Monday, August 19, 2013

GDG North Atlanta August Meeting

GDG North Atlanta August Meeting will happen on Tue, Aug 27, at the Atlanta Tech Village (7:30pm - 9pm), held in the 5th floor meeting space (park in the deck, take elevator from 1st floor lobby up).

We've got 2 talks lined up for this month!

David Chandler, long time GTUG Atlanta advocate and friend, will give a short talk about Google Apps tips and tricks, as well as living the digital life.

Steve Ziegler, Senior Architect at BetterCloud, will give a talk on implementing complex, long-running tasks on Google App Engine using the Pipeline API.

Pizza and drinks provided, as always.  Donations to cover food/drink cost are welcomed.

Agenda

7:30-7:45pm
Introductions, attendee self-intro, chow

7:45-8:00pm
Talk - Google Apps Tips & Tricks + Living the Digital Life
Speaker: David Chandler

8:00-9:00pm
Talk - Implementing Complex, Long-running Tasks on Google App Engine using the Pipeline API 
Speaker: Steve Ziegler

This event is co-sponsored by BetterCloud and Atlanta Tech Village.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

GDG North Atlanta July meeting is tonight, RSVP and details here -

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

For our upcoming meeting (this Thursday night), Kevin Harris will be speaking on the topic of User Experience for Developers.

Here is a brief synopsis:
Providing an overview of user experience and discussing four important things a developer can think about when building his/her next application. Discussing the difference between UI and UX, the negative effect building more features can have on your application, how to design for the user, and finally, the value a developer brings to the user experience in an application.

About the speaker:
Kevin Harris is the Senior UX Designer at BetterCloud.  He has deep experience with applying the principles and practices of user experience in a Google-centric development environment.

Monday, July 15, 2013

GDG North Atlanta July Meeting

GDG North Atlanta continues in the spirit of the wonderful monthly GTUG meetings.  We will continue hosting speakers, organizing special events, spreading the word about other like-minded events in town (and out of town), and in general provide a great place for developers excited about working with Google technology to get-together and mingle in the Atlanta area.

It's my pleasure to announce the second GDG North Atlanta Meeting on Thu, July 18, at the Atlanta Tech Village (7:30pm - 9pm), held in the 5th floor meeting space (take elevator).
Kevin Harris, Senior UX Designer at BetterCloud, will be giving a talk on UX for Developers.

Pizza and drinks provided, as always.  Donations to cover food/drink cost are welcomed.


Agenda:

7:30-8:00pm
introductions, attendee self-intro, chow

8:00-9:00pm
Talk - UX for Developers
Speaker: Kevin Harris

This even is co-sponsored by BetterCloud and Atlanta Tech Village.

RSVP here

As always, you can keep up with the latest happening with GDG North Atlanta via the Official Google+ Page.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Monday, June 3, 2013

Greets,

First thing's first, my name is George Tang.  I was a regular attendee of GTUG Atlanta.  For the past few months, I have been working with Charlie to assume the organizer role for Google Developer Group Atlanta (was GTUG Atlanta).

GDG Atlanta's G+ page

GDG Atlanta continues in the spirit of the wonderful monthly GTUG meetings.  We will continue hosting speakers, organizing special events, spreading the word about other like-minded events in town, and in general provide a great place for developers excited about working with Google technology to get-together and network in the Atlanta area.

It's my pleasure to announce the first GTUG -> GDG Atlanta Meeting on Tue, June 18, at the Atlanta Tech Village from 7:30pm - 9pm, in the 5th Floor meeting space.

Meeting Location

Parking in the deck is free.  Enter the 1st floor, and take elevator to the 5th floor.  The big meeting space is where we'll meet.

Since it has been a while since we hosted one of these, the agenda for this meeting is to sync up on what members would like GDG Atlanta to be moving forward.

As always, pizza and drinks will be available, and we'll appreciate any donations to help off-set the chow cost.

This gathering is co-sponsored by BetterCloud and Atlanta Tech Village.

Spread the word!

Friday, April 13, 2012

April 24th Meeting: Google TV Basics and Boundaries



On April 24th (last Tuesday of the month) at 7PM at Google Midtown Charlie Collins will do a presentation on Google TV "Basics and Boundaries."

This session will introduce you to building applications for the Google TV platform. You’ll learn what “Smart TV” is, or should be; what the landscape for multi-screen, multi-device development looks like; where Google TV fits and why it matters; how to build basic applications for Google TV; and some valuable tips about design and development practices for the big screen.

Web resources for GTV:
developers.google.com/tv/
Android: Designing for TV

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000

Please spread the word about this event and we look forward to seeing you there (anyone is welcome, come see us at the Google and have some pizza/drinks while catching some great sessions - plan on pitching in $5 if you want to drink beer). Also note that PARKING IS FREE. If you park in the building's parking structure a validation/pass will be provided).

Thanks!