CocoaHeads January 2010 Meeting Agenda

January 12th, 2010.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, January 14th at Indy Hall.

We're getting 2010 off to a great start with a couple great minitalks. The schedule is still open for Show & Tell or hacking on some code.

See you then!

Agenda

PhillyCocoa.org Hosting

December 15th, 2009.

The source and content for phillycocoa.org are now hosted on GitHub, using the GitHub Pages feature. Static HTML content is generated using nanoc version 2.2.2, though we are considering migrating to Jekyll. The site's design was intentionally primitive, but if you'd like to see a facelift, patches are welcome.

PhillyCocoa 2009 Year-End Wrap-Up

December 14th, 2009.

We had a great meeting/year-end wrap-up last Thursday, thanks to everyone who participated. Here are some of the highlights:

Meeting format

The first item of discussion was the format of the CocoaHeads meetings themselves. We'd love to organize in-depth, hour long "tech talks", but that just isn't feasible with our small group and busy schedules. A couple suggestions were:

"Lightning" talks.

In order to accommodate the nature of our group, we're going to try to do Smaller, more focused, "lightning" talks.

Some ideas were:

  • Objective-C runtime
  • Core Data Tips & Tricks
  • Using the NSFetchedResultsController
  • Core Animations HOWTOs
  • Using the Objective Resource library
  • How to do X with Y, etc.

Guest speakers.

Another idea was to have guest speakers or joint meetings either in meatspace or via Skype. The details still need to be worked out, but it's a cool idea if we can make it work.

Challenges.

Finally, we talked about having a focused "challenge" at the end of PhillyCocoa meetings. These could be related to talks, or be just be stand-alone. There is still a lot to be worked out on this one, but it could be a good way to increase collaboration at meetings.

"Hack" nights

There is a lot of interest in hack or "NSCoder" nights. However, we haven't quite found the right recipe for a really great event. Hive 76 has worked well for those of us in the city, but it's not very convenient for out-of-towners. We'd like to continue semi-regular coding nights at Hive 76, but are certainly open to other venues. If you have a suggestion for a venue or would like to organize a coding night, please let us know.

Fund-raising

PhillyCocoa has very low operating costs, but some funds to cover venue costs and provide refreshments for meetings would certainly be nice. There are a few ways to raise a little money:

  • More workshops and classes. These have been very well received so far, but also require a lot of work to run. Still, we'd like to continue them if it all possible since they provide one of the biggest opportunities to raise money for the organization.
  • Sponsors. We're very open to the idea of sponsorship. If you would like to sponsor PhillyCocoa for a perspective sponsor, or would like to sponsor PhillyCocoa, or have a suggestion for a good perspective sponsor, please let us know.
  • Member donations. We don't want to require any sort of dues for PhillyCocoa, but if there are members that would like to donate to the organization of their own free will, we should provide an avenue to do so.

2010

Thanks for being with us in 2009, and we look forward to an even better 2010. If you have any additional thoughts, please hop on the mailing list and share your ideas.

CocoaHeads Decemeber 2009 Meeting Agenda

December 9th, 2009.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, December 10th at Indy Hall.

We don't have any scheduled talks this month. Instead we'll do a year in review, as well as discussing what we'd like to do the following year. Come with thoughts and ideas, or just come to hang out. They'll likely be food and beers involved.

Agenda

  • Meet & Greet - Communicate with other humans using the high bandwidth "face-to-face" protocol.
  • General News
  • Social Hour

CocoaHeads November 2009 Meeting Agenda

November 17th, 2009.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, November 19th at Indy Hall.

This month, Joe Walsh will talk about HTTP Live Streaming.

There is still plenty of room on the schedule for talks or show & tell!

Agenda

  • Meet & Greet - Communicate with other humans using the high bandwidth "face-to-face" protocol.
  • General News
  • Scheduled Talks
    • HTTP Live Streaming
  • Show and Tell, Open Talks
  • Open Hack - Bring projects and questions

CocoaHeads October 2009 Meeting Agenda

October 14th, 2009.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, October 15th at Indy Hall (NEW LOCATION).

After much discussion, we sorted out the location situation, and we're staying at Indy Hall! The location is just a few blocks away from where we previously met.

This month, Rob Hall (@rhall) will talk about the newly-announced capability of using Flash to develop iPhone applications.

There is still plenty of room on the schedule for talks or show & tell!

Agenda

  • Meet & Greet - Communicate with other humans using the high bandwidth "face-to-face" protocol.
  • General News
  • Scheduled Talks
    • Flash for iPhone Apps
  • Show and Tell, Open Talks
  • Open Hack - Bring projects and questions

CocoaHeads September 2009 Meeting Agenda

September 9th, 2009.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, September 10th at Indy Hall (NEW LOCATION).

After much discussion, we sorted out the location situation, and we're staying at Indy Hall! The location is just a few blocks away from where we previously met.

This month, Andy Mroczkowski will give a brief overview of the new Image Capture Core framework in 10.6, and we'll also have some updates on other things going on, such as the iPhone Deviation events.

There is still plenty of room on the schedule for talks or show & tell!

Agenda

  • Meet & Greet - Communicate with other humans using the high bandwidth "face-to-face" protocol.
  • General News
    • iPhone Deviation & ShareUrMeal collaboration
  • Show and Tell, Open Talks
  • Scheduled Talks
    • What is Image Capture Core, and why you should care by @amrox
  • Open Hack - Bring projects and questions

CocoaHeads August 2009 Meeting Agenda

August 12th, 2009.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, August 13th at Indy Hall Classic (same place, new (temporary) name).

Our first Philadelphia CocoaHeads meeting was in August of 2008, so this marks PhillyCocoa's first birthday (woo). To celebrate, we'll have some extra snacks and refreshments along with our regularly scheduled awesome content. We're also accepting donations to fund this event, and keep PhillyCocoa going strong. It's not too late to pledge!

This month, Philip Fominykh will give a talk about using Common Lisp on Mac technology. Lisp is a very old and influential language which helped inspire SmallTalk, and it turn, Objective-C. It should be really interesting.

Also we'll have some updates on other things going on, such as the iPhone Deviation events.

Agenda

  • Meet & Greet - Communicate with other humans using the high bandwidth "face-to-face" protocol.
  • General News
    • iPhone Deviation & ShareUrMeal collaboration
    • iPhoneDevCamp Redux?
  • Show and Tell, Open Talks
  • Scheduled Talks
    • Common Lisp on the Mac - Philip Fominykh
  • Open Hack - Bring projects and questions

CocoaHeads July 2009 Meeting Agenda

July 8th, 2009.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, July 9th at Indy Hall Classic (same place, new (temporary) name).

This month, the developers from labs @ laan will talk about bringing TweetDeck to the small screen. We'll also might talk about some more of those exciting new technologies that have been popping up lately.

Agenda

  • Meet & Greet - Communicate with other humans using the high bandwidth "face-to-face" protocol.
  • General News
  • iPhoneDevCamp Updates
  • Scheduled Talks
  • Show and Tell, Open Talks
  • Open Hack - Bring projects and questions

CocoaHeads June 2009 Meeting Recap

June 25th, 2009.

Next CocoaHeads meeting is Thursday, July 9th at Indy Hall Classic. Please note that the date has changed from the previously announced date.

June 2009 Meeting Recap

July 2009 Meeting Preview