Welcoming anyone involved or working in technology.
TechMeetup is a monthly excuse for developers and the tech community around Scotland to meet up and learn new stuff from each other. No name badges, no sales pitches, just informative presentations from your peers and a chance to meet some of the tech community around you.
We're not centred around specific languages, technologies or disciplines; we believe there's stuff to learn from mixing everyone together. There's no cost to attend, and food and drink are provided.
This month we have talks from:
* Rachel Willmer - Using Firebase for real-time data in my Django system
* Gordon Watson - Seeing in the dark with Open Source
Welcoming anyone involved or working in technology.
TechMeetup is a monthly excuse for developers and the tech community around Scotland to meet up and learn new stuff from each other. No name badges, no sales pitches, just informative presentations from your peers and a chance to meet some of the tech community around you.
We're not centred around specific languages, technologies or disciplines; we believe there's stuff to learn from mixing everyone together. There's no cost to attend, and food and drink are provided.
"How to build products users love" Kevin Hale (screening)
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Kevin Hale, founder of Wufoo and partner at Y combinator will be giving the first part of the talk 'How to build products users love', the 7th lecture of HTSAS. We'll be screening the lecture this Wednesday, so come along and join us and get a chance to meet like-minded people! Snacks will be provided!
Venue: Seminar Room 2.14, Appleton Tower
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Stanford have recently announced a new class 'How to Start a Startup’ (http://startupclass.samaltman.com/) that will be running from the 23/9/14 onwards. The course is meant to cover all the basics of starting a startup, and each lecture will be given by a well-known figure from the startup world including Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest and many more.
We will be organizing sessions every Wednesday evening to watch the lecture videos. We’ll brainstorm ideas, bounce them off each other, and refine them over the course of the semester. Open to anyone and everyone!
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
5th lecture of Stanford's How to Start a Startup series. This time the speaker is Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal and now venture capitalist (http://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thiel/). Come along and join us for the screening and networking afterwards. This time, thanks to Informatics Ventures, we will be providing nibbles too! See you Wednesday!
Venue: Appleton Tower, Seminar Room 2.14
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Stanford are running a new class 'How to Start a Startup’, with amazing guest lecturers - the top dogs of Silicon Valley, such as Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo or Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest. The course organiser is also hardly a nobody: Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator - the top startup incubator programme according to Forbes. The course is meant to cover all the basics of starting a startup, but frankly, with the people teaching it, there's golden advice here for everyone: whether you're already running your thing or haven't even thought about it. Find out more: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/
Stanford has recruited students all over the world to screen these lectures and we're thrilled to bring you the Edinburgh version! We will be organising sessions every Wednesday to watch the videos together. Come along to bounce ideas, brainstorm, meet like minded people. Everyone is welcome!
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a 501(c)(3) worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software. Our mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks.
Our next speakers:
E-Crime and Fraud Intelligence Management in Financial Institutions
Dougie Haywood
Based upon his experience in cybercrime investigation, Dougie Haywood will discuss some of the key threats posed by cybercrime including malware and phishing and how they are currently dealt with by the industry.
Dougie is E-Crime and Fraud Intelligence Manager at Tesco Bank. Prior it this he worked in the Met Police Central E-Crime Unit. He is working towards a PhD at The University of London and lectures on cybercrime at The University of Edinburgh.
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The Inner HTML Apocalypse: How mXSS Attacks Change Everything we Believed so Far
Dr.-Ing. Mario Heiderich
Everything about Reflected, Persistent and DOM based Cross Site Scripting attacks have already been discussed, so why the need for another talk on the subject? In his talk, Mario will introduce and demonstrate this recent technique called mutation-XSS, proving there is still a lot to be discussed about XSS attacks.
Mario is a researcher at Ruhr University Bochum and the director of Cure53, a security consultancy and penetration testing company. He has presented in many conferences, including the AppSec Research OWASP Conference in Hamburg, August 2013.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
This month we are delighted to have Mark Robinson, CEO and co-founder of Games Analytics (http://www.gamesanalytics.com/), who will us to help us understand our players/users and thus create great mobile game/app experiences.
His talk will cover how analytics can really help developers and publishers create great gaming experiences in mobile games. Player feedback now takes a vital part in the development and ongoing management of successful games. The recognition that players have different competencies and playing styles means that personalization of the game environment will maximise retention and revenues.
