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RSVP for June mtg: Exploring Photoshop for Pixel Art

AppRochester — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:34:05 +0000

Our JUNE meeting will be Tuesday, June 4th, 6pm to 8:30pm. We will be meeting at Mindex during the summer… details below.

AppRochesterian Dower Chin will be presenting ”Exploring Photoshop for Pixel Art” - Photoshop is a powerful photo manipulation program, but it can also be a powerful tool for creating pixel art and sprites for games. This session will explore some tips and tricks for using Photoshop to create pixel art.

Please RSVP here: http://nextplex.com/rochester-ny/calendar/events/6752-approchester-monthly-meeting

AppRochester meets monthly to discuss app development and marketing tips and tricks. We meet from 6pm to 8:30pm, and pizza and drinks are provided, thanks to your donations and the occasional sponsor.

We meet on the First Tuesday each month, with some exceptions so check the website at http://AppRochester.com and subscribe to our email list at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/approchester

NOTE: For June, July, August and September 2013, we will be meeting at Mindex Technologies, thanks to Mindex employee and AppRochester member Jake Brandt. They are located at:

Mindex Technologies, Inc.

3495 Winton Place, Bldg. E, Suite 4, Rochester, NY 14623

And here our their coordinates:

https://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=43.094445,-77.576682&hl=en&ll=43.09437,-77.576678&spn=0.000554,0.00066&sll=43.094711,-77.576768&sspn=0.001108,0.001321&t=w&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=20°=180&z=21

May 7th mtg: GoSudo and get great deals!

AppRochester — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:22:02 +0000

We have a great topic for May. Mark Lucas from Sudo (GoSudo.com) will be discussing his startup which is an Android and iOS app that delivers deals to your mobile. You can get the android app from their site, or sign up to get the iOS app here http://signup.gosudo.com/?lrRef=gElAL

Meetings are held at RIT’s Center for Student Innovation (although we will be at Mindex over the summer) from 6pm to 8:30pm. Pizza and drinks are provided.

Please RSVP at NextPlex http://nextplex.com/rochester-ny/groups/approchester

May 7th mtg, plus more April events!

AppRochester — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:24:40 +0000

Our next AppRochester meeting will be Tuesday May 7th, 6pm – 8:30pm at RIT’s Center for Student Innovation. Please RSVP at http://nextplex.com/rochester-ny/calendar/events/5710-approchester-monthly-meeting

Until then, there are several other events you might be interested in:

April 6th & 7th: Hack Upstate, http://hackupstate.com

April 16th: Pathways to Entrepreneurial Success, http://www.ncie.org/information.php?info_id=26

April 20th: BarCamp followed by NASA Hackathon, http://www.BarCampRoc.org

Again, our MAY meeting will be Tuesday, May 7th, 6pm to 8:30pm.

AppRochester meets monthly to discuss app development and marketing tips and tricks. We meet at the R.I.T. Center for Student Innovation, from 6pm to 8:30pm, and pizza and drinks are provided, thanks to your donations and the occasional sponsor.

We meet on the First Tuesday each month, with some exceptions so check the website at http://AppRochester.com and subscribe to our email list athttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/approchester

Directions: Follow signs to Lot S (D7 quadrant on map) and park in any Visitor space located as far forward and to the right as they can.

The building in front of them will be Crossroads (also in D7 on map), and the Center for Student Innovation is a round, glass building located behind it (marked as CSI in D6 on map).

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April 2nd mtg

AppRochester — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:54:23 +0000

Our April meeting will be on Tuesday, April 2nd, 6pm to 8:30pm at the usual place, RIT’s Center for Student Innovation.

RSVP’s are now being handled by Rochester’s own startup, NextPlex! Please visit http://www.NextPlex.com and RSVP to our event, and find other local events of interest!

March 5th mtg – Presenter And Sponsor = Microsoft!

