The semiannual Omniture Web Analytics Competition kicks off this Thursday at 251 TNRB (Tanner Building) in the Marriott School building of the BYU campus in Provo, Utah (Google Map). The competition is co-sponsored by Omniture (OMTR) and the Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness at BYU.

Check out the event notice on Facebook for more information, share with your friends, or to RSVP! Save to your calendar here.

The competition, which has been running for several years, gets steadilly more intense. With that, the prizes this year have also been increased to reflect the incredible creativity and passion the competitors have placed in the event.

What is the Web Analytics Competition?

The Omniture Web Analytics Competition is an event where student teams analyze an actual company’s web site using Omniture’s flagship software SiteCatalyst. After performing the analysis, teams then present their findings and recommendations to a panel of Omniture judges who in turn choose four teams to present at the competition’s final event.

About Omniture

Omniture, Inc., headquartered in Orem, Utah, is the pioneer of next-generation online analytics technology that delivers the essential intelligence web commerce leaders and innovators that drive business decisions to increase ROI. Omniture’s SiteCatalyst is the most mature and comprehensive technology for web analytics, offering unprecedented scalability and flexibility combined with an intuitive user interface. Omniture is the only company in its market to offer a comprehensive view of activity on a company’s website, including historical (data warehouse) and real-time analysis and reporting. In addition, Omniture offers smart professional service teams, experienced in helping customers determine the questions they must ask in order to arrive at the answers they require. Proof of its world-class technology and outstanding team, Omniture has the highest level of retained and satisfied customers in the market, including eBay, AOL, Wal-Mart, Gannett, Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, Overstock.com, GM and Hewlett-Packard.

No Experience Necessary

Omniture trains all the participants on SiteCatalyst, which in and of itself is a reason to enter. This training is invaluable and could be a difference maker come interview time. If you don’t have a team put together don’t worry. Not only will there be a chance to meet other students at the competition kickoff meeting, but even if you don’t decide to join a team we have had teams of one do very well in the past…even win! So don’t miss out on the chance to gain amazing experience and a nice boost to your resume!

Questions? E-mail owac@byu.edu

Prizes

• 1st place: $10,000 + HDTV(s)
• 2nd place: $5,000 + iPhone(s)
• 3rd place: $2,500 + iPod Nano (s)

More information:

• Check out Omniture.com
• More about Omniture
• More about the eBusiness Center at BYU
• Jobs and Work at Omniture

Utah Blogger/Geek Dinner May 2008: Read CodeAway for the whole story: http://voxpopdesign.com/wordpress/?p=136

Come and geek out (or just hang out) with fellow geeks, bloggers, etc. Find more info at Codeaway.org and RSVP at Upcoming:

September’s Utah Geek/Blogger Dinner is this Thursday, September 4th, 2008 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

We are having it at My Thai, which is a new Thai restaurant in the Salt Lake Area. They have EXCELLENT food and the owners are so nice. When I asked her if it would be a problem if we invaded and took up her whole restaurant on a Thursday night, she looked grateful instead of annoyed. Yeah!

Here’s a link to a review of the restaurant:

My Thai Salt Lake City | Thai restaurant in South Salt Lake | Restaurant menus, reviews and maps on urbanspoon.com

My Thai
1425 South 300 West
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115

Description:
Bloggers, freelancers, web workers, and digital Bedouin – all are welcome to this once-a-month event. Come with your stories, your conversations, and you questions and enjoy the curries and Pad Thai!

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Utah Open Source Conference

Thursday August 28, 2008 – Saturday August 30, 2008
Salt Lake Community College Redwood Campus
4600 S Redwood Road
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130

Website: http://2008.utosc.com

The Utah Open Source Conference 2008 will be held at the Salt Lake Community College, Redwood Road campus from August 28 – 30, 2008.

The Salt Lake Community College Computer Science department is excited to be a sponsor of the 2008 conference and will be using it to improve students’ awareness and understanding of open source software.

The Utah Open Source Foundation is proud to volunteer their time to help such a great cause as promoting free software and open source.

The pricing for this event is $70, but for college students, Local User Group members and a few select others, the total price will be $35/person. This price is less than last year’s event but will have almost twice the presentations and more room for the presentations.

On the Couchcast, we spoke with Jason Hall about the Utah Open Source Conference this year.

Utah Blogger/Geek Dinner May 2008 by Laura Moncur

Looking for the Utah geeks, bloggers and coders? You’ll find them at the Utah Geek/Blogger Dinner. This month, we’re meeting at Paradise Bakery. If you have been feeling lonely for computer conversation in the Salt Lake Valley, you’ll find it all here!

