May 2009 Video
Thanks to Alex for recording, editing & uploading the video from last month’s Refresh meeting. You can watch it here on the blog or at vimeo.com/5136153. Remember, there’s no meeting for this month (June) due to ConvergeSC. Hope to see you all at the conference!
Featured in the video:
37 (or so) Tips for Becoming a Better Web Designer
Jay Barry - Period Three & Unmatched Style
Small little nuggets of wisdom that can help anyone become a better designer.
Resources Mentioned:
- Coming Soon
Type that Doesn’t Suck
Jennifer Mcswain - ADCO
A case study of type on the web and beyond.
Starts at ~20:35 - Resources Mentioned:
- Elegant Web Typography (slideshare.net/jeff_croft)
- http://sxswtypography.com
- Cufon (cameronmoll.com)
- F*ck the foundries (diveintomark.org)
- 25 Font Resources (buildinternet.com)
- Guide to Web Typography (ilovetypography.com)
- http://www.typetester.org/
- http://www.unmatchedstyle.com
- http://www.patterntap.com
- Twitter Search:typography
- http://www.ilovetypography.com
- http://www.bookcoverarchive.com
Quick Website Self-Defense Tips for Search Engine Visibility
Gene Crawford - Period Three & Unmatched Style
A jam packed overview of Search Engine Visibility and Tips on being findable on Google.
Starts at ~45:20 - Resources Mentioned:
- Coming Soon
Playing with JQuery
Jason Beaird - Cyberwoven
jQuery is fun! No, really it is! Jason shares some code examples and explain how anyone can pick up jQuery: the write less, do more, JavaScript library.
Starts at ~61:50 - Resources Mentioned:
- publix4pennies.com/weekly
- docs.jquery.com
- learningjquery.com
- jqueryfordesigners.com
- Nettuts: 15 Resources To Get You Started With jQuery From Scratch
- Digital Web: jQuery Crash Course
May 2009 Meetup
We’re switching things up this month at Refresh Columbia. We have 4 presentations, a new venue and we’re meeting on Thursday (May 28th) rather than Wednesday this month. Our new venue is the Bostick Auditorium in the Richland County Main Library. This is a big room, so be sure to invite your friends!
The Presentations:
37 (or so) Tips for Becoming a Better Web Designer
Jay Barry - Period Three & Unmatched Style
Small little nuggets of wisdom that can help anyone become a better designer.
Type that Doesn’t Suck
Jennifer Mcswain - ADCO
A case study of type on the web and beyond.
Quick Website Self-Defense Tips for Search Engine Visibility
Gene Crawford - Period Three & Unmatched Style
A jam packed overview of Search Engine Visibility and Tips on being findable on Google.
Playing with JQuery
Jason Beaird - Cyberwoven
jQuery is fun! No, really it is! Jason will share some code examples and explain how anyone can pick up jQuery: the write less, do more, JavaScript library.
When: May 28th, 2009 at 6pm
Where: RC Main Library (map) Bostick Auditorium
Topic: Tips, Type, Findability & jQuery
Web Developer Positions at TrueMatter
The following is a job posting for 2 open Web Developer positions at TrueMatter in Columbia, SC. If you have a local job opening you would like to post on this site, please let us know.
Front-End Web Developer / Production Designer (Download Job Description)
A Front-End Web Developer at truematter will be able to understand visual Design concepts and flawlessly convert them to Front-End HTML code. The ideal candidate will possess jaw-dropping knowledge of HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript and will be fully conversant on browser compatibility issues and strategies.
Interactive Designer (Download Job Description)
Interactive designers are responsible for simple, powerful visual design for Web Applications, Web sites and Mobile Devices.
Web Developer – Need .NET/C# skills (Download Job Description)
The Web Developer will work closely with the entire development team, Information Architects, Designers and other developers, to realize the optimal client solution. The ideal candidate will possess extensive, jaw-dropping knowledge of HTML, DHTML, CSS, ASP, ASP.NET, JavaScript, SQL, Section 508 compliance, cross-browser compatibility issues, and browser degradation strategies.
If interested, please goto TrueMatter.com and check out their open positions.
Columbia iPhone Dev Group
Dayton Pruet let me know at our last meetup that an iPhone dev group was in the works. I thought I’d pass along the following email about their new Google group for those interested:
Alfonso from the CEDG .Net user group has setup a Columbia iPhone Developers group out on Google Groups at the address below. If you are interested, or know anyone else that may be interested, feel free to share this group link with them. We are planning to schedule a meeting once a month, but have not come up with anything specific yet.
http://groups.google.com/group/columbia-iphone-developers
AIGA Web Design Panel
AIGA Web Design Panel
Thursday, April 23, 2009
6:30pm - 8:00pm
McMaster, Room 214
Corner of Pickens & Senate
Columbia, SC
AIGA South Carolina has organized a panel discussion about web design and invited several members of our group to participate. We’ll be talking both individually and collectively about how we got into the industry, the tools we use, trends we’re aware of, and what the future may hold for the web. The event is free to attend, so please come out to show your support for your fellow Refresh Columbia members. I’m also excited that Matthew Smith of Greenville (who I met at SXSW this year) will also be driving down to participate.
Read more on the AIGA Event page »
