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2012 February, 2012 meeting
Event posted on Jan 11 by MarkDuBois
Date and Time: February 14, 2012 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM

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January, 2012 meeting
Entry posted on Jan 11 by MarkDuBois , tagged Design,Development,Event

We had three new faces at our meeting. Welcome to Tammy, Ashley, and David. We look forward to having you as part of our group.

After introductions, Larry Ball gave a presentation on Object Oriented PHP, covering what it is and the advantages, as well as fundamental concepts. He also walked through a photo gallery project. This is the project which Mark uses in his CMWEB 241 class. Larry converted it to a completely Object Oriented codebase.

For more info:

Object Oriented PHP for Beginners: http://www.killerphp.com/tutorials/object-oriented-php/

Tyler Jefford and Larry Ball are working on redesigning the local Web Professionals website, and gave an overview of some prototype pages to give an idea of what they are thinking of doing.

Jonathan Worent continued his series on the process of running a web business. Previously he covered talking to the client, usability studies, content analysis, etc.; now we are at the point where we are going to build the site. He spoke about wireframing. One point that was emphasized was to send wireframes back and forth with the client more rather than less; this leads to a more interactive process and less disconnect/redone work later. Emphasize usability and visitor flow through the website; use site flowcharts to map. Using wireframes forces clients to focus on the information rather than the design/color/etc.

Balsamiq.com (web based), Omnigraffle for Mac, Proto from Adobe on tablet were examples of best practice wireframing tools which were discussed.

Our next meeting will be on Feb. 14.

December chrismahanukwanzakah party
Entry posted on Dec 14 by MarkDuBois , tagged Design,Development,Event,Mobile

We held our December meeting at Tequila's restaurant in Washington, Illinois on Dec. 13. We had several new members join our group as well as some members who have not been able to participate for some time. We had a number of great discussions over nachos and drinks. After the meal, we held our user group meeting. I brought a number of my tablets (BlackBerry Playbook, Archos 101t, Samsung Glaxy Tab 10.1, and Kindle Fire). Everyone had a chance to examine and compare the hardware (several played Angry Birds). I then gave a demonstration on various Adobe Touch Apps (with an emphasis on Proto, Photoshop Touch, and Ideas). Several had the opportunity to try these apps out for the first time and made a number of comments about these and their potential use in the initial design process for websites and logos.

Before the meeting ended, I distributed a number of Adobe prizes to those present (mouse pads, pens and so forth). Jim kindly gave Shari and I a gift as well. Many thanks Jim.

We agreed to hold our next meeting in January (refer to the event calendar for details).

Best wishes to all for the coming holidays,
Mark

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