ACCU meeting on Wednesday (fwd)

Mon Jul 10 13:35:01 PDT 2006

Peter Theoeny to talk at the ACCU meeting on Wednesday.  Please do RSVP 
with Walter if you plan on going.  If he has a large crowd I may be able 
to help him find an alternate location!

Jennifer

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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:14:32 -0700
From: Walter Vannini <walterv at gbbservices.com>
To: SVLUG <svlug at lists.svlug.org>
Subject: [svlug] ACCU meeting on Wednesday

When:      Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Topic:     Wiki Collaboration and
                 Wiki Applications in the Workplace
Speaker:   Peter Thoeny
Time:      7:00pm
Where:     eBay Town Hall (next to PayPal/eBay)
                 2161 North First St
                 San Jose, CA 95131
Map:       <http://tinyurl.com/cdg5u/>
Cost:      Free
More Info: <http://www.accu-usa.org>

A wiki is a website where anyone with a browser can create and
maintain web pages. It enables teams to organize and share
content and knowledge in an organic and free manner, and to
schedule, manage and document their daily activities. A wiki can
also be used as an intranet where employees contribute content
collaboratively, replacing a webmaster maintained intranet.

This talk explains what wikis are and how they are used, covers
social aspects and security concerns, and teaches how to roll
out a wiki. It also explains how teams can use TWiki, an
open-source wiki for the enterprise, to build tailored wiki
applications supporting their workflow and processes.

Attendees will learn what wikis are and how they can be applied
to the enterprise; the wiki culture and ways of collaboration it
offers; how to successfully roll out a wiki; and how wiki
applications can support business processes.

Peter Thoeny is the founder of TWiki <http://twiki.org/>, the
leading Wiki for corporate collaboration and knowledge
management. Managing the open-sourced project for the last seven
years, Peter invented the concept of structured wikis - where
free form wiki content can be structured with tailored wiki
applications.

He is a recognized thought-leader in Wikis and social software,
featured in numerous articles and technology conferences
including LinuxWorld, Business Week, Wall Street Journal and
more. A software developer with over 15 years experience, Peter
specializes in software architecture, user interface design and
web technology.

He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Zurich, lived in Japan for 8 years working as an engineering
manager for Denso building CASE tools, and managed the Knowledge
Engineering group at Wind River for several years. He is
currently working on a book on wikis for the workplace.

Peter recently co-founded StructuredWikis LLC
<http://www.structuredwikis.com/>, a company offering services
that allows teams to use wikis to improve productivity and
communication through basic and advanced application of wikis.

Upcoming ACCU talks

August 9, 2006
Elisabeth Hendrickson
"Testing Web 2.0"

September 13, 2006
Matt Doar
"Common Problems with Bug Trackers"

October 11, 2006
Joe Darcy
"What Every Computer Programmer Should Know About Floating-Point
Arithmetic"

The ACCU meets monthly. To suggest topics and speakers please
email Walter Vannini via walterv at gbbservices.com

Walter Vannini
President, Silicon Valley ACCU
<http://www.accu-usa.org/>
<http://www.gbbservices.com/>

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