Once a week the Austin Post rounds up all the networking, social and just plain nifty technology related events taking place in the greater Austin metro area.
This week, Austin is host to both our last Game Developer’s Conference and the ongoing wonder that is Austin Startup Week. If you’re overwhelmed by major events with thousands of people from across the country, there are also still plenty of cosy local networking events and user groups. These are some really great opportunities for networking and job searching. Take advantage of them.
Austin Startup Week
Oct 8 - 12
Downtown
One neighborhood. Dozens of companies. Thousands of people. This week, Austin’s vibrant technology scene shows off to the world. There are over 50 related events, most of them open to the public, so take advantage of this wonderful, mostly free opportunity to check out our tech companies, enjoy some free beer and BBQ, and network with your fellow tech professionals in a variety of settings. You won’t see another opportunity like this until SXSW (which is neither free nor locally focused.)
Game Developer’s Conference Online
October 9 - 11
Downtown Convention Center
If you work in gaming, from casual gamer apps to MMORPG’s, this is your big industry event of the year. If you’ve always thought of going but never made the time, this is GDC’s last year in Austin. At the very least, you owe it to yourself to sneak into some of the after parties.
Professional Headshot Day at Link Coworking
Oct 9, 9:00 a.m.
Link Coworking
2700 West Anderson Lane #205
If you’re putting together a professional portfolio, your roommate’s point and shoot isn’t good enough. For $50 ($75 for multiple poses and/or backdrops) a professional headshot photographer will take your photo and photoshop out your hangover eye bags and random nervous acne attack. A good headshot is a useful asset for your startup staff page, and these will almost certainly look better than the old picture your roommate took using a point and shoot.
Party with PocketGamer at GDC Online
Oct 9, 6:00 p.m.
Hangar Lounge
318 Colorado St
If you don’t have the cash to attend the Game Developer’s Conference in the downtown convention center but still want a chance to network, check out this party in the nearbyHangar Lounge.
Refresh Austin Meetup and Resources Fair
Oct 9, 7:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
Austin is one of the fastest growing markets in the tech industry, and we have many resources at our fingertips for folks in the startup community. Come and learn about meetups and resources in town, and find one that is right for you and your business. This is just one of many great events that are part of Austin Startup Week.
Zombie Marching Band and Gaming Party
Oct 9, 9:00 p.m.
Cedar Street Courtyard
208 W 4th St
In honor of the Game Developer’s Conference’s last year in Austin, Free to Play is hosting one heck of a blowout party including tapas, music, and a zombie marching band.
Austin Python Monthly Meetup
Oct 10, 7:00 p.m.
Texas Tribune
823 Congress Ave
We typically have a main presentation or a series of lightning talks, followed by discussion and Q&A. There is a diversity of domains and experience levels represented, so come with your questions and be prepared to talk about how you use Python!
Austin All-Girl Hack Night
Oct 10, 7:00 p.m.
Build-A-Sign
11525 Stonehollow Dr #100
Bring your laptop, bring your projects, bring your knowledge, and bring your questions! From now on, hack night is going to be a more informal affair, a chance to drop in and work together with other female developers in Austin on side projects, work projects, or larger open source initiatives. You can also come get help with presentations, technical articles, testing, or just general feedback.
Austin Startup Crawl
Oct 11, 5:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
ATX Startup Week is happening and it's also the night before the Austin City Limits music festival. You've had an awesome week and are ready to get the party started... so now what? Why not stop by for a quick beer, game, snack or just say hi at one of the many downtown tech companies from 5pm to 10pm? At SXSW we had more than 50 companies and 3,500 registered crawlers. This won't be quite so big because it's not SXSW but it will still be thousands of people. Stop by some of the best in Austin Tech, have a free beverage, drop off a resume, see the office space or just kick back before the Austin City Limits music festival! Hop on the free shuttle to take you from startup to startup and end up right back at the beginning. Shuttles will run from 6pm to 10pm. It’s just that easy! Every office will have a unique beverage, activity, tee shirt or all of the above. Stop on by!
Walk the Austin Startup Crawl with CocoaCoder
Oct 11, 5:00 p.m.
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, 16th floor
The Startup Crawl is an opportunity to market your app, your skills and yourself. Meet angel and venture investors, co-founders and other business professionals while also learning something and getting a peek inside the offices of Austin’s hottest startups. If you don’t want to wander alone, join this meetup.
Austin PHP Lightning Talks
Oct 11, 7:00 p.m.
Join to learn the location
Join us for short, fast presentations on topics of interest to PHP coders.
Drupal Dojo
Oct 11, 7:00 p.m.
Mangia Pizza
8012 Mesa Dr
Theme: The Drupal Dojo is for anyone interested in hanging out with other Drupalistas in a "hive mind" environment. There is no set topic or presenter so bring your laptop, a pet project and an appetite.
The Austin Drupal Newbie Meetup
Oct 11, 7:00 p.m.
Join to learn the location
The October meeting will focus on installing Drupal 7 on a local machine, installing modules and themes. As usual, we will be there to answer your questions.
Mobile Joomla Strategies and Techniques
Oct 15, 6:30 p.m.
Opal Divine's Freehouse
700 W 6th St
Remember a few years ago when everyone was saying mobile was the future? Welcome to the future! There are close to 1.2 billion mobile web users in the world. With the onslaught smart phones and tablets over the last few years, it's no surprise that mobile web use is on the rise, and will only continue to grow in the coming years as more and more people get their hands on mobile devices. What are you doing with your website to get ready for mobile? Join Cory as he discusses strategies and techniques for going mobile with your Joomla-powered website.
MySQL 5.6 features and enhancement presented by Oracle at Oracle
Oct 15, 6:45 p.m.
Oracle
5300 Riata Park Court Building B
Learn about new MySQL features and how to use them, then network with your fellow coders.
North Austin Monthly C/C++ Pub Social
Oct 15, 7:00 p.m.
Join for location details
Theme: All are welcome to show up and chat about C, C++, Objective-C, C#, Java, Python, or software engineering in general. We'll have a sign saying "C/C++" on our table, so look for it! During the first hour, people come in and find a seat at our table. At 8:00 we ask the servers not to interrupt for a little while, so we can give everyone a minute or so to talk about who they are and what's on their mind. After that, people can shuffle around into new groups based on those introductions.
