks who use the software, and in some cases, wrote the software. You have a mix of industry experts, and passionate users, sharing their experiences, and giving attendees the inside scoop.

I volunteered this year, and helped various presenters with their room needs. It never fails to amaze me the support this conference gets. Look for it next year, and get involved.

Fall 2010 Utah Code Camp

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September and October are turning out to be a complete geek fest. With the Kynetx Impact Dev Day on 9/18, Utah Code Camp this week 9/25, and of course Utah Open Source Conference 10/7-10/9. Check out the camp schedule here.

I hope to attend these classes:

  • Keynote 9:00am – 10:00am Modern Software Development, the State of the Craft – David Starr
  • 10:10am – 11:10am ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor – Nathan Zaugg
  • 11:20am – 12:20pm Internet-Enabled Applications for Windows Phone 7 – Richard Thomson
  • 12:20pm – 1:00pm Social Networking and Building your brand – Pat Wright
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm What is ALT.NET? – Craig Berntson
  • 2:10pm – 3:10pm WPF MVVM Design Pattern – Danny Staten
  • 3:20pm – 4:20pm MVC and Entity Framework – James Johnson

This should be a great event. Pat Wright and company do a great job. If you’re Microsoft Developer, or want to learn more about Microsoft development tools, this would be a great place to start.

The Importance Of People Versus Technology

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People are where it’s at. Technology is just a vehicle.

Today is April 1st. Typically people see today as the start of Spring. A time to renew. A time to access our plan for the year, and make some course corrections.

PodCampSLC 2009 just wrapped up a few days ago. Having the opportunity to meet people I have only interacted with through technology was awesome. I think it is vitally important for people to meet face to face. You can’t hide behind a screen. Venture out. Meet up. There are so many things going on out there, you might even discover some new friends.

Things are sort of back to normal. I don’t think I’ll take on such a huge project again with as little help as I did. The community is bigger than that, and the community deserves to be more involved.

Check out the PodCampSLC website for updates on this past camp and to stay current with upcoming events.