Rochester chapter of The Open Organization Of Lockpicking. This monthly meeting is an opportunity to practice picking locks and meet other people that are experts in the subject. Meetings often have presentations about various locks and will let you borrow some lock picks and training locks to get you started.

Linux Workshop

Come and get your questions about Linux answered. We have experts on hand to fix problems and answer questions about Ubuntu and FOSS. Bring your system in so we can help you get the most from your FOSS.

Join other Unity developers at Buffalo Game Space to share projects, discuss techniques, and learn something new about one of the most popular game development engines in the world!
BGS Unity Dev Meetup is a free and open to the public event.

Join Center for Economic Growth, Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region and Excelsior Growth Fund at the KeyBank Business Boost and Build kick-off mixer hosted by The Black Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, August 21 from 5:00 – 8:30 pm.

The KeyBank Business Boost and Build program in New York is designed to stimulate economic growth by partnering with local organizations to provide high-impact technical assistance to entrepreneurs and small business owners in urban neighborhoods that have struggled to access these services in the past.

The program is powered by nonprofit venture development organization JumpStart Inc. and funded via a historic grant from the KeyBank Foundation.

Come learn more about how this program can positively affect your business and connect with others of like mind!

Weekly meetup for Interlock Members (and their guests) to come and visit, work on their projects, or share what they’ve been working on. It’s open to visitors but the First Tuesday’s of the month are the best time to visit if this is your first time.

Topic TBD Location Information If the map link above for our location is not sufficient here is a more detailed map that should be referenced:A map to Innovative Solutions: https://goo.gl/maps/KUWPkTHmD222 (parking and walking directions) The meeting will be at the Innovative Solutions family room: Use the entrance around the rear of the building (the opposite side of the building from the main entrance and sign). The door is located at the corner of the building, and faces the parking lot.

The Zone Orientation Series is a sequence of classes designed to introduce new members to key pieces of equipment and training at the Center of Gravity. Members who need a refresher on the topic are also welcome to attend! This week’s class will be an introduction to the most commonly used wood shop tools available at the COG. The class is taught by Doug “Elvis” Williams, and will have some basic hands on experience to insure you’re comfortable with the basics. Before coming to the class, please review this Red Tools Safety Video. This video will go over the basic safety procedures for the woodshop specifically, allowing you to focus on finer details during the Zero To Maker class. • What to bringBefore coming to the class, please review this Red Tools Safety Video online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1KgaohH9Ec&feature=youtu.be • Important to knowThis class is only open to paid members of the TVCOG. For more information on becoming a member: http://www.tvcog.net/membership-plans-fees/

StartupHV is focused on early-stage startups – from idea, to launch & beyond. NOTE: This event also posted at HV Tech Meetup:https://www.meetup.com/hvtech/events/253449531/ Agenda: Join us for a presentation by Deana Burke (Agency of Trillions/Indiegogo/CO.) on her new startup – Gracias (http://getgracias.com/) – ‘Making the buying and sharing of cryptocurrency a fun and accessible experience’. She is looking forward to StartupHV’s feedback and advice! We’ll also have a networking exercise with Sean Jones! As always, we also look forward to hearing any startup-related announcements & requests to present at a future StartupHV. Location: We are very excited to be hosted by CO. (https://www.coworkwith.co/), the new co-working space in Rhinebeck. ‘We believe shared work spaces and collaborative environments bring out the best in all of us’. Join us, and get a tour of CO.! RSVP here or at HV Tech:https://www.meetup.com/hvtech/events/253449531/ Workshop opportunities: If your startup is struggling to have a clear business-model, or you want to clarify and improve it, you can apply for a hot-seat at a future StartupHV meetup. We implement a crowd-sourcing approach to your business-model, using the Business Model Canvas (BMC), Value Proposition Canvas, SWOT analysis, Scenario Planning or other business tools. Please contact the organizers if you have any questions, suggestions, or you want to apply for a hot-seat!

Bring your own project (sewing, knitting, needlework…or hey, anything portable) and a beverage for a fun evening stitching and sipping in good company. The CoG provides an empty table, well-lit work space and electricity, as well as witty banter and camaraderie. No instructor, craft along with fellow Makers. Free to members, $5 cash fee at check-in for non-members. (Membership has its privileges, join the Center of Gravity to access our awesome equipment, including sewing machines!)

