Events
Who’s Attending Codemash 2010?
The Codemash Conference is not just about great content, but it’s about great people. Last year I met some great new friends and even did a fair amount of business with them.
I’ll be podcasting, blogging and networking all week. If you are around, make sure to hunt me down.
Are you attending?
If you are attending, post in the comments so we can find each other this week.
Codemash Presentations That You Won’t Want To Miss
The Codemash Conference is coming up again this year in just a few weeks. It is always my favorite conference of the year, bringing together a diverse crowd of developers to learn practices from each others industries.
I have compiled a list of talks that I know you’ll enjoy. Some of these I’ve heard previously, and others are presented by people that are always interesting/entertaining.
Ignite Cleveland 2009
This coming weekend on February 28th, Josh Walsh will be speaking at Ignite Cleveland. The event will be hosted at Lean Dog Software, a good friend of D-I who has their office on a barge overlooking a submarine… pretty cool venue.
What Is Ignite?
If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Could you keep up? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.
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Beginning Web Design Workshops
We are proud to be sponsoring a free 8-week course aimed at beginning web development with Web Standards. The course is developed by the Cleveland Web Standards Association and lead by the great Joseph James Frantz (aka Flounder/aoirthoir).
CWSA Looks Promising
Last night was my first opportunity to join the guys over at the Cleveland Web Standards Association, a relatively new meetup group with a goal of expanding awareness of web standards to local businesses and old-school designers – before taking over the rest of the world.
Rocky River Business Expo
Come hang out with us at the Rocky River Business Expo. It’s next thursday, October 11, at the Don Umerley Civic Center in Rocky River.
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