THEY HAVE WI-FI, so you can bring your laptop if you want!

RSVP at Upcoming.org: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/857123

Utah Blogger/Geek Dinner
Thursday, July 31, 2008
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Paradise Bakery
1010 E 2100 S
Salt Lake City, Utah 84106

Website: http://codeaway.org/

We are hosting a job-fair/open house tomorrow (July 23) from 4pm until 8pm at our offices in Orem, Utah. If you are curious about the Utah Technical job market right now, or you know someone who is, send them by!

We’ll be taking resumes and conducting interviews, and likely playing some pretty mean Mario Kart on the wii.

SOS Engineering & Technology
1256 S. State #101 (West Doors)
Orem, Utah 84097

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Local tech company Bungee Labs is hosting a FREE showing of Batman the Dark Knight this afternoon at 4:00pm. (I interviewed @ReverendTed from Bungee last Friday on the Couchcast)

We believe Utah is home to many amazing companies…and we want to get to
know more of you.

Bring your family or friends and join us this Tuesday, July 22nd, for the
4:00pm show of Batman the Dark Knight at the Jordan Commons Megaplex.

Seating is limited. Reserve your tickets (up to 4) here:
http://www.bungeeconnect.com/movie/batman

Show information
Tuesday July 22nd, 4:00pm

Theater Address
Jordan Commons | 9400 S State St, Sandy | map: http://snipurl.com/2sx47

Let me know if you need more tickets of if you have any questions.

This is an awesome gift to the community from Bungee Labs! Check out more about Bungee Labs by watching a short video (2:27) about the applications you can build with Bungee Connect.

One of my favorite events each month is coming up tomorrow (Friday, 5/30). Phil Windley’s CTO Forum/Breakfast at the Novell Cafeteria in Provo (map).

Anyone interested in how information technology is used to build products or run companies. Despite it’s name, you don’t have to be a CTO to attend—just interested in technology, where it’s headed, and the problems of starting and building a high-tech business in Utah.

If you’ve seen something cool or just want to discuss a current topic, come prepared to bring it up.

Put these future meetings on your calendar:

* June 27 (Friday)
* July 18 (Friday)
* No breakfast in August
* Sept 26 (Friday)

Mozy, a very cool/hot tech company in Utah, is hosting a BIG SHIN-DIG on Friday night this week… and to make enough room, they rented out the entire

HARD ROCK CAFE, SLC
505 S 600 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Get Directions(801) 532-7625 (Google Map)

RSVP on Facebook, if you like… or just show up ready to geek out and party

Details:

When: Friday, May 2nd, 2008 from 7:00-9:00 PM
(Don’t worry though, no one’s going to kick you out at 9:01)
What’s happening: Food and prizes, including: a MacBook Air, an iPhone, an iPod Touch and multiple iTunes gift cards (employees are eligible to win these prizes), entertainment by “Dueling Pianos Anywhere” Come for a minute or come for hours – just make sure you come, cause it’ll be worth one of your Friday nights!

This month’s Geek Lunch is going to be in downtown SLC at the Tucanos in the Gateway!

I have setup reservations for 15 though I’m pretty sure that will need to increase this. Please Please Please RSVP so that I can give an accurate count to them. This is their opening week, in fact, the day after grand opening, so it’ll likely be packed!

Info:

RSVP on upcoming.org or See the calendar item on Utah Tech Events

Also register online with Tucanos and get a $10 Gift Card in honor of the SLC Tucanos Grand Opening!

Details from Laura Moncur:

Thom Allen and Brad Baldwin are sponsoring PodCampSLC in Salt Lake City THIS Saturday March 15, 2008 a10am – 4pm at the Neumont University.

10701 S. River Front Parkway, Suite 300

South Jordan, UT 84095

http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/PodCampSLC

It’s a BarCamp for new media: blogging, podcasting, vlogging, etc. If you are a blogger, this is the event that you really want to be part of.

If you don’t know what BarCamp is, here’s a video that explains it:

Make sure you sign up to attend (it’s free) at Upcoming.org

What’s your calendar doing? There’s a lot going on this week:

Podcamp SLC this Saturday 3/15

Geek Lunch Friday 3/14 @ Bombay House in Provo

And there’s more, thanks to the Utah Tech Events Calendar:

Wednesday, March 12
All day FamilySearch Developers Conference
4:30pm SLCFUG Monthly Meeting
7:30pm Provo Linux Users Group – Canceled

Thursday, March 13
5:00pm slc.north.rb Meeting
7:00pm UtahPython User Group Meeting

Friday, March 14
12:30pm Utah Geek Lunch by UPHPU

Saturday, March 15
10:00am Utah Podcamp
11:00am layton.rb Meeting

Tell me about more stuff happening!

