MacMacDev

By a bizarre coincidence, the scheduling of Thanksgiving has coincided perfectly with that of MacMacDev, falling as they do this year on 27 November. We have a lot to be thankful for: iPhone NDA having been lifted; shiny new Developer Forums; and probably some non-Apple-related things too.

macMacDevs[16] will be held at Offshore, 3/5 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU, on Thursday 27 November 2008, from 19:00 until whenever.

Turn up, talk code, tell us all what you’re thankful for (even the non-Apple things). Let me – david at macmacdev dot com – know if you’ll be able to make it.

Yes, it is that time already: second Thursday of the month, so it must be Edinburgh! We’ve moving slightly further down the road this month to avoid the pub quiz at Baroque (and, no, it wasn’t because they wouldn’t let us use iPhones to google for all the answers…)

macMacDevs[15] will be held at Mezz, 49-51 London Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6LX (which is just down the hill from Baroque) on Thursday 13 November 2008, from 19:00 until whenever.

Turn up, talk code, play with new iPhone apps, tell me your thoughts about iPhone developer training (we’ve got something planned in that area). Let me – david at macmacdev dot com – know if you’ll be able to make it so I have an idea of numbers.

Last Thursday in every month – that is the rule for calculating Glasgow’s MacMacDev meeting. So if you thought it was the fourth Thursday in every month you’d be right most of the time, but not this month.

macMacDevs[14] will be held at Offshore, 3/5 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU, on Thursday 30 October 2008, from 19:00 until whenever.

Turn up, talk code. Given that it’ll almost be Halloween feel free to dress your Mac or iPhone up – although making your Mac run Windows all evening might be a bit too scary…

There are some who might consider 13 to be unlucky, but we’re lucky in that this should be the first macMacDev during which we can actually talk about iPhone development instead of just moaning about the NDA.

macMacDevs[13] will be held at Baroque, 39-41 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3JU on Thursday 9 October 2008, starting at 19:00 and continuing until we run out of iPhone stuff to talk about, or get drowned out by their quiz night – any thoughts on a replacement venue?

Let me – david at macmacdev dot com – know if you’re going to turn up so I can book a table. Feel free to spread the word of the first post-NDA macMacDev, assuming Apple manages to get the revised NDA announcements out in time…

Fresh from my record-breaking “Software Development with Cocoa” talk (the record being the greatest number of references to pom-pons in a software development talk), I can announce that it is nearly time for macMacDevs[12]!

macMacDevs[12] will be held at Offshore, 3/5 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU, on Thursday 25 September, from 19:00 until whenever.

To the masses of newcomers who saw the talk and want to come along, you’re more than welcome! If you can email david at macmacdev dot com to let me know you’re coming that would be great so I have an idea of numbers.

Look forward to seeing you all on Thursday – if you don’t see a bunch of geeks with MacBooks or iPhones, simply look for the pom-pons.

Apple chose to hold their Special Event on September 9 just so we’d have plenty to talk about at macMacDevs[11] two days later, which is nice of them since we can’t talk about iPhone development due to the rather-annoying-NDA.

macMacDevs[11] will be held at Baroque, 39-41 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3JU, on Thursday 11 September 2008, starting at 19.00.

As usual, turn up, talk code, moan about the NDA.

If you’re thinking of turning up, please do so! Email david at macmacdev dot com ahead of time so we can book at table, otherwise we’ll just sit outside and watch buses roll backwards down the hill again.

We’ve reached double-figures! Okay, so this is only really significant in decimal… Anyway, macMacDevs[10] will be held at Offshore, 3/5 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU, on Thursday 28 August 2008, from 19:00 until whenever.

iPhone development is still under NDA but we’ll have plenty of things to talk about. Turn up, talk code, the usual sort of thing really.

If you’re thinking of turning up please do so! Email david at macmacdev dot com if you want to be really nice so I have an idea of numbers.

At the risk of crashing another server (I had to miss the previous MacMacDev in Glasgow due to not realizing that I had double-booked myself with both MacMacDev and the rather catastrophic crash of one of our co-located servers, although in my defense I have to say that the crash hadn’t been listed in iCal…), I’d like to announce macMacDevs[9].

macMacDevs[9]: Baroque, 39-41 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3JU, on Thursday 14 August 2008, starting at 19:00

Turn up, talk code, I might even relate how Disaster Recovery Plans can also be a recipe for disaster.

If you’re thinking of turning up, please do so! Email david at macmacdev dot com ahead of time so we have a rough idea of numbers: last month was pretty good with half the group coming through from Glasgow, would be good to see more locals too!

Yes, we’re approaching the last Thursday in the month, which means it is time for macMacDevs[8], which will be held at Offshore, 3/5 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU, on Thursday 31 July 2008, from 19:00 until whenever.

Turn up, talk code, don’t talk about certain SDKs, moan about certain NDAs – the usual stuff basically.

If you’re thinking of turning up please do so! Email david at macmacdev dot com if you want to be really nice so I have an idea of numbers.

On what might be the last day before the dawning of a new age – that of the iPhone 3G and App Store – there will be macMacDevs[7]. It’ll be held at Baroque, 39-41 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3JU, on Thursday 10 July 2008, starting at 19:00.

Hopefully there’ll be plenty of chat, bits of code, and the usual rumors and last-minute iPhone-related predictions.

If you’re thinking of turning up, please do so! If you wanted to be really nice you could email david at macmacdev dot com ahead of time so we have a rough idea of numbers.