BigDOCC Meeting March 4, 2014 Notes
It was a slow start this morning but plenty of people showed up in the end. There were 23 attendees. As usual, the conversation was as diverse as the people. As usual, BitCoin was on the agenda - will it ever get old?
NOTE : Reach out to me on Twitter with any updates @calendee.
Newcomers
Forgive me if I get some names wrong or miss them completely. Sometimes it's difficult to hear everyone speaking.
- Brent : From Jakray - Web and app development
- Marta - Sorry I accused you of being a newcomer! She's an old hat at this BigDOCC stuff.
- @noddfw - Sorry I didn't catch your name. If you're looking for co-working space, this might be the place. Do y'all have a "real" website?
- Aimee Bentson : Fashion startup Victory Mountain Threads
- Bradly McCunis(?) : Works at Cadera
- Matthew (?) : iOS App Developer. "Whatta Do? or Whatta Know?"
- Latish Sehgal: Works at Improving Enterprises (again kudos to them for supporting the tech community).
- Interested in SQL? Latish is working on SqlSmash
- Mylin Lam(?) : Working with mobile apps for fitness companies / gyms. Anyone get a link or name?
- Nathan (?) : Works at RealPage - Property management solutions
Events:
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Dallas New Tech : The preeminent tech event (of the week at least) is tonight. This weeks presentations:
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Voting : Texas Democtratic and Republican Primaries and a few Texas constitutional amendments. Go Vote!
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1 Million Cups : March 5, 2014. Two presenters:
- EarthWater - Distributing natural water products. It's kind of sad that we need to specifically say "natural" when discussing water.
- Veterans Moving America - Moving company that hires only veterans. As a veteran myself, I applaud their goal.
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Dallas Startup Week : Shhh.. Nothing going on here. Sound exciting. Huh? What was that. I didn't say anything. #DARTforTheWin
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ViaWest Conference : There's a cloud themed conference going on some time this week that includes ViaWest. Anyone have links. I couldn't dig up anything.
Jobs:
- @noddfw : Looking for an events coordinator.
Topics
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Meetup DDOS
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Meetup has been struggling with a Distributed Denial of Service attack for several days now.
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If you don't know what you're doing this week, it's because Meetup hasn't been able to tell you.
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http://meetupblog.meetup.com/post/78413031007/no-doubt-this-has-been-a-tough-weekend-for
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FriendMichael.com - If you'd like to stay up to date of the DFW startup scene, follow Michael via his site.
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Startup Happy Hour - March 6, 2014
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LaunchDFW Events Calendar - There are many more startup events happening in the DFW area. Checkout this events calendar along with Meetup.com
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Food Court Wars - March 6, 2014 at Collin Creek Mall in Plano.
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More BitCoin Madness
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Mt. Gox source code leaked and published everywhere including your Grandma's facebook page.
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FlexCoin : Was robbed of all the BitCoin's they didn't even hold! Quite a feat to steal something that is not there.
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Glasshole Attacks
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A Catholic priest, a Baptist minister, and a Jewish rabbi walk into a bar .... And beat up a Glasshole. Not really but it sounds like a funny joke.
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Will Google Glass ever see mainstream acceptance? Does it's high cost and invite only nature prevent it from really reaching the masses?
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We discussed how we are already monitored by security cameras. Why does everyone get upset about some Google Glass stalking? Are people worried about the actual recording of our lives or the intent of the recording?
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In case you are completely inept and can't determine appropriate uses, Google has a guide for you here.
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Pay Per Gaze? - Checkout a billboard with your Glass and Google gets paid for it?
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At recent healthcare conference in Florida, many C level executives had no idea what Google Glass was.
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Someone mentioned an "eyePal" or "iPal" eye tracking for Google Glass. This is all I could find. Anyone else have a link to the real thing?
- http://www.abisee.com/products/eye-pal.html
- I don't think they meant this : http://www.eyepalusa.com
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More Wearable & Other Tech:
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iRing : Turn off your alarm, ignore that call and more with the one ring to rule them all.
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Wearable Ear Computer - Was that a yawn or did you want me to look something up for you?
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My Dog Hates Me - Ever wonder what your dog is thinking when he looks up at you with thoses sad eyes? "I Love My Master?" "Feed me you piece of ...?" In case you are dying to find out, you too can spend a fortune to find out.
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Coin Wallet Card One coin to rule them all.
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What's up with the mandatory replacement when battery dies?
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Security issues associated with losing it.
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Is this the end of physical currency? We discussed whether actual cash will ever go away. A case was made that "plastic" would go away before greenbacks. This brought up a conversation about how the "unbanked" are paid. Is cash king for them or are pre-paid cards the payroll payment method of the future?
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Ellen's Selfie
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Was her Samsung selfie "organic"
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Why an iPhone backstage and a Samsung on stage?
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The Supreme Court is going to hear their case soon
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Dept. of (in)Justice claims that Aereo infringes on copyrights of broadcasters.
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Aereo fights an injunction in the West handed down by U.S. District Court in Utah.
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Aereo is a cord cutters Nirvana : Aereo + Hulu Plus + Netflix = ~$30. Fill in with rented or purchased content from iTunes and kiss the cable bill goodbye.
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Dish wants in on the action too.
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Cell Phone Unlocking
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AT&T does it quickly for some and not so quickly for others.
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New Bill in Congress will make it more available to individuals but will prevent "unlocking companies" from scamming ... ahem... helping customers unlock their phones.
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In Car Entertainment & Navigation
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iOS Car Play coming to a high end car near you.
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Michael just wants a volume button that will remote control his phone
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Texas Instruments isn't really known for "sexy". Their "kids science project" booth at CES didn't help change that perception. However, they've got some cool HUD navigation technology and http://www.digitaltrends.com/ces/texas-instruments-developing-a-whole-different-kind-of-in-car-infotainment-with-ti-dlp-technology/#!ymbuA.
