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Developing for Android with Flash CS5
Entry posted on May 12 by mmugChicago

After an excellent event in April with Chicago Flex, this month is focusing on an extremely hot topic, developing for mobile devices.

Recent reports have shown tthe Googles Android has surpassed the iPhone in the smart phone market. That is just another reason you will want to join us at this months meeting of AUG Chicago, The Chicago Area Adobe Users Group, when we take a look a the new Flash CS5 and how to use it for mobile development. With AIR for Android on the horizon our guest presenter, Conrad Fuhrman will be talking about the pros and cons developing for mobile devices and how to prepare your site, code, and development environment for optimum usage. Conrad intends to discuss best development practices covering some of the new classes that can use the GPU for rendering, and some of the new touch events. If you are interested in developing an application, game, or project on a mobile platform, this presentation is not to be missed!

Monday May 17th, 2010 
6:30-8:30 (Doors oopen at 6:00) 
Ascend Training
410 S Michigan Ave.
Room 433
Chicago
Free

RSVP tohttp://augchicagomay2010.eventbrite.com

February Presentation Notes Available
Entry posted on Feb 22 by mmugChicago

Thanks for everyone who came out to our February meeting. You can now download Allans "Introduction to Objective-C Programming" presentation slides here:http://www.augchicago.org/presos/AUG_iOS_%20Lecture_Slides.pdf

night is the Chicago Dev Happy Hour, sponsored by Digital Primates
Entry posted on Mar 21 by mmugChicago

After tonights Adobe User Group meeting , the Chicago Dev Happy Hour is holding their meetup at the Exchequer, starting around 8:30. If you can join us, look for a group of shaggy software developers ready to slug it out about the current state of affairs with AT&T and T-Mobile. Check out our website: www.chicagodevhappyhour.com, and join the meetup: www.meetup.com/chicagodev

Motion Graphics Festival Registration Now Open! 2
Entry posted on Dec 04 by mmugChicago

Registration is now open for the 2009 Chicago Motion Graphics Festival

This annual event runs January 20-25, 2009 in the Chicago Loop. MGFest presents Chicago's best artists to the country's most representative demographic.

Receive up to $375 in free gifts, if you register before Jan 1, 2009. Details can be found here.

Flourish Open Source Conference 2011 - April 1-3
Entry posted on Mar 31 by mmugChicago , tagged Development

Flourish is a FREE conference hosted by the University of Illinois at

Chicago Association for Computing Machinery (UIC-ACM) and the

University of Illinois at Chicago Linux User Group (UIC-LUG).  The

goal of Flourish is to promote Free and Open Source Software and Open

Culture.  We have a variety of talks, sprints and other activities

that you can participate in.  Check out our website at

http://www.flourishconf.com/.

Dates and Venue:

April 1st through 3rd at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  More

information about the venue is available here:

http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/directions/.  Our schedule is posted

here:  http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/schedule/.

Highlights from our Speaker Line-up:

We have an exceptional lineup of speakers this year:

- Ryan "Icculus" Gordon - Will talk about Gaming on Linux

- Italo Vignoli - Founder & Steering Committee member of The Document

Foundation (LibreOffice)

- Chris Palmer - From the Electronic Fronter Foundation

- Mitch Altman - A famous open source hardware hacker and creator of

the TV-B-Gone.

- Chris McAvoy - VP of technology at Threadless and founder of the

Chicago Python Users Group

- Gregory Miller - From Open Source Digital Voting

More speakers are listed on our website here:

http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/speakers/.

Registration is now open!  You can register at

http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/registration/.  

Registration and

attendance is FREE!

Chicago Developer Happy Hour August Meetup
Entry posted on Aug 16 by mmugChicago , tagged Development

This just in from the good folks who run http://www.chicagodevhappyhour.com.
If you are so inclined you may want to check it out.

Here is what they sent.
Hello again! We are throwing together a bit of a last minute meetup this month, but it should be amazing none the less. We got the news that Jesse Freeman (@theFlashBum) was going to be in town. Jesse started up the Happy Hour in New York, and I hear he may know a thing or two about development. So please drop in and say hi, we are meeting at Manhattan’s Bar on Dearborn Street, there is some deal on pizza I believe it is $8 but I cant be sure. The drinks will be on the sponser so all we expect you to do is bring that bubbly attitude and some dev knowledge to drop.
You can get details here http://www.meetup.com/chicagodev/

Adobe announces HTML5 externsion for Dreamweaver CS5
Entry posted on May 20 by mmugChicago

Adobe has announced an HTML5 extension for Dreamweaver CS5.  It includes support for the newest WebKit engine, CSS3 properties, HTML5 starter layout, code hinting, and more.  The first technology preview version is available today on Adobe Labs: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/html5pack.html.

RIApalooza Call for Speakers Now Open
Entry posted on May 21 by mmugChicago , tagged Design,Development,Event,Interactive Experience,Mobile,News,Rich Internet Apps

RIAPALOOZA 3 Call for speakers...
Are you passionate about rich platforms, design & development? Do you like to teach?

RIAPALOOZA is a community-driven, non-profit, day-long event for professionals who design, develop, customize, maintain and maximize business value using rich platforms like Flash, SIlverlight and HTML5.

