September 12, 2013

MIT Building E51 Room 325

Approximately 10 + 9 + 7 = 26 attendees

Announcements:

CocoaConf coming to Boston! October 25-26, 2013. Michael Gorbach, Daniel Jalkut, and T.J. Usiyan are speaking.

SecondConf in Chicago, September 27-29, 2013.

Çingleton in Montreal, October 11-13, 2013.

MacTech conference in Los Angeles, November 6-8, 2013. Gwynne Raskind is speaking.

NSCoder Boston shutting down.

Presentations/Talks:

• • Brian Partridge gave a recap of 360iDev.

  • Randy Dailey from Localytics gave us a run-through of Localytics, an app analytics service.

  • Erik Price gave a Reactive Cocoa followup. He's been using it extensively and has real-world experience to report.

• Discussion of Apple's recent announcements (iPhone 5s, 5c, free iWork/iPhoto/iMovie for iOS, 64-bit iOS, and Apple TV SDK). (Only kidding on that last one.)

  • We have two great give-aways too. First up is a free ticket to CocoaConf/Boston for anyone who hasn't yet bought a ticket (Congrats ). Also a free copy of JetBrains' AppCode (Congrats ), or one of several other JetBrains products.

Discussion:

What's new in OpenGL ES 3.0? (Nobody knows…)

• • Massachusetts Sales Tax on Computer and Software Services - update

New Massachusetts sales tax on Computer and Software Services. FAQ at http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dor/law-changes/faqss-computer-software-2013.pdf.

---Mitch's notes

Something to show agenda on second screen. Might need HDMI or VGA on side desk. Edit from regular chair though… Google Presentations?