In addition, as a supporting act, Ross Wilson of Kotikan (http://kotikan.com/) will share a short photo diary of the impressions they took away from their first visit to the mayhem that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the week before which promises to be a lot of fun!
Analytics for Mobile Games and Applications, and MWC14 Impressions
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This month we are delighted to have Mark Robinson, CEO and Co-founder of Games Analytics (http://www.gamesanalytics.com/), who will us to help us understand our players/users and thus create great mobile game/app experiences.
His talk will cover how analytics can really help developers and publishers create great gaming experiences in mobile games. Player feedback now takes a vital part in the development and ongoing management of successful games. The recognition that players have different competencies and playing styles means that personalization of the game environment will maximise retention and revenues.
In addition, as a supporting act, Ross Wilson of Kotikan (http://kotikan.com/) will share a short photo diary of the impressions they took away from their first visit to the mayhem that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the week before which promises to be a lot of fun!
The event is being held in Appleton Tower, Ground floor, Lecture Hall 3 on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm
This month we are delighted to have Mark Robinson, CEO and Co-founder of Games Analytics (http://www.gamesanalytics.com/), who will us to help us understand our players/users and create great mobile game/app experiences.
His talk will cover how analytics can really help developers and publishers create great gaming experiences in mobile games. Player feedback now takes a vital part in the development and ongoing management of successful games. The recognition that players have different competencies and playing styles means that personalization of the game environment will maximise retention and revenues.
Mark has over 15 years’ data mining industry experience, across companies such as Heineken, Office Depot, Aviva and Unibet. He led data mining consultancy Marketing Databasics that builds and hosts analytical environments to increase customer value through data-driven insight, and which was acquired by the Indicia Group.
Fascinated by the potential of big data and games, he co-founded GamesAnalytics in 2010 and has made it his personal mission to evangelise how analytics can change the games industry learning CRM techniques and business thinking from other market sectors.
In addition, as a supporting act, the Kotikan (http://kotikan.com/) team will share a short photo diary of the impressions they took away from their first visit to the mayhem that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the week before which promises to be a lot of fun!
The event is hosted by the Informatics Ventures Mobile Apps Group (http://www.informatics-ventures.com/connect/mobile-apps-group), and supported by Games Analytics Ltd.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower LT3 (located directly off the main concourse) on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm sharp. It will be followed by a networking reception as normal.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower, Ground floor, Lecture Hall 3 on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm
This month we are delighted to have Mark Robinson, CEO and Co-founder of Games Analytics (http://www.gamesanalytics.com/), who will us to help us understand our players/users and create great mobile game/app experiences.
His talk will cover how analytics can really help developers and publishers create great gaming experiences in mobile games. Player feedback now takes a vital part in the development and ongoing management of successful games. The recognition that players have different competencies and playing styles means that personalization of the game environment will maximise retention and revenues.
Mark has over 15 years’ data mining industry experience, across companies such as Heineken, Office Depot, Aviva and Unibet. He led data mining consultancy Marketing Databasics that builds and hosts analytical environments to increase customer value through data-driven insight, and which was acquired by the Indicia Group.
Fascinated by the potential of big data and games, he co-founded GamesAnalytics in 2010 and has made it his personal mission to evangelise how analytics can change the games industry learning CRM techniques and business thinking from other market sectors.
In addition, as a supporting act, the Kotikan (http://kotikan.com/) team will share a short photo diary of the impressions they took away from their first visit to the mayhem that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the week before which promises to be a lot of fun!
The event is hosted by the Informatics Ventures Mobile Apps Group (http://www.informatics-ventures.com/connect/mobile-apps-group), and supported by Games Analytics Ltd.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower LT3 (located directly off the main concourse) on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm sharp. It will be followed by a networking reception as normal.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower, Ground floor, Lecture Hall 3 on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm
This month we are delighted to have Mark Robinson, CEO and Co-founder of Games Analytics (http://www.gamesanalytics.com/), who will us to help us understand our players/users and create great mobile game/app experiences.
His talk will cover how analytics can really help developers and publishers create great gaming experiences in mobile games. Player feedback now takes a vital part in the development and ongoing management of successful games. The recognition that players have different competencies and playing styles means that personalization of the game environment will maximise retention and revenues.
Mark has over 15 years’ data mining industry experience, across companies such as Heineken, Office Depot, Aviva and Unibet. He led data mining consultancy Marketing Databasics that builds and hosts analytical environments to increase customer value through data-driven insight, and which was acquired by the Indicia Group.
