Ignite! Waterloo

Ignite! Waterloo November 25, 2009

Alex Matan @alexmatan h<p://www.matan.ca

Ramy Nassar @ramynassar h<p://www.ramynassar.com

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Jesse Rodgers

The unconference for fun and the goodness of community. Jesse Rodgers @jrodgers jrrodgers@gmail.com h<p://whoyoucallingajesse.com

Unconference From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia facilitated, par-cipant-‐ An unconference is a driven conference centered around a theme or purpose. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-‐applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one or more aspects of a convenGonal conference, such as high fees and sponsored presentaGons. For example, in 2006, CNNMoney applied the term to diverse events including BarCamp, Bloggercon, and Mashup Camp.[1] The term is primarily used in the geek community.

The audience par-cipants are more important than the speakers.

“Community is the Framework” h<p://davidcrow.ca/ h<p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/kk/2405563687/

“we don’t oﬀer crap—except good company (in the form of demos from passionate developers and entrepreneurs)” – Albert Lai Read this! h<p://bit.ly/6S8DMB

1. Topic 2. People 3. Venue

A diﬀerent way of thinking.

BarCampWaterloo •  Started with 30 people in the room in September of 2005

Growth in our community. •  DemoCampGuelph •  StartupCampWaterloo •  DevHouseWaterloo •  Social Media meetup •  Web Design and developer meetup •  StartupDrinks •  Etc…

Constantly building. h<p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/oldpa<erns/2221005291/

ChangeCamp spreads the emerging ideas, tools and methods of a networked society and builds social capital to accelerate community transformation. ChangeCamp is both a platform and a community.

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Tweet, share pictures, talk to people, ask quesGons, blog, let people on facebook know, talk to your neighbor, have fun. #IgniteWaterloo

Jayne Thompson

Flood Forecasting and Climate Change

Changing Weather Patterns •  More high intensity rain events •  More days above freezing •  More lake-effect snow •  Inland - less snow and more rain in winter

Aden Seaman

How to solve a Rubik's Cube in 90 Seconds How simple algorithms can solve a complex system Aden Seaman 00000

Methods Corner First Bottom First   Petrus method   Friedrich method My method is NOT a speed method 00001

Permutations 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 permutations U: top U’ D: bottom F: front B: rear L: left R: right CW: F L F’ CCW: F’ 180: F2 00010

Web of states 00011

Subspace pathways 00100

My technique   Layer-by-layer   Jasmine Lee's beginner's solution to cube   Fast first-two-layers   Doug Reed's intuitive F2L   Good foundation for advancing to Friedrich method   Based on intuition, 9 algorithms and their mirrors 00101

Step 1: Bottom Edges   Intuition is enough 00110

Step 2: Bottom Corners   One intuitive algorithm & mirror L’UL   Corner rotation unimportant 00111

Step 3: Middle Edge + Bottom Corner L’U’LU2FU’F’ U’L’ULUFU’F’ U2L’U2LU2L’U’L 01000

Step 4: Last Layer cross repeat: F’U’L’ULF 01001

Step 5: Last Layer Corner Positions no changes necessary single swap double swap LU’R’UL’URU2 01010

Step 6: Last Layer Corner Rotations RUR’URU2R’U2 R’U’RU’R’U2RU2 01011

Step 7: Last Layer Edge Position B2TL’RB2LR’UB2 B2U’L’RB2LR’U’B2 01100

DONE! Now let's see this done in real time! 01101

Step 1 + Step 2 beginning Bottom Cross Bottom Corners 10.6s average 14.6s average 01110

Step 2 complete Bottom Corners 14.6s average 01111

Step 3 first half Bottom Corner Orient + Middle Edge Place 27.7s average 10000

Step 3 second half Bottom Corner Orient + Middle Edge Place 27.7s average 10001

Step 4 + 5 Top Cross Top Corner Positions 5s average 8.7s average 10010

Step 6 + 7 + DONE! Rotate Top Cycle Top Edges Corners DONE! 10.2s average 5.5s average 10011

