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Lean Agile Scotland 2013 Call for Proposals

chris.v.mcderm...@gmail.com (Chris McDermott) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:43:04 UT

The call for proposals for this years Lean Agile Scotland is open and
closes in under two weeks on June 30th at 23:59 BST. If you'd like to speak
register at [link]<[link]> and

Re: Stanford "Startup Engineering" course from Coursera starts today

re...@glinks.co.uk (Reece Campbell) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:18:36 UT

Hey,
I have also joined the course and have been waiting for it for a couple
months. Looking forward to seeing where it takes me and who I meet.
In the discussions I have started the Edinburgh thread for meetups so if
you are near there come say hello.
Reece

Re: Stanford "Startup Engineering" course from Coursera starts today

kevin.bro...@gmail.com (Kevin Brolly) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:59 UT

Thanks for pointing this out, it looks great, I have signed up to take it
now as well.
Kevin

Stanford "Startup Engineering" course from Coursera starts today

rac...@willmer.org (Rachel Willmer) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:08:54 UT

This looks good; I'm taking it. Anyone else?

[link]

Rachel

Re: [JOB] F/T Graduate Java developer role, Central Edinburgh.

rwill...@gmail.com (Rachel) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:48:39 UT

Two quick comments:
1) I know Stuart and the guys he's working with and this would be a
terrific opportunity for someone (in both senses of the word...)
2) This is probably also the right time to remind folk that should they
post jobs to techmeetup and find someone, it's conventional to put some
money back into the techmeetup coffers. Dale, Philip, what's the suggested

[JOB] F/T Graduate Java developer role, Central Edinburgh.

sbout...@gmail.com (Stuart Boutell) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:16:13 UT

Edesix is looking for a F/T graduate-level (o.n.o) java developer... Hibernate,
PostgreSQL would be advantageous - as would a sense of adventure...
[link]
-uts.

Follow up to beer tasting event at MMS - suggestions?

laura.one...@mms.co.uk — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:30:17 UT

Hello,

Following up from last night's Techmeetup, if anyone has a suggestion for
Maclay Murray & Spens LLP's next panel discussion topic, please let me know.

If you were at our beer tasting and panel discussion in April you may
(depending on the beer consumption) remember our panel discussed how to

TechMeetup Edinburgh tomorrow, different venue reminder, and an update

p...@latentflip.com (Philip Roberts) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:43:58 UT

Hi all,
Just a quick reminder to save you extra walking tomorrow:
*Important: *This month TechMeetup has a different venue, and will be held
in the hotdesking space at TechCube. If you haven't been to TechCube yet,
it's the tall building on the crossroads at the east corner of the Meadows,
a part of the summerhall complex (map and picture here<[link]>).

Important, venue change! TechMeetup Edinburgh June is this Wednesday

p...@latentflip.com (Philip Roberts) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:46:36 UT

Hi all,
June's Edinburgh Techmeetup is this Wednesday (12th June), at the normal
time of 6:30pm, *but in a new venue:*
*Important: *This month TechMeetup has a different venue, and will be held
in the hotdesking space at TechCube. If you haven't been to TechCube yet,
it's the tall building on the crossroads at the east corner of the Meadows,

Re: [TechMeetup] [ADVICE] Suggestions for CPD developement

ja...@jarofgreen.co.uk (James Baster) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:28:34 UT

What she says.

We are very luck - there is currently a high demand for technical
people. If you take a job as a programmer and prove yourself I'm sure
there will be many opportunities to grow in the future.

To aid in that, may I suggest you pick a small company? In a big
company, the roles are much more set. In a small company, there are

Re: [TechMeetup] [ADVICE] Suggestions for CPD developement

rac...@willmer.org (Rachel Willmer) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:36:36 UT

I'd be surprised if you could become a good architect without getting
your hands dirty first; i.e. becoming a software engineer with some
experience of projects going well and going badly.

