Monthly Meetup: Learn about Android Mobile UI/UX + Incorporating Video & Photo

6:30 pm – Drinks, food and networking 6:45 pm – Group Introductions 7:00 pm – Featured presentation 1: Mobile UI 7:20 pm – Featured presentation 2: Incorporating Video & Photo 7:40 pm – Breakout Sessions: We are exploring break-out sessions to discuss advanced topics and have a "users-group" feel to our meetup. We may have our first break-out sessions during this meetup.

First Featured Presentation

What all Android developers should know about UI

We often talk about how for years iOS apps simply looked better than Android and we shouldn't blame Android developers. As an developer community though, it's perhaps not your 100% your fault, but it's definitely your responsibility. Hear from Echo (http://www.justecho.com)'s CEO Carlos Carbonell (http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosacarbonell/) and Creative Director Rainer Flor (http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=14371682&locale=en_US&trk=tyah) about the important topic of mobile UI.

Why design & development should work together Best Practices Following the 'iOS Standard' (is there one?) Cautionary Tales UI and UX: are not the same thing! Great examples of good design

Second Featured Presentation

Incorporating Video and Photo into Android Apps (Part 1 of a 3-part series continuing in the following 2 meetups)

Android devices allow people to have access to a high-quality photo and video camera at all times. The Android API enables developers to capitalize on the ready availability of a camera to incorporate photo and video into your apps.

In part 1 of this 3-part series, we'll talk about how we can take advantage of Android's Intent-based programming model to add photo & video capture to your apps in as few as 5 lines of code.

Jim Wilson (http://pluralsight.com/training/Authors/Details/jim-wilson) from PluralSight (http://www.pluralsight.com) will be presenting.

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TO ALL MEMBERS: You will have name tags and the opportunity to introduce yourselves to the group and give a brief intro about who you are, what brought you here and what you are working on.

NOTE: To keep with the spirit of the tech meetup, please no recruiters or staffing companies please. Only tech/digital media folks or those with an interest in Android development.