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Our March meetup will be at Microsoft, and we'll be continuing the discussion that started at Renaissance (http://renaissance.io/stories/embassy), where Microsoft had devices and experts on-site to give us a closeup look at Windows Phone and Windows 8.
This time we'll be at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View and we'll get an overview of Windows Phone and Windows 8 from the Microsoft team, then we'll have presentations from several developers (including me) who've been porting apps from iOS to Windows. We've been asked to be honest, so there will be things that we found difficult or didn't like, but there are also many benefits and things to be learned.
If you haven't had hands-on experience with Windows devices, you'll have a chance at a device bar that will be available, and someone will win a Surface (http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US) in a drawing.
I'll also have another Cocoaconf ticket to give away. Cocoaconf is coming to San Jose (http://cocoaconf.com/sanjose-2013/home) on April 18-20 and is a great opportunity to get some in-depth training on iOS.
Finally, Renaissance session videos are now available (http://renaissance.io/2013). We hired a team to create some really nice session videos which are available by subscription at http://renaissance.io . Watch the videos and check out these photos (https://www.meetup.com/sviphone/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=12344792) to see what everyone has been talking about!
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4,400 days ago
Great information and food!
4,400 days ago
This was definitely eye opening. Great content. Great speakers. Look forward to the next ones
the cake was yummy, too.
4,400 days ago
Terrific evening. Great meaty content from beginning to end, and that chocolate mousse was killer!
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4,400 days ago
Thanks to all the speakers, and everyone else involved in putting the event on.
4,400 days ago
Here are the slides my Macbook Pro didn't want you to see: http://files.meetup.com/1050569/Meetup-Tim-201303.pdf
4,399 days ago
Will slides from other presentations be up?
4,401 days ago
Great meetup! Sure got my interest on windows dev.
4,401 days ago
Nice to get outside comfort zone and learn a bit about Microsoft Windows mobile development. Thanks to Tim for organizing and to Microsoft for being an excellent host.
4,401 days ago
great demo, excellent speak! Thanks Tim and Microsoft for its hospitality!
4,401 days ago
Thanks to Microsoft and the organizers for the great venue and the wonderful food.
I was really impressed by the Windows 8 phone demo. Microsoft has a done a great job with the new aesthetic language: the panorama metaphor, customizable tiles, and the nice, clean minimal look. It seems ironic that Microsoft seems to have taken a page out of Apple's playbook by setting a least-effort standard UI that still looks good.
I think Microsoft presenters today really put their best foot forward with a "foreign" and potentially skeptical audience.
I've never really like any Microsoft products other than their games, but they have certainly upped their game in the mobile space.
4,401 days ago
Excellent speakers
4,401 days ago
It was hilarious! How pretty much everybody in the presentation insisted an xml file compared to xcode's storyboard file.
Well, at least today I know microsoft is "only" 5 years away from reaching the features of xcode.
Before this meeting I thought microsoft did not come out of the 90s yet.
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4,400 days ago
But a storyboard file is essentially the same as an XML file. Visual Studio does let you work visually as well.
4,400 days ago
I promise not to laugh when you try merging storyboard files.
4,400 days ago
I actually have pretty decent luck with copy/paste when it comes to moving stuff between storyboards -- if you have enough RAm that is...
4,400 days ago
Saw enough this evening to drop the priority on my pending Android projects in favor of Windows Mobile. Am an old time Visual Studio user and its has always been one of my favorite IDE's.
4,400 days ago
Storyboards have a very sane schema, and our team merges them just fine. The only counter intuitive part is that the final section, inferredMetricsTieBreakers, shouldn't be merged, simply remove all of the entries there if its been changed by IB in both commits. XIB/NIBS on the other hand, are not so easy to read.
4,401 days ago
Another great meetup, thanks Tim!
4,401 days ago
Wow! Largest IOS MeetUp in the world tonight at Microsoft campus!
4,401 days ago
Great food !
4,401 days ago
Nick, no need to stop for food. They'v got food here.
4,401 days ago
Looking forward to hearing about Windows Phone and hopefully finding a dev who can build a @BeeLineReader plugin to make reading faster/easier! Re: food, anybody game to get a bite nearby beforehand? Would love to meet folks and start the networking before the event begins. I'm thinking Chipotle at Rengstorff/101
4,401 days ago
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4,401 days ago
Will you provide food at the meeting?
4,401 days ago
Change of plans. Have fun!
4,402 days ago
Hello All ,
I am looking to network with fellow developers.
I am launching a new (direct to advertiser) ad boutique and hoping to sign up 50 publishers before launching the service.
4,402 days ago
will like to hear more on NFC support on Windows
4,408 days ago
busy on that day :(
4,409 days ago
Hey Tim, I may arrive at 8pm. Sorry about that. Please introduce me to any super skilled iOS developer who may fit with the CTO position at Kindergram! bisou bisou
4,411 days ago
iOS Developers: We have a great talk on how to promote your apps at Facebook HQ on 14th March. RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/App-Launchers-The-forum-to-pre-launch-your-mobile-apps/
Cheers.
4,411 days ago
Thanks Tim, et. al., I'll be looking for the location posting...
4,411 days ago
Is this definitely going to be at Microsoft??? - What is the topic?
4,412 days ago
New developer, actively learning and looking to learn from others.
4,418 days ago
I suggest we meet up at Apple HQ in Cupertino - just a suggestion.
4,419 days ago
I am new to iOS but interesting in learning iOS development.Would I benefit from this meetup?
4,414 days ago
Hi, I've attended the last few meetups as a new iOS developer and I can say these meetups have definitely been of benefit to me. It helps to see how experienced developers operate and what's important to them.
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