It’s been exactly one year since the reboot of Nashville CocoaHeads last February. I’ve loved seeing the Nashville developer community grow along with the connections and ventures which have come out of the group. Members I’ve talked to have expressed how the community has inspired and motivated them in their day-to-day work.
The group’s success would not have been possible without the speakers who sacrificed their time to create and give presentations at our meetings. Also, we are thankful to have the sponsorship of Aloompa who has provided us with a meeting space, pizza, and drinks for every meeting.
Each meeting we’ve had a speaker give a talk or lead a discussion on a particular topic. Here’s a little recap of our meetings and topics over the past year.
February 20 – Jared Sinclair: “Photoshop for Developers”
Great first meeting tonight! About 25 Cocoaheads came out to party. pic.twitter.com/PUTzRikSkC
— Nashville CocoaHeads (@nashcocoaheads) February 21, 2013
March 21 – Short Presentations
CKRefreshControl – John Haitas
CocoaPods – Christopher Cotton
Method Swizzling – Ben Gotow
Rapid App Prototyping – Matthew McCroskey
UITableViewCells & Model Objects – Bryn Bodayle
Great meeting at Nashville Cocoaheads tonight! pic.twitter.com/uukdbr3tws
— Nashville CocoaHeads (@nashcocoaheads) March 22, 2013
April 24 – Jon Wiley: “Core Data with Magical Record”
May 22 – App’s We’ve Made and the Lessons We’ve Learned
Versagram – Ian Broyles
T3 Player – Bryn Bodayle
Mac App Piracy & ClickOnTyler – Tyler Hall
June 26 – iOS 7 Discussion
July 24 – Patrick Goley – “Audio Options in iOS”
August 13 – Jon Wiley: “New Features in Xcode”
Fun @nashcocoaheads meet up tonight. @microchip128 showed off some new Xcode goodness. pic.twitter.com/qYGwpPYWPG
— Ian Broyles (@ianbroyles) August 22, 2013
September 25 – Ian Broyles: “AVFoundation for Video”
Great Nashville CocoaHeads meeting last night! Thanks to @ianbroyles for presenting on AVFoundation. pic.twitter.com/XnSZGPWgI9
— Nashville CocoaHeads (@nashcocoaheads) September 26, 2013
October 30 – Andrew Lattis: “TextKit in iOS 7”
Great CocoaHeads meeting tonight. Much thanks to Andrew Lattis for presenting! pic.twitter.com/RQ3p4grypy
— Nashville CocoaHeads (@nashcocoaheads) October 31, 2013
November 20 – Bryn Bodayle: App Review Discussion
December 18 – Patrick Goley: Developer Tools Discussion
Great Nashville CocoaHeads meeting tonight! Packed house. Thanks to @_madScience_ for talking about dev tools! pic.twitter.com/4AH5cLr8Om
— Nashville CocoaHeads (@nashcocoaheads) December 19, 2013
January 23 – Ben Gotow: “Transitioning to OSX from iOS”
Great meeting and talk by @bengotow tonight! pic.twitter.com/IbRvwWuTdd
— Nashville CocoaHeads (@nashcocoaheads) January 24, 2014
What’s Next
I’m looking forward to seeing Nashville CocoaHeads continue to grow. This year I am excited about our group engaging with other developer groups in the community as well as other CocoaHeads groups in the region. I have also been brainstorming with a few people about how the group can interact with the larger non-developer community in Nashville. We’ve had a great year, and the future of Nashville CocoaHeads looks exciting!