Join us at Buffalo Game Space for open figure drawing sessions. Practice your drawing or painting skills and mingle with fellow artists in the area. Models will begin with short dynamic poses, and progress to longer poses. Models will alternate bi-weekly, and will include males and females. 18+ only. Admission is $10 per attendee. Bring your own materials.

Ever wanted to make a 3D game cheaply on a low-to-medium end computer? Or a 2D game that utilizes the tools more commonly used in 3D engines, such as rigging? Unity may be just the game engine for you! Our Tech Valley Game Space Unity Orbit mentorship group can help provide you answers and resources to any questions you may have on this popular and free software.

*NOTE* DO NOT RSVP THROUGH MEETUP!! PLEASE RSVP here:(https://www.itx.com/itx-ux-2018-beyond-the-pixels) We’re bringing speakers that you’d see at SXSW, An Event Apart, etc. to Rochester for a UX conference on 8/25. It’s a UX Conference, but it’s not just for designers! This is for anyone working in product design and development and it would be great to get some ROC dev representation there. The talks will focus on how we can create awesome, meaningful experiences for people and how to find out if what we’re building is actually successful. Check out itxux.com and use the discount code GDIVIP for 30% off of tickets!

For too long there has been shroud of mystery on the inner workings of the RocPy organization! We would invite our fellow members to join us for our monthly organizer’s meeting!
We enjoy food, drink and most importantly, plan our upcoming meetings of RocPy.
This group would be nothing if not for your attendance and support, consider joining us!
Usually, it’s every 4th Tuesday of the month.

The Zone Orientation Series is a sequence of classes designed to introduce new members to key pieces of equipment and training at the Center of Gravity. Members who need a refresher on the topic are also welcome to attend! This week’s class will be an introduction to the fiber arts / crafts / glass cutting area available at the COG. Focus will be on the sewing machines, loom and embroidery machine, as well as crafting and glass cutting, and will be taught by Irene Purificato, Fiber Arts Zone Coordinator.

• Important to knowThis class is only open to paid members of the TVCOG. For more information on becoming a member: http://www.tvcog.net/membership-plans-fees/

Weekly meetup for Interlock Members (and their guests) to come and visit, work on their projects, or share what they’ve been working on. It’s open to visitors but the First Tuesday’s of the month are the best time to visit if this is your first time.

Capital Region Business to Business Networking
Thursday, August 30 at 6:30 PM

I am sure we have had more new members since our last meet-up. Lets get together & introduce ourselves and network with other like minded business pro…

Come join us at our Bi-Weekly Meeting! Here we discuss game development techniques, art, music, news, show off member projects and most importantly, have a great time. BGS Game Development Meeting is a free and open to the public event.

Are you a musician interested in writing songs for games? A chiptune enthusiast? Or just interested in video game tunes? Then come meet likeminded creators and listeners at our monthly BGS Music Meetup!
BGS Music Meetup is a free and open to the public event.

Come hang out at Funkhaus! As per usual, we will have interesting talks, good conversation, refreshments.

The Zone Orientation Series is a sequence of classes designed to introduce new members to key pieces of equipment and training at the Center of Gravity. Members who need a refresher on the topic are also welcome to attend! This week’s class will be an introduction to the 3D printers available at the COG. Focus will be on the Makerfront, mBot and Makerbot printers and the software used to prepare models for printing (called slicers). This class is only open to paid members of the TVCOG. For more information on becoming a member: http://www.tvcog.net/membership-plans-fees/

On the first Tuesday of each month we have our Open Night. It starts with a very short (15 min) business meeting and then we open the floor to members. Members give a short presentation bragging about the cool things they have accomplished in the past month or shamefully admit they have failed.
So come out and meet the geeks.

MQTT is a Publish / Subscribe data protocol that’s used throughout the Internet of Things space. But it can also be used for all kinds of real time data streams, including turning government provided open data into open event streams. In this talk, we’ll explore: * various techniques in handling real time events on the web * what a publish / subscribe model for software is * what the MQTT protocol looks like under the covers * and dive into 2 applications using MQTT to see how it all comes together Speaker: Sean Dague is president and founder of HV Open, and has spoken over the years on the subjects of Virtualization, Cloud, Time in Software, Internet of Things, and many more. He’s current a Developer Advocate at IBM working in the areas of Cloud, Containers, Serverless, and Open Source. Lightning Talks: We’ll also be doing the following lightning talks before the meeting: * None yet, please propose below! Propose a Lightning Talk Location: 300 Rockefeller Hall 3rd Floor Auditorium Vassar College 124 Raymond Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12604