Gathering v60.0

Join us for our monthly gathering of creative developers, designers, hackers, makers and more. Whether you're a beginner or experienced designer or developer, the talks area always engaging.

Come for the talks, stay for a drink. Meet new people. Go home inspired.

PIZZA! The generous folks from Fire Burns Up will be bringing Fresca's pizza for your enjoyment.

7:00pm - Doors Open

7:30pm - Talks Begin!

Featured Speakers:

$30 Away
Your client is always about $30 away from a complete solution for their site, interactive installation, game, etc. Christopher Lewis, Marc Pelland and Matthew Potter will look at a few interactive installations including a street-level tampon dispenser for homeless women and an AR activated photobooth. The team will share tips on how to inject value into your digital or interactive product and just make better work.

Melch Valimento
As Head of Studio Operations at AnimangaPLUS Corp, Melch will share some previous and current work including:

• Teddy Ruxpin - a bluetooth enabled toy that connects to an app.
• An upcoming stop-motion app.
• Silent Destiny - A choose-your-own-adventure(TM, lol) game
  https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/silent-destiny/id1049058668?mt=8

Ken Liao - Blockstack
Introduce to Blockstack - an open decentralize computing network where developers can build scalable dapps, streamline their application code using Blockstack Auth and Storage Services, and more. Users manage their own identity across the entire ecosystem and store information in their provider of choice.

Also a quick overview of the App Mining Program - an incentive mechanism that allows small teams to bootstrap without advertising or venture capital. Each month, qualifying apps compete to be ranked by expert App Reviewers—the better their app is, the higher the payout they earn. Payouts are $100k in total each month.