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Aug January Meeting
Monday, January 16th 2012
Touch Screens are so 2007.
Xbox has the right idea with Kinect. They looked to the 2002 movie "Minority Report" and it's gesture driven touchless user interface. Now some of the best game experiences mirror this approach.
Now if we could just connect Kinect to Adobe AIR, designers and developers could be free to create all sorts of interesting and beautiful interactions and user interfaces. This was the goal of our Speaker this month at AUG. Ross Gerbasi, developer from 15letters.com, has written a series of Native Extensions for Adobe AIR that lets developers use the Microsoft Kinect SDK.
First Ross is going to show off some of the many cool things Kinect and AIRKinect will let you do, then later he'll dive into how he got it to work and show us how to start taking advantage of it today.
This stuff is so cool, we are giving Ross the whole evening. We are positive both pixel pushers and code monkeys will both be inspired by the possibilities presented.
Perhaps hover events are not such a bad thing after all.
Speaker:
Ross Gerbasi
Location:
Ascend Training
410 S. Michigan Ave.
Suite 433
Chicago, IL 60605
RSVP here or through eventbrite (augjan2012.eventbrite.com) or our facebook page.
Speaker:
Ross Gerbasi
Date/Time:
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Presentations begin at 6:30pm (about an hour each)
Doors open at 6pm
Location:
Ascend Training
410 South Michigan Ave.
Suite 433
Chicago IL, 60605
Aug December Meeting
Monday, December 19th 2011
Web! Humbug!
Well, maybe not.
A lot has changed in 2011 when it come to web technologies, design and media. This month AUG brings two more speakers to discuss the changing landscape of technology and technique.
RSVP through Eventbrite at http://augdec2011.eventbrite.com or at our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/106910023316/
The first speaker will be David Moore from Digital Primates who will discuss HTML5 from a
Flash Developer's standpoint. Are you cuurently building you user experience and multimedia in Flash? Some of that work can now be done in HTML5. Find out how media choices are changing as our options are increasing.
Next we have Matthew David on building web and apps sites using jQuery Mobile
Are you building mobile optimized Web sites? If you are not,
then you should. In this session you will learn how to build a
Web site optimized for all leading mobile devices using jQuery Mobile.
The session will cover how to build jQuery Mobile apps, how to populate
them with content, how to apply custom themes and then how to convert the
jQuery Mobile app into a native app. Drink lots of Red Bull - we are going
to go through a LOT of content.
Speaker:
Matthew David
Matthew David has written books for Friends of Ed, Pearson Press, New Riders, Wiley, Focal Press and Peach Pit. He is also experience at leading teams to deliver bestselling titles books that come with accompanying video training and media. Matthew is also the author of 400+ articles.
Date/Time:
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Presentations begin at 6:30pm (about an hour each)
Doors open at 6pm
Location:
Ascend Training
410 South Michigan Ave.
Suite 433
Chicago IL, 60605
AUG November meeting
Monday November 21st, 2011
RSVP through eventbrite at http://augnov2011.eventbrite.com/
This month The Chicago Adobe Users Group brings you another two spectacular speakers. For beginners in web design and promotion we have a presentation on Search Engine Optimization with John-Henry Scherck from Digital Third Coast. For those of you already in the trenches, struggling to find a better way to get designers and developers to collaborate, we have a workflow strategy for making HTML5 apps presented by Sasha Dzeletovic, a Senior Consultant from Pathfinder Software.
Lead the world to your door with better SEO
Have you ever wondered what makes a site rank for competitive terms in the search engines? Learn from Chicago’s leading search engine marketing firm, Digital Third Coast, on how to quickly and easily optimize sites to rank well in Google, Bing and Yahoo! John-Henry Scherck, an organic web strategist at DTC, will be discussing the most important factors when it comes to making a site rank #1. From creating a web page that targets a particular key phrase to high quality link building tactics that will boost your site’s rankings, this presentation will cover all the basics to help you bring in more search engine traffic, business leads and transactions for your site – including SEO workarounds for flash content.
Speaker:
John-Henry Scherck
Organic Web Strategist
Stop collaboration insanity!
A better workflow for making HTML5 apps
Sasha will present a workflow for creating HTML5 apps that allows designers and developer to remove friction in collaboration and lets them focus on creating great experiences together.
For designers, he will show how you can organize your design in Adobe Illustrator so that a developer does not have to interpret your design and you don't have to keep slicing your design for production.
For developers, he will show how you can code straight against this design by pairing SVG with JavaScript.
This workflow integrates well with Git source code versioning so it's friendly to remote collaboration and big teams.
As a result of saving this time and effort, you can let your craft shine.
Speaker:
Aleksandar "Sasha" Dzeletovic
Senior Consultant
Aleksandar "Sasha" Dzeletovic is a senior consultant at Pathfinder Software in Chicago. He departed his designer roots 12 years ago to immerse himself in Flash and make designs come alive. While mastering the art of programing, he keeps realizing how quintessential design is in the digital world. A firm believer in "Design is how it works", he tries to bring engineers and designers together by lowering the barriers between them.
