Melbourne StartupDigest
Hello Melburnians!
It’s great to see this week is packed full of really great events! Please take a look at what’s happening and send me any feedback you might have.
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Humphrey
It’s great to see this week is packed full of really great events! Please take a look at what’s happening and send me any feedback you might have.
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Humphrey
Melbourne StartupDigest is curated by:Humphrey Laubscher
What's Going On in the Melbourne Startup Community
ACS Mobility SIG (Free - RSVP Required)
When: Monday 07 Mar 11 at 5:30:00 PM
Where: Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank
Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 (the new CE) has just been released. Be first to hear about this at this presentation.
Presentation 1: Tim Schroder
There have been many changes within the Embedded and Mobile teams at Microsoft over the past few years. This presentation is a high level overview of the history of Windows Embedded and Mobile, covering the changes and focuses from each product team, and the products available today and their target deployments. This will include XP Embedded, Embedded standard, HHT6.5 (Handheld), The Win CE/Compact family, NAVReady, Automotive, POSReady, and Win Mobile 6.5.
Presentation 2: David Jones
On Jan 26th Microsoft publically released its Release Candidate for Windows Embedded Compact 7, the coming new version of Windows Embedded CE.This presentation will cover where Microsoft is positioning Compact 7, its key features and changes from CE6. This will be a deep dive into some aspects of Compact 7 development. Some new public third party tools for Windows Embedded that simplify operating system development will also be covered.
Victoria .NET Dev SIG (Free - RSVP Required)
When: Tuesday 08 Mar 11 at 5:30:00 PM
Where: Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank
SQL Azure: Big Data - Sharding/Federation
Sharding or application-aware partitioning is an integral part of the scale-out strategy for SQL Server, starting with SQL Azure later in 2011. In this session, Dave presents an introduction to sharding patterns, and explores how some existing large scale applications already benefit from sharding. Dave will then discuss the design and capabilities of the SQL Azure Federations sharding platform, examining how this platform helps address some of the hard challenges that devs and admins face when implementing a sharding solution on their own and with existing libraries. Time permitting, Dave will touch on Microsoft’s vision for federations past v1 and how federations will co-exist with future scale-out solutions.
Drupal Melbourne (Free - RSVP Required)
When: Tuesday 08 Mar 11 at 6:00:00 PM
Where: Publicity Works, 139 Queensberry Street, Carlton South
Beginner/Intermediate: An overview of Fusion Theme recap of DrupalDownunder presentation by Bernie Cram.
Intermediate/Advanced: Building an AJAX/AHAH form interface with Ctools by Simon Hobbs. Time Permitting: Show and tell.
Demonstrate something cool you've been working on, or a module you like in 10 min or less. The doors should be open when you arrive, but call 0438 072 477 if they're locked. Food and drinks will also be provided thanks to Publicity Works.
Marketing Your Business Online - A Great Idea for a Business is Not Enough (Free - RSVP Required)
When: Tuesday 08 Mar 11 at 7:00:00 PM
Where: Jenny Florence Room, Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Join us for a lively, informative presentation "Marketing Your Business Online" presented by Charles Crouch from Boston University International Graduate Programs.
This presentation will cover:
• why marketing is changing,
• how social media is affecting marketing,
• and planning a social media campaign.
The Churchill Club (Members - $22/$33/$44, Non Members - $44/$55/$66)
When: Thursday 10 Mar 11 at 5:30:00 PM
Where: Upstairs @ The Leveson Hotel, 46 Leveson St, North Melbourne
Outsource Offshore: Business such as Rentacoder, eLance and Odesk have enabled those in the know to dramatically change their profitability and risk profile by outsourcing tasks offshore. Whether its having your own personal assistant and clerical staff in India, or having software engineers and designers in Russia, offshore support is only a mouse click away. But is it as easy as simply knocking a quick spec to have a website concept created for $200, or are their a brand new set of skills you need to have and risks you need to manage if you take this path.
Tim Ferris of the 4-hour work week may well promote its simple to outsourcing anything that bores you, but how are Australian's actually outsourcing offshore to improve their lives, opportunities and profitability? Our experienced, successful panel will examine this and other questions on the night in an open forum format so you will get your questions answered.
Melbourne Cocoaheads (Free)
When: Thursday 10 Mar 11 at 6:30:00 PM
Where: ThoughtWorks, Level 15, 303 Collins Street, Melbourne
Just giving a quick heads-up that ThoughtWorks has kindly offered their offices for the next Melbourne Cocoaheads meeting on the 10th March. Once again there's pizza, beer and a whole-lot-a great discussion on Mac and iOS development on offer. You'll probably need to be swiped in that time of night at the door, so call Stewart Gleadow (0421 634 361) if there's no one there.
So far I have one talk lined up. Grant Adam from Jelly Biscuits will be giving a talk on their interactive books. He'll shed some light on developing cross platform applications using Unity and how they've fared on both the iTunes App Store and the Apple App Store. Still looking for one or two additional speakers, so if you've been itching to get up and present, please drop me a line. We might also do a few lightning talks at the start, so if you want to quickly talk about something you've been working on or just get up and talk without having to prepare a slide deck, there'll be a chance to do that too.
Social Melbourne (Free)
When: Friday 11 Mar 11 at 8:00:00 AM
Where: 1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Social Media Melbourne or #socialmelb is a weekly social gathering of passionate and inspirational Melburnians who have one thing in common: social media. On Fridays at 8am, we collaborate and share ideas, stories and views on a variety of topics from start-ups to business strategy, the latest news and social change to the latest joints worth a visit around Melbourne. Everyone and anyone is welcome to join us, as long as you come with an open mind.
Melbourne Jelly Meetup (Free)
When: Friday 11 Mar 11 at 10:00:00 AM
Where: TBA
Melbourne Jelly is a fortnightly co-working event where folks from all disciplines get together at a pre-determined location and share a working environment.
Top Upcoming Melbourne Startup Events
March 22 - The Hive with Namoi Simson of RedBalloon
April 13 - Melbourne Scrum User Group
April 16 - Trampoline
Help your friends get more involved in the Melbourne startup community here.
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