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Meeting on May 17: Agile Responsive Design by Wade Shearer

macnewbold — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:20:01 +0000

Wade Shearer is the user experience director at Vivint. He leads mobile application design and development and is an evangelist for user-first interaction and mobile software design. Coordinating with marketing, sales, support, and development, his team works to ensure effective and enjoyable products. Wade received a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from Brigham Young University. He has worked as a creative director at ELLIS, WFR MLS, and Doba; Senior Manager of Interactive Marketing at Omniture; and a Creative Lead for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Wade has managed web properties, applications, brands, interactive marketing operations, and creative teams. He lives in Lehi with his wife and three kids and enjoys cycling, backpacking, and gardening.

Meeting tonight has been postponed due t…

Clint — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:46:49 +0000

Meeting tonight has been postponed due to political reasons… We are planning on next week but not at C7 since Python user group is there… Mac will keep us posted, I am sure.

Great Meeting, Winner of Book Giveaway

macnewbold — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:35:15 +0000

Thanks to John Anderson and Dan Fellars for a great meeting last night, and to everyone who attended. It was great to get to know Lithium better.

Last night we had a special surprise, as well. Justin Carmony was in contact with Chris Hartjes, author of “The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications”, who donated a free copy of the book to a lucky UPHPU member. I’m pleased to announce that shuffle() selected Clint Berry! You can learn more about Chris and the book at http://www.grumpy-testing.com/ or http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard or follow Chris on Twitter at @grmpyprogrammer. Thanks again, Chris!

Meeting Thursday (2/16): Intro to Lithium: The Most Rad PHP Framework

macnewbold — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:14:16 +0000

We’ve got something awesome on the docket for Thursday’s meeting, so tell all your friends:

Title: Intro to Lithium: The Most Rad PHP Framework

Topic: Discuss latest features introduced in PHP 5.3+ and how they are being leveraged within the Lithium Framework

Speakers:
John Anderson, Software Engineer @ Adobe – the Largest PHP Shop in Utah. John was the Documentation Lead for CakePHP before becoming a founding member of the Union of RAD – the team behind the Lithium Framework. He will provide deep insight into the inner workings of Lithium.
Dan (Danny) Fellars – Entrepreneur working Utah’s next great software company, built on the Lithium Framework. He will share real-life examples of working with Lithium.

The meeting is at the usual time and place (7pm, 3rd Thursday, C7′s Bluffdale data center, please bring picture ID), and we’ll have the usual afterparty (~9pm at Draper Applebees, 123rd South). See you there!

Best Accounting Practices for Web Development – Joanna Carmony

macnewbold — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:49:58 +0000

I’m pleased to announce this month’s meeting:

Thursday, January 19th, at 7pm at C7 Bluffdale Datacenter

Joanna Carmony: Best Accounting Practices for the Web Development Industry

Come and learn from an accountant with years of experience what you should be doing better with your books. There should be something for everyone, whether you own a web development business, own a business that does some web development, are self-employed, or just do some freelance on the side.

As time allows, we’ll have a round-table discussion to take advantage of the collective expertise in the group on the subject, and discuss any questions you may have about the business side of web development.

As usual, we’ll be having our after-party at the Draper Applebees, starting around 9pm. Feel free to join us!