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Android Dev Austin | March 2013 Meet up with Apigee

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Join us at our March 2013 Android Dev Austin Meet up with Apigee! Apigee, experts on all things “API”, is one of the coolest companies out there.

Seating is limited! Please RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4577513466

Topic: Making the Backend as easy as the Frontend: a look at BaaS.

Abstract:

Sure, Android makes it super-easy to build the front of your mobile app, but what happens when you need to plug it to a backend to load data, register users, connect to social services, etc. ? Does it have to be the same mess of PHP, MySQL, Rails and legacy code you had to deal with during the old days of the web? (Ah, the old days of the web… That was so long ago.)

Fear not! There is an alternative today, it’s called a Backend-as-a-Service.

Tim from Apigee will give us a tour of how BaaS platforms work, and how you can use them from any mobile app. He’ll conclude with a live demo of how to use one from an Android app, and show specific examples of how some apps on the Play Store use them.

Event Info:
* Event is free.
* When: March 4, 2013. Event starts at 6pm until 8pm.
* Location: Apigee offices | 1005 west 38th street, 3rd floor, Austin, TX.
* Drinks (yes, including Beer) & Pizza will be provided!

Seating is limited! Please RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4577513466

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Frisbee Freestyle Jam (Austin Winter 2013)

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It was a gorgeous, windy, cold day in Austin, Texas. With Todd Brodeur, John Titcomb, Johny Trevino, Mike Galloupe, Eric Gibbons, Glen Whitlock and others — at Zilker Park.

Austin Jamming – Panorama #1

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Austin Jamming – Panorama #2

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It was great to meet and play with these great players, and also to re-connect (totally by chance after so many years) with my old Freestyle friend/pal from Puerto Rico, Carlos (Pipo) Lopez — another world champion player, with whom I spent so much time, years ago, playing Frisbee on the beach Isla Verde.

With Mike Galloupe:

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With Todd Brodeur:

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These guys are top USA and Canada Freestyle players, from left to right: Todd Brodeur, John Titcomb, Johny Trevino, Mike Galloupe, Eric Gibbons, Glen Whitlock — at Zilker Park:

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Lewis Weil of Austin Sea Veggies — Austin Awesome Foundation Grantee (October 2012)

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Congrats to Lewis Weil of Austin Sea Veggies, who is October 2012 Awesome Austin Foundation grantee:

“My goal is produce amazing, fresh, healthy local seafood anywhere in world. I want people to have good food and for us to be able to leave the wild environment alone at the same time.”

See the Project’s page (Awesome Foundation).

This is a super awesome project, a great example of the awesome projects we are looking to fund. Lewis’ Austin Sea Veggies has garnered interest from gourmets and restaurants across the U.S. Check out his video on Slashdot.

Here is a picture of some of the trustees together with Lewis:

From left: C. Enrique Ortiz, Jacqueline Hughes, Hugh Forrest, Lewis Weil, Joel Bush

About Austin Awesome Foundation: Got an awesome idea? Would $1000, with no strings attached, make it a reality? Read more at The Austinot.

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Startup Showcase at Texas Wireless Summit 2012

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This Friday October 26, 2012 is the Texas Wireless Summit. And as part of the event we are having the annual Mobile Monday Austin Startup Showcase.

(Also, don’t forget that on Oct 22 we are having our regular Mobile Monday Austin event at Capital Factory — topic: Mobile & Cloud.)

This year we are having a strong presence of Startups — 13 total showcasing their mobile apps and solutions; awesome:

1* Baytan Labs — http://baytanlabs.com
2* CanWeNetwork — http://www.canwenetwork.com
3* Divert-X – http://divert-x.com
4* DrawMD / Visual Health — http://escalation-point.com
5* EMMOCO — http://emmoco.com
6* News Blast – http://sxtyscnds.com
7* Noom — http://www.noom.me
8* Ringful — http://ringful.com
9* Toopher — http://toopher.com
10* Vivogig — http://vivogig.com
11* VolunteerSpot — http://volunteerspot.com
12* Wheel InnovationZ — http://wheelinnovationz.com
13* Zello — http://zello.com

Looking back at previous App Showcases at TWS, it is great to see companies that at the time were just starting, and that today are doing quite well, for example 1) MapMyFitness, 2) Game Salad, 3) Tabbedout.

