Refresh Chicago

Refresh Chicago is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in and around the Chicagoland area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards.

Do you feel like the web needs a new look? Interested in the latest web technologies? Care about design, but feel it must be usable? Want to meet informally with other designers and developers around town?

If you are in the Chicago area and are interested in attending and/or organizing community meetings, join this group so we can keep you updated.

Events coming up

We don't have any upcoming events for this user group. Do you know this group? If so, why not submit a future event? We also support iCal, EventBrite and Meetup feeds.

Past events

  • Jennifer Sisson - Refresh Chicago October Meetup

    26-27 Oct 2011 in Chicago, United States

    You must RSVP with your full name.You will need to check in at the security desk when arriving at TechNexus. Using your full name should prevent any trouble getting in the door. If you've already RSVPed and need to change your name, check out this Meetup FAQ for the details.6:30pmGather, meet, chat, and eat food provided by Obtiva7:00pmTopic to be announcedpresented by Jennifer Sisson8:00pm15 minute site or code critique8:30pm

  • Pek Pongpaet - Prototyping Mobile Apps without Coding

    28-29 Sep 2011 in Chicago, United States

    You must RSVP with your full name.You will need to check in at the security desk when arriving at TechNexus. Using your full name should prevent any trouble getting in the door. If you've already RSVPed and need to change your name, check out this Meetup FAQ for the details.6:30pmGather, meet, chat, and eat food provided by Obtiva7:00pmPrototyping Mobile Apps without Codingpresented by Pek Pongpaet8:00pm15 minute site or code critique8:30pm

  • David Kadavy - Refresh Chicago May Meetup

    25-26 May 2011 in Chicago, United States

    You must RSVP with your full name.You will need to check in at the security desk when arriving at TechNexus. Using your full name should prevent any trouble getting in the door. If you've already RSVPed and need to change your name, check out this Meetup FAQ for the details.6:30pmGather, meet, chat, and eat food provided by Obtiva7:00pmTopic to be announcedpresented by David KadavyDavid Kadavy is the author of "Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty

  • Behavior design and persuasion on the Web - Nick Disabato

    27-28 Apr 2011 in Chicago, United States

    You must RSVP with your full name.You will need to check in at the security desk when arriving at TechNexus. Using your full name should prevent any trouble getting in the door. If you've already RSVPed and need to change your name, check out this Meetup FAQ for the details.6:30pmGather, meet, chat, and eat food provided by Obtiva7:00pmBehavior design and persuasion on the Webpresented by Nick Disabato

  • Simple JS & CSS Management with Rack

    23-24 Mar 2011 in Chicago, United States

    Update: Nick Disabato will now be presenting in April while Avand Amiri will be presenting in March.You must RSVP with your full name.You will need to check in at the security desk when arriving at TechNexus. Using your full name should prevent any trouble getting in the door. If you've already RSVPed and need to change your name, check out this Meetup FAQ for the details.6:30pmGather, meet, chat, and eat food provided by Obtiva7:00pmSimple JS & CSS Management with Rack

  • Creating Searchable Maps with Google Fusion Tables

    Thu, 24 Feb 2011, 00:30 - 02:30 in Chicago, United States

    You must RSVP with your full name.You will need to check in at the security desk when arriving at TechNexus. Using your full name should prevent any trouble getting in the door. If you've already RSVPed and need to change your name, check out this Meetup FAQ for the details.6:30pmGather, meet, chat, and eat food provided by Obtiva7:00pmCreating Searchable Maps with Google Fusion Tablespresented by Derek Eder

  • Refresh Chicago Monthly Meetup

    23-24 Jun 2010 in Chicago, United States

    You must RSVP with your full name.You will need to check in at the security desk when arriving at TechNexus. Using your full name should prevent any trouble getting in the door. If you've already RSVPed and need to change your name, check out this Meetup FAQ for the details.6:30pmGather, meet, chat, and eat pizza provided by Obtiva6:45pm15 minute lightning talk... TBA7:15pm45 minute presentation... TBA8:15pm

  • Organizing CSS with Sass, Site & Code Critiques, and more!

    26-27 May 2010 in Chicago, United States

    This will be an interesting meetup, to say the least. There's lots of new this month:New Location:TechNexus at 200 S Wacker DrNew Day:4th Wednesday of the monthFurthermore, we've had a difficult time getting a "main presenter" to commit this month, so we are opening it up to everyone to submit presentations.

  • Refresh Chicago April Meetup

    21-22 Apr 2010 in Chicago, United States

    Due to several circumstances, we've decided that this month's meetup will be social event similar to the one we had last November. It works out well as many of us have wanted another informal get-together of this kind. Join us to chat with friends, introduce yourself to new people, and just have a good time with like-minded individuals.Currently we're planning on having it at the same location as before: DeLux Bar & Grill at 669 N. Milwaukee Ave.

  • Document-Oriented Databases: A CouchDB Primer — March 2010

    17-18 Mar 2010 in Chicago, United States

    As web developers, we work with relational databases everyday. MySQL, the workhorse of the Internet, has taught us think about our data in terms of relationships. But sometimes our data doesn't fit neatly into this model—sometimes foreign keys and mapping tables are just aren't the best way. Apache CouchDB is a different kind of database. It's document-oriented and it's built for the web.

  • Applying Your Web Design Skills to Application Design

    Thu, 18 Feb 2010, 00:30 - 02:30 in Chicago, United States

    Join Refresh Chicago on February 17th to see Stephen Korecky explain how he made the move into designing applications, utilizing his knowledge of web design. Stephen will compare and contrast application and web design, share helpful tips for application design, and teach you how to get started.

  • Writing for the Web; Your Browser is the New Photoshop

    Wed, 13 Jan 2010, 00:30 - 02:30 in Chicago, United States

    Start the new decade off right by joining us at the first official Refresh Chicago meetup. We plan to have two presentations, off-the-cuff website critiques, refreshments, and great conversation with like-minded individuals.Writing for the Web: The Right Strategypresented by Shay HoweAll too often content is overlooked when designing and building a website. The problem is that users rarely come for the design or experience — they come for the content!

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