October 2010 Meetup
This month’s meetup will be frighteningly close to Halloween, so we decided it’d be a treat to dig up and revive a theme from our October 2008 meetup, The Bleeding Edge of the Web. There are lots of scary techniques and technologies haunting our workflows. This gathering will feature a series of lightning talks (10 minutes or less) that highlight new ways to help us escape the web’s haunted past.
We’ll have lots of candy up for grabs at this month’s meetup and our book giveaway will go to the person with the best costume. Costumes are optional of course, but you can’t win if you don’t dress up. If you can’t make it to the meetup, feel free to join us afterwards at Hunter Gatherer. We’ll be headed there for dinner and drinks around 7:30pm.
This Month’s Talks:
Running with Font Squirrels
Aaron Hall (@llahnoraa) – aaron.im
It’s time to kick your Cufon and sIFR habits in the nuts. Aaron is a web designer and front-end developer who loves experimenting with HTML and CSS. For those who aren’t already onboard with @font-face, he’ll explain how to get up-and-running with them quickly using the free resource, Font Squirrel.
Creative Working Spaces Canceled
Larry Thacker (@cre8ordie) – cre8ordie.com
For this talk I’m going to shift focus from sketchbooks to working environments. For creatives, this could range from a traditional desk with bitching dual monitors and a G7 Tower, a table and laptop at Starbucks, to a park bench while working on your iphone. I’m interested in having Refresh members share pictures of their working environments and some of their favorite collaborative spaces around Columbia.
HTML5 is the Future NOW!
Jason Beaird (@jasongraphix) – jasongraphix.com
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard lots of buzz about HTML5. In less than 10 minutes, Jason will explain what HTML5 is, why people are so excited about it and how you can start using it today.
iPhone Photography
Nick Kask (@kaskcreativity) – kaskcreativity.com
Nick Kask is a brand manager and graphic designer, but he’s been taking photos longer than either. Now, with an iPhone in hand, satisfying photography is even more accessible. Using simple apps, Nick creates interesting and styled imagery, uploading them immediately to a tumblr gallery capture the moment. In this talk, Nick will go through basic ideas and the apps that work best to bring iPhone photos to life.
Featured Book:
Thanks to the user group partnerships advertised in the sidebar, we give away a free book at each of our meetups. This month we’ll be giving away a copy of The CSS Detective Guide: Tricks for solving tough CSS mysteries by Denise Jacobs. Instead of giving it away to a random attendee, we’ll vote for and give it to the person with the best costume. If you’d like to win the book, or if you just want to show off your Halloween costume a few days early, be sure to come dressed up.
When: October 27th, 2010 at 6pm
Where: USC Swearingen Faculty Lounge – 301 Main Street (map)
A few people had trouble parking at Swearingen last month. If you can’t find a meter spot around the building, there’s usually plenty of spots along Catawba on the other side of Assembly.
Topic: The Bleeding Edge of the Web 2010
RSVP: On Facebook
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