Chicago Web Professionals Meetup Group

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Past events

• Liz Shickles from Artisan?Web/Tech Needs Outlook for Chicago and Beyond

  Wed, 10 Oct 2012, 00:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  Our thanks to Jeff Cogswell for presenting in September! I missed out but understand the jQuery goodies were well worth the evening.Join us Tuesday October 9 when Liz Shickles from Artisan will share her insights into the web/tech industry in Chicago. Liz regularly provides staffing for some of the biggest players in the tech sector in Chicago through Artisan. Liz will talk about the structure of agencies providing robust web service and how she staffs them.

• Nicholas Paredes on Mobile User Experience

  Wed, 15 Aug 2012, 00:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  A big thank you to Carolyn Chandler from Manifest Digital (and Code Academy), for her thorough presentation, "From Print to Digital." Registration for the fall session at Code Academy is open now until August 12. us Tuesday, August 14, 7PM for a presentation on mobile user experience by Nicholas Parades. Nicholas Paredes, User Experience Manager-Mobile for W.W.

• Carolyn Chandler: From Print to Digital

  Wed, 11 Jul 2012, 00:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  Many thanks to Paul Everton who provided an insightful look into his work with Yapmo and creating, managing and nurturing a mobile startup.In July, join us for Carolyn Chandler's presentation, "From Print to Digital." Carolyn writes:Designers working in print learn valuable skills in brand presentation, tone, visual hierarchy and layout. But how do these principles apply to digital design?

• Yapmo's Paul Everton on Creating a Mobile Social Application

  Wed, 13 Jun 2012, 00:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  A big thank you to those who participated in the Wordpress Hackathon, May 19 and all of the sessions that lead up to it! Special thanks to the Chicago Web Pro. members, Jeff McNear, Becky Davis and Steve Starr (okay, I'm writing this...) who helped spearhead this effort. As far as service projects go, this was a great success and will be an ongoing asset for the beneficiary, Chicago Creative Coalition (C3)

• Part 3 - Wordpress Hackathon

  18-19 Apr 2012 in Evanston, United States

  A big thank you to Dave Rodman for his stellar presentation on jQuery basics in March!Our April meeting will be Wednesday, April 18, 7PM at coLab Evanston, 900 Chicago Ave., Suite 104, Evanston. If you have been participating in the Wordpress Hackathon, this is Part 3 of the 4 part process.

• jQuery Basics from Dave Rodman

  Wed, 14 Mar 2012, 00:00 - 02:00 in Evanston, United States

  Thank you to Dennis Deacon for facilitating a great conversation on client relations in February. And for all those who attended, thank you for your valuable input!In March, Dave Rodman, of Rodman Design and regular attendee at the Web Pros. will present accessible tips on use and implementation of jQuery. You don't need to be a code jockey to appreciate this session, but if you are, you'll enjoy Dave's style with this Javascript library.

• Client Talk - How to Work With, Deal With

  Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 01:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  Thanks to Shay Howe for providing a fantastic whirlwind presentation on HTML5 & CSS3 in January.For our February meetup (and since it is being held on Valentine's Day), we'll be taking about the love we have for our clients. We'll be changing the format for this particular meetup, with a round-table discussion, involvoing and engaging all attendees. Topics for discussion will include (but are not limited to): *Maintaining your sanity with "crazy" clients

• Quality Development with HTML5 & CSS3

  Wed, 11 Jan 2012, 01:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  It was great to see everyone at the holiday dinner!Our presenter for January is Shay Howe, a User Interface Engineer at Groupon and front end developer extraordinaire. We are very excited to have him present for us.HTML5 and CSS3 are paving a new frontier in front-end design and development. We now have the ability to develop more semantic code and styles quicker than ever.

• Holiday Dinner at Gullivers

  Wed, 14 Dec 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  A big shout out to Pat Shiplett and John Mahady for their November presentations. We were entertained and delighted by Pat's ourconstitutionalrights.com and energized and excited by John's grasp of mobile for Android.Join us in celebrating the holidays, a successful end to 2011 and another year for the Chicago Web Professionals! We'll meet Tuesday, December 13, 7PM at Gullivers, 2727 West Howard Street, Chicago for a relaxed sit-down dinner for any and all comers.

• Gaining Insight for Website Improvement

  Wed, 12 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Evanston, United States

  You built it; is any one coming to your website? Are people successfully completing the tasks/goals? Is the website successful in meeting/exceeding the businesses/organizations goals?Many times, once a website is launched, that's it. Many times, these websites fail at meeting their intended goals. Find out how to gain insight into what's happening with your website, through website analytics, A/B Split testing, memory/navigational tasks and usability tests.

• Web Typography

  Wed, 14 Sep 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Evanston, United States

  Web typography has been largely ignored in the past because of the restrictions of having to use the same 8 "web safe" fonts all the time. In the last few years that has changed dramatically. Many fonts are now available from a variety of sources, making typography a must know skill for any web designer.Join us as Steve Starr gives us a brief history on Typography and how it can affect and enhance your designs.

• Introduction to CSS Frameworks and Preprocessors

  Wed, 13 Apr 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Evanston, United States

  A big thank you to Biagio Bucaro for his March presentation on Cyberlaw. We learned a lot about contracts and how to recognize when billable time is flying out the window!Join us April 12 when William Melody will present "Learning to Understand and Love Stylesheets and Web Design by Looking Beyond Plain CSS: An Introduction to CSS Frameworks and Preprosessors." Learn how to easily design for the web without getting stuck on weird browser quirks or stumbling over CSS’s shortcomings.

• Cyberlaw for Web Designers and Developers

  Wed, 9 Mar 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  Thank you to Tim Palac for our February deep dive into Wordpress. His enthusiastic look at programming and the unique work method he uses provided additional insight for those of us using Wordpress.Join us on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 7PM when Biagio Bucaro, JD from the Law Office of Biagio Bucaro LLC will present "Cyberlaw for Web Designers and Developers." Biagio will provide a high level overview of the following relevant areas impacting web designers and developers

• Another Deep Dive into Wordpress

  Wed, 9 Feb 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Evanston, United States

  Many thanks to Jon Buda for his great presentation on "Responsive Design" and all the brave souls that came out on a snowy Tuesday January evening to learn about some best practices for applying your design scheme to mobile devices.Last fall, we had a show of hands for "who would like another session on Wordpress" with an enthusiastic show of hands. So, finally, in response.

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