Internet Appliances and Embedded Systems
Speaker: Frank Hum, Linuxcare

This presentation will cover trends in the Internet appliance and embedded system marketplace. The concepts of Internet appliances and embedded systems will be defined, leading into discussion of current trends and future directions. The talk will conclude with demonstrations of Internet appliances and embedded systems, including an inexpensive MP3 player.

Audience: Consultants and general audiences

Speaker: Frank Hum has 18 years of experience in the computer industry doing system engineering, development, and project management. He is currently Technical Account Manager, East Coast, for Linuxcare, providing professional services for major corporate and federal government clients. Before joining Linuxcare, Frank was Vice President, Engineering, for Glebe Electronics, Inc.

Frank Hum has worked with numerous Government agencies, Fortune 500 firms, and small firms on information technology (IT) systems. He is a contributing author for Linux Unleashed, Fourth Edition, and SuSE Linux Unleashed, published by SAMS publishers. (Clicking on either book link takes you to Amazon.com; following the click with an online order will generate a small referral fee from the Amazon.com Affiliates Program for the Capital PC User Group's education programs.)

Mr. Hum received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Duke University and his Masters in Information Management from George Washington University. He resides in Oak Hill, Virginia, with his wife and three children.

Frank Hum may be reached at humf@tux.org. 

Agenda
1:00 pm    Welcome
1:05 pm    Accounting Tips/Tax Updates, Jina Etienne, CPA
1:15 pm    Internet Appliances and Embedded Systems, Frank Hum
2:40 pm    Q&A
2:55 pm    Closing announcements
3:00 pm    Door prize drawings
3:05 pm    Informal queries, conversation, networking

Saturday, October 21, 1:00 pm
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
Lipsett Amphitheater 
Clinical Center (Building 10) 
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
(area map; NIH campus map; Floorplan of first floor of Clinical Center) 

Free Parking: There's construction underway at NIH, so try to arrive a little early. (There are traffic police on the NIH campus--observe the signs--speeding or rolling through stop signs, for example, can result in tickets.)  You may park in the inside parking garage of Building 10. Enter from Memorial Drive and park on the P3 level. Watch for and observe the signs, including those about types of cars permitted in
certain spaces (such as "handicapped" driver and "small compact" only.) Tell any parking attendant you are attending a CPCUG event (there will be no charge). You may also park in the many outdoor parking lots.

Metro--Medical Center Stop on the Red Line (about 3 blocks across the NIH campus) 

Free (any door prizes are usually for CPCUG members only) 

RSVP: Not required to attend, but if possible, please RSVP via e-mail to bconn@cpcug.org. (Sometimes we have handouts, giveaways, or both,
and try to have enough for everyone.)

Panel: Year-End Financial Planning for Small Business Owners 
Panelists include-- 

• Len Cohen, Financial Advisor, CF Services Group, Inc.
• Jina Etienne, CPA 
• Paul Van Akkeren, Computer Consultant