Looking to connect with fellow entrepreneurs? Here are some picks in technology events happening this week:
IMAGINEERISM Tech Socials Event with Awesense CEO
Monday, January 21, 7:00-10:00pm (Map)
John Gray (contributor to Techvibes and Huffington Post BC) will conduct a fresh interview with Mischa Steiner-Jovic of Awesense (BC Business Magazine’s #5 Most Innovative Company in BC in 2012). Mischa is an awesome and cool chap who just received a whole bunch of funding and is setup to be kicking ass in the world of energy.
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Mobile Apps
Monday, January 21, 6:00-9:00pm (Map)
An evening with Jonathan Kohl as he describes some of the common pitfalls of mobile applications and how to avoid them.
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The Mighty Event: a cheat-code to `reduce` complexity and unlock super-powers
Tuesday, January 22, 6:30pm (Map)
UI development in the browser is hard, from interaction design to choosing an acronym – MVC, MVP, MVMP, MVVM, MVW, WTF. In several Coffeescript/Javascript examples we’ll demonstrate techniques that reduce complexity (in both code & control-flow), simplify testing, and unlock secret super-powers.
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CasperJS – Headless testing made easy!
Wednesday, January 23, 6:30pm (Map)
CasperJS is an open source navigation scripting & testing utility written in Javascript and based on PhantomJS — the scriptable headless WebKit engine.
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Search Engine Optimization 101
Friday, January 25, 6:30-8:00pm (Map)
This class is not only a great opportunity to learn all about the fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization, it is also a great chance to talk with a few online professionals who have already implemented many of these insights, and will be in the class with us to join the conversation.
Don’t forget to check out our Vancouver Tech Event Calendar to keep up with events happening around Vancouver.




