We have a very special Xcoders social coming up on the third Thursday of August — a special performance by James Dempsey and the Breakpoints!

You’ve seen him and various Breakpoints (conditional and otherwise) at WWDC, Live Near WWDC — and at any number of conferences such as CocoaConf and Deep Dish Swift.

You may know “Almost Dropped My iPhone” by heart — or at least have wondered how you’ll ever get “The Liki Song” out of your head! 🌴

And now’s your chance to see the legend himself, plus a star-studded lineup of mostly local Breakpoints, at a free outdoors show in a chill venue in Seattle in the summer.

Where: normal place for social events — Bale Breaker and Yonder Cider taproom in Ballard. Outside at the picnic tables.

When: Thursday, August 21, starting at 6 pm (earlier than normal) and going till closing (10 pm). The music will probably start around 7 pm. 7-ish. We’ll play it by ear. :)

Food note — the scheduled food truck is the Thursday regular: Impeckable Chicken.

This Thursday, July 31, we’ll be celebrating longtime Xcoder Brent Simmons’s retirement from the working world! He’s still coding, though — ever and always an Xcoder. 🐥

Where: normal place for social events — Bale Breaker and Yonder Cider taproom in Ballard

When: starting at 5 pm (earlier than normal) and going till closing (10 pm)

There will be cake! 💥

It’s been a long time since we’ve had meetings with presentations!

We have managed to keep up with social meetings (held outdoors), because social is important.

But actual presentations are important! And we’re finally back. Presentation meetings will be on the first Thursday of each month, starting April 3. (Social-only meetings will continue on the third Thursday of each month.)

When: Thursday, April 3, 6:30 pm - 9 pm (gather at 6:30 pm; talk starts at 7 pm)

Where: North Seattle College, 9600 College Way North, in room LC 1105 in the library

After: Watershed Pub and Kitchen (all-ages friendly), across the John Lewis bridge, one block from the Northgate Link Light Rail station

You can subscribe to the Xcoders calendar and/or follow along on Meetup. Here’s the Meetup page on the April 3 event.

Note: there’s a social-only meeting sooner: this week, Thursday, March 20, 7 pm - 9 pm, at Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider taproom in Ballard (826 NW 49th St.). We meet outside.

All are welcome! You don’t have to be a coder — the group includes testers, support humans, designers, writers, and everyone who loves Mac and iOS apps. We even welcome managers! 🎩😀