Web414 - Milwaukee's Web Community

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

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.

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Volunteer needs

• promote the event - amazon considers success at 20 participants
• manage catering with Quasi Cafe
• manage bucketworks
• welcome guests and speakers day of - i will provide you a key
• set up cafe - you will need to move the tv from the design room to the cafe, i will be able to train before i go to japan.
• getting the check from amazon for the event, because i will most likely front the catering bill.