November 14th Hack Day
Monday November 14th we will meet up at Foundry's new space at 418 6th Avenue, Suite 210 (on the skywalk) by 7:00 pm. Plan your projects over the DSMWebgeeks group mailing list with other coders. Then meet us later that…
Facebook Now Drives More Traffic to Key Sites Than Google
"According to Web measurement firm Compete Inc., Facebook has passed search-engine giant Google to become the top source for traffic to major portals like Yahoo and MSN, and is among the leaders for other types of sites. This trend is…
Developing Sites With AJAX: Design Challenges and Common Issues
The asynchronous part is the killer feature; but what is it? via smashingmagazine.com Posted via web from Des Moines Web Geeks
A Quick Look at Mobile Web Designs
Simplifying User Interaction Make input as simple as possible. Use buttons or selection methods as much as possible. Use textboxes only when necessary and have auto-complete/auto-suggest features to reduce errors. via sixrevisions.com Posted via web from Des Moines Web Geeks
Meeting Monday
We're moving to a new format for this and the next meeting: 2 Main topics for 15-20 minutes, this week will be iPHone Applications Development and Social Networking. We'll then have a few lightening round speakers as well, for short…
Web Geeks Invited to UPA Lunch Friday
Des Moines Web Geek members are invited to a usability event Friday, March 13 from 11:30-1:00 at Felix and Oscar's in West Des Moines. Des Moines' local Usability Professional Association chapter is hosting "Winning at the Politics of Usability", presented…
Rally Software
Rally Software is providing Des Moines Web Geeks with a discount code for their ScrumMaster training course. If you make it out tonight you'll be able t pick up some take-aways from Rally and some great white papers and Agile…
March 2nd Meeting – Agile
March's meeting will be an overview of Agile process with Luke Amador from Iowa Student Loan. Come out and see if this process may work for you and your projects. Luke's passionate about what he does so this is sure…
We’re Back
Web Geeks is back! We'll be meeting 7pm on February 2nd at Impromptu. Tony Bibbs will be talking about project estimating. Tony knows his stuff and others have said this is a great presentation. This wouldn't be happening without the…
DSM Web Geeks On Hiatus Indefinitely
Quick and to the point, I'm putting DSM Web Geeks on hold indefinitely. I've had very little luck attracting contributors and have run out of time and energy to continue begging and pleading. I think we had some good sessions…