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Introducing the Utah Apple Users Group

wade — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:58:03 +0000

I am pleased to announce the formation of a new local users group: The Utah Apple Users Group. We are a group of technophiles that use—and even cherish—products designed by Apple in California. We mainly exist simply as a mailing list where we converse and assist each other.

The state currently has two other related user groups—the BYU Macintosh Users Group and the Utah Macintosh Users Group—but both are affiliated with universities and thus governed by external policies and politics.They are also Macintosh groups, whereas this group covers all things Apple; and, as you are probably aware, Apple has recently expanded it’s product line in significant areas other than their Macintosh computer. UMUG also doesn’t have a mailing list and their forum has been offline for a long time. So, wether you’re a photographer using Aperture, a home theater nut hooking up your Apple TV, an entrepreneur using an iPhone, or a novice with a new iPod, jump on our mailing list and lets chat. We want everyone to feel welcome wether you are a student, a professional, or anyone else.

We do not plan on coordinating any events; we’re going to keep this simple. A website will be coming soon with syndicated news and events and we have an IRC channel for chatting in real time. Join the mailing list by sending an email to utahapple-subscribe@utahapple.org.

404 car not found

wade — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:40:29 +0000

Randy and Aaron, of NorthTemple.com (the blog of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s design group), pulled up behind a vehicle with a humorous license plate this morning on the way into the office.

Rich Internet Applications with PHP, REST and ExtJS

wade — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:31:17 +0000

For our November meeting, Alvaro Carrasco will be presenting on Building Rich Internet Applications with PHP, REST and ExtJS.

Rich Internet Applications, or RIA for short, are applications that are still web based, but that have interaction with servers. These applications are built with special attention to human interaction, that is, they feel like desktop applications. Having attended a previous presentation from Alvaro, I can honestly say that he is a master at this.

About the presentation, Alvaro says the following:

“Building Rich Internet Applications with PHP, REST, and ExtJs. ExtJs is an extremely powerful UI toolkit for the web. It lets us create incredible desktop-like GUIs that work flawlessly on IE, Firefox, Safari, and Opera without the need of plugins, just pure Javascript and CSS. It doesn’t depend on any specific server-side technology either, just a way to communicate with the server (XML, JSON, etc). Since we all enjoy writing PHP, we can use it to perform the actual work and communicate to the GUI using REST services. This combination of technologies makes writing cool web applications a joy. And of course, it’s all open source.

This presentation will be broadcast as usual, please go to 76.8.222.140 on Thursday @7p to hear. Questions through IRC.

Download an audio recording of this presentation, the slide deck, and some sample code.

UOSF sponsors Geek Paintball game

wade — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:08:46 +0000

Utah Open Source Foundation and Tier Four are hosting a paintball game for all computer geeks in Utah.

“The games will be pick up style, with matches pitting language, distro, and other hot topics against each other. Training will be held before each round and safety will be discussed. Paintball markers will be available onsite or by reservation with JT Paintball Rentals starting at $10. Tier Four will be providing 15 cases, yes that’s right 15 cases of marballizer paint and make it available to all that come until its gone. More paint should be available for sale, or you should bring your own just in case.”

The event will be held at the DesertEdge Practice Field on Saturday, 17 November 2007 from 10:00 to 14:00. RSVP to participate@utos.org.

UPHPU LinkedIn Group

wade — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:57:38 +0000

I am excited to announce that we now have a LinkedIn Group for UPHPU members. You can add a note to your LinkedIn profile that states that you are a member and a UPHPU badge will appear. Join the UPHPU LinkedIn group here. Please note that I will have to approve each, so be patient as it might taken a few minutes. Please also note that if you want the UPHPU badge to appear on your profile, you will have to edit your profile, scroll to the bottom where groups are, click “settings” next to the UPHPU badge, and then change “Displaying the group logo to non-group members:” to “Yes” and save the changes.

SQL and PHP

wade — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:38:32 +0000

For our September meeting, Mac Newbold will be lecturing on SQL and PHP! Last year’s meet was one of the highest attended.

Mac Newbold is the owner of Code Greene, a highly successful web development company. The company primarily uses PHP as its coding language. Mac also is chief architect of Gradefix.com and a former contributor to Flyspray bug resolution.

Mac has Bachelor’s (2001) and Master’s (2004/2005) Degrees in Computer Science from the Univerisity of Utah. He spent over 4 years working on the Emulab Network Testbed system and web site, doing web and database programming and development, as well as research and development for their large cluster of computers and their web-driven automated network configuration tools, and has done consulting for other sites using their software. Since 2001 he has done computer consulting for a wide variety of clients, and currently focuses on improving design and implementation techniques for database-driven dynamic e-commerce web sites.

In addition to Mac’s topic, he will also be speaking with members about potential job opportunities with his company. Two old computers will also be given away at this event; great for those interested in tinkering around and learning.

Last, we will do audio streaming again! Last time was very successful. We will issue out the information the day before so those of you who live far away can still participate in Mac’s presentation.

Download an audio recording of this presentation.

New Horizons announces MySQL/PHP fundamentals class

wade — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:06:02 +0000

New Horizons Salt Lake City announces a MySQL/PHP fundamentals class. This 5 day intensive training will cover programming with PHP, creating dynamic websites, using PHP and MySQL, advanced SQL and MySQL and much, much more. This class is great for novices and professionals alike. Class begins October 1 and runs through October 5 from 9am-5pm at New Horizons Salt Lake City 2355 S. Technology Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119. Any uphpu member or member referral will receive a discount upon registration. Contact Brandon Christiansen at Brandon.christiansen@nhslc.com or call 801-952-4313 for registration information and a full course outline.

Geek Lunch at Chipolte

wade — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:13:27 +0000

Our September Geek Lunch will be held this Friday at Chipolte restaurant in Bountiful.

Friday, 14 September 2007 @ 13:00
135 North 500 West, Bountiful

Search Engine Optimization and PHP

wade — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:27:38 +0000

For our August meeting, Sheri Bigelow will be presenting on Search Engine Optimization and PHP. Learn more about Sheri by browsing her blog, website, and portfolio. For those who would like to come but find distance to be a barrier, we are trying to setup something so that you will be able to hear it. More info if it becomes available.

This month’s meeting has been postponed a week and will occur on August twenty-third.

In addition to Sheri’s topic, we will be meeting with UPHPU members to see how we can make the meetings better.

Download an audio recording of this presentation.

Geek Lunch at The Pie

wade — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:02:16 +0000

August’s Geek Lunch will be held at The Pie Pizzeria at the University of Utah at one o’clock.