Brent Curry

Nudging people onto bikes in the age of the automobile Brent Curry

21 Speed Women's Tonino Lamborghini Urbano Trekking Comfort Bike •  Frame: 20'' inch frame •  Shift Levers: Shimano ST-EF50 21 Speed Rapid Fire •  Fork: 700C CS9217 Steel •  Freewheel: Falcon FW-70 14-28T Index UCP •  Headset: VP-H692W •  Chain: KMC Z51 •  Stem: HL-Alloy Adjustable Ext 110mm •  Crankset: 28Tx38T x48Tx170mm Silver Alloy •  Handlebars: MTB -155 620mm x 50mm Rise, Steel •  Bottom Bracket: YST BB-612 UCP •  Grips: Velo VLG-185AD2 Black Rubber Gel •  Pedals: VP 990S Plastic Body •  Brakes: Promax TX-107L Front & Rear Alloy Linear Black •  Wheels: High V Profile 700C Alloy Silver w/ Front Quick Release •  Brake Levers: : Shimano STEF 50 Alloy •  Tires: Kenda 700 x 40C Black w/ White line on Both Sides •  Front Derailleur: Shimano TZ-31 •  Saddle: Velo VL-3061 B93 w/ Silver Bumper •  Rear Derailleur: Shimano TX-30 •  Seat Post: SP-233 300mm Alloy Silver

David Swart

“Equirectangular” Marinus of Tyre 2nd century

“Stereographic” Ptolemy 2nd century

Some clown 2009

“Equirectangular” Marinus of Tyre 2nd century

“Stereographic” Ptolemy 2nd century

Some clown 2009

Darin White

Meta-‐Making: A hacker space in 17 easy steps Darin White -‐ Maker

1. Overcome the iner-a and escape.

2. Talk to strangers.

3. Brainstorm.

4. Core group emerges.

5. Set up comms.

6. Survey, travel, talk.

7. Deﬁne what you’re building.

8. Elect a board and choose a name.

9. Keep making while meta-‐making.

10. Prop each other up.

11. Incorporate, insure, and ante up.

12. Engage the experts.

13. Persevere despite distractors.

14. Space search, lease, sign.

15. Celebrate incremental success.

16. Renovate.

17. Tell your story.

Pay it forward.

Jaclyn Konzelmann

JACLYN KONZELMANN

MODEL OF TEACHING HASN’T CHANGED

EARLIEST UNIVERSITY DATES TO 4 AD

HOW DO STUDENTS RESPOND

WHAT WORKS?

GET INVOLVED

CLASS? UW MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

THE PROFESSORS WHO REMAIN RELEVANT WILL HAVE TO ABANDON THE TRADITIONAL LECTURE AND START LISTENING AND CONVERSING WITH THE STUDENTS -‐ DON TAPSCOTT

Staﬀ Sergeant Kevin Thaler

Getting out of cars

Clan Labs and Grow Ops

David EsGll

Here comes the sun: Solar Energy as development home and abroad A poem By David EsGll

It’s getting hot in here!

Right now, we move power long distances

FIT- The Feed In Tariff Program

Solar Power is now a viable investment, not just a showpiece =

What about when it’s not sunny? -Turn off coal/natural gas plants (or let water build behind a dam) when it’s sunny -Turn those badboys back on when it’s dark.

Solar creates jobs! -Germany has 40,000 jobs in solar manufacturing as of May -On track for another 50,000 by year end -90,000 jobs. Source: New York Times, May 16, 2008

Jobs lost in Ontario by sector Hmm… we’ve lost 90,000 jobs…

Oct 20, 2009: First solar joins the S&P Index

Solar can go ANYWHERE This camel is carrying a solar powered fridge that keeps medicine cold as it travels through Kenya

Solar powered medical clinic in Madagascar

Left: An off grid, solar powered data collector in Antarctica Right: An off grid, solar powered house in rural Colorado

Copper wires are stolen for scrap frequently. -An ongoing issue in Africa -The FBI has warned about this being a threat to ‘critical’ infrastructure in the US.

We can easily power the world over using Solar.

Deserts are ideal for solar plants: A concentrated PV plant in the Mojave

Yes, I quit my job to start up a solar company …and I’ve been my own boss for a year now.

We can start right here on our roofs!

