The next Philly CocoaHeads meeting will be Thursday, January 12th 7-9pm at Indy Hall. Post-meeting drinks commence afterwords; National Mechanics is our usual hangout.
You’ll need to use the intercom to get in (#022). If you are having any trouble feel free to call MikeZ’s cell (267-563-0616) and we’ll be sure to get you in.
We usually all chip in and order some pizza and refreshments, so if you can bring a few bucks for that please do.
Meeting Agenda
Introductions & Group Business
- Assistant Wanted for keeping meeting notes, spell checking, marketing help.
- Should we continue doing Office Hours?
- Any other goals for the new year?
- Want to spruce up website a bit, volunteers welcome.
Show and Tell
In addition to being an open mic to demo new apps or code, Show and Tell also invites people to bring problems or design issues they are encountering in current projects for feedback.
Planned Show and Tell items:
UXFlip Demo by Michael Raber
UXFlip is a new technology making it easier to build and manage the building of the UI for mobile apps. We would love early feedback on the concept and for developers to poke holes in the idea or implementation.
Implementing a RFID scanner on iOS by Mike Zornek
Mike recently did a small project to prototype a RFID scanner for iOS. Was a fairly painless process. He’ll demo how it went down and what you should look for if interested.
Talks
RestKit by Corey Floyd
Per their website: RestKit is an Objective-C framework for iOS that aims to make interacting with RESTful web services simple, fast and fun. It combines a clean, simple HTTP request/response API with a powerful object mapping system that reduces the amount of code you need to write to get stuff done.
Corey will walk us through how he is using RestKit in his latest iOS project.
Cocoa Quiz
The quiz show from our canceled holiday meeting has been refactored. We’ll have a little trivia on the code and culture of Apple, awarding software license prizes as we go. Bring your thinking cap.
About CocoaHeads
PhillyCocoa is a Philadelphia area Mac and iPhone programming group, a chapter of the worldwide CocoaHeads. All skill levels are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in Apple-related technologies and moderate tolerance for geeking out.
We hold our CocoaHeads group meetings on the second Thursday of every month at Indy Hall. A calendar feed can be found on the PhillyCocoa website.
We are always looking for feedback and suggestions on what topics to discuss at our meetings. We have a public writeroom (password is “password”) where we try to keep tabs on what people are interested in hearing about. Feel free to append your own ideas, especially if you are interested in speaking.
Group website: http://phillycocoa.org
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