Meeting review
Our very first WebOSBoston meeting was a great success, with 9 persons attending. It was a nice, loosely structured informal meeting that was VERY productive. Thank you ALL who attended, we had a great discussion. After this, Eric Marthinsen of Agile Commerce came and spoke about recent development findings and hurdles and general programming practices. We looked at using the emulator, Ruby, scoping of functions and 'this' within a function, playing audio sounds from within a game, custom style sheet elements, log levels and much more. We were glad to have him come!!
BE SURE to join our mailing list to be notified of upcoming meetings , and in the event of last minute room changes you'll be in the know. Thank you for MIT for donating unused meeting space, and all who helped in planning and signs, etc.
Directions to MIT Dewey – Sept 8th
MIT Dewey Library is in E53-100 building. 2nd Floor of library.
30 Wadsworth St, Cambridge MA in the Hermann Building [ map link ]
Wheelchair access: Yes. Ramps outside, elevator inside available.
FROM TAKING THE T:
Take the Red LIne to Kendall Sq/ MIT. [...Use link 'continue reading' below for more.]
Directions to the BPL for… Sept. 28th Meeting
Wheelchair accessible - yes.
Take the 'T' to your choice of:
- Back Bay Station on Orange Line - is usually a nicer ride and reliable, but two blocks away (very short distance.)
- Copley Station on Green Line - is across the street but the green line is older, can run slow at times.
Mark Your Calendars… Sept. 28th Meeting
When we first started the WebOS Boston user group we did not know that Michael Prenez-Isbell had also started to organize a group. We are going to be holding a combined user group meeting on September 28th at the Boston Public Library. The meeting will be held from 7pm - 9pm and will be held in the Mezzanine Conference Room. You can find out more about Michael's meeting by visiting the MeetUp page.
Tim has kindly posted the directions to the Boston Public Library and explains how to find the room.
The speaker at the meeting will be...
ERIC MARTHINSEN of Agile Commerce who happens to be local to the Boston area! Eric and his team created FLIGHTVIEW, an airplane flight status tracker downloadable from the App Catalog! Eric will be giving us an overview of his experience creating the App and getting it into the App Catalog; a demo of FlightView; and a discussion of the challenges facing a JavaScript webpage developer transitioning to webOS and Mojo.
Here is a Mojo Discussion featuring Eric.
First Meeting Scheduled for Sept. 8th
Our FIRST MEETING has been scheduled for Sept. 8th from 4:30PM - 7PM at Kendall/ MIT on the Red Line - there is parking too. You are not going to want to miss this meeting, Eric Marthinsen will be speaking! If you plan to attend we ask that you RSVP for the evet so that we may gauge whether or not we will need a larger room.
Eric Marthinsen lead the project team that developed the FlightView application which launched as one of the inaugural applications in the Palm App Catalog. Since its launch, the FlightView application has gone on to become one of the most downloaded and best-rated applications for the Pre.
Eric's company, Agile Commerce, is one of the first firms to specialize in webOS app development. We're excited to have him come!
Eric is a software architect with over 12 years of experience developing scalable infrastructures for start-ups. He participates in all aspects of the project, including setting the vision and technical strategy, implementation, and operational integration. He has worked for companies like SmartPak Equine (online retail), Daily Grommet (community commerce), EthoSafe (content collection and analysis), and ElderCareLink (metadata and search). Prior to Agile Commerce, Eric was the Director of IT for Pile and Company (consulting), Agency Compile (online directory), and 4CDs (online retail). Eric holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Bucknell University.
Here is a Mojo Discussion featuring Eric.
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First Meeting Coming Soon
We have been collaborating with each other trying to set the first date for a meeting. We have already secured a speaker for the meeting and are working on securing a conference room. More information will be posted soon so keep your eyes on the blog. We have also setup a new twitter account so make sure you start following us.
Welcome to WebOS Boston
I wanted to take a minute to welcome you to WebOS Boston! We are working on getting the site up and running. We will need to find a designer who can donate some time to create a custom Wordpress theme for us so if you know of any let us know. We are still in the process of getting things going but in the near future we will have regularly set meetings that will happen once or twice a month. We will have a mailing list, wiki and this site.
If you have any comments or would like to get involved with WebOS Boston please contact us and let us know.