Coming soon, syndicated blog posts!
Recently we invited central Iowa web geeks to share their blog with us. (you can still do that, by the way). We want the Des Moines Web Geeks website to become a hub for what local web enthusiasts are doing.…
Web Dojo Nov. 12th – Hands on Git lab
Join us on November 12th at 6:00 for our next Web Dojo. We'll explore the intricacies of Git with our resident guru Matt Nuzum. Topics to be covered: Intro to GIT and *distributed* version control Local setup Getting the code…
Web Dojo Sept. 17th – Flash Killer?
Please join us on September 17th for our next Web Dojo. We’ll be meeting again at Goodsmith’s in Valley Junction. (remember, plenty of parking in the rear) Like before, food and drink will be generously provided by Paragon. We have…
Creating an IRC Bot: Stephen Dunn
"Join us in the DSM Web Geeks chat room to see Stephen's bot in action and talk about the article." Recently I was asked to automatically change the topic of an irc channel for dsmwebgeeks.com. The requirements were to have…
Web dojo, Aug 13th at Goodsmith’s, Facebook apps
Are you ready for the next dojo? Mark your calendar for 6:00 on Monday, August 13th. We'll be meeting again at Goodsmith's in Valley Junction. (remember, plenty of parking in the rear) Like before, food and drink will be provided.…
Lunch event July 19 with Jeremy Harrington on creating design mockups with Twitter Bootstrap.
Why spend the time developing wireframes in an expensive design application when you can do it quickly in your browser and reuse the code? With Twitter Bootstrap you can do just that. Bootstrap is an open-source, front-end toolkit created to…
Web Dojo, Monday July 2nd at Goodsmiths, Prototype Faster
We're excited to announce our next Dojo meeting on Monday, July 2nd. We've got a few changes though, a new location and a new time. We'll be meeting at the Goodsmiths' office in Valley Junction, the same location where we…
Meeting wrap up
We had a great meeting last night with about 30 attendees, ample pizza, beverages, and 6 awesome speakers. Rebecca O'Connell walked away with a Kindle Fire, courtesy of Robert Half. Thanks to all of our sponsors, Red 5 Interactive for…
Web geeks event June 5th – prizes, speakers, food and more!
Hello, you've been hearing rumors about it for weeks, well, the time has come! Please Join us at 7:00 pm on Tuesday June 5th at Goodsmiths office (map) 218 1/2 5th St West Des Moines, IA 50265 There will be…
Help wanted: Media relations and social media specialist
The DSM Web Geeks team is busy and we have so many plans to make this group better and more useful for everyone, but we're running at capacity and need some help. We're looking for a volunteer to join us.…