AppRochester — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:20:28 +0000

As they continue their push for a new generation of tablets, laptops, PCs, and Phones, join us for a talk by Microsoft’s Chris Bowen! Mr. Bowen is a Boston-based Principal Technical Evangelist for Microsoft and is traveling to Rochester to participate. Microsoft is also sponsoring the March event.

Of course we’ll have App Show & Tell from our own members, too, so be prepared to demo your latest app, in whatever stage it is in.

We meet the first Tuesday each month, from 6pm to 8:30pm, at RIT’s Center for Student Innovation. Learn more at http://AppRochester.com and RSVP at http://AppRochester.EventBrite.com

February 5th mtg – CES Recap, Show & Tell

AppRochester — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:51:43 +0000

Our February meeting will be on Feb 5th, 6pm - 8:30pm at RIT’s Center for Student Innovation. This months meeting is being sponsored by Mark Navarra of Wellington Steele & Associates - http://www.wellingtonsteele.com.

We’re now using Eventbrite to handle invitations and RSVPs. Please give it a try. It’s free and easy, and will help us to estimate attendees for refreshment purposes.

For the February meeting, Todd Bernhard will be discussing his trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and will have plenty of gadgets for show and tell!

Also, we will have a presentation on BlackBerry development, and Rick Harrison will be showing us how to make attractive ‘glass’ buttons for our apps! As always, members are encouraged to present their latest apps, at various stages, for feedback (and potential downloads/reviews by members!)

Map to RIT’s Center For Student Innovation:
Follow signs to Lot S (D7 quadrant on map) and park in any Visitor space located as far forward and to the right as they can. The building in front of them will be Crossroads (also in D7 on map), and the Center for Student Innovation is a round, glass building located behind it (marked as CSI in D6 on map).

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We hope you can make it! Please remember to register via EventBrite so we have a headcount on how much food to order.

January 2013 Meeting

AppRochester — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:22:58 +0000

Our next meeting will be on January 8 from 6pm to 8:30pm, at RIT’s Center for Student Innovation.

Steve Maier will be presenting on Microsoft Azure Mobile Services for mobile devices. He will demonstrate how to tie mobile services into iOS and Windows Phone 8 applications.

We will also have a brief video presentation on BlackBerry 10 and a group discussion around plans for supporting the new BlackBerry 10 devices. If there is sufficient interest by the group we’ll try to arrange for a presentation by BlackBerry at an upcoming meeting.

This months meeting is being sponsored by Mindex Technologies. As always please RSVP to us at info@approchester.com so we have a headcount on how much food to order.

December 4th mtg – Paul Solt presenting

AppRochester — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:38:17 +0000

We will be meeting this Tuesday, December 4th, from 6pm to 8:30pm, at RIT’s Center for Student Innovation. Paul Solt, creator of the Artwork Evolution app, and a great xcode trainer, will be presenting.

Be sure to RSVP to info@AppRochester.com

In January, we will meet on the 8th, instead of New Year’s Day!

November mtg a week later, Tuesday Nov 13th! So you can go vote!

AppRochester — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:46:07 +0000

Just a reminder, we are NOT meeting this Tuesday, as it is Election Day, and the room we use at RIT is used for election coverage.

Our next meeting will be a week later, Tuesday November 13th, in the usual location, the Center for Student Innovation, at RIT.

I (Todd) will be in NYC at a couple of tradeshows that week, so Steve Maier will be in charge of the topic and refreshments, so please RSVP to info@AppRochester.com, which goes to both Steve and myself. Thanks!

October 2nd mtg re iOS 6, iPhone 5 and In App Purchases

AppRochester — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:25:02 +0000

Be sure to RSVP to info@AppRochester.com for Tuesday, October 2nd, 6pm – 8:30pm at R.I.T.’s Center for Student Innovation.

We will be discussing:

iPhone 5

iOS 6

In-App Purchases

Details at http://AppRochester.com

FYI, our NOVEMBER meeting will be a week later, Nov 13th, as the first Tuesday is Election Night and they actually use the RIT room for election coverage purposes.