The CodeAway will be this Saturday at WasatchWingz in SLC.  This is a TON OF FUN. You should come!  $15 gets you in the door, a plate full of amazing WINGS and hours of geeking, RockBand and games, and a lot of fun.

RSVP on Upcoming.org

Here is a very specific Google Map targeting exactly the location (lat long) of the front door.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Wasatch Wingz

2020 East 3300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84109

40.6997, -111.833

Description

We have reserved the whole place to ourselves, but that doesn’t come free. There is a $15 entry fee, which includes your choice of wings and fries or Ceasar’s Salad and unlimited drinks.

Wasatch Wingz has a huge television, so we’ll be able to play Rock Band in style. They also have enough wi-fi (and wired ports) to house three times as many people who usually come to CodeAway, so they are equipped to take care of us. Additionally, if you don’t have a laptop, they have a bank of really cool gaming computers that should be serviceable. Don’t forget to bring your Nintendo DS if you prefer to play less rock-based games.

There is a $15 entry fee (cash only please) that includes your choice of wings and fries or a Ceasar’s salad and unlimited drinks.

http://www.codeaway.org

Tomorrow, I am speaking to a group of thirty high school marketing teachers as part of the Utah Association for Career and Technical Education‘s mid-winter conference. (This invitation to present is thanks to a referral from Jason Alba who said I am “one of his favorite recruiters” which, for most people, is a very, very short list.  Thanks!)
I am fascinated by what these teachers are sharing with high school kids–stuff I only learned about in college:

• The Four P’s of Marketing: Product, Pricing, Promotion and Placement
• Entrepreneurship & Business
• Business Law
• Fashion
• Computers, Web Marketing
• Etc.

But, please help me answer this question: What do you WISH YOU LEARNED back then to prepare YOU for the workforce– or, what do you feel those entering the workforce in the next 10 years need to know?

Comments, Please

The Utah Technology Council (UTC) is hosting their first CTO Peer-to-Peer of the new year this Friday. The topic:

Trends in Software as a Service (SaaS) Platforms, led by Alex Barnett, VP of Community Development for Bungee Labs.

Click here for more information including location and time. Attendance is free for UTC members.

Thom Allen, notes on his blog that the Podcamp SLC has been scheduled for:

PodcampSLC
March 29th, 2008, from 10AM to 4PM. at Neumont University
Check in will take place from 9AM-10AM.

For more information, see podcampSLC.org or the event page at upcoming.org

The Blogging for Business conference will be next Monday. Click below to see the Rocky Mountain Voices vidcast with Matt Reinbold and Brad Baldwin

Monday, the Blogging for Business conference kicks off in Salt Lake City at the Marriott Downtown.

While the finishing touches are being put on the event I understand there may be a few people wavering as to whether to attend. On October 22nd you’ll:

• come face to face with industry heavyweights, noted authors, and leading practitioners accessible and eager to talk with you,
• see presentations expressly geared toward making your business better – we’ve extracted the fluff and promise 100% applicable case studies, metrics, and expert experience,
• network either during the complimentary breakfast, four-star lunch, in between sessions, or at our dedicated afternoon block,
• enjoy small, intimate class sizes that ensure your questions will be answered,
• and leave being able to immediately apply techniques of this powerful publishing platform to grow profits, build passionate customers, and more!

The seating is limited. You can register at http://regonline.com/b4bconference. I hope to see you there!

Take a breather Thursday and go check out Doba, courtesy of the jockeys over at TwelveHorses. P.S. Don’t forget that Doba is hosting Guy Kawasaki in a few weeks:

“Not only has Jeremy been very successful in building his company here in Utah (currently ranked the 23rd fastest growing privately held business in the Nation), but what Jeremy brings goes far beyond his business savvy and incredible success.”

Go to the Utah Tech Events site to RSVP

Date: Thursday, October 11th
Time: 1:00 – 2:00
Location: Bohemian Brewery And Grill
(94 East and 7200 South, right off of State Street, SLC)

The Utah Open Source Conference kicked off Thursday evening with a dinner/reception followed by the Utah Open Source Awards and keynote addresses by Matt Asay and Bruce Perens.

Of course, since the conference is happening at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center, there’s an interesting spike in the blogs about Novell and Microsoft’s recent partnership and how open source advocates feel about it.

Checkout jobs in Austin at itzbig.

Ash has the scoop

…our geek dinner has been moved to this Thursday, August 30.

Join us at Applebees in Draper, Utah at 6 pm:

123 E. 12300 S.
Draper, UT 84020
(801) 495-4460

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