The software architects I've worked with have first and foremost been
bl&*dy good engineers. And then they've used their skills and experience

[ADVICE] Suggestions for CPD developement

x20...@gmail.com (x20mar) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:53:51 UT

Hi all,
I was wondering if I could get some advice. I've recently finished my
post-graduate course and I've been wondering now where do I go from here?
My main career goal is to become a software architect or a
solutions architect.
One of the options I've been thinking of is going down the route of

[JOB] Software Developement Role

recruitm...@intrallect.com — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:28:07 UT

Hello Techmeetup-ers!
We are recruiting a Java software developer with significant experience
developing web applications -- you can find the job description here<[link]>([link]).
Thanks for looking,
Janek

[JOB] Web Application Developer - London/Anywhere in UK

tanja.pis...@gmail.com (klaut) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:47:04 UT

Hi all!
To some of you this will probably come as a double post from SCRUG mailing
list, so I appologise in advance!
If you want to work with some genuinely great people and build tools that
can make people's working lifes better, then please apply
here: [link]

[Event] STV Tech Talks

weeja...@gmail.com (WeeJames) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:36:00 UT

We're running the 2nd STV Tech Talk on June 27th.

Again we've got two talks lined up.
ElasticSearch: Introduction and Lessons Learned

by Dougal Matthews

ElasticSearch is a full text search engine based on Apache Lucene. It’s
the new kid of the block and competes with other projects like Apache Solr.

Online Privacy vs Digital Surveillance, Edinburgh event, Thursday 13th June

ja...@jarofgreen.co.uk (James Baster) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:40:22 UT

The UK Government recently dropped plans to include a Communications
Data Bill in their legislative programme. Now Theresa May wants it
back.

The Bill would have enabled mass surveillance of all our personal
internet and phone communications, and represented the latest round in
a long history of tension between state surveillance and the right to

Any freelance WordPress gurus out there?

rac...@willmer.org (Rachel Willmer) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:19:31 UT

I might have some work to subcontract. Get in touch if you know WP
inside out...

Rachel

[JOB] Experienced mobile software developer, iOS and Android

dtim...@gmail.com (weewrld) — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:24:53 UT

Based in Glasgow, WeeWorld is a popular social brand for teens with a
mainstream appeal, reaching a global audience of more than 50 million
registered WeeMees. WeeWorld provide a fun, visual environment that
encourages self-expression and creativity.

*What we're looking for:*

*The WeeMee is the #1 avatar on the web and mobile devices and we are

[JOB] FreeAgent looking for a graduate software engineer

o...@freeagent.com (Olly H) — Fri, 31 May 2013 14:18:21 UT

Hello
If you're graduating this year, are a top-notch hacker and want to work on
FreeAgent - used and loved by tens of thousands of people (and growing!) -
you might want to check out this vacancy:
[link]
Cheers,
Olly

EdinburghApps Civic Hack Event

ewan.kl...@gmail.com (Ewan Klein) — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:10:27 UT

EdinburghApps, 4th-6th October 2013, Creative Exchange, Leith

EdinburghApps is a new event being run by the City of Edinburgh Council and Connected Capital. It invites teams to take part in building solutions to solve civic issues. There will be a number of themes, and identified challenges. There will be a range of awards and the aim of the event is to deliver usable solutions that will change the city, improving life for the citizens of Edinburgh and empowering businesses, developers, organisations and individuals.

Events this month in Scotland @OpenTechCal http://opentechcalendar.co.uk/index.php/country/GB/region/1

ja...@jarofgreen.co.uk — Thu, 30 May 2013 07:17:51 UT

Hello,

Next month we will be 1 year old! What do you want us to do to celebrate? (More on blog)
[link]

Thanks for all your support, and thanks to Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems for the sponsorship. Here's looking forwards to another year!

Cycle with Doug Cutting (@cutting) - June 18th

paul.richa...@gmail.com (Paul Richards) — Mon, 27 May 2013 08:35:58 UT

Doug Cutting will be in Edinburgh on Tuesday 18th June for a "data
ride". I'm not involved in any way (so don't ask me questions about
it), but thought it would be worth sharing:

[link]

"Doug Cutting is Cloudera’s chief architect, a founder of the Apache

[ANN] NSScotland 2013

paulanthonywil...@gmail.com (Paul Wilson) — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:24:41 UT

After the terrific success of the last NSScotland conference in Edinburgh, we're running it again in 2013, bigger and better.

There's two days of conference speakers from Scotland, the UK and further afield covering iOS and MacOS programming.

There's also two optional tutorials the day before the conference.

[JOB] Speech Graphics hiring software engineer

berg...@gmail.com (berger) — Tue, 28 May 2013 17:41:26 UT

*[link]

Speech Graphics is a fast-growing tech company based in Edinburgh,
Scotland, that has developed the first high-fidelity lip-sync solution.
Based on two decades of research and development, our award-winning
technology makes us a leading provider of lip sync and facial animation for

ALISS is looking for a CTO...

recentchan...@gmail.com (Andy Hyde) — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:29:01 UT

ALISS is a growing set of processes, ideas, partnerships and projects that
allow us all to create collections of hyperlocal health and wellbeing
resources. These open data collections can be used to enhance existing
local information services and also be a platform to develop new ones.

