Please join us at the new Cincy Coworks location for a special night of Git!

Presenter: Chris Wanstrath (defunkt), the "Mayor of Github" (read more about Chris below)
Topic: Git: The Lean Mean Distributed Machine (see abstract below)
Time: 7 pm
Location: Cincy Coworks, 2714 Woodburn Ave. (Map: http://bit.ly/aU4123...)

This meeting is open to anyone interested in learning about git or chatting with Chris. Hope to see you there!

About the Topic:
Git: The Lean Mean Distributed Machine

Source control has been a neglected piece of the continuous integration puzzle for far too long. Monolithic systems such as Perforce, CVS, and Subversion force an antiquated, centralized workflow at the expense of productivity. As is often the case, many don't realize a better way exists.

This talk will examine distributed source control with Git from a high level. Learn how projects and companies can benefit from Git by seeing the different workflows it introduces in action. We'll discuss how
GitHub changes everything when it comes to tracking and managing open source, as well as your own team's source. Code libraries for working with Git, alternative uses of Git, and integration points (such as the Eclipse, TextMate, Emacs, and Vim plugins) will also be touched upon.

Expect to leave this talk with a working knowledge of the concepts behind distributed source control and excited about the distributed future.

About Chris Wanstrath:

Chris Wanstrath is the CEO and a co-founder of GitHub, the largest software code hosting site in the world. Before bootstrapping the company from nothing to sheer profitability with his fellow co-founders, Chris ran a successful Ruby on Rails consulting shop alongside Rails expert and entrepreneur PJ Hyett (also a GitHub
co-founder). Together they helped launch startups, scale websites, and identify the problems that GitHub would eventually solve.

While consulting Chris contributed chapters to technical books such as "Advanced Rails Recipes" and, again with PJ Hyett, co-authored a popular yet provocative Ruby and Rails blog titled "Err the Blog."
Many of the ideas presented on that blog still exist as idioms in the Ruby ecosystem today. Prior to his Ruby period Chris worked at CNET Networks on the code that powered GameSpot, TV.com, and MP3.com, where he learned the power of community and the value of fast, iterative business development.

A college dropout, Chris is an outspoken open source advocate with dozens of open source projects and hundreds of contributions under his belt, some of which power high trafficked sites such as Twitter and
Groupon. Currently he travels the world speaking about the power of open source to developers and the potential of networking to fellow entrepreneurs. He's given keynote talks at the International RailsConf, Startup Riot Atlanta, Rails Summit Latin America, and more while speaking at a variety of regional and international conferences.

Chris was recently named one of BusinessWeek's "30 under 30" young entrepreneurs to watch while GitHub won TechCrunch's "Best Boostrapped Startup" in 2009.