Mobile Twin Cities on July 12th: Instant Apps and TCPride

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Phil Wilson

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Jul 1, 2016, 12:19:16 PM7/1/16

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Please Join us on Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 for two great presentations...

The TCPride app and other Software for Good

Founder and CEO, Casey Helbling, and colleagues from Software for Good will give a quick overview of the TC Pride Festival app including the mapping features and more. They'll also highlight some of the other work done at this unique development shop.

Casey Helbling is a Software Engineer with over 15 years experience in design, development, and implementation of web and mobile software. In 2010, Casey founded Software for Good, a company devoted to bringing people and technology together to solve complex world problems. In his spare time he serves on the nonprofit boards of minne✱, MetroIBA, and MNvest.

Meet Android's Instant Apps

According to Android, Instant Apps are An evolution in app sharing and discovery. Android Instant Apps enables Android apps to run instantly, without requiring installation. allowing you to experience what you love about apps...fast and beautiful user interfaces, high performance, and great capabilities...with just a tap.

Hot off of a live demo of BuzzFeed's Tasty Instant App at Google I/O, Lead Android Engineer for BuzzFeed, Steve Peterson, will walk us through what they are, how they perform and more. This presentation will be of interest to developers and non-developers alike.

Steve lead the team developing the BuzzFeed Video Android video app. His portfolio ranges from designing ICs, writing Wall Street trading algorithms, to Operations Manager for a V/C backed medical device start-up. 5+ years ago, Steve picked Android (or did Android pick him?). He is passionate about all things Android and is currently embracing the Kotlin language and Espresso.