Tech Events Roundup Jan. 21 - 27
There’s a lot going on this week at both Capital Factory and Tech Ranch. If you’ve never visited one of them, take advantage of the All Girl Hack Night and Intro to the Austin Tech Startup Scene at Capital Factory or Venture Start Saturday and ongoing Campfire series at Tech Ranch. They’re worth your time. You’ll also find plenty of user groups and some unusually good looking lectures going on this week.
RightOnline: Texas Social Media Boot Camp with Attorney Gen. Greg Abbott
Jan 21, 8:30 a.m.
AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center
1900 University Avenue
Join us on January 21st in Austin, TX for our RightOnline Social Media Bootcamp with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Breakfast & Lunch are both provided with your registration fee. On-site registration is $50.
From Napkin to Review
Jan 21, 5:30 p.m.
Tech Ranch Austin
9111 Jollyville Rd
Over 80 percent of new products fail! The #1 cause for this is that companies and entrepreneurs jump to creating new products or services before they understand if anyone other than them thinks it’s a good idea and is willing to pay for it. In the “From Napkin to Revenue” workshop, you’ll learn a proven step-by-step process that helps you discover needs that people are willing to pay to solve, significantly increasing your odds of transforming your entrepreneurial dream into a successful product or service.
Intro to the Austin Tech Startup Scene
Jan 21, 6:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
Are you new to the Austin Startup Community? Thinking about moving here? Trying to figure out how to plug in? Come hear an overview from one of the local community leaders and get a chance to introduce yourself and ask questions.
Joomla User Group
Jan 21, 6:30 p.m.
Opal Divine's Freehouse
700 W 6th St
Join us as we work Joomla Magic.
North Austin Monthly C/C++ Pub Social
Jan 21, 7:00 p.m.
Join to learn the location
All are welcome to show up and chat about C, C++, Objective-C, C#, Java, Python, or software engineering in general. We'll have a sign saying "C/C++" on our table, so look for it! During the first hour, people come in and find a seat .t our table. At 8:00 we ask the servers not to interrupt for a little while, so we can give everyone a minute or so to talk about who they are and what's on their mind. After that, people can shuffle around into new groups based on those introductions.
WinApp Developer’s Meetup
Jan 21, 7:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
Windows 8 and Phone 8 have now released! Exciting times for developers! Join us at the Capital Factory for the monthly meetup.
January 2013 SMCAustin Panel at ACC Eastview Campus: Tourism & Hospitality
Jan 22, 6:00 p.m.
ACC's Eastview Campus
3401 Webberville Rd
In this panel you'll hear how local tourism and hospitality experts use social media to inspire people to travel, promote destinations and put "heads in beds". Our panelists will also discuss how social media is being used as a customer experience platform, and how different social media outposts appeal to different customer demographics. The bonus? These speakers are HOSPITALITY PROs, and they are gearing up for a lively, engaging session, with a few door prizes thrown in!
PyLadies Austin Social Meetup
Jan 22, 7:00 p.m.
Apothecary Cafe & Wine Bar
4800 Burnet Rd, Suite 450
PyLadies is a social/professional group for female Python programmers at every experience level. Developers and aspiring developers only, please. (Beginners are always welcome!) Come and unwind after work, and let's talk PyLadies business (or whatever else you feel like chatting about) in a strictly social setting.
Web Programming for Beginners - PHP and MySQL
Jan 22, 7:00 p.m.
Join to learn the location
Heard of jQuery? CSS? plain javascript? Let's do it! For the next meetup, we'll cover how to use javascript/jQuery, sprinkled with a dusting of CSS. To top it off, let's dive into MySql. We'll pretend we're dba's and create tables and stuff. Please have your hosting account with php, cuz it's gonna be wild.
Ubuntu, and the Death of Android
Jan 23, 6:00 p.m.
Join to learn the location
With many OEMs now actively seeking, and in some cases building, alternatives to Android will the emergence of a viable competitor in Ubuntu be the death of the Android ecosystem? So many missteps have been taken by Google over the past 5 years that many fear the Android ecosystem is in danger. Though many analyst tout Android's superior market position the reality is that return rates on android phones and customer frustrations are starting to mount. Add to this Google's lack of openness and their willingness to compete with the companies they serve and there's a serious question to be asked; Will Ubuntu be the death of Android?
Austin All-Girl Hack Night
Jan 23, 7:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
Austin’s ladies-only coder social is moving to the fourth Wednesday of every month, and also becoming a more formal affair. Join them this month at Capital Factory.
Austin Mobile Innovators Meetup
Jan 24, 5:30 p.m.
CanWe Studios
200 E 6th St
Let's get things started! Join the gang from CanWeNetwork at their downtown Austin offices. As mobile innovators, we’re immersed into the always-progressing mobile world and are aware of the struggles that come with it. We’re all fighting the same mobile fight so let’s take this opportunity to join with like-minded mobile innovators and discuss different mobile hurdles, platforms, strategies, and more! Oh and did we mention? This will all take place with a cold one in hand. So, come out, have a drink and talk nerdy to me. Let’s get our voice heard in mobile.
Austin Web Python User Group
Jan 24, 7:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
This month, we’ll be focusing on websockets. At 7:00pm, Josh Marshall will give a talk on what websockets are, how you can start playing with them, and the caveats / fallbacks you’ll need to employ when using them in production applications. Then at 8:00pm Robert Myers will be giving a talk on how you can integrate websockets (and all the fallbacks) into your existing Django application by using the push stream module for Nginx. His example will be the “Julython” (http://julython.org) website.
Drupal Dojo
Jan 24, 7:00 p.m.
Mangia Pizza
8012 Mesa Dr
Need to escape the family this Thanksgiving? According to their page, The Drupal Dojo is still on. The Drupal Dojo is for anyone interested in hanging out with other Drupalistas in a "hive mind" environment. There is no set topic or presenter so bring your laptop, a pet project and an appetite.
Tech Ranch Campfire
Jan 25, 3:30 p.m.
Tech Ranch Austin
9111 Jollyville Rd
Campfire is all about connecting you to the larger tech startup community. We bring out lots of interesting, accomplished people from the ecosystem so you can get the introductions, insight, and help you need to move your business forward, while also helping others.Our structured teaming activity facilitates getting know your fellow attendees at a deeper level than a conventional networking event to enable knowledgeable recommendations that quickly get at what you actually need.
Venture Start Saturday
Jan 26, 10:00 a.m.
Tech Ranch Austin
9111 Jollyville Rd
Get ready to launch your startup!
Venture Start is a unique program that guides you step-by-step as you: Refine your idea, Compare different ways to do business, Analyze the market and competition, Formulate your next steps. You will receive: Actionable feedback, A clear business model, Your own Lean Canvas forecast, Specific direction to get your business up and running. Our limited class size guarantees you will learn as much from your classmates as you do from our expert instructors.Come with an idea, leave with a plan.