Lean UX: Agility through cross-functional collaboration - led by Jeff Gothelf

paulanthonywil...@gmail.com (Paul Wilson) — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:46 UT

Hi,

There's still a couple of days left for to book a one day Lean UX workshop, to be held on 19 June. It's led by Jeff Gothelf, author of Lean UX[1].

[1]: [link]

Book your place here.

[link]

Python Glasgow Dojo next month 11th June

douga...@gmail.com (Dougal Matthews) — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:03:55 UT

Hey all,

Next month we are going to be running abother dojo! Twig have offered to host
us in their office again and will be providing some pizza and beer. Their
offices are fairly central, a few minutes walk from Charing Cross.

For those of you that don't know, a dojo is a fun coding event where we split

Java Contractors needed

tom.mo...@red61.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:22:19 UT

We require Java contractors on a short term basis to complete a development
burst to add additional features to our software platform. The work will
be run using SCRUM and the contractor(s) will bolster our core development
team. The work will be based at offices in Leith, Scotland.
If you're interested in the position or know of someone who might be and

Information Visualisation and 'Really Useful' Data workshop, Wednesday afternoon

milkmir...@gmail.com (milk) — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:02:01 UT

Hey folks, a friend of mine is running this and I thought some here could
be interested.

Wednesday 15th, 12:30pm - 4pm. Godfrey Thompson Hall, Moray House,
University of Edinburgh.

[link]

Free afternoon workshop - refreshments provided

Re: Google I/O Extended 15-17th May

daniela.anton...@gmail.com (Daniela Antonova) — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:05:03 UT

Indeed the link is wrong! Sorry about that! The correct one is:
[link]

Re: Google I/O Extended 15-17th May

markos.charat...@gmail.com (qnoid) — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:45 UT

The given URL didn't work for me but found this instead.
[link]
.-
Markos
qnoid.com

Google I/O Extended 15-17th May

daniela.anton...@gmail.com (Daniela Antonova) — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:39:03 UT

Hi everyone!
It's time for Google I/O extended - yay! For the first time the Google
Developer Group Edinburgh is hosting one and we are really excited about
it!
Join us at 6pm on Wednesday, 15th in the Informatics Forum, room G0.3 to
live stream Google I/O, take part in discussions with fellow developers

#OpenDataEDB Meetup, Thursday 16 May

ewan.kl...@gmail.com (Ewan Klein) — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:13:46 UT

Hi everyone,

The next Edinburgh Open Data Meetup (#OpenDataEDB) will be at TechCube on Thursday 16th May, kicking off at 6.00 pm.

We have a great line-up of lightening talks:

* Bill Roberts - Linked Open Data for the UK Department for Communities and Local Government
* Kim Taylor - PlacED: A location finder App using open data from City of Edinburgh Council

[Job] Development, Design and Test Positions at STV

weeja...@gmail.com (WeeJames) — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:05:19 UT

Hi,
Over at STV we're expanding our product development team. If you're
interested in developing on web, mobile and future tv platforms then give
us a shout.
[link]
If you've got any questions then feel free to drop me a mail.
James

Junior Developer needed for awesome project

fe...@popcornhorror.com (Felix Gilfedder) — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:47:40 UT

Hi all,

We have a unique and exciting opportunity for a junior developer to join
our team.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic web developer, likely a recent graduate,
to work on a new micro donation/reward platform under the supervision of a
senior developer. It’s an ambitious and innovative project that aims to

TechMeetup Edinburgh, May is this Wednesday

p...@latentflip.com (Philip Roberts) — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:42:45 UT

Hi all,

May's Edinburgh Techmeetup is this Wednesday (8th May). It's being hosted
as usual by Informatics Ventures on the 8th floor of Appleton Tower (Map).

I am really excited about this months talks.

*Anne Johnson* @annejohn <[link]> / @vcwatch<[link]>

Post-ScotlandJS GitHub DrinkUp

pe...@neo.com (Peter Aitken) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:30:47 UT

GitHubber, Coby Chapple, is keen to make sure that this year ScotlandJS is
an event that you do not forget and is very kindly hosting Edinburgh's
first GitHub DrinkUp.

