DevSIG

Sat, 22 July 2006
Skilz Digital Arts Experience Centre, Bangsar Shopping Centre
3:00 - 6:00pm

Report : Chris Hong
Photos : Chris Hong

myMUG's very first Developer Special Interest Group (DevSIG) was launched at Skilz (thanks to Valerie and MacAsia for the wonderful facility) on 22nd July. The eight members that attended braved a rare storm that uprooted trees and rooftops in the neighborhood - this is one determined group!

Attendees kicked off the get-together with a brief introduction of their diverse background, and in the process discovered some talents in Java, php and HTML. Looks like we won't be running short on future speakers or opportunities to pick up these skills.

With the introduction out of the way, these founding members discussed and prioritized our next few meetings. Everyone contributed to the brainstorming. The maturity of the group is evident as two diverse needs (those of the more experienced and those getting their "programming toes" wet for the first time) worked out a solution - DevSIG will meet twice-a-month!

The first meeting of every month will feature a tutorial to introduce attendees to the programming topic while the second meeting will offer a mix of guest speakers (paid in peanuts) and "Bring your bugs and we'll help squash them" sessions.

Starting next month, Megat and Chris will introduce DevSIG attendees to Cocoa programming. No programming experience is assumed, there are no stupid questions, and there is no certificate (hey, it's free, ok?). Just get plenty of sleep beforehand. How to thank us? Offerings of food and drinks will be appreciated - we all know programmers are poor and malnourished.

If you missed this get-together, there's no need to fret, keep watching the myMUG "Developing" forum. In no time, you'll be a propeller-head like us. Like the Borg said in Star Trek, "Resistance is futile!"