The San Francisco Android User Group

Meetup Reviews

Reviews from
HTC on compatibility best practices and how to avoid vendor lock-in on Tuesday Apr 24, 2012

Meetup Rating
3.5014

Attendees
199
It was pretty good, though really more of an Android beginner's primer than anything else
— Calvin Liu
It was enough to convince me to sign up on htcdev.com. Nice to see more devices going out to developers, too (hint -- I could really use a tablet).
— Doug May
presenter material was dull and non-exciting. live demos / recorded demos of functionality on HTC tablets using their pen APIs would have made it much more interesting
— Alexander Gaber
Reviews from
Touch Based Authentication Interfaces/Systems plus Lightning Talks on Tuesday Mar 27, 2012

Meetup Rating
5.002

Attendees
35
I've always been very interested in security vs UX issues, and with the touch-based mobile devices, it's starting to look like we can have the best of both worlds. The presenters captured the topic well and did a good job discussing their proposed solution.
— Aleksandar Gargenta
Reviews from
Wearable Android: Coming to a Wrist Near You on Tuesday Feb 28, 2012

Meetup Rating
4.0021

Attendees
277
Excellent intro to wearable android devices -- very informative
— Andrew
Interesting topic, a very effective presenter, and a great crowd to network with.
— Jim Vitek
The product wasn't appealing at all.
— Scott Kim
Interesting session, worth my time.
— Len Ott
Its too thick, but good to fair response. The UI gesture conventions take a bit of getting used to.
— Matt Farnsworth
Very good presenter and interesting topic.
— Cristian
The speaker gave an excellent talk, thoroughly enjoyed it. I went and bought one of the WIMM watches today!
— Wayne Piekarski
Very good attendance, great topic and speaker. The question and answer period was very insightful.
— Mike Gifford
really informative, great meeting space as well and ample parking which was helpful
— LeaGRANITEVC
Very good! Really want to know when webkit is put into their SDK and when it will be sold to the public! We have users...(just not a million at the moment) and apps we can build.
— Jimmy Brake
Very interesting and inspiring talk
— Peter Buysschaert
Wimm Labs developed a great device. very Small device supporting Android2.1, WI-Fi, Bluetooth its really great. But device cost $199 is high and less apps inside the device.
— Abu Laxman
Reviews from
The Big Picture: Learn how to develop apps for Google TV on Tuesday Jan 31, 2012

Meetup Rating
3.5018

Attendees
187
I was really excited to learn from Christian how the GoogleTV platform has evolved and how the Android community can finally take advantage of the new APIs/market and develop for the "10-foot experience". Awesome!
— Aleksandar Gargenta
Good overview of general features and design considerations for developing for Google TV.
— Bard
I had to rush out of work early and not eat dinner before attending this event to just get there by 6:45PM (that's when the talks usually start). But when I arrived, there was no space to even stand and no food left. I just turned around and walked right back out. Complete waste of my time, I should have just stayed at work or just went home and get some dinner instead of stopping by.
— James Lau
Generally good, but... 1) I would have suggested more info on how to get involved as a developer since Google is obviously trying to push this young platform. 2) Let's go back to the pizza instead of finger sandwiches
— Christopher Kriese
good presentation but I wish it would have started on time since I had a hard stop at 8pm.
— Hendrik van der Meer
Started a bit later than I expected, but otherwise was well organized and content was interesting.
— Matt Adler
A lot of info. , sometime it was difficult to hear the speaker, however, I was at back of the room.
— Regina Vann
Was a little disappointed that it started so late. Was looking for a few more technical details/insights. The presentation seemed a little high altitude.
— Joe Quigley
Started late with no explanation. Information was presented well albeit general.
— Jessica Montoya
Reviews from
10 Million Users: Lessons Learned and How to Prepare Your App for Growth on Tuesday Dec 13, 2011

Meetup Rating
4.5011

Attendees
72
Non-technical, but very refreshing and relevant. I enjoyed both talks and the audience seemed very engaged. Both Edith and Don are fantastic presenters! Thank you!
— Aleksandar Gargenta
First presentation was excellent. I especially loved the video of the Spanish translation app. Second presentation was also very good - a tough task to try to "reverse engineer" Google's ranking system.
— Morgan Conrad
Very informative speech about Dolphin project and Google Market Search
— Roman Ganchenko
Great speaker with a lot of enthusiasm. I was able to get a lot of good ideas.
— Hendrik van der Meer
Reviews from
Learn about Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) from Romain Guy and Chet Haase on Tuesday Nov 29, 2011

Meetup Rating
4.5021

Attendees
142
Chet and Romain keep on delivering! Not only did we get an amazing intro to ICS (which rocks on all the accounts!) but we also got a bonus presentation (on UI) as well! Thanks guys!
— Aleksandar Gargenta