Mike Wolf
From the basement to the office, how lessons learned establishing a diy punk space can be applied to software
Often a project regardless of medium (community / art / software) fails for the same reasons. Its not the choice of location or technology, its the organizational choices and people involved who make it fail. In this talk I will discuss the similarities between establishing and running a diy art venue (charm city art space 1000 shows , 7 years running , 2 best of baltimore awards) and developing software and leading teams of developers and designers on successful software projects.
About Mike Wolf:
My technical bio
Michael Wolf Principal Architect WPF & Silverlight | Cynergy Systems
A thirteen year veteran of developing web applications, Michael was an early adopter of Rich Internet technologies, developing solutions for initial betas of ASP.net, AJAX , Microsoft WPF/Silverlight, and the Microsoft Surface. As Principal Architect for Cynergy's Microsoft practice Michael has presented on stage with Microsoft at both MIX 09 as well as TechEd 09. In addition acting as Technical Lead Michael's team won the first Microsoft Phizzpop National Design Challenge, beating a field of 30 of the top design firms in the country. Michael has also developed several enterprise WPF / Silverlight / Surface applications for companies from Startups , to Broadcast Television, to Fortune 500 companies. When not in front of a computer, Michael can be found with his wife and 2 children in their row home in baltimore, or playing in a diy punk band.
Diy Punk Bio (this seems silly ): Michael has been involved in diy punk culture since the age of 15, starting with his first show for the Pie Tasters in 1992. Since that time he has played in touring bands, run a small record label, published zines, and put on various shows and benefits. In 2002 Michael was one of the founding members of Charm City Art Space, which this year held its 1000th show and celebrated its 7th year.