Fascinated by the potential of big data and games, he co-founded GamesAnalytics in 2010 and has made it his personal mission to evangelise how analytics can change the games industry learning CRM techniques and business thinking from other market sectors.
In addition, as a supporting act, the Kotikan (http://kotikan.com/) team will share a short photo diary of the impressions they took away from their first visit to the mayhem that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the week before which promises to be a lot of fun!
The event is hosted by the Informatics Ventures Mobile Apps Group (http://www.informatics-ventures.com/connect/mobile-apps-group), and supported by Games Analytics Ltd.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower LT3 (located directly off the main concourse) on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm sharp. It will be followed by a networking reception as normal.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower, Ground floor, Lecture Hall2 on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm
This month we are delighted to have Mark Robinson, CEO and Co-founder of Games Analytics (http://www.gamesanalytics.com/), who will us to help us understand our players/users and create great mobile game/app experiences.
His talk will cover how analytics can really help developers and publishers create great gaming experiences in mobile games. Player feedback now takes a vital part in the development and ongoing management of successful games. The recognition that players have different competencies and playing styles means that personalization of the game environment will maximise retention and revenues.
Mark has over 15 years’ data mining industry experience, across companies such as Heineken, Office Depot, Aviva and Unibet. He led data mining consultancy Marketing Databasics that builds and hosts analytical environments to increase customer value through data-driven insight, and which was acquired by the Indicia Group.
Fascinated by the potential of big data and games, he co-founded GamesAnalytics in 2010 and has made it his personal mission to evangelise how analytics can change the games industry learning CRM techniques and business thinking from other market sectors.
In addition, as a supporting act, the Kotikan (http://kotikan.com/) team will share a short photo diary of the impressions they took away from their first visit to the mayhem that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the week before which promises to be a lot of fun!
The event is hosted by the Informatics Ventures Mobile Apps Group (http://www.informatics-ventures.com/connect/mobile-apps-group), and supported by Games Analytics Ltd.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower LT3 (located directly off the main concourse) on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm sharp. It will be followed by a networking reception as normal.
MoMoEdi: Analytics for Mobile Games and Applications, and MWC14 Impressions
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MoMoEdi: Analytics for Mobile Games and Applications, and MWC14 Impressions
This month we are delighted to have Mark Robinson, CEO and Co-founder of Games Analytics (http://www.gamesanalytics.com/), who will us to help us understand our players/users and create great mobile game/app experiences.
His talk will cover how analytics can really help developers and publishers create great gaming experiences in mobile games. Player feedback now takes a vital part in the development and ongoing management of successful games. The recognition that players have different competencies and playing styles means that personalization of the game environment will maximise retention and revenues.
Mark has over 15 years’ data mining industry experience, across companies such as Heineken, Office Depot, Aviva and Unibet. He led data mining consultancy Marketing Databasics that builds and hosts analytical environments to increase customer value through data-driven insight, and which was acquired by the Indicia Group.
Fascinated by the potential of big data and games, he co-founded GamesAnalytics in 2010 and has made it his personal mission to evangelise how analytics can change the games industry learning CRM techniques and business thinking from other market sectors.
In addition, as a supporting act, the Kotikan (http://kotikan.com/) team will share a short photo diary of the impressions they took away from their first visit to the mayhem that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the week before which promises to be a lot of fun!
The event is hosted by the Informatics Ventures Mobile Apps Group (http://www.informatics-ventures.com/connect/mobile-apps-group), and supported by Games Analytics Ltd.
The event is being held in Appleton Tower LT3 (located directly off the main concourse) on Crichton Street, and will kick off at 6.30pm sharp. It will be followed by a networking reception as normal.
Basic Financials'
with
Johnston Carmichael Chartered Accountants
A Learning Lunch event from Informatics Ventures
This Learning Lunch is aimed at startup/early stage technology company founders and executives and will cover topics such as capital requirements, VAT, when do you need an accountant, annual accounts, and R&D Tax credits.
Please note - The event will start at 12.30 pm with sandwich lunch provided and running through to approx. 2.00 pm.
Please advise the organiser directly of any special dietary requirements you may have.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
Web, mobile, games... software, hardware... designing, coding, making... anything goes. Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
All under 19s who are interested in learning to code are welcome to come to any session, just sign up on the website.
Potential mentors and sponsors are encouraged to get in touch with the organisers by emailing hello@prewired.org and joining the mailing list.
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