Which, in turn, will help the Ontario economy

So that we can go and help developing countries

And help fight climate change, too! Thank you very much. David Estill dave@estillenergy.com

Simon Clark

Jason Shim

Vlade Statosky: im asking you are they really married or is it a virtual marriage because i'm not apologizing if it's fake and i'm also not apologizing to the idiot who thought up having their marriage in a video game. PerpetualJ Valkyrie: You dont think that this could be just as real? Vlade Statosky: what the hell are you talking about. this is a game. PerpetualJ Valkyrie: A game? Vlade Statosky: a game. PerpetualJ Valkyrie: How so? Vlade Statosky: game, "virtual" reality, not reality Vlade Statosky: game. Vlade Statosky: it's on your computer

Levi McCulloch

A Real Fraternity Road Trip 4 Days, 2,178 Kilometers 8 Schools, 1 Zoo

02/13/2009 5:10 pm – Assemble the vehicle Jeff Levi Paul Graham

02/13/2009 6:09 pm – Drive 1 : Waterloo-Hillsdale

02/13/2009 11:35 pm – Arrive: Hillsdale

02/14/2009 9:30 am – Raid ‘Delta Omega’ Sorority House

02/14/2009 10:20 pm – Drive 2: Hillsdale-Lafayette

02/14/2009 3:10 pm – Visit Ball State University

02/14/2009 8:27 pm – Arrive Purdue, catch up with other car

02/15/2009 10:10 am –Drive 3: Lafayette-Zoo-Evanston 02/15/2009 01:06 pm -Kidnap 1st year co-op Hans

02/15/2009 3:30 pm –Visit Racine Zoo 02/15/2009 3:31 pm -Create LOLCATS subtitles

02/15/2009 6:10 pm – Catch up with car2..again 02/15/2009 10:14 pm – Crash

02/16/2009 10:10 am – Explore Northwestern Campus

02/16/2009 12:16 pm – Visit HQ

02/16/2009 2:10 pm – Explore Obama-land Chicago

02/17/2009 12:10 am – Bond with Brothers / White Castle

02/17/2009 11:03 am – The LONG road home

02/17/2009 3:10 pm – Visit Albion 02/17/2009 5:10 pm – Visit Michigan State

02/18/2009 2:00 am – Arrive back in Waterloo

Mark Connolly

Are you sure that’s an album? Metaphor in product design Images: Mark Connolly, except as noted

Images (clockwise, from top left): Brown Brothers, Wikipedia; Mark Connolly; Mila Zinkova, Wikipedia; Majestic, Wikipedia

Images: Screen captures from Mac OS X

Images: Screen captures iPhone Maps application

Images: U.S. Army, Wikipedia

Images: DigiBarn Computer Museum

Images: iPhoto (left); iTunes (right) (Screen captures from Mac OS X)

Image: Phonatic, Wikipedia

Image (right): Phonatic, Wikipedia

Dr. Ma<hew Renaud

High Altitude Medicine Matthew J. Renaud, MD, CCFP

High Altitude Medicine

Definitions ๏  High altitude:   4950 to 11500 feet (1500-3500 m)   Increased ventilation, decreased exercise tolerance ๏  Very high altitude:   11500 to18050 feet (3500-5500 m)   PaO2 < 60mm Hg, SaO2 < 90% ๏  Extreme altitude:   >18050 feet (> 5500 m)   Hypoxia, hypercarbia   Cannot acclimate

High Altitude Illness ๏  Acute Mountain Sickness ๏  High Altitude Pulmonary Edema ๏  High Altitude Cerebral Edema

Acute Mountain Sickness ๏  Common with rapid ascent above 8000 feet (2400m)   Can occur at lower altitudes 4000-6000 feet (1200 – 1800m)   Incidence ~ 50% at 14000 feet (4300m)   Onset 8-96 hours after reaching altitude ๏  Symptoms   Headache   Bitemporal of occipital, throbbing   Worse with valsalva, bending over   And 1 or more of:   Anorexia/nausea/vomiting   Sleep disturbance   Fatigue   Dizziness

High Altitude Cerebral Edema ๏  Progression of AMS   Lethargy   Confusion, can progress to coma   Ataxia   Abnormal tandem gait, finger to nose diagnostic   Life threatening ๏  Onset hours to days ๏  White matter edema on MRI ๏  Descent mandatory

High Altitude Cerebral Edema

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema ๏  May occur alone or with AMS/HACE ๏  Dyspnea disproportionate to exertion, progressing to at rest   Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema   Exaggerated hypoxic vasoconstriction, capillary leak   Diagnosis based on dyspnea unrelieved with rest   May be progressive, fatal   Descent mandatory

Diagnosis of HAPE ๏  Symptoms (>=2) ๏  Signs (>=2)   Dyspnea at rest   Crackles or wheezing   Cough   Cyanosis   Decreased exercise   Tachypnea tolerance   Tachycardia   Chest tightness/ congestion

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Why Does HAPE Occur? •  Hypothesis 1: Pulmonary endothelium barrier fragility •  Pulmonary endothelium barrier susceptible to: •  Mechanical stress    Stretching of the endothelium  gaps  passage of proteins and red blood cells •  Inflammation    Mediators release   permeability  gaps  passage of proteins, red blood cells and inflammatory mediators •  Questions: 1. Inflammation = 1st culprit? 2. High pressure alone enough to result in extra vascular leak?