Of course this is open to everyone, not just ScotlandJS delegates, so get
yourself to the Royal Dick bar within Summerhall for 7:30pm on Friday the

java developer needed

srei...@seanreilly.com (Sean Reilly) — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:36:53 UT

We’d like to add a full time remote Java/iOS/Android developer to join our indie team in the UK. This is a remote position so you don't need to be in Edinburgh, but somewhere in or near the UK is preferable.

If you are or know of someone who might enjoy working on products that hundreds of thousands of people use every day, please do forward this to them.

Re: Open Device Labs?

he...@benseven.co.uk (Ben Seven) — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:55:45 UT

Device donations are much appreciated. Our current device list is at
[link] - we also have a PS Vita and
Nintendo 3DS to add to that list courtesy of Orde (@decadecity). At launch
this will be a total of 40+ devices.
We have funds to purchase our remaining 'shopping list' - the remaining 25

Re: Open Device Labs?

giannic...@gmail.com (Rory G) — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:30:13 UT

This is great! You should let us know if you need devices donated!

Re: Open Device Labs?

he...@benseven.co.uk (Ben Seven) — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:58:57 UT

Hi Rachel!
Yep - at this stage we're literally about three weeks away from launch.
There have been setbacks, unsuccessful funding bids, and about a year's
worth of battering away at it, but @DeviceLabEDI is very nearly there.
At launch (end May) we'll have four workstations and 40 test devices,
across Blackberry, Nokia Symbian, Windows Phone, Android, Apple iOS, webOS,

Re: [TechMeetup] Open Device Labs?

hasan.velds...@gmail.com (HH Veldstra) — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:46:01 UT

@ben_seven is setting one up I believe

Open Device Labs?

rac...@willmer.org (Rachel Willmer) — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:32:37 UT

Do we have one of these in Edinburgh?

[link]

It's a place where you can test out apps and ebooks on a variety of
devices for free.

Rachel

[Event] Converge Edinburgh 2013 - Speakers List, New Website and Extended Early Bird (oh my!)

haggishun...@gmail.com (Ryan Stenhouse) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:17:27 UT

Hi guys,
As you might already know, I'm running a wee all-of-industry tech
conference in Edinburgh on Friday the 31st of May 2013 over at Summerhall
and TechCube. I've posted to the list about it before, but I figured it was
long past time I posted an update on how things are.
What's Converge about? Well, think of it a bit like a 'choose your own

FlockEdu RoR dev needed

morna.simp...@gmail.com (Morna Simpson) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:51:34 UT

Hi Folks,

(just posted on ScotRug - so sorry if this is duplication)

I am just starting to build my team at FlockEdu and we have new people coming on board right now!

We are now looking for a new RoR dev to join the team. Please click about our marketing site to get an overview: [link]

Events this month in Scotland @OpenTechCal http://opentechcalendar.co.uk/index.php/country/GB/region/1

ja...@jarofgreen.co.uk — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:10:54 UT

Hello,

We are happy to say that yesterday our 500th event was added! It's great to offer a service people find useful - thanks for all the support and feedback as we slowly build and improve. Scotland has a vibrant tech scene, with a lot to get involved in.

Thanks also to our sponsors Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems for their support from early on in the project. (They are hiring by the way. [link] )

Re: New Developer Event at STV in Glasgow

weeja...@gmail.com (WeeJames) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:11:40 UT

I should have said - it's on Thursday May 2nd.

New Developer Event at STV in Glasgow

weeja...@gmail.com (WeeJames) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:08:53 UT

We're running a new developer event at STV's offices in Glasgow.
For this first event, we'll have Chris Molizian from Basho coming up to
talk about Riak, the open source distributed database.
[link]
We'll also have Dale Harvey from Mozilla, talking about PouchDB - a
JavaScript implementation of CouchDB's ideas.

[JOB] Flexiant, Developer Positions across the board

x20...@gmail.com (x20mar) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:46:09 UT

Flexiant is a leading provider of cloud orchestration software for
on-demand, fully automated provisioning of cloud services, with our
development teams based in Edinburgh and Livingston
In order to be the best, we need to attract the best talent. We are looking
for individuals with drive, passion and professionalism; people who are

Creative Gesture Camera Motion Analysis

robomo...@gmail.com (Paolo Di Prodi) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:26:08 UT

Hello guys,
I have a Creative Gesture Camera and I am kind of fed up with it so I am
selling on ebay<[link]>,
obviously I am quite happy if somebody local wants to buy it.