This week at Capital Factory 7/21/14 | A Comprehensive guide to news, jobs and events. Follow @CFStartupNews, @CFStartupJobs, @CFStartupsEvents for up-to-date live Tweets.

 

Events

 

Last Minute Tips for The 2015 SXSW PanelPicker

 Tuesday 7/22- Got a great speaking idea for the 2015 SXSW Interactive Festival? Get your idea into the SXSW PanelPicker! The deadline for entering your idea into the PanelPicker is end of the day on Friday, July 25th. Get last-minute tips and advice for PanelPicker success from Hugh Forrest and SXSW Interactive staff by attending a special presentation at Capital Factory on Monday, July 21 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Also, bring your business card and you will be eligible to win a FREE registration for the 2015 SXSW Interactive Festival. Must be present at time of drawing to win the FREE registration. Register

 

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Austin Meetup

Monday 7/21- Speaker: Tom Brown, with an update of his June 2011 talk on Internet Identity

The commercialization of the web and the spread of mobile devices have increasingly changed how we identify ourselves and interact with each other online.  At this meeting, we’ll consider what might be at stake as this evolution progresses, and how we might have more control over our digital identity and personal data.

Capital Factory Tour + Incubator Info-session

 Tuesday 7/22-Every Tuesday Capital Factory hosts a tour + an incubator info session open & free to the public! Come meet Joshua Baer or another Capital Factory Director, learn about the program and have a chance to ask questions in an informal setting.

Tour starts at 4pm followed by our incubator info-session at 4:30pm!

 

Austin on Rails Meetup with Makersquare

Tuesday 7/22- The midsummer heat is crushing and yet we roll on. We gather, we learn, we share. This month, we’ll be hearing a nice variety of topics from some of the folks at MakerSquare as well as a guest from California, Scott Feinberg, talking about how to keep your app running in the event of a zombie apocalypse! Your Rails Conductor for this month is Damon Clinkscales. Learn More

 

Bleeding Edge Web Meetup | Web App by Example: Node.js

Wednesday 7/23- We’re also excited to introduce a new series that will recur over the next several months called “Web App by Example”. The premise will be to take the exact same application spec and build idiomatic implementations in several different server frameworks.  This should provide an easy way for people to compare and contrast popular framework patterns, comparing apples to apples as closely as possible. Think of it as TodoMVC for the server side, covering things like server-side templating, routing, data access, REST API support, unit testing and more. Learn more

 

Girl Develop It Austin: Learn & Social

Thursday 7/24- Join GDI for a brief presentation on “Domains: Where do they come from? How do I get one? And other common questions” followed by a chance to meet, greet and share stories with fellow community members. Snacks & Refreshments provided. Thank you to our Sponsor Capital Factory for the space!  And Spanning Cloud Apps for the snacks! Learn More

Austin Web Python User Group Meetup

Mark your calendars for the another exciting installment of AWPUG this Thursday. This month Josh Marshall will be talking all about webRTC. WebRTC is an emerging standard that allows peer to peer communication via the browser (video, audio, and data). Josh will overview the basics of WebRTC: how it works, how people are using it, and how you too can leverage the power of other people’s computers. Learn More

 

Austin Redis Meetup: The Zen of Redis

It’s time for the Austin Redis Meetup Group to get up-and-running again – on April 24th, Bill Anderson will present “The Zen of Redis” – how to think about using Redis in your application stack and how this is different from a MySQL or relational DB mindset. 

We’ll also have community time to share thoughts and ideas about using Redis, as well as time to network over food and a couple of beers. Learn more

Startup Weekend Education 7/25-7/27

ATX: it’s so hot right now. Both literally and figuratively, Austin is one of the hottest cities in the country for new startups. It’s also quickly becoming the place to be for education technology development. Boasting a top-five meetup community for edtech, Austin is bursting at its seams for educator and developer collaboration, creating some of the best education startups in the country. Startup Weekend for Education is our community’s opportunity to capture all of this energy and passion and create newer, better solutions to education’s greatest challenges. Join us in Austin on July 25th!