We've all heard it: "What?! You're using X framework/language/tool? You must suck at programming!" We work in jobs rife with debate and discussion, where it's essential to give and take advice; some good, some bad. In this talk I'll delve...

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Due to a lack of time to organise anything more formal, this month's meet will be a social. Come along if you fancy chatting with your fellow techie about whatever takes your fancy. I'm offering five to ten minute slots...

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This month, Worcester Source is joining forces with Make: Worcester (https://www.downtomeet.com/Make-Worcester), and having a talk about the Arduino platform, which is bound to be of interest to members of each. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware...

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Ed Yau (@hello_edyau) will be joining us to talk about Azure Cognitive services. Here's what he has to say about the talk: Well obviously I don't really think that, but the point I am making is these days there is...

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Being Agile is the buzz phrase of software project management in companies. But are these companies really Agile? And just what is Agile anyway? Jon Astley of Tank Fairies (@tankfairies) will be going through a little bit on the history,...

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[Please note, this meet is happening on the Thursday, not the Wednesday as usual.] Gemma Cameron is Head of Digital Technology Practice at Co-op Digital. Experienced software developer, event organiser, community builder and Queen Bee of the Manchester Tech scene....

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Layla Porter (laylacodesit), a self-taught .NET web developer (and former Pilates teacher and professional horse-rider), will be joining us to discuss APIs. More and more developers are building APIs, whether that be for consumption by client-side applications, exposing endpoints directly...

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At this month's meet, as chosen by you via our Slack channel, Amy Kate Boyd (@AmyKateNicho) will be talking us about ethics in AI. Here's what she has to say about the talk: "In this session I will talk about...

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Do you ever find yourself constantly busy, spending all your time running around doing this and that, yet never making any progress on anything? Are you finding that you spend more time reacting to problems than doing what you’re meant...

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The story of the web is a story about freedom. It's a story about information, about breaking down barriers, about creating new ways for people to communicate, to collaborate, and to share their ideas. It’s also a story that has...

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Luce Carter (@lucecarter1), Microsoft MVP and organiser of The Manchester Xamarin User Group, will be talking with us about using Xamarin to build cross platform apps. In this talk, Luce shares what Xamarin is including Native and Xamarin.Forms for both...

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Our very own Rob Allen will be talking with us about OpenWhisk, here's what he has to say about the talk: "Apache OpenWhisk is an Open Source serverless platform suited to a wide range of applications from IoT & chatbots...

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Stuart Langridge (@sil), a podcaster, developer, author - and well known personality within the Birmingham tech scene - will be talking with us about bots, and how they shouldn't pretend to be humans. About how user experience is more than...

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Jim Bob Bennett (@jimbobbennett) - Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, and author of Xamarin In Action - will be talking about AI, and teaching it (and us) how to filter out the bad things. Here's what he has to...

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As an initial step in taking the group over from Natalie, this meet will be a socially-focused one, allowing me to talk everyone, and find out what you're interested in. Future meets will generally have a presentation or specific event...

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Founder of Vive Virtualities, Dr James Elliott, will give a short talk on Virtual Reality and lead an open discussion on how it is expected  to develop over the next few years.  There will also be a HTC Vive VR system to...

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Talk 1 - Web Components 101 (What, why and how) We’ve always had the concept of components on the web. Historically they’ve taken a number of different shapes and sizes. Vendors have attempted to create component models in the past with...

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Talk 1 - Machine Learning for Muggles Artificial Intelligence is the latest hotness. Machine Learning sits behind artificial intelligence and on the surface it may seem like a deeply technical, scientific topic. We are here to tell you that it...

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** Lightning Talk Sam Cutroni, Director, Data Tools ** Sam will be talking about how team-based development works at Australian software company, DataTools. The Speaker Sam Cutroni has 20+ years experience in developing leading data quality solutions and software. Sam was...

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For this meetup we have two very different presentations from two great speakers on Testing Web UI and Artificial Intelligence. Once again, the meetup will be held at PCA Predict's office in Diglis and beer & pizza will be provided. Man...

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In this first meetup, in a series of NoSQL discussions, we will be taking a deep dive into Polyglot Persistence.  SCHEDULE6.15 Arrival, beer and pizza 6.30 What is Polyglot Persistence? Jamie Turner7.00 Turning Raspberries into beer - How Raspberry Pi can...

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