ADI Newsletter Draft

[Kathy Sun]

Hello Guys!

I'm going to start emailing the ADI newsletter drafts out before the meeting on Sunday. Please check your events and reply to this email with any changes or addition events you want on the newsletter BEFORE the e-board meeting. At the e-board meeting, I'm going go over any changes I'm making to the newsletter and the newsletter's going out Sunday night. 

Thanks!

Kathy Sun

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Hello ADI!

I hope you're all enjoying the lovely October weather. Here's the events for the week. FYI, I just have a week worth of events to keep these sweet and short. You can find out about the events as we plan them on our official calendar here.

 

Events and Updates:

1. iOS Workshop #1, Monday 10/10

2. HTML Workshop, Tuesday 10/11

3. Hacker Office Hours, 10/11

4. What is the Internet Talk, Wednesday, 10/12

5. Columbia Pitchfest,

1. iOS Workshop #1

Monday, 10/10, 9-10pm in Hamilton 516

Learn about the Model/View/Controller pattern, heavily utilized in iOS development, and the basics of Objective-C. By the end of this lecture, you should be able to implement your first apps!(Note: iOS development can only be done on machines running Mac OS X)

If you haven't yet joined and want to come, join the google group here to find out what you need to do to set up your computer for the workshops. Also, please register here for the series so we can send you info about the workshops as the series goes on.

2. HTML Workshop

Tuesday, 10/11, 9-10pm in Hamilton 503

Learn the basics of HTML, useful for building static webpages and Wordpress themes

3. Hacker Office Hours

Tuesday, 10/11, 10-11pm in Lerner 569

Come with anything you want to hack on! If you want help with a technology, come and get help on your project from people who are more experienced, or if you're already experienced, come to share your knowledge and find collaborators!

4. What is the Internet Talk

Wednesday, 10/12, 8-9:30pm in Hamilton 516

Join us for dinner and dessert to learn about Internet from Elena Silenok, founder and CEO of Clothia, a fashion technology platform. The internet is perhaps the most important invention in the last 50 years. Topics include Internet history, protocols, network architecture, applications, security, mobile, and a look at future challenges to the Internet itself. You'll leave with an understanding the basics of email, WWW, protocol stack, and the Internet ecosystem as well as a well satisfied sweet tooth.

Prerequisites: None

Clothia is a pre-launch Internet startup that is productizing augmented reality technology to allow users can virtually try on clothes using augmented reality via their webcam. Elena is a contributing writer to Business Insider and a root member of NYhacker and has been featured by BetaBeat as one of the “25 Women Driving New York’s Tech Scene".

5. What is the Internet Talk

Friday, 10/21, 12-3:00pm in 417 IAB

Do you have a new business idea? Are you looking for partners in your next venture? 

Would you like feedback and funding opportunities for your invention? 

Apply for the 2011 Columbia University Pitchfest!

Application Deadline: 10/17/2011 Midnight. Email Columbia...@gmail.com to register.

Hope to see you there!

ADI

[Kathy Sun]

Hello Guys!

Sorry this went out to everyone. My bad. Look out for the real one tonight.

Best,

Kathy