Heading Forward in 2026

Pushing Forward in 2026 - Virtual Meeting (Right now)

Hi All - For those who I have not met, My name is Rodney Biddle and I worked with Joey in the past. I have been reaching out to some of the past active members in the group to start working on a path forward. The first thing I am looking for is feedback through the discussions.

We have had a good strong base of developers and we will continue that. I am looking for locations for future meetings, but am also interested in gaging the interest from the members. We have a wide range of members so what I am curious to ask - What is your particular interest? Which of the following lanes would be your lane?

(A) Graphic Design: Visual content creation and image manipulation.
(B) Automations: Workflow streamlining and repetitive task handling.
(C) Research: LLM-driven data gathering and reference sourcing.
(D) Code Development: Software, apps, and website engineering.
(E) Video Development: AI-generated video and motion graphics.
(F) Business Admin: Email management, scheduling, and slide production.
(G) Data Analytics: Pattern recognition and market forecasting.
(H) Customer Experience: Chatbots and personalized recommendation engines.
(I) Education: Personalized learning paths and study aids.
(J) Cybersecurity: Threat detection and automated IT operations.
(K) Healthcare: Medical imaging and bio-tech research.

Depending on interest, I'd like start planning some discussions for many of these. Right now our core lane will be (D) - Code Development. But - Based on interest we will venture into many of these other lanes as well. One of the things I spoke with one of the active developers about and we want to do this - Vibe coding. And not just in general - but a possible "Viba-a-thon" where we state a project goal, and have several developers or teams working within a limited amount of time to develop a solution. See where we can get.

Please drop me some feedback in the Discussions and let's get some talks going on.