Barcamp Atlanta 2009 Topics

This is not a schedule or agenda. Simply list the topic you plan on talking about here and add comments to a topic if you feel the need. The agenda will still be filled out once everyone arrives on Friday afternoon.

Recent Happenings in Commercial Space Development

Michael Mealling

I'm going to go over recent events in the commercial space industry such as XCOR's XRacer, Bigelow's inflatable habitats, and Masten Space's XA 0.1 flights.

Creating your personal brand - in a social media world.

Brandy Nagel

A hands-on exercise on how to create a brand, using techniques similar to what is used when developing a consumer brand. At the end of this session you will have a brand statement and the beginning of your own brand style guide.

How to run a startup and keep your day job

Micah Wedemeyer

Sometimes it's not an option to quit your job to work on your startup. Still, that doesn't mean you should give up. I'll talk about my experiences with running a startup while keeping a job, and I'd like to hear from others who did the same or went the opposite route. Open to anyone, but please come with an open mind. Don't just blindly quote Paul Graham.

Thermocouple (Peltier) Electronics

Stephen Reid

Thermocouples are neat little devices that can create a temperature differential given electricity or can create electricity given a heat differerential. This will be a short session on my experiences and tests with Peltiers, where they are used, and what I feel some possibilities might be in my mind.

I'm also considering changing this topic to something on wankel rotary engines or ETFs for the personal finance side of things. On the web side of things I  could present on using ffmpeg for web applications stuff. Email me at stephenreid at ratedsar.com