http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com Geek it up Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the Des Moines Web Geeks, Kenneth Younger, will be helping to host the WordPress Happy Hour for "Des Moines and Central Iowa WordPress Users, Developers & Fans" Stop by Raccoon River Brewing tomorrow night (March 9th) from 5:30 to 7:30 PM to see what's happening. ... http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2010/03/wordpress-happy-hour-in-des-moines/ "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 shifting the way Web ... http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2010/02/facebook-now-drives-more-traffic-to-key-sites-than-google/ As a web geek you may have your computer set up to do web dev work locally. Do you have any tricks or techniques you can share that make your life easier? Leave a comment here or on twitter. http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2010/02/your-tips-for-localhost-web-dev/ The asynchronous part is the killer feature; but what is it? via smashingmagazine.com Posted via web from Des Moines Web Geeks http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2010/02/developing-sites-with-ajax-design-challenges-and-common-issues/ 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 ... http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2010/02/a-quick-look-at-mobile-web-designs/ Join us at Impromptu Studio for our next meeting. We'll have an informal round-table format that has been so well-liked in the past. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to discuss their favourite PHP framework and even show off something they've done or a feature they love. http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2010/01/february-1st-2010-php-frameworks/ Come to Impromptu Studio tonight so we can discuss improving website performance, the best technologies of 2009 and plan for 2010. http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2009/12/2009-wrap-up-meeting/ Our regularly scheduled meeting for September is on Labor day so we're rescheduling two weeks later to September 21st at 7:00 pm. And to make this meeting even more special we'll be having internationally renowned speaker and author John VanDyk talking about server side performance and optimization. John VanDyk is well ... http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2009/08/september-meeting-special-date-special-speaker/ We will meet as usual July 6th at 7:00 at Impromptu Studios. This meeting we'll discuss "optimizing client side" and cover topics such as optimizing your images, css sprites and understanding YSlow! As a special feature tonight we'll have a round-table type discussion in order to benefit from the collective ... http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2009/07/optimizing-client-side-in-july/ Come to Impromptu Studio for the Monday, June 1st meeting. We'll be discissing design topics and plan to have a time for a round-table style discussion. We know that the group tends to be a little engineer focused so this is your chance to unleash your creative side or pick ... http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2009/05/design-focus-for-june-meeting/