YOU'RE INVITED TO COGNITION GROUP'S FIRST EVER OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT OPEN HOUSE
Sign up at http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/TRKCGFPOJFOIMDYFFLIH/openhousejan2008 If you are reading this message and you are in the Seattle area, you are welcome to attend Cognition Group's first ever Open Source Development Open House. The open house is being held for open source developers and companies that use open source to gather and collaborate on projects, discuss work opportunities, and strategize about open source. While most open source groups focus on making a statement about the evils of proprietary software, this open house will focus on how developers can band together and work on projects and how to involve companies of any size in the work. Here's what you'll do at the open house: Learn about getting support for your open source projects. Meet other open source developers who want to meet up to collaborate on projects. Meet people who can give you work. Learn about Cognition's open source developer collective. Participate in a raffle (optional) for two tickets to Seattle's IMAX theater Listen to special guest Tom Brophy, an internal senior recruiting coordinator (internal recruiter) for Avenue-A Razorfish. You should go if you are: an Open Source developer working at a company that uses Open Source a student an IT project manager a legal professional dealing with open source licensing and branding issues looking for work as a developer Where it's taking place: The Seattle Actors Theater http://www.seattleactorstheater.com/map.html 140 Western Avenue West Seattle, WA When it's happening: Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Why is this happening: Because everyone needs open source, and developers need a place to collaborate. How it's getting done: This event is organized and made available to the public by Cognition Group, Inc., an open source development firm. Cognition's Open Source Developer's open house will be held monthly. Future dates are yet to be announced.