Inflammation in HAPE? •  Schoene et al., 1986, 1998 –  Leukotrienes (marker of inflammation) very high in BAL in subjects acutely ill with HAPE •  But inflammation present at the start or as a result of HAPE ? •  Swenson et al., 2002 –  RBC and proteins present in BAL in people at onset of HAPE –  But no inflammatory markers present ๏   Inflammation not the causative factor

Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction ๏  The Stress Failure Theory (West et Mathieu- Costello, 1998, 1999) Alveolar hypoxia Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (uneven)  capillary pressure (some capillaries)  VA/Q heterogeneity Damage to capillary wall (stress failure) Exposed basement membrane EDEMA Inflammatory mediators

Circular break of the epithelium Full break of the blood-gas barrier Costello et al., 1992 Red cell moving out of the capillary lumen (c) into an alveolus (a)

Exercise Induced Hypoxemia EXERCISE +/- Alveolar hypoxia Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (uneven)  capillary pressure (some capillaries)  VA/Q heterogeneity Damage to capillary wall (stress failure) EDEMA Exposed basement membrane Inflammatory mediators O2 HYPOXEMIA ! in about ½ endurance athletes (Powers et al., 1988)

Pulmonary Barrier Integrity in Athletes •  Hopkins et al., 1997 –  BAL in 6 athletes after a 7min exercise at maximal intensity –  Post exercise: •  RBC •  Total protein •  Albumin •  Leukotrienes B4 •  Hopkins et al., 1998 –  1h at 70% VO2max  no signs of alteration   Impairment of the integrity of blood-gas barrier only at extreme level of exercise in elite athletes

Why Does HAPE Occur? ๏  Hypothesis 2: Pertubation of alveolar fluid clearance   Role of fluid in extravascular space depends on: –  Its accumulation –  Efficiency of its rate of clearance •  Hypoxia   Na,K-ATPase activity (Dada et al., 2003)

Treatment ๏  DESCENT ๏  Oxygen 4 L/min ๏  Strict bedrest if descent not possible ๏  Nifedipine ๏  Nitric oxide ๏  Dexamethasone ๏  Hyperbaric chamber Gamow Bag

Nick Oddson

How Theatre Helped My Career Improvisational guidelines for work and life Nick Oddson

What is improv? ๏  True to what makes sense in the moment ๏  Making it up without reservation ๏  Working with a team to do the best job

When not to improvise

When it works ๏  Sharing ๏  Teamwork ๏  Removing barriers ๏  Achievement

Relearning childhood ๏  Imagination ๏  Uncensored creativity ๏  Fun and play ๏  Collaboration ๏  Partnership ๏  Adventure

Get off the bench

Listen and observe

Share focus

Don’t block

Yes, and...

Show don’t tell

Million dollar words

Make others look good

No wrong answer

Take a risk

Challenge yourself

Failure is inevitable

Apply the concept

Remember ๏  Jump right in but pay attention ๏  Build on others ideas ๏  Don’t talk about it, do it ๏  Success for the group ๏  Take risks ๏  When you do talk, make it matter ๏  Practice

Thank you ๏  Improv Theatre - Theatre on the Edge, www.tote.ca, every Thursday @ 8pm ๏  Improv Consulting - Karen Lucas, karenlucas@rogers.com or Bernie Roehl, broehl@gmail.com ๏  Me - Nick Oddson, noddson@rogers.com, @noddson Phil Kalina for Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Thomas Hawk Strocchi Christiana Care jugbo Ryancrs brainware3000 Bluerock Flickr bingisser .Hessam BombDog Images Rusty Stewart thomas.merton Aaron Webb Marcin Wichary JosephGilbert.org dresmall Knivesout totalAldo B_Zedan

Jonathan Fishbein

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