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Upcoming events in the Ann Arbor area

I missed posting about a lot of events in the past few weeks. It's unfortunate, because there were some great events, including Kirsten Schwark's talk on "Why Groovy" at the Detroit JUG...

Posted 21 November 2008 10:19 AM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: .NET, Python, AACS, CodeMash, Ann Arbor events

I'm speaking on Scala this week

So, this Tech Events in Ann Arbor post for the week of September 22 finds yours truly speaking at the Ann Arbor Java User Group on Tuesday, September 23 at 6:30. The meeting will be held at Washtenaw Community...

Posted 22 September 2008 04:10 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Java, AACS, Scala, AAJUG, lightning talks

AACS priming the pump for Agile Summer Camp

The Ann Arbor Computer Society meeting tonight (Wednesday, September 3) will be an open spaces format, which will enable the attendees to customize the meeting to the topics that they want to discuss....

Posted 03 September 2008 03:15 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Open Spaces, AACS, Agile Summer Camp

Amazon EC2 topic for AACS meeting in July

Late breaking news ... once again the deep network of Ann Arbor Computer Society members has come through with an interesting talk. The AACS program chair (Jay Wren) has just let me know that Chris Sellers...

Posted 25 June 2008 03:46 PM by dmarsh | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: AACS, Ann Arbor events, Amazon EC2

Upcoming Tech Events in the Ann Arbor area (and Ohio!)

Yes, it's the first week of the month again. The Ann Arbor Computer Society meeting is tomorrow night, April 2, at 6 pm. Jay Wren will be speaking on the Boo Programming Language and DSLs (Domain Specific...

Posted 01 April 2008 04:35 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Python, Ann Arbor, AACS, MichiPug, events, AADND

Correction: AACS speaker canceled. Lightning talks tonight

If you're in town, feel free to show up for lightning talks. Pizza is still expected. I hope that we're able to rescheule Joe O'Brien for sometime soon. I was really looking forward to his...

Posted 06 February 2008 05:40 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Ann Arbor, AACS, Ruby, events

AACS meeting tonight: still on

Joe O'Brien is braving the weather, en route from Columbus up to Ann Arbor for tonight's Ann Arbor Computer Society meeting. Ann Arbor is getting some ice, but evidently the rest of the area seems...

Posted 06 February 2008 04:05 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Ann Arbor, AACS, Ruby, events

Attracting a younger crowd to user group meetings

We had a discussion at the office this afternoon that centered around how to attract a younger group of people to the computer user group meetings. We got several suggestions out of this, but are looking...

Posted 04 February 2008 09:29 PM by dmarsh | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Python, Ann Arbor, AACS, User groups, events

Joe O'Brien at AACS on Wednesday

Joe O'Brien, of the Columbus Ruby Brigade and EdgeCase, will be in Ann Arbor this week. He's presenting a talk at the Ann Arbor Computer Society - "Domain Specific Languages: Molding Ruby"...

Posted 02 February 2008 09:15 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Ann Arbor, AACS, Ruby, events

MichiPUG tonight, Lightning Friday, and Leopard Wednesday ...

The Michigan Python User Group is meeting here tonight. The meeting will be a Python free-for-all, which should be a lot of fun. Lightning Talk Fridays contine tomorrow (November 2), from 3-5. Come with...

Posted 01 November 2007 01:41 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Ann Arbor, AACS, MichiPug, events, lightning talks, Apple, Leopard

SRT in the media

On Tuesday night, we had an open house for customers and friends at our new office, 206 S. Fifth Ave, Suite 200, in Ann Arbor (across from the Blue Nile, just above the Linux Box). It was great to see...

Posted 27 September 2007 01:06 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: AACS, User groups, lightning talks, geeks, a2b3

"Estimating Cost of FPGA Floating Point Performance" tonight at AACS

If you've heard about FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) or perhaps just have an interest in high performance computing, tonight's Ann Arbor Computer Society meeting is where you want to be...

Posted 05 September 2007 10:57 AM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: AACS, FPGA

September Ann Arbor Tech Events

Ah, a new month and more tech events in Ann Arbor. All meetings are free and open to the public. SRT is happy to say that we will be hosting several of these meetings in our new office, at 206 S. Fifth...

Posted 04 September 2007 09:51 AM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Java, Microsoft, Python, AACS, Flex, Adobe, AAJUG, MichiPug, AADND, FPGA, Workflow, Windows

Russell Whitaker: Test Driven Development in Python: A Quick-start Approach (Review/Recap)

Russell Whitaker, a software engineer at Google came to town last Thursday, August 2, to do a tech talk for a special joint meeting of the Michigan Python User Group and Ann Arbor Computer Society. While...

Posted 06 August 2007 02:26 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Python, Ann Arbor, AACS, Google, MichiPug, TDD, events, Whitaker

AACS/MichiPUG Google Tech Talk Full!

Registration is now closed Google closed registration for the joint meeting of the AACS and MichiPUG after registrations maxed out around 90. We're going to have a full house for Russell Whitaker's...

Posted 31 July 2007 08:51 PM by dmarsh | with no comments

Filed under: Java, Python, Ann Arbor, AACS, AAJUG, Google, MichiPug, Tech Talk, Russell Whitaker, TDD, test driven development