About

This in-person meetup is for all the passionate techies speaking Tamil in Pondicherry & Auroville to come together, share knowledge and grow along the way. If you're an extremely passionate techie who's studying or working with technology in a regular basis, then please register for this event. Looking forward to see you on March 30(Saturday) from 3:30 PM until 5:00 PM!

Nittin Shankar is the organizer of the meetup. He's a web developer with over 5 years of experience building web applications in domains like tourism, marketplace, finance, NFTs, and many more. He is also a podcaster running a Tamil podcast called Vaanga Pazhagalaam with Techies where he interviews techies from various walks of life and look to learn from their journey, stories and experiences. New episodes release every two weeks.

Please feel free to reach out to him in case you have any questions about this meetup. You can find him on Instgram with the profile username nittin.shankar. If you're not on Instagram, feel free to send me him a WhatsApp text at +91 90808 22578.

Schedule

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Introductions 

We have a rather fun way of introducing each others in the meetup!

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM: Tech talk -  Introduction to creative coding through p5.js

p5.js is a popular javascript library for creative coding. In this talk, you will be introduced to the field of creative coding with various real time examples. You'll also learn how to get started with p5.js for building projects by creating a simple art work through code.

This talk is presented by Nittin Shankar(the organizer of the meetup)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM: Break

Time to get replenished with more energy

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Podcast discussion

We all interpret things in a unique manner that is different from each other. Let's get together to discuss our learnings and interpretations from listening to the latest episode from the podcast Vaanga Pazhagalaam with techies. It'd be great if you spend some time listening to the latest episode titled #10 - Rathish on getting rejected by Navy, significance of self-discipline, his process of self-evaluation and more

Please note

The location shown by default is wrong. The meetup is taking place at Talam's office located in Auromode Apartments, Auroville. Participants have faced trouble previously to reach as there are many confusing routes. It is advisable to use the route to Auromode Apartments through Visitors Center. You can use this google maps that has the recommended route for people coming from Pondicherry.

The organizer might not attend the phone while the meetup is happening. In case you have trouble reaching the place, you can contact our security Noor Muhamad at +91 82201 74748