Mobile Portland

"I thought this was a list of portland entrepreneurs doing good things for the community, and wal Mart is the antithesis of that. We all know that."
No, not all of us know that. I don't know that at all. Wal-Mart has done more for the poor in this country (and a lot of other countries) than any thousand cities packed with mobile app developers riding $500 custom fixies and sipping $4 gourmet coffees.

I'm very glad it went well :)
-Amanda
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Adrian Harris Crowne <

I just moderated through three messages that were stuck in the queue. Sorry for not catching them sooner.
I haven’t been getting moderation emails from Google Groups. Come to find out, this is a common problem that is affecting all Google Groups:
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Thanks to all for a great event. What an amazing turnout!
Congrats,
Adrian

Hey Jason,
Need any help tonight with setup or anything?
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I understand the motivation to sell a business. I just would really question the ethics of this decision, to put it diplomatically. I dont think the logic of making money should be too difficult to figure out. For me the action itself is self-explanatory. I thought this was a list of portland entrepreneurs doing good things for the community, and wal Mart is the antithesis of that.

Quick reminder that we’ve got Walmart Labs coming in tonight to talk about what they do, why they chose Portland, and why Small Society decided to join forces.
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The RSVP count for tonight is the largest we’ve ever had. Those of you who are Mobile Portland veterans please help make newcomers feel welcome. Any assistance you can give to help things run smoothly is always appreciated. On a night like this, the fact a bunch of people in the community pitching in is the thing that helps me stay somewhat calm and sane. :-)

Absolutely. In fact, if you're publishing to iPad Apple requires you to at least think about the issue, as they specifically test for SOME sort of response to the app functioning in an offline environment.
Unfortunately, it's really hard to solve problems like syncing hundreds of megs of content (even 10s of megs) in a media app when people expect things to just work immediately. News Stand definitely solves this for a certain class of media but if you're not making a periodical then that's not helpful, and people grumble about app download size as much as they do anything else.

I wish it was my idea, but I believe my co-worker Chris Higgins was the first to suggest it. And then thankfully my co-workers kept asking if I was having any luck getting Walmart Labs. So we’ve got them to thank for the topic.
Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying it. We’ll have some copies on Monday if anyone wants to look through it.

I second Preston. For most apps it is really silly not to consider offline
use. If nothing else you may choose to keep it in "airplane" mode (no
connections on) just to preserve battery life.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Preston Crawford <

FYI, an event in Seattle that has a few mobile companies involved. Comes up this week.
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My 2 cents? You are the rule, not the exception. Most people don't care to run personal hotspots. Most people don't carry a 3G connection in their tablet. An even if they do a connection can be spotty while in foreign countries, on a plane, in a subway, etc.
I'm a gadget junkie. I have. 64GB iPhone 4S, 64GB iPad 2 and a MacBook air that I travel with frequently. That's to say that I am willing to pay for always having a connection and yet I run into situations constantly where I don't have one. Subways, tunnels, flights and rural communities being the best example. I can't even get a phone connection in downtown Cannon Beach. Definitely can't get one on the NY Subway (although the Moscow, Russia subway has full bars).

I suspect that part of the reason for the high number of RSVPs for Monday’s event is because others are wondering similar thoughts.
I know Dion, Ben, Raven and James well enough to know that their choices were well considered decisions. I’m looking forward to hearing from them their logic and thoughts.

We're looking for a pair of developers. 1 for C# and 1 for Android/
Java.
This is for a 6-month gig that will likely renew.
Anybody know folks in the market?

And as always, thanks Seth. That webcast has saved me several times :)

Howdy folks,
What do you all think of portland companies being sold to WalMart?
If this is off topic I apologize. I've run my own small business in portland for 11 years. I'm curious as to how selling a business to WalMart will affect our local economy.
Have a good day,
Amanda Machina
Sent from my iPhone

When developing an app for a tablet, do you consider how it works for users
who lack an always-on net connection?
In other words...
Mobile developers probably don't personally use wi-fi-only devices, but I'm
less connected (I'm just a hanger-on here). I have a 1st gen iPad with only
wi-fi, not 3G (although updated to the latest iOS). Like most consumers, I

as always, it will be webcast here:
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Seth.

Any chance of webcasting the meetup?
Michael

Monday,Jan 30th. Doors open at 5:30. Please RSVP
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The news that Walmart had acquired local iOS development agency
Small Society surprised many people. Twitter was abuzz with
questions like:

* Walmart has an office in Portland?
* Why did Walmart Labs decide to locate an office in Portland?