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Through spring and into summer!
Entry posted on Apr 09 by IttyBittyArtist

The April meeting was a smashing success. Many thanks to the wonderful folks at Brothers Drake for having us.  (They also do Drink & Draw in partnership with Rivet Gallery and a once-monthly creative mixer on the first Monday of the month - called Motive.)

So - what's coming up?

Tuesday, May 14th - Behance Portfolio Review!
We'll be partnering with Behance to make your portfolio or demo reel even better than it already is.  We're inviting local creative (rockstar) professionals to sit down and chat with you about your work. We're estimating 1 pro to 10 people.  You'll share your portfolio in a small group (It can be projected, on a display or in print - depending on what kind of portfolio it is. The rule is - come prepared as you would for a job interview.) 

In order to receive a review, you've got to sign up!  SO sign up here.

6PM @ the Columbus Idea Foundry.

We'll also have a recap on Adobe MAX, some more books from O'Reilly to give away and other swag.

Tuesday, June 5th
We're back at Brothers Drake - meeting topic still in the works.  Oh yeah - and we give out the $2100 in software that evening. (Reminder, every meeting you come to gets you additional entries into the drawing.)
Happy hour @ 6pm
Meeting starts @ 7pm

Tuesday, July 9th
Digital BBQ!

In September, we're going to do tech-talks again (PK style - 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide) so think about what you do that's design-related that you'd like to talk about.  There will be prizes-- Awesome prizes.

Producing Content for Digital Learning
Entry posted on Mar 26 by IttyBittyArtist

The April 2nd meeting will be back at Brothers Drake!

6:00 PM
Happy hour - and discussion of Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand by Connie Malamed (Pick up a copy if you wanna chat about it!  This will also be the topic of discussion next month.)

7:00 PM
We're going to shift the focus of the group on producing content for learning. To kick off that shift, we've got a great lineup for next week:

Interactive E-Learning App/Game Design/Development
Benjamin Diehl

Producing Videos for Learning
Matt Rundell

How to use Adobe Captivate
Ron Rhodes

8:30PM
GIVEAWAYS - O'Reilly book, ebooks and Adobe swag.

Meeting sponsored by The Creative Group.  Need work? Have mad design skillz? Come talk to Andrew at the meeting about what he can do to help find you a job that you love.

September Meeting - 20x20
Entry posted on Aug 14 by IttyBittyArtist

You have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to tell us how to do something fantastic.

At the September meeting, we're asking for YOU to tell us about a project you've recently completed, or something that you do that's notable in any Adobe application or combination of applications. 20 slides x 20 seconds per slide.

For your efforts, you will be rewarded....

Categories:

• Most fabulous slide design
• Funniest presentation
• Best "how-to" talk
• Most interesting project

You'll get a certificate for winning one of the above and bragging rights, of course,  A copy of "Slide-ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations" or "Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences", and a gift certificate based on the award that you win.

YOU MUST email jennifer [at] ittybittystudio.com if you are planning on presenting.  Bring your 20 slides as a PDF or PowerPoint deck.

Want to sponsor a winner?  email jennifer [at] ittybittystudio.com.

Columbus Digital 2012 2
Entry posted on Feb 27 by IttyBittyArtist

Starting in January, meetings moved to a slightly different format.

We're going to be meeting on the first Tuesday of the month for a presentation night/happy hour.
There will be 3 mini tech talks (20 minutes each).  One will focus on some aspect of video production, one is specific to graphic design or image creation and one is focused on application or web development.

We're keeping it at Brothers Drake Meadery - where you can grab a glass of mead or a mixed drink, or one of their delicious non-alcoholic beverages and enjoy the talks.

6pm - social hour
7pm - presentations start
8pm - presentations wrap up & we give things away
(then hang around to ask questions of the speakers until 9)

SPONSORS... If you'd like to be our hero for the night-- sponsor food! 
What does this get you?

• Logo placement & a mention in the post for the meeting on our web site, on our Facebook page and Twitter feed.
• 5 minutes at the beginning of the presentations to explain who you are, what your company does and what your creative needs are OR why our members should consider using your services

You can also sponsor freebies-- things for us to give to the people at the meeting.

