"Dallas Droid Devs". It's catchy. Quick, someone reserve the domain!
I think the biggest barrier to forming a local Android Dev group is the fact that developers can hang out in the IRC channel (and this Google group) and find lots of discussion there, from the comfort (and whim/speed) of their own homes. So, some people might not feel the extra effort is worth it. So an important step to creating a successful Dallas Android Dev group is to brainstorm and come up with a convincing list of incentives to create/join a local group. Developers will ask, "What can the Dallas group offer me that the worldwide community can't?" The answer is stuff like: * Job placement: When Dallas devs get together, they can share info about local opportunities * Discuss local interests (like... uh... Dallas Cowboys? Whataburger? hahaha...) * Get out of the house and meet in person * etc. I'm personally not gifted at organizing social events, but I'd strongly consider joining/supporting. On Nov 10, 9:54 pm, Aniruddh Bajirao <abaji...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone interested in having a Dallas Android Group? > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Aniruddh Bajirao <abaji...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If we have enough people interested lets create a Dallas Android Dev-group. > > > We can have planned meets. Will definitely be interesting and useful to > > share knowledge and experience as well as to get answers to questions. Above > > all it would be very interesting to meet and network with other Android > > Enthusiasts. > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:51 PM, cpick <cp...@vmenu.com> wrote: > > >> You might check the Texas Startup Blog. Alex Muse has a happy hour > >> down at the info mart first monday of the month. Usually some android > >> guys there (although it is more entrepreneur related). They also > >> sometimes have the mobile monday meeting in their office space.. But I > >> would not mind getting a bit involved in a Android Dev group. There is > >> a North Texas PC Users group somewhere (My father is a part of it). > >> They meet on a weekend, and have break out groups I think for > >> different technologies.. Maybe get a subgroup started there? > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2Bunsubs > >> cr...@googlegroups.com> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The > > latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to > > hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. > > ... Albert Einstein. > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > > Aniruddh Bajirao > >www.ryze.com/Aniruddh > > -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The > latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to > hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. > ... Albert Einstein. > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > Aniruddh Bajiraowww.ryze.com/Aniruddh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
