Introduction to JQuery Mobile
Native apps have distinct advantages, but the future belongs to mobile web apps that function on a broad range of smartphones and tablets. Join us as Troy Miles shows us how to get started with jQuery Mobile, the touch-optimized framework for creating apps that look and behave consistently across many devices. Troy will show HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript code examples, screen shots, and step-by-step guidance to help you get started building complete working apps with jQuery Mobile.
 
Troy Miles
Troy is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and has been developing software since he wrote his first game on the Commodore PET in 1979. Since 2008, he has been focusing on developing mobile applications, initially for Windows Mobile, then iPhone, Android, and now for the mobile web too.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/troy-miles/1/63...

Mobile App, Marketing and Strategies
Do you have an idea for a mobile app?  How do you know if your idea for an app is a good one?   What is the best way to market your app or increase the sales of a current app?  What can you do to make your app stand out in from competitors?  Shara Karasic  (director of social strategy at Appolicious.com.  A mobile app discovery service for iPhone, iPad, and Android), visits us to answer these and other questions.

Shara’s community/social media/product management experience has spanned multiple industries: education, business/entrepreneur, non-profit and mobile, giving her a nuanced view of what will engage users. Shara led social media for BarCamp Africa at Google, and produced a Frontline/World video for BarCamp Swaziland.  Shara is a contributor to Designing Social Interfaces, a book published by O’Reilly Media and Yahoo! Press.Don’t miss this opportunity to gain knowledge and direction that will help you cash in on a multibillion dollar industry.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharakarasic

Mobile Web or Native Mobile App
Join us as we welcome Mike Takahashi, Associate Director, Digital Marketing at UCLA as he speaks on mobile web or native mobile app.  Wi th thousands of applications and millions of downloads, the App Store has been a resounding success that has prompted other phones manufacturers to develop their own App Stores. Developers and businesses alike took notice of the early success and sales of iPhone apps and now the rush is on to build native mobile applications. Now businesses say they need an mobile application before they know what the business case for the application will be. But are native applications really the future of mobile? What happened to the promise of the Mobile Web? And what about hybrid applications (a.k.a., Rich Mobile Applications)? When does it make sense to build each type of application?  What are the limitations of each? And where is each technology headed? Learn how to make and informative decision between these two approaches. 

Portfolio: http://www.takadesigns.com
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/miketakahashi

We will be raffling off mobile tech books and FREE access to online training to winners.

This meeting will start promptly at 6:30!!

Meeting is in building 100, room 1 E13
Enter the Honda campus on the west side off of Van ness street.
Turning east on Central street will take you on to the campus. 
Turn right at the first street once on the campus.
Building 100 is the large building on the south side of the campus with HONDA on it in large red letters.
Park and enter on the south side of building 100.