Web414 - Milwaukee's Web Community

Korporate-Media Encore — Saturday, December 8th, 2007 — 7pm

David says, "The Korporate-Party this year was a MESS on the streets, so if you couldn't make it, feel free to come to the encore presentation. Info on www.korporate-media.com

Bucketworks
1340 North Sixth Street
Milwaukee, WI

December 2007 Web414 Meeting — Thursday, December 13th, 2007 — 7pm

Topics so far: OpenSocial, Greasemonkey, Prism, a demo of the Asus Eee PC, and DrupalCampWisconsin, which is happening January 19th, 2008.

This is the One Year Anniversary of Web414. I'm going to bring cookies. Anyone else wanting to bring a treat, please do!

MSOE
1235 N. Milwaukee St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Room: r201 (Second floor, second door on the right)

Update: It looks like the Milwaukee Web Design Meetup Group will be joining us... Neat!

Also listed on Upcoming and Facebook.

January 2008 Web414 Meeting — Thursday, January 10th, 2008 — 7pm

We will be having dinner at 6pm at the Chipotle on Ogden and Jackson. Join us if you wish!

Topics so far: Greasemonkey, Asus Eee PC Demo, DrupalCampWisconsin, and a discussion on starting/running a small business.

Book Swap & Loan: Everyone bring a book you either want to trade, or would be willing to loan to someone.

Rosenberg Hall (MSOE)
1235 N. Milwaukee St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Room: R101

Also, if you plan on coming, please use the sign-up that is part of this post. (We'd just like your name, so we can gauge how many people plan on coming. You need to be logged in to sign-up.)

Also listed on Upcoming and Facebook.

DrupalCampWisconsin — Saturday, January 19th, 2008 — 10AM-10PM (Registration starts at 9AM)

DrupalCampWisconsin is a 1-day event focused on the use of Drupal. Don't know what Drupal is? Here's what Drupal.org says: “Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations have used Drupal to power scores of different web sites.”

DrupalCampWisconsin will be much like a BarCamp event: It will be free for attendees, and we encourage everyone to participate. We do want to cover various topics from the basic to the advanced, so there may not be a completely open schedule grid like many BarCamps use, but we definitely want time for anyone to lead a session.

Is DrupalCampWisconsin for you? If you've never heard of or used Drupal, you'll want to at least get familiar with it before the event. If you're already using it, consider helping us organize, and volunteering to lead a session on a topic you know about.

If you are interested in attending, please add your name to the wiki page: http://barcamp.org/DrupalCampWI

MSOE
Multipurpose Room
1025 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Join us for an evening with Kevin Hoyt, Adobe Platform Evangelist presenting the new Adobe Flex platform. Raffle prizes include Adobe CS3. If you plan to attend please RSVP to kevin@milwaukeeaug.com (Admission is free, but seating is limited.)

Don't miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Adobe Flex 3 and Adobe AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, each event will also be raffling off a copy of Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of Adobe CS3 Web Premium!

WCTC
800 Main Street Harry V. Quadracci Center
Pewaukee, WI 53072

5:30 registration/check-in
6:00 event starts
6:15 Kevin Hoyt, Adobe Product Evangelist Presentation
8:15 Q&A

More info: http://www.milwaukeeaug.com/flex.html

February 2008 Web414 Meeting — Thursday, February 21st, 2008 — 7pm

Topics so far: F1 Website Challenge, BarCampMadison2, MilwaukeeDevHouse, Bucketworks...

Update: Join us for Dinner at 6PM at the Chipotle on Ogden Ave.

The F1 Website Challenge is coming up, and Web414 is one of the teams! Let's do some pre-planning for the team so they are ready to hit the ground running. I've also heard mention of a similar challenge here in Milwaukee to help non-profits get up-to-speed on the web. Can we start planning this?

Other topics... BarCampMadison2 is (hopefully) right around the corner, and we'll have a MilwaukeeDevHouse before that (Don't know what a "DevHouse" is? See SuperHappyDevHouse for more info.) And Bucketworks? Well, this is the first official Web414 Meeting there, they've really improved the place, and it might be of interest to Web414 members.

Bucketworks
1340 North 6th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
USA

Also listed on Upcoming and Facebook.

One more thing... We'd appreciate if you use the signup here (you must be logged in) even if you signed-up on Upcoming or Facebook, just so we get a good idea of how many people plan to attend.

F1 Web Challenge

Here is a chance for us to give back. Sign up, join our team, and get some rest. We are hoping to carpool, so leave your info below if you need a ride/would like to be a ride and where you are coming from.

From the site:

Sierra Bravo hereby challenges our fellow web professionals (nerds like us) to join a friendly competition in donating 24 hours to build a complete website for a Minnesota non-profit organization — and everyone wins!

Calendar and Event Day Timeline
Event Day Timeline, Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2 *7:30 a.m. — Registration, breakfast served
8:30 a.m. — Welcome remarks by Sierra Bravo and sponsor(s)
9:00 a.m. — Teams meet together for the first time to discuss the mission and objectives of their non-profit, as well as desired functionality of the new website
10:00 a.m. — Begin programming and countdown begins
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. — Lunch served, Guitar Hero Challenge
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. — Dinner served
12:00 a.m. — Midnight snack and another fun challenge (TBD)
6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. — Breakfast
12:00 p.m. — Programming stops, judging begins
12:30 p.m. — Lunch served
1:00 p.m. — Presentations by groups, web demo of their work. This will be the final thing they will be judged on. Judges will have had two previous touch points with each team, including once at the very beginning and again circa what would be considered “bedtime” for the outside world. Winner announced. Closing remarks. Good night and good luck.

F1 Web Challenge

Here is a chance for us to give back. Sign up, join our team, and get some rest. We are hoping to carpool, so leave your info below if you need a ride/would like to be a ride and where you are coming from.

From the site:

Sierra Bravo hereby challenges our fellow web professionals (nerds like us) to join a friendly competition in donating 24 hours to build a complete website for a Minnesota non-profit organization — and everyone wins!

Calendar and Event Day Timeline
Event Day Timeline, Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2 *7:30 a.m. — Registration, breakfast served
8:30 a.m. — Welcome remarks by Sierra Bravo and sponsor(s)
9:00 a.m. — Teams meet together for the first time to discuss the mission and objectives of their non-profit, as well as desired functionality of the new website
10:00 a.m. — Begin programming and countdown begins
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. — Lunch served, Guitar Hero Challenge
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. — Dinner served
12:00 a.m. — Midnight snack and another fun challenge (TBD)
6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. — Breakfast
12:00 p.m. — Programming stops, judging begins
12:30 p.m. — Lunch served
1:00 p.m. — Presentations by groups, web demo of their work. This will be the final thing they will be judged on. Judges will have had two previous touch points with each team, including once at the very beginning and again circa what would be considered “bedtime” for the outside world. Winner announced. Closing remarks. Good night and good luck.