OTUG Object Technology User Group
St Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota

Past Meetings

Date (2001) Topic / Speaker / Description Presentation / Resources
December 18 LEGO® Robotics Invention System Creations
with Bonnie Bennett and her former students
Slides, references and links
November 27
(Fourth Tuesday)
OTUG Java SIG Special Event
Can you have it all: Better Quality, More Flexibility and Lower Cost?
Presented by Kyle R. Larson
Notes and slides coming soon
November 20 OOPSLA Review
and
An Introduction to the Python-based Zope Web Application Development Environment
Presented by Gary Berosik
Slides, references and links
Thursday
October 11
* Distinguished Lecture Series *
"What Your Mother Never Told You about Object-Oriented Programming"
with Kristen Nygaard, inventor of the first object-oriented programming language
(No slides available)
September 18 * Distinguished Lecture Series *
A New Approach to Process Improvement Using Patterns
with Linda Rising, author of The Patterns Handbook and The Patterns Almanac 2000
Slides, references and links
August 21 Election of Officers
and
End-Users Can Be Object Geeks Too!
The Story of FavaBeans, an Open Source Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) Framework for Java

with Ihab Awad, software engineer at the Center for Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics (CCGB) at the University of Minnesota
FavaBeans presentation, references and links
July 17 * Distinguished Lecture Series *
People, Poetry, and Culture: Reinventing Software Development
with David West, Professor of Management Information Systems (New Mexico Highland University)
Presentation [PowerPoint] 
June 19 * Distinguished Lecture Series *
Making Machines Fit for Human Consumption
with Jef Raskin, System Design Consultant, Author of The Humane Interface, Inventor of Apple Macintosh and the Canon Cat Computers
May 15 A Framework for Contracting in a Multi-Agent Environment
with Maria Gini, Professor of Computer Science/Engineering (University of MN)
Agent Presentation [PDF]
April 17 Transforming a Legacy Enterprise to Object Technology
with Gary Howorka, CTO (Digital River)
James Pichler, Sr. Director of Technology Development (Digital River)
Converting to OO Presentation [PowerPoint]
March 20 Using Software Objects to create Lion Kings, control 101 Dalmatians, fight Nightmares, and give Sports Simulations intelligence
with Ken Patterson, President and
Jeff Hanson, Director Software Development
(Digital Content Inc. / Window Painters, Ltd.)
 
February 20 Wireless Internet Development Experience
with Curt Bergmann, Director of Professional Services (Coherent Solutions, Inc.)
Wireless Presentation [PowerPoint]
January 16 Communication in an Appliance World: Components and Messaging
with Perry Hoekstra, E-Commerce Architect (Talent Software Services)
Appliance Presentation [PowerPoint]
 
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