Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
While the major Google I/O fun is happening in San Francisco on June 27-29, some of us will stay behind and run/participate at the Extended version of Google I/O — in my case, Google I/O Extended Austin. You can sign up for Google I/O Extended Austin — for registration and information visit https://sites.google.com/site/austinioextended/. We expect … Read more
Christopher Calnan of the Austin Business Journal wrote a piece titled VC: Silicon Valley vs. Austin, on the opinions that came out from this month’s CEO Summit in Austin. The following snippet from the article summarizes very well why Silicon Valley is (and will remain) ahead of Austin: “Bay Area is more conducive to startups … Read more
Update: we had a great event! — see some photos of the event. Thanks to our speakers, and to our sponsor Evernote. If you are in Austin, Texas, a reminder about tonight’s event: “Android app performance, optimization and analysis”. See you there! ceo
Update: we had a great event! — see some photos of the event. Thanks to our speakers, and to our sponsor Evernote. Topic – “Android app performance, optimization and analysis”: For headcount purposes, please register at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3493177187 Food and drinks will be served. We have some goodies to give away, courtesy of Google’s Developer Advocate … Read more
Please join us April 30 for our next event when Nokia visits Austin for its “Nokia Lumia USA Tour” WHEN: April 30, 6-9pm WHERE: Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. 6th St. WHO: Mobile Monday Austin & Nokia Please RSVP at Eventbrite: http://momoaustinapr2012.eventbrite.com/ If you have a Windows Phone application, Nokia Developer wants to see your app … Read more
February 6 is now officially Awesome Day in Austin, Texas. The Mayor of the City of Austin, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, just proclaimed February 6 as “Awesome Day” in honor of the launch of the Austin chapter (@atxawesome) of the Awesome Foundation. As one of its founding members, I am super excited about joining my co-founders … Read more
A reminder that our next Mobile Monday Austin event is on September 19, 2011. The topic is Mobile Gaming and the event is sponsored by Nokia. Date: Monday, September 19, 2011 Time: 6-9pm Location: Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. 6th St. Cost: FREE, food and drinks will be served Please join us on Monday, September 19 … Read more
I just blogged at the Austin Startup blog, about Evernote in Austin; the popular Evernote is opening a development Studio in Austin. The company is growing fast — they started the year with 45 people and are looking to grow to 130 by the year end. And they have about 11 million users, and growing. … Read more