November Meeting - Tues the 2nd: Google App Engine for Business with David Hoff

Mark your calendars, Tuesday Nov 2nd, 7PM at Google Midtown:

David Hoff of Cloud Sherpas will discuss Google App Engine for Business. David is the VP of technology at Cloud Sherpas, which is a locally based company that provides managed Google Apps and App Engine solutions.

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

As always, 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 a great session).

thanks
-- Charlie

September Meeting - Fri Sept 24th: Cross device mobile dev with Josh Marinacci

Mark your calendars, Sept 24th, 7PM at Google Midtown:

Josh Marinacci of the Palm Developer Relations team will show you
how to do full cross-device mobile app development using tools
such as PhoneGap, Sencha, JQTouch, and more.

NOTE: Our Sept meeting won't be held on the last Tuesday like our normal pattern, rather it will be Friday the 24th (same time and place though, 7PM, Google Midtown). We're making this exception because it gives us the opportunity to have Josh speak to the group while he is in town. Trust me, it's worth it. If you're interested in mobile development at all, on any platform, you'll want to come check this session out.

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

As always, 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 a great session).

thanks
-- Charlie

August Meeting - Tues 31st: Better Java with Guava and Guice (and GIN for GWT)

For this month's gathering GTUG-Atlanta will discuss the Google Guava libraries for Java, Guice, and GIN/GWT. The theme here is that you can create concise, powerful Java code with these helpful libraries. Yes, I said "Java" and "concise" in the same sentence! Same place (Google Midtown, info below), 7PM Tuesday August 31st.

We all know Java has its rough spots, but Guava and Guice can help iron a lot of that out. Guava is packed with useful utilities that we'll explore, and Guice is a lightweight dependency injection framework that can help you better organize, test, and maintain code. Some of the features in these Google created open source libraries are slated to be included in Java 7.

I'll be presenting an overview on Guava and Guice. If you aren't familiar with these, this talk should be a great introduction. If you are familiar, please come and heckle me and help us out with questions and general discussion.

Robert Cooper will then be presenting an intro to GIN (GWT INjection). I don't know if he'll call it "Sipping on GIN and Guice" or not, that's his choice, but I'd note that that title is there for the taking. GIN is a dependency injection framework for GWT that is built on top of Guice.

Hope to see you there, and please help spread the word.

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

July Meeting - Tues 27th, 7PM Google Midtown -- "Open Spaces Android"

I think it's officially official that Android is the new hotness. Several people have asked about a GTUG-Atlanta Android related event and here it is. Our first Android related session will be next Tuesday, the 27th, at 7PM -- "Open Spaces Android."

By Open Spaces Android we mean, keep it related to Android, but anything goes, and the group will decide the agenda from suggestions once we get there.

We'll bring a few topics to keep in mind, or to get things started, but really this is going to be an informal style gathering without a pre-defined speaker, and we hope it will be driven by what the group wants to talk about.

Some possible topics might include:


* Topic Talks (networking, databases, sensors, location, themes,
testing, more)

* Stupid Android Tricks (features, shortcuts, tips, etc.)

* Favorite Android Apps

* Device Lab (pass around some phones and check them out)

* Android Jokes (lolcat, Log.wtf, GRAVITY_THE_ISLAND, more)

* Android Toys


Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

June Meeting - Google I/O Recap

GTUG Atlanta will be meeting June 29th (last Tues) at Google midtown, 7PM, for a Google I/O recap.

Google I/O is a developer focused technical conference that Google puts on each year. For complete I/O coverage you can see the session abstracts and watch the videos (which are excellent) here:
http://code.google.com/events/io/2010/sessions.html.

Our GTUG agenda will be to have a brief overview of I/O in general (with pictures and discussion of the happenings), and then we'll dive into specifics. Robert Cooper will tell us about all of the new stuff in Android Froyo, and Chris Ramsdale will talk about updates surrounding GWT and AppEngine. After the more formal talks we'll wind up with our usual open forum discussion (and lightning talks, ~5 mins or less, are welcome too).

We'll have beer, soft drinks, and pizza for those that are willing to make a donation to the cause (pitch in 5 bucks for the refreshments).

Hope to see you there, and please spread the word!

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

*UPDATE (date changed)* Next Meeting - April 27th 2010

Next meeting 4-27-2010 7PM at Google Midtown.

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

Agenda:

Rick Thomas -- Wave Development

David Chandler -- GWT and AppEngine

Lightning Talks

General Discussion

Note that this meeting will NOT have food and drink provided unless we all agree to pitch in 5 bucks or such. We can discuss on the mailing list.

First Meeting Scheduled - Thurs Feb 11th 7PM Google Midtown

Google has agreed to host our first meeting (Feb 11th, 7PM) at their Midtown offices!  

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

I am excited to get this group started, and to meet everyone and learn more about Google technologies! Please help get the word out, let your friends know, and join the Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/gtug-atlanta.

The lineup will be a short intro about the group and the plans for it, by me, and then a presentation by Chris Ramsdale (Googler) on GWT best practices.  After Chris' presentation we should also have time for a round of 5-6 lightning talks - quick talks by *YOU* that last only 5 minutes or so, on any topic related to Google Technology you want. This should open up things for discussion and get us talking, and it gives people who haven't had time to pre-schedule things an opportunity to speak to the group. (We will likely have time for 5-6 of these per meeting, so everyone may not get a chance each time, but I will bring a sign up sheet or such, if you don't get a chance on one occasion, there will be another.)

A few procedural notes about the setup, attendees will have to sign the standard Google Badge/Meeting NDA (I will attach a PDF copy of the agreement to this group for review, nothing shocking in it, just standard letting you in to the inner sanctum type stuff), and there is no free parking at the building. The building has a 24/7 parking lot that accepts credit cards, just not free. Another option is the 10th street MARTA station which is right next to the building.

Hope to see you there! Again - Feb 11th, 7PM Google Midtown.

Incubation Phase

I spent a little bit of time on the site here today, and created a new Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/gtug-atlanta. 

Please join the group and let fly with ideas. I would like to have a meeting later this month, to get on schedule for once a month in 2010. I Heard from Googler Chris Ramsdale today that we can likely use the meeting room at Google Midtown! Woot. With that all that is left really is a little recruiting, an agenda, and coming up with something to say!

As for general meeting format I think the idea of a mixed mode, with some time allotted for lightning talks, and then some time for a pre-planned speaker, is my favorite. I would like to organize things that way. 30 mins or so of anyone who wants to speak (with a strict 5 minute time limit, JavaPosse style), and then 30 for a speaker, and 15 or so for questions and general mayhem. Not too long, not too short.

I will make sure to keep this site up to date with the latest details.

Bootstrapping phase!

I am just getting started setting up an Atlanta GTUG. This site is the first artifact, but, once things are setup hopefully we will be able to roll pretty quickly.