Reminder: SoCalAndroid Hack Night Tonight (10/26)

[Jeffrey Peacock]

We're meeting tonight, Wednesday, 7:00pm @ Smart-Soft.

There is another Android event going on in Irvine tonight as well.  It was announced on this list and you can find the details here: http://www.meetup.com/OCAndroid/events/32870382/

I've chosen not to attend.  I don't want Amazon rummaging through my private information any more than I want Google doing the same.

As an aside:
With respect to "Google Developer Steeve Yegge went on a rant and 'accidentally" shared. There seems to be a significant point that has been conspicuously overlooked.  We all know that Google is populated with folks who can calculate the entire launch and interplanetary trajectory for a Mars landing in their head.  Tying their own shoelaces is not part of the interview, and apparently neither is navigating the privacy settings on Google+.  Sooooo, if an Ultra-smart Elitist Google'r can't do it then what hope do mere mortals have?  Or maybe, at least the upper management, already know that privacy is not their strong suite: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-plus-management-2011-09

Personally I think all the EULA and privacy agreements are circuitously worded "Adhesion Contracts" (http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Adhesion+Contract).  Google's greatest "gift" to humanity is the wholesale violation of our privacy under the guise of "Do No Evil."

If you're coming to our Hack Night Please RSVP.

/J


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Stop by and learn about Android and bring your Android problems.  PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOP.  We can help you best this way, and if you've not yet setup an Android development environment we can help you with that and get you started with your first application.

Pizza:
We serve pizza at our meetings -- the nutrition of hackers world wide, and the only time I get to eat pizza.  I can't tell you where we're going to get it from.  I've grown a little weary of stopping to pick up the Pizza on the way so we might just use our phones to order something online.  We'll try to remember the little pepper packets.

Please RSVP so I know how much pizza to bring or order.  If you indicate you're going to attend then please show up.

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o  We meet at the SmartSoft location in Irvine.  Doors open @ around 18:45 and we stay until we're all tired (which is usually around 9:30).
    Smart-Soft <http://www.smart-soft.com/>
    18006 Sky Park Circle
    Suite 207
    Irvine, CA 92614
    (866) 596-6806 Toll Free
    (714) 948-2145 Fax

o  Beginners are welcome.
o  If you have an Android device please bring it.
o  There's free Wifi.