Handmade Meetup this Saturday - RSVP! (5/30)

Abner Coimbre is our Handmade Cities founder. You may reach the author at abner@handmadecities.com

Seattle folks,

The last Saturday is upon us, which means our monthly meetup takes center stage. RSVP your seat at the earliest opportunity!

The Add to Calendar button should work just fine.

The details:

We’re right next to Roosevelt’s Light Rail. We can’t miss it if we have Apple/Google maps:

• Where: One Bite Cafe (in Seattle)
• When: Saturday, May 30th, 2-4PM
• Parking: There is street parking around the block. However, the most reliable place to park is “Green Lake Park & Ride”

The entire shop is reserved for Handmade, so let’s order snacks and drinks to support this family business!

Saturday’s Presentations (2-4PM)

We start with community news from yours truly, followed by featured presentations. Time permitting, we wrap it all up with roundtable discussions.

Featured Presentation #1

Alex Robbins is tech lead for an educational video game company. Opinions here do not represent his employer.

Alex is super interested in fluid simulations and he very kindly let me try a demo: I was flabberghasted by the progress so far. To read it in his own words:

“I’m imagining I would do a general overview of the fluid algorithm at work, how to keep a physics simulation like this stable and performant, as well as specific optimizations I’ve made.”

Now that’s what we call a worthy presentation for Handmade Cities.

Featured Presentation #2

Blake North is a former student at DigiPen who studied audio programming and sound design. He is currently part of Google’s Summer of Code.

I was shocked to realize half of you have never heard of modular synthesizers (!) and Blake is in my estimation a real expert compared to the rest of us. In this presentation he will introduce us to the wonderful world of creative play through digital audio: which software to use and how, what kind of hardware devices or peripherals are available and so on.

When Blake saw my intro for him he wanted to add the following, which gave me a good chuckle:

“Blake North is doing contract work for a few different people right now. This technically makes him his own employer, so opinions here do represent his employer.”

I can’t wait for these two Handmade demos.

Seattle After Dark (4-7PM) 🍕

As always, between 4:00 - 4:30PM we will wind down the official meetup and make our way to dinner and drinks. “After Dark” is optional, but during this time I moderate very little, which lets community members get spicier with their takes on our industry as a whole. It’s a hoot.

See you Saturday at 2PM,
Abner Coimbre