February 2010 Meetup

Posted by Jason Beaird

February 17, 2010

The end of February is fast approaching which means it’s almost time for the next Refresh Columbia meetup. This month we’re bringing back lighting talks with 5 speakers presenting for 15 minutes each on a wide variety of web-centric topics:

The Lineup:

Every Designer’s Nightmare: Fear of the Blank Page

Jennifer McSwain (@jenmac24)
Jennifer will talk about finding inspiration to keep your work fresh, innovative and satisfying.

Sign Up Form Design

Gene Crawford (@genecrawford)
Gene will cover some basics behind the sign up form: psychology, patterns & design review.

What the @font-face

Jay Barry (@petridisc)
Jay gives us practical steps for using @font-face today.

YQL: Query the Web

Justin Shearer (@justinsane98)
Justin will give us a quick walk through of how to grab RSS feeds and other types of data for display on your site without using any server-side code.

The Care and Feeding of a Developer

Jason Johnson (@jason_johnson)
Jason will show us how to keep your developers challenged, focused and happy.

Featured Book:

Thanks to the user group partnerships advertised in the sidebar, we’ll be giving away a free book each month. This month we’ll be giving away a copy of Microformats Made Simple by Emily Lewis. We’ll choose a random attendee from the sign-in sheet, so be sure to show up and sign-in for a chance to win.

When: February 24th, 2010 at 6pm
Where: USC Swearingen Faculty Lounge – 301 Main Street (map)
Topic: Lightning Talks!
RSVP: On Facebook

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