Seattle, WA, USA

Refresh Seattle - The Full Stack: Reevaluating the “Layers” of Web Development

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 by Digital Web

Web Standards advocates often talk about the three “layers” of web development: Structure (markup), Presentation (CSS), and Behavior (JavaScript). This view, however, cuts out the backend of things, and may be a bit shortsighted. Is your markup really where your content’s structure comes from? Can markup really be completely separate from presentation? Is CSS really the only method for presentation? And how does context play into all of this?

Jeff Croft will discuss what happens to the academic three layers when web development happens in the real world.

Speakers: Jeff Croft

October 30, 2007 in Seattle, WA @ Ballard Public Library

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Gear Live - Mind Camp 5

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 by Digital Web Seattle Mind Camp is a self-organizing, digitally minded, entrepreneur-driven, overnight Seattle confab. What happens when you put 300 of the smartest Seattlites in a creative environment for 24 hours? We are not sure either, but we would like to find out. Time to meet and connect with those involved in the interesting projects going on in Seattle. Speakers: Everyone January 19, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Tukwila Community Center

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ASIS&T PNW IA Meetup

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

Tuesday, 2/12 is the date for the monthly meeting of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology.

It’s open to anyone. Once a month, the group gathers to have drinks, chat, network, and geek out with fellow information architects, librarians, usability experts, user experience designers, and other like-minded people.

Where: Elysian Pub, 1221 E. Pike St., Seattle, WA
When: 7-10pm, 2nd Tuesday of every month

NOTE: The meetup is now on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (not Thursday)!

Speakers: None

February 12, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Elysian Pub

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Seattle AdClub: Same World, Different Goals: How Account Managers and Project Managers Work Together

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

Like managing clients and projects at the same time, hence the popular team of Account Manager and Project Manager. When properly balanced, they are a yin and a perfectly matching yang. Like peanut butter and jelly. Like Michael Knight and KITT. Like the Captain and Tennille. Join us for a panel discussion about how Account Managers and Project Managers can best achieve this balance and harmony for the good of the client and the agency alike.

Speakers: Don Low, Jen Southwell, Carrie Greaves and Fiona Robertson Remley

February 19, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Washington Athletic Club

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Ignite Seattle 5

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

On the 19th we are going to have 16 Ask Later talks. These talks will each be 5 minutes long with 20 slides and only 15 seconds a slide. Anyone who did not speak at the last Ignite is welcome to speak. Topics should fall in the realm of web 2.0 technology, entrepreneurship, life hacks, or something else that you think a room full of internet junkies will appreciate. Stories and lessons work better than product demos.

Speakers: Noah Iliinsky, Ellen Kowalczyk, Sarah Schacht, Todd Sawicki, Adam Philipp, Vj Vijai, Ramez Naam, Ryan McMinn, Monica Guzman, Helen Cook, Justin Martenstein

February 19, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ CHAC

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PMC: Developing Effective Value Propositions and Positioning

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

Is your company prepared to compete in a softening economy? Savvy product managers know that effective positioning and well-defined value propositions are key elements of success. Join us for the PMC’s February 27 evening session, where two industry experts will share best practices in these critical areas.

Our featured speakers are Shannon Kavanaugh, founder & President of Go To Market Strategies; and Bruce Scheer, founder and Partner at FutureSight Consulting. In this session, they’ll share:
Strategic approaches to defining your market position and identifying opportunities
How to discover, validate and quantify the business value proposition for your product or service
How to leverage your positioning statements and value proposition to build effective sales & marketing programs.
Case studies and examples of tools will make this session even more valuable.

Speakers: Shannon Kavanaugh and Bruce Scheer

February 27, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Bellevue Community College

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PSSIGCHI: Doing good work in a fast paced engineering environment at Google

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

Projects at Google move fast with small teams. Jake Knapp, UI designer at Google, will talk about tactics the user experience team uses to have the maximum impact—even when there isn’t enough time.

Jake will share the process and tips & tools that have helped his team. For instance, using “Getting Things Done” with Gmail and Google Calendar to keep organized, how to give effective presentations, and how to conduct a UX workshop with your team.

All this, and more, will be crammed into one hour. Cause we love compressed schedules!

Speakers: Jake Knapp

February 28, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Google Seattle

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Beer and Widgets in Pioneer Square

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

An hour’ish talk at Feedjit’s offices in Occidental Ave, Seattle on Javascript Widget design, virality, scaling, strategy and more. We’ve limited this to 30 people and will provide beer, soda and snacks. WiFi will be available and if we have demo machines they will be accessible via the wifi so you’re welcome to bring your laptops.

This talk will be technical and you’ll get the most out of it if you have a solid Javascript and DOM understanding. We will delve into some JS code and may look at webserver configs, OS performance, perl code etc. Some of the focus will be on scaling widgets and the operational needs of a widget business.

If there’s interest we will congregate at the pub downstairs afterwards.

Speakers: TBD

March 13, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Feedjit

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Beer and Widgets in Pioneer Square

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

An hour’ish talk at Feedjit’s offices in Occidental Ave, Seattle on Javascript Widget design, virality, scaling, strategy and more. We’ve limited this to 30 people and will provide beer, soda and snacks. WiFi will be available and if we have demo machines they will be accessible via the wifi so you’re welcome to bring your laptops.

This talk will be technical and you’ll get the most out of it if you have a solid Javascript and DOM understanding. We will delve into some JS code and may look at webserver configs, OS performance, perl code etc. Some of the focus will be on scaling widgets and the operational needs of a widget business.

If there’s interest we will congregate at the pub downstairs afterwards.

Speakers: TBD

March 13, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Feedjit

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Washington Technology Industry Association: March Networking Event

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969 by Digital Web

In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day and all that is Irish, please join the Washington Technology Industry Association at Fado Irish Pub in Pioneer Square for the March Networking Event. This is a great place to connect and grow with Washington’s technology leaders and professionals. Enjoy a few cocktails, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and networking with your peers while you get ready for St. Patrick’s Day!

Speakers: None

March 13, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Fado Irish Pub

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