Tech Events Roundup Dec 3-9

This week, you can fill your networking needs at either of Door64’s Happy Hours or mingle in a more intimate setting with a wide assortment of user groups. The week ends with another of our growing number of Hackathons, this one hosted by the good folks at Capital Factory.

Austin Linux Group December Meetup
Dec 3, 7:00 p.m.
Pizza Bistro (formerly Mangia's Pizza)
12001 Burnet Rd
We are a synergistic group of Linux Enthusiasts who meet to share ideas, knowledge and technique. The meetings are centered around an agenda which covers a specific topic each session.

Computer Club of Austin General Meeting
Dec 4, 6:30 p.m.
North Village Library
2505 Steck Ave.
This month’s meeting centers around Windows 8.

Intro to Sencha Architect
Dec 4, 7:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
We’ll show off the basics of creating both mobile and desktop app layouts, along with how to hook up your MVC classes and event handlers as well right inside the IDE.  If you haven't given Architect a look yet, or if you tried Sencha Designer last year and weren't too impressed, you should definitely come check out the latest version.

Austin iPhone Developer Group
Dec 4, 8:00 p.m.
Join to learn the location
We introduce ourselves, have a few beers and share iPhone developer tips and tricks. It's also a good time to talk about what apps we've noticed. New SDK easter eggs, etc. If you are an iPhone developer, then feel free to join us. Please no sales offers, recruiters, etc.

Door64 North Happy Hour
Dec 5, 5:30 p.m.
The Park
11601 Domain Drive #200
Expand your local network, maybe see some familiar faces, have a good time. If you don’t want to drive downtown, this northern networking alternative is for you.

Austin Professional Android Developers
Dec 5, 6:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
Touch is fundamental to the mobile computing experience and has made user interfaces more intuitive and approachable than ever before. Naqi will be guiding us through the proper use of Touch Events in Android to create a user experience that will inspire awe. Join us as Naqi Syed shares how you can execute touch events in your app effectively and gives warning signs that you are doing it wrong. Attend this meetup and leave owning Touch Events!

Door 64 Downtown Happy Hour
Dec 5, 5:30 p.m.
Six Lounge
319 Colorado St
Expand your local network, maybe see some familiar faces, have a good time.

Drupal Dojo
Dec 6, 7:00 p.m.
Mangia Pizza
8012 Mesa Drive
Theme: 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.

Agile and Kanban Tool Comparison
Dec 7, 11:30 a.m.
Microsoft Technology Center: Austin
Quarry Oaks Atrium, Bldg. 2 - 2nd Fl.
10900 S. Stonelake Blvd.
As many organizations transition to an environment where they want to be Kanban, the first step in that transition is to consider if the current tools in place can provide what is needed.  At this meeting we are going to review the new Agile and Kanban functionalities in TFS 2012, some additional add-ons that can help you bridge any gaps, and how JIRA's Grasshopper compares.

Agile Leaders SIG - Scaling Agile to Large Projects
Dec 7, Noon
CA Technologies
5001 Plaza on the Lake
Suite 102 (first floor)
The discussion will briefly touch on the culture aspect and delve deeper into several practices that Dell ESG has deployed to better manage large-scale Agile projects. Attendees will be encouraged to share experiences they encounter at the enterprise level.

ATX 2600
Dec 7, 8:00 p.m.
Spider House Cafe
2908 Fruth St
If you’re familiar with 2600 magazine you already have a good idea what these white hat hackers are all about. They set a very high and specific bar for knowledge, so check out their page for more details.

AT&T Mobile App Hackathon
Dec 8, 10:00 a.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
Mobile App Hackathon is an event produced by the AT&T Developer Program  that is designed for attendees (technical & non-technical) to build apps/mobile apps, get fed, compete for prizes across different categories and most importantly: meet new people and scout for teammates to work on new or current projects. Our hackathon will introduce you to the latest cutting edge tools to help deploy your own app with a website backend, fully hosted in the cloud.