As part of the showcase, judges that include the founder of Tabbedout, the CFO of Phunware, and yours truly, will judge the companies based on
(1) Originality, (2) Impact, (3) Maturity and (4) Business Plan/Model. The judges for this year are:

* Maria Ocampo — Head of Publisher Services at Collider Media
* Rick Orr — Founder Tabbedout
* Alan Kane — CFO Phunware
* Brian Grigsby — General Partner, Corsa Ventures
* D Keith Casey Jr — Evangelist at Twilio
* C. Enrique Ortiz — Head of Products at Shango

For more information about the Texas Wireless Summit and registration, visit TWS web site http://TWSUMMIT.COM.

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Mobile Monday Austin (Oct 22, 2012) – Mobile & Cloud

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Join us for our October 2012 Mobile Monday Austin meeting, at the very cool Capital Factory offices in downtown Austin.

We are having a number of cool companies come talk about “Mobile and Cloud“:

* Cloudbees — CloudBees Platform as a Service (PaaS) architecture provides a powerful foundation for cloud development and deployment services.

* Twilio – provider of Cloud platform for Communications – APIs for Voice, VoIP and Text …

* Phunware – provider of branded mobile experiencesand mobile application infrastructure.

The speakers will cover related topics including using cloud-based Jenkins to build and test Android and iOS apps, using the Twillio APIs, and leveraging the cloud to end the native vs. html5 debate – introducing Mobile as a Service.

It is going to be a fun topic and event.

When: Oct 22, 2012
Time: 6-8:30pm
Where: Capital Factory
Cost: free
Drinks and pizza will be served

For information and headcount purposes, please visit & RSVP: http://momoaustinoct2012.eventbrite.com/

See you all there….

Facebook Developers World HACK – Austin

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Facebook Developers World HACK visits Austin Texas on August 23, 2012!

For more information and registration, visit their HACK – Austin website:

At Facebook Developers World HACK, you’ll hear from Facebook engineers who will walk you through developing great apps that are social by design. World HACK gives you a chance to collaborate with your peers and speak one-on-one with Facebook engineers. Then, put your skills to work and spend the day hacking with us. We’ll be awarding prizes for apps with the best Facebook integrations!

We’ll cover topics like:
* Facebook APIs
* Mobile SDKs
* Open Graph

We’ll be giving out prizes to teams or individuals that use our APIs to best effect. Plan to spend the evening hours with us — this day long event will be capped off with dinner, demos and awards! Space is limited, so register now to secure your spot.

See you there!

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Austin Awesome Foundation, June 2012: “Astronomy for Underserved Populations”

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Awesome Foundation

Another month, another grant…

The Austin Awesome Foundation board of trustees have selected the project “Astronomy for Underserved Populations” as the recipient of June 2012 $1,000 grant. Congrats to Amy Jackson of Starry Sky Austin.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

My experience as an educator is that families with the financial means and time can provide their children with enriching educational opportunities such as a trip to the McDonald Observatory for example. I want to provide an opportunity for underserved communities to look through telescopes who wouldn’t normally. Seeing Saturn for example for the first time is an eye-opening experience. I have heard adults giggle when they see it and ask me if it is real or not. Understanding our place in the universe brings about a sense of peace and deep knowing that we are all part of the same stuff… we are all in this together. Peace through astronomy, if you will.

This project was selected from a batch of around 20 applications that we received in May alone. While all projects are unique, this month’s selection was based on the impact to underserved populations, including children, the project’s focused-mission, and the great passion by the project’s leader.

The Austin Awesome Foundation is getting an increased number of applications each month, and the applications themselves are getting better and more interesting; it is very exciting to be part of this.

Remember to submit your applications at the Austin Awesome Foundation website.

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