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  • Mark O’Neill “The API Economy – why APIs, not apps, are the future

    Mark O’Neill “The API Economy – why APIs, not apps, are the future

    MIT Mullingar is proud to present an informal talk by Mark O’Neill entitled “The API Economy – why APIs, not apps, are the future”.

    API’s have been around for a long time, however, in recent years Web based API’s have grown hugely in popularity allowing disparate applications talk to each other seamlessly. Every major web player have their API’s e.g. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter. When we talk of the Connected House, Connected Car, Internet of Things, Manufacturing 4.0 etc, API’s are the underlying technology that make it all these work.

    Mark advises on strategy for API management, as part of an overall digital platform. He advises on how API management relates to SOA, and SOA governance, including the importance of API security. He brings deep industry knowledge on API governance and architecture.

    This talk is suitable for Developers, Architects, Entrepreneurs and IT Business Decision makers.
    Event Information.

    This is a free event however to accommodate all attendees comfortably registration is required.
    We are using Eventbrite this time to handle attendees for a change!

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  • “The Midlands as a Gaming Technopolis” by Rob Acton

    “The Midlands as a Gaming Technopolis” by Rob Acton

    MIT are delighted to announce Rob Acton as a guest speaker who will be giving a presentation entitled “The Midlands as a Gaming Technopolis“. Rob is quite active on the Social and Monetised Gaming scene and will be announcing ten new jobs for the midlands in his companies at the event. Rob will be available afterwards to talk to those that are interested in his open positions.

    On the night Rob will be sponsoring pizza and wedges for attendees for what promises to be a highly interesting event. Non MIT members welcome, but please let us know if you are interested in attending by registering here.

  • “How to be Happier At Work – Six ways to make magic happen every day” by Gerry Duffy

    “How to be Happier At Work – Six ways to make magic happen every day” by Gerry Duffy

    MIT are delighted to announce Gerry Duffy will be giving a presentation to the MIT group entitled “How to be Happier At Work – Six ways to make magic happen every day”.

    Gerry is a world renowned motivational speaker and author and is probably best known locally for his achievement of running 32 marathons over 32 consecutive days and winning the first ever Deca Ironman event.
    Currently Gerry runs the Gerry Duff Academy gerryduffyacademy.com offering expert guidance to those seeking assistance setting their goals, improving leadership, and building high value teams.

    About Gerry

    Gerry’s Bio – www.gerryduffyacademy.com

    Register to Attend (it’s FREE)

    This is a free talk and open to the public and suitable for everyone that wants to develop their career. To accommodate all attendees comfortably registration is required (click on the link below).

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    Tea/Coffee served afterwards sponsored by Cookie Web.

    More information

    Email: [email protected]

    MIT Mullingar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7477636/profile

  • “Tilting the Viewfinder” by Joan Mulvihill, IIA

    “Tilting the Viewfinder” by Joan Mulvihill, IIA

    MIT Mullingar is pleased to announce that Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet Association, will be giving a talk entitled “Tilting the Viewfinder” on Tuesday 25th August in the Annebrook House Hotel at 7pm.

    Joan’s talk will focus on Irelands search for our very own technology giant and how we should expand the opportunity to all sectors – food, health, education and energy.

    The talk is free of charge and open to all, just email us to let us know you are coming.

  • MIT Meetup: Chamber Vouchers Brainstorming Session

    MIT Meetup: Chamber Vouchers Brainstorming Session

    For our next MIT meetup we have been tasked by the Mullingar Chamber of Commerce to see if the MIT group  could make recommendations to streamline the processing of their Shopping Vouchers http://mullingarchamber.ie/buy-vouchers/

    Some members of the Chamber will be present on the night to outline the current process as well as to provide guidance on proposed strawman solutions.

    Not wanting to sound like a job-spec but if you have experience in Architecture, System Design, Coding, Banking, Database, Frontend, Internet, Security, App Development, Cloud, Testing, Hosting, Payments,UX…. etc we want to hear what you have to say!

    This session is open to MIT members that would like to be part of this
    unique opportunity to shape the future of business in Mullingar.

    Let us know if you are able to make it!

  • Scratch Tutorial by CoderDojo Mullingar

    Scratch Tutorial by CoderDojo Mullingar

    Next Mullingar meetup is on Tuesday 30th June at a new time of 7pm, Old Reading Room, Annebrook House hotel, Mullingar.

    MIT are delighted to announce that Gerard Keena head of CoderDojo Mullingar will give an introductory class in programming with the Scratch Programming Language.

    The class is geared towards adults that would like to see what ‘programming is all about’ as well as IT professionals that would like to try something new and interesting.

    This class is open to the public and free of charge. All are welcome, especially parents considering sending their children to CoderDojo in future.

    Bring a laptop if you would like to give it a try, this is optional, it’s OK if you just want to watch and learn. Remember, it’s not that difficult, if an eight year old can do it so can you!

    More information on Scratch can be found at https://scratch.mit.edu/, and it can be installed beforehand from https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch2download/.

    The download version runs on most versions of Windows, Mac OS X, Mac OS 10.5 & Older and Linux, but not Tablets. Alternatively we can help you install it on your laptop on the night and take you through it step by step.

  • MIT May Meetup – A Talk by Dean Gammell

    MIT May Meetup – A Talk by Dean Gammell

    MIT Mullingar next meetup is on Tuesday May 26th 18:30 Old Reading room in the Annebrook House hotel.

    We have the pleasure of a guest speaker on the night, Dean Gammell CEO DG Ventures Limited, Winner of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur 2014.

    Dean’s LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dean-gammell/15/8b0/407

    Dean, an MIT member, will be giving a talk on the ups and downs of starting and growing a successful international online business from the midlands.

    We are opening this session to the public, and will organise a sponsor for some Tea/Coffee and Biscuits.

    Please lets us know if you are interested in attending!

  • MIT Meetup – April

    MIT Meetup – April

    Lots to catch up on, especially with Eddies cool MIT project planner (expect a demo ha ha!) and recent updates.

    As usual shout:

    1. Can you make it and
    2. If you want nibbles at 7 euros a head.

    (Happy to alter/scrap food option, there was a lot left over last time! – maybe we were too busy yapping!)

  • MIT Meetup – March

    MIT Meetup – March

    MIT next meetup Tuesday 31st March 18:30-20:00, Old Reading room, Annebrook house hotel.

    Finger food (Cocktail Sausages/Pizza slices/Goujons etc.) optional 7 Euro per head.

    To help us organise could you please let us know

    1. If you are planning to attend and
    2. If you would like some finger food

    Looking forward to catching up with everyone!

  • MIT Meetup – October

    MIT Meetup – October

    Hi all,

    The next MIT Mullingar next meetup will be held on Tuesday 28th October at 6.30 pm in the Annebrook house hotel.

    We have no set topic (yet?), so it’s looking like more of a social meet. If anyone wants to pitch a topic just reply to the thread!

    Please let us know by reply on this thread if you are:

    1. able to attend on the night.
    2. interested in nibbles at 7 euro a head