Hello, I wanted to give a little update on an iPhone apps development class that I'm teaching through the School of Journalism (world has changed) at the University of Texas and invite everyone here to come to our Demo Day on April 27 <http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5378617590> in the new Belo Center for New Media. I wrote about the demo day here<http://robquig.tumblr.com/post/43970858280/iphone-apps-taking-shape-at-the-university-of-texas>, and it includes links to the student project Facebook pages. Judges on demo day include top editors at the state's newspapers, the director of the J-School and some Austin tech leaders. Why should you come to Demo Day? The students are building great products and their enthusiasm is fantastic. I have 13 journalism and 13 computer science students, mostly undergrads, working in five teams in a startup atmosphere. Since it is a journalism class, I'm teaching the CS students to communicate well, and I'm teaching the journalism students to code. Everyone is learning how to be a developer, following a modified agile methodology. The students pitched their products at the start of the semester and have been working hard in hopes of having them in the App Store by the demo day. We have four iPhone apps in progress, including a Instagram-like app for live music, a location-based social news app, a journalism study guide and a guide to events surround Formula One week in Austin. One team is building an iPad app to make collages with your Facebook photos. Joshua McClure of RealMassive has been assisting in the class and Jeff Linwood, who I met through the last Refresh meeting, has been volunteering in labs to help the students with code. Oliva Hayes, who I met through this Google group, gave a great guest lecture on design and the Washington Post's mobile design director, who I knew through a journalism convention, did a Skype session. Countless people through this Refresh group have assisted me with advice and guidance, so thank you all. The UT J-School is undergoing a huge transition to not only digital, but to cutting-edge digital. This transformation will continue as I expect to add more programming/development classes in the coming semesters. If you want to be a part of our future, please add contact info to this document<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18J6Td0FtDWfo-R1YYHZbG91seLdPryOd_lnNtb36mhU/edit?usp=sharing>. I tend to lose emails, so this will help me a lot. RIght now, there wouldn't be much (if any) money in it for you, but I am seeking funding from journalistic foundations. I really hope to see a lot of you at Demo Day. Tell your coworkers and friends about it, but please RSVP<http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5378617590>so the students can see that there's some excitement around this.
Thanks! Robert Quigley Senior lecturer, UT School of Journalism (Used to be the @statesman guy) -- -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to Refresh-Austin@googlegroups.com Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to refresh-austin+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to refresh-austin+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