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Monday November 21st, 2011
6:30PM
Doors open at 6:00PM
Ascend Training
410 Michigan Ave Suite 433
Free
Monday October 17th, 2011
A two session evening with InDesign expert Laurie Ruhlin and AUG Chicago
Agenda:
Session 1: Print Production Power Tips
- Styles - Paragraph, Character and Object what are they are when do I use them?
- CS5 Graphics tips
- Multiple place and Gridify
- Rounded corners and effects
- Place and control multi layered PSD and IL files
Session 2: Multimedia InDesign
- Create an interactive photo flip book as a SWF file
- Interactive PDFs, with hyperlinks, buttons and transitions
- Adding you SWF file using Dreamweaver
Speaker:
Laurie Ruhlin
Laurie started out teaching Quark and Illustrator in the early 90's. She has been an Adobe Illustrator user since 1988 (version 88), Photoshop version 3, QuarkXPress since 1990, version 2.0, and InDesign since it was released in 1998, version 1.0! In the past, she has taught 16 different applications, including Vector: Illustator, Freehand and CorelDRAW!; Raster: Photoshop, PhotoPaint and Painter; Desktop Publishing: QuarkXPress and PageMaker, and Presentation programs: PowerPoint, Persuasion and Harvard Graphics.
She is an is an Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe Certified Instructor in both InDesign and Illustrator. She consistenly is involved in many projects that allow her to bring a wealth of real-world knowledge to the classroom. Laurie has been teaching for Ascend since 1998 |
Monday October 17th, 2011
6:30PM
Doors open at 6:00PM
Ascend Training
410 Michigan Ave Suite 433
Free
Monday September 19th, 2011
AUG Chicago Meeting
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Details will posted soon.
Monday September 19th, 2011
5:30PM
Ascend Training
410 Michigan Ave Suite 433
Free
Monday August 15th, 2011
jQuery for the Mobile Web
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Join AUG Chicago, The Chicago Area Adobe User Group, inAugust as we welcome back author Matthew David. Matthew, whose next book on HTML5 for Mobile is about to hit the streets, is excited to return and talk about jQuery for the Mobile Web. The release of Dreamweaver CS5.5 has added a lot compatibilty for HTML5, and this is going to be a great opportunity to learn about it.
Presentation Files now available
Download here
Monday July 18th, 2011
Increasing On-line Engagement
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Building an online business that works goes beyond just using the tools of the trade, tt requires equal parts engagement, marketing, community management, measurement, content strategy, and of course a kickass web/mobile site that brings it all together
Tim Frick, author of Return on Engagement: Content, Strategy, and Design Techniques for Digital Marketing 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.
Presentation sildes are available HERE.
Wenesday July 13th, 2011
jQuery/Javascript Free Seminar
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Our hosts Ascend Training is offering a free seminaron jQuery .Learn how Javascript and jQuery turn static web pages into dynamic, interactive websites. Javascript is an extremely easy-to-learn scripting language that adds interactivity to HTML.
Wenesday July 13th, 2011
5:30PM
Ascend Training
410 Michigan Ave Suite 433
Free
RSVP here
GETTING STARTED WITH ACTIONSCRIPT 3
Presentation files posted
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As promised you can download the the Fash files Michael Schaffners March presentation here
An introduction to iOS programming with Objective-C
Ever wonder what is involved with programming for the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad?
Join us this month as our guest presenter Allan Evans, goes over the basics of Objective -C for iOS development.
This presentation is going to be covering code, so while Allan plans to cover the very basics of Objective-C programming, the conversation will somewhat technical. A basic understanding of programmig will be helpful.
You can download Allan's presentation slides HERE
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• August 2011 jQuery for Mobile FILES
• July 2011 Increasing On-line Engagement FILES
• Moving From Print to Digital for Designers FILES
• March 2011 meeting "Getting started with AS3 FILES
Feb 2011 meeting "Introduction to Programming for iOS FILES
• Jan 2011 meeting "Mobile Flash" FILES
• May 2010 meeting "Flash CS5 for Andriod Mobile" FILES
• March 2010 meeting "Building Your First iPhone App" LINK
• January 2010 meeting Box2D Physics for AS3 Files
• September 2009 meeting "Getting started with PHP" FILES
• October 2009 "Introducing the GAIA Framework for Flash LINK
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Adobe has started a social networking site for designers and developers, to support the community.
Here is how to get started:
1. Go to groups.adobe.com
2. In the upper right had corner of the page click "Sign In"
3. Sign in with your Adobe ID or go ahead and register a new ID
4. Go to our page and join our group
5. Once signed in you can edit and customize your profile
The Powerpoint presentation on Dreamweaver and Fireworks CS4 can be downloaded here
AUG Chicago consists of Adobe professionals of all skill levels who gather monthly to share information and to stay on top of what is new in our ever-changing industry.
With a focus on building community, AUG Chicago provides a casual and comfortable environment where fellow developers can gather to exchange ideas and help resolve problems.
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