We are currently seeking proposals from speakers to present at RIAPALOOZA on designing and customizing rich interactive experiences for desktop, web and mobile.

When you propose a session, please be clear that our target audience is designers, developers and integrators of rich interactive application at various levels of expertise. Tell us if your session is introductory, intermediate or for experts.

RIAPALOOZA welcomes sessions built around real-world case studies. Acceptance of your session proposal will be based not only on your timeliness and relevance, but also on your own credentials   as an expert in your particular RIA technology and your experiencee as an speaker. Be sure to communicate how clearly you can state what your session will cover, who would benefit from taking it, any prerequisite knowledge, and what the attendees will learn.

The ideal session presenter is someone with expert credentials in RIA platforms and other relevant technologies, and who has proven experience discussing practical solutions to real-world challenges, presenting new skills, and offering attendees an information-packed learning experience.

Sample Topics
Here is list of sessions that represent the kind of content we are looking for at RIAPALOOZA. We welcome your ideas, creativity, experience and expertise.

Session Ideas include:
-Designing for (insert your RIA technology of choice here)
-Dazzling with (insert your RIA technology of choice here)
-Best Practices: Doing It Right the First Time

Past Sessions have included:
-Agile Flex Application Development: How Mammoths Stay Slim
-Empowering The Client-Side: Consuming Internet Services in RIA
-RIA Problems You Never Knew Existed
-Fast. Smart. Agile.  User Experience Driven Agile Development
-Silverlight and RIA
-Top 10 Questions About RIA That You Never Had The Courage To Ask
-Building Interactive Applications Using UX Principles
-Better Designer/Developer Collaboration with WFP & XML
-How RIA Changes In Application Design.
-Social Media, RIA & Sustainability
-RIAs Beyond The Mouse & Keyboard

Event Schedule
RIAPALOOZA is being held on Friday, July 23rd, in Chicago at  the Illinois Technology Association, located at 200 So. Wacker Drive 15th Floor Chicago, IL 60606.

Speaker Deadlines
The deadline for speakers is June 23^rd. Speakers will be notified of acceptance by June 25^th.

Preparation of Submission
Please include the following information in your speaker proposal:
-Title of Session
-Brief abstract describing the session and what attendees will learn it
-Any prerequisites of the proposed session, such as technical  proficiency or knowledge-level of a topic
-Any prerequisites such as a laptop and any pre-loaded software (if  the session is a workshop)
-Speaker bio, 125–150 words
-Speaker name(s), mailing and e-mail addresses, telephone and cell  phone numbers
-Hi-res digital headshot of speaker

Please submit your information electronically as a text e-mail or Word document  to: info@riapalooza.com

Please note that we may edit session titles, descriptions and bios  to fit our style, and also to ensure that the description clearly presents information about your session to attendees. While all speakers will get a free pass to the event, we regret that we cannot cover any travel expenses.

Contacts
Questions about the speaker submission process or the event? Contact Anthony Handley & Michael Schaffner atinfo@riapalooza.com

Creating SEO Friendly Flash Sites 11/15
Entry posted on Nov 15 by mmugChicago

Flash has added a ton of innovation and capabilities to the Internet, but one major concern of using Flash on a site revolves around search engines. Join AUG Chicago, The Chicago-Area Adobe Users Group, Monday, November 15th when we take a look at Flash and Search Engine Optimization (SEO ).

Our guest speaker Brian Busche will talk about how to make Flash web sites SEO friendly. Brian will share his recent experience building GAIA based Flash site and how he went about making it accessible to search engines with the help of SWFAddress. He'll demonstrate how by using SWFAddress, he is able to serve up HTML alternative pages for the search engines to index. Those pages act as deep-links into the Flash content of the Web Site. Brian will explain he fundamentals behind this approach and then share some code examples based on a live web site.

Making Flash Web Sites SEO Friendly
Monday November 15th 2010
Ascend Training
410 South Michigan Avenue
Room 433
Chicago, IL
6:30-8:30PM (Doors open at 6:00)
Free
RSVP at http://augchicagonovember2010.eventbrite.com/  

Increasing Online Engagement 7/18
Entry posted on Jul 18 by mmugChicago , tagged Design,Development,Mobile

Building a sweet looking site, setting up Facebook and Twitter profiles, even ranking well in search engines doesn't mean a thing if customers aren't lining up to buy your products or services. This Monday, July 18th, we are exploring the strategies of an successful online presence.

Our presenter will be Tim Frick, author of Return on Engagement: Content, Strategy, and Design Techniques for Digital Marketing. Tim will talk about strategy, tools, a variety of tactics for iterative measurement and analytics, and break down some simple techniques you can use to improve your own online business objectives. He'll use several case studies where all these elements work in tandem to build business.

Success requires equal parts engagement, marketing, community management, measurement, content strategy, and of course a kick-ass web/mobile site. So whether you are a d eveloper, designer, or managers, t his presentation will be beneficial for the entire   web team. Make plans to join us.

Increasing Online Engagement
Monday July 18, 2011     
6:30 - 8:30pm (Doors open at 6:00)     
Ascend Training     
410 S Michigan Ave Suite 433     
Free     
RSVP here: http://augchicagojuly2010.eventbrite.com/

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