• Tangible things like pens or coffee mugs 
• Discounts for services or coupons for free services

We're Not Dead! 1
Entry posted on Dec 06 by Mykola Bilokonsky

The Columbus Digital Adobe User Group had a rough time of 2011. We got off to a solid start but had a hard time coordinating meeting dates, projects and group direction as the year went on. We had some meetings in the first part of the year, but our facebook group seems to have vanished entirely. I have no idea why - the link to the group now simply goes directly to facebook.com, it's like it doesn't exist, but it was there!

In 2011 we had presentations about:

1) Adobe AIR for BlackBerry development (as part of the RIM promotion)

2) Introduction to Drupal, showcasing some Dreamweaver functionality in the process.

3) An introduction to Arduino, with emphasis on making Arduino and Flex play nicely together

4) A look at how to design for Mobile

5) Several meetings to design a new website. The design is complete, but this was never developed.

Moving forward, 2012 is going to bring an all-new direction to the Adobe User Group. Jenn Deafenbaugh is going to be taking over and revitalizing this group. Look for more announcements and information soon!

Congratulations Pam McClung
Entry posted on Jul 01 by steve_easley

I want to congratulate Pam McClung on winning the Adobe $2100 software give-away for the first half of 2010.  She was very excited and surprised to win.  I would like to thank all of you who came to the meeting and a special thank you to Chris Shrier of Madison and Fifth for hosting the event and providing yummy food from Spinelli's Deli.

We will have one more $2100 software give-away toward the end of the year.  We have not decided what we are going to get entered to win, but we will have it planned out before the next meeting.

Presentation Night RSVP Reminder
Entry posted on Mar 25 by steve_easley

I wanted to remind everyone to RSVP for the presentation night that is happening next Tuesday, March 30th.  We have received word from Adobe that they are going to start migrating the User groups sites to a new system starting this Saturday, and they are suggesting anything added to the current site be done by Friday, March 26, as data entered after that may not get included in the migration.  So you might want to RSVP soon to ensure your entry in our contest, (see below).  Your username must be on the RSVP list to be included in the contest.  

Exciting Times for Adobe Users 1
Entry posted on Mar 24 by steve_easley

Adobe has been very busy and has released two products, ColdFusion Builder (CF10) and Flash Builder (Flex 4) were just released and Adobe CS5 will be released in 19 days.  So it is a great time to work with Adobe products.  Over the next several months, we are going to try and highlight some of the new features of these products.

As an added bonus to Columbus Digital, on Tuesday, April 20th, Kevin Hoyt, an Adobe Platform Evangelist, will be our guest speaker on a special presentation night.  He is going go go over some of the great new features of Flex 4.  I know this is 3 Flex meetings in a row, and I apologize about this, but we did not know that Kevin was going to be in Columbus when we booked Kris Schultz to present.  I have seen Kevin present before and he is very passionate about Flex and is a great presenter.

I will have more information about this special meeting once we have more details, but I wanted to let you know the news now so you could plan for it and tell your friends.  By early April, I hope to have all the details for you.

December Presentation Night
Entry posted on Dec 05 by steve_easley

December's presentation night is just a few days away.  Please go to the event at columbusdigital.org and RSVP so we can let our sponsors know how many people we will have at the event.

Thanks!

Upcoming Events
Entry posted on Nov 26 by steve_easley

I would like to first thank everyone who came out to our November meeting at Ohio State University's Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design.  I would like to especially thank Maria Palazzi for the incredible presentation on Synchronous Objects as well as a tour of the ACCAD facility and Jenn Deffenbaugh for helping put it all together.  It was an amazing presentation and tour and I encourage you to go to their website and take a look: http://www.synchronousobjects.osu.edu.

I would also like to thank Jake Hammond from Robert Half Technologies for sponsoring the event and bringing a great array of food for us.  

Next Tuesday, December 1st, is the deadline for registering for our December Data Visualization contest.  The winner will receive a $2100 voucher to buy a product at the Adobe Store.  We have other prizes as well for both contestants and attendees.  If you are interested in participating, please take a look at the official rules  and please register so we know how to prepare your entry for the meeting.

Tuesday, December 8th, will be the judging for the Data Visualization contest on a special December meeting.  This meeting will be held at Lextant in the historic Smith Brothers hardware building downtown and will be sponsored by both Lextant and Apex Systems.  We are planning on having a buffet that night.  We encourage you to come as the attendees will be judging the contestants work.  So we need a lot of judges for the event.

I will post more information in the next week about our last meeting of the year.

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