By aprilholle | general observation, things to do
While there’s a lot to be said about online community and how much value it creates in the web industry, I’d like to focus on offline community for a second. A great deal of time and money has been spent on building online communities and connecting people from one nation to another, but lately the
Tags: Bright Kite, Drawbackwards, Facebook, Forty Agency, GangPlank, Integrum-Technologies, obuweb, offline communities, offline community, Refactor Phoenix, Refocus Phoenix, Refresh-Phoenix, Social Media Club, Social-Networking, social-networks, technology-conference, Tiny Army, Twitter, web communities, web-industry
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By aprilholle | new technologies, speaker reviews, things to do
Great Refresh meeting last night over at Inza Coffee. There were about 10 to 15 5 minute demos of new and exciting web projects coming out of Phoenix. Some of the highlights were: Show in a Box – If you’re interested in starting a video blog, but you’re not technically savvy, check out Show in
Tags: After-Halloween, blogging, Daniel-Davis, Integrum-Technologies, Inza-Coffee, Inza-Coffee-House, phoenix, phoenix-lifestyle, phoenix-metro-area, phoenix-web, Phoenix-web-events, Refresh-Phoenix, Social-Networking, social-networks, Steam-Crow-Press, Twitter, video-blogging, web-community, web-design-communities, web-design-groups
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By aprilholle | new technologies, things to do
Had a great time this weekend at a tweetupAZ meetup. Basically a lot of us twitter addicted peoples get together in one common area to interface offline and in more than 140 characters. This was the second TweetUpAZ meeting I believe, the first at a coffee house, and this one at Tempe Marketplace. It’s so
Tags: phoenix, phoenix-lifestyle, phoenix-web, Phoenix-web-events, Social-Networking, social-networks, Twitter
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By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, new idea!, seo, speaker reviews, things to do, viral marketing
So I got to sit down with Brian Shaler yesterday during the Phoenix BarCamp and really pick his brain regarding his recent boost in popularity on the net. I’ve been on a big personal branding kick and I’m trying to talk to anyone who’s someone to ask them how they “did it”. Not necessarily to
Tags: advertising & marketing, applications, April-Holle, artistic-expression, artistic-work, barcamp, barcamp-Phoenix, brand-identity, branding, Brian-Shaler, business, business-communication, Chuck-Reynolds, communication, Crappy-Graphs, created-in-flash, digg, Google, google-results, inspiration, interactive-flash, interests, internet-stars, loyalty-programs, new idea!, personal-brand, personal-branding, personal-experiment, personal-photography, personal-relationships, personal_investment, phoenix-lifestyle, phoenix-web, Phoenix-web-events, rebranding, Search-Engine-Optimization, search-term, seo, ShalerJump, Social-Networking, social-networks, speaker reviews, StumbleUpon, things to do, Twitter, user-interaction, video-blogging, viral marketing, viral-activity, viral-video, viral-videos, web-broadcast, web-community, web-design-communities, web-design-community, web-design-groups, web-event, web-events, web-groups, web-industry, web-video, web-workshops, web_professionals, web_workers
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By aprilholle | things to do
Celebrate web standards by donning a blue beanie Monday, November 25 and while you’re at it, take a picture and post it to the flickr group. This event was brainstormed by Facebook group formed around Designing With Web Standards. The book was written by Jeffrey Zeldman who is well known for his and talks around
Tags: Blue-Beanie-Day, compliant-web-design, cross-browser, cross-browser-compliance, designing-websites, Designing-with-Web-Standards, experience-design, Facebook, Facebook-groups, Flickr, Flickr-group, good-website-design, great-websites, IE-6-compliance, Jeffrey-Zeldman, quality-assurance, safari-compliance, Social-Networking, social-networks, South-by-Southwest, standards-compliance, standards-compliant, things to do, usability, usable-design, user experience, user-friendly, user-interaction, ux, ux-design, web-community, Web-Design, web-design-communities, web-design-community, web-design-groups, web-event, web-events, web-groups, web-site-design, web-standard-groups, web-standards
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By aprilholle | new technologies, speaker reviews, viral marketing
I keep forgetting my notebook at work, so eventually you’ll have some good quotes and stats to go along with this post, but I wanted to get it up here before the content became stale. I attended the Facebook Developers Garage in Phoenix, AZ on Wednesday. Overall it was extremely informative. We’ve been on a
Tags: chris-johnson, Dave-Morin, Facebook, Facebook-Applications, Facebook-Developers-Garage, facebook-platform, joel-neubeck, new technologies, personal-relationships, phoenix, phoenix-facebook-developers-garage, phoenix-lifestyle, Phoenix-web-events, redbull, Social-Networking, social-networks, speaker reviews, technology, technology-conference, Terralever, viral marketing, viral-activity, web-community, web-event
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By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, new technologies, things to do, user experience, viral marketing
This is just a happy little reminder about the Phoenix Facebook Developers Garage event! What is a Facebook Developers Garage? It’s an opportunity for developers, marketers and any one else to learn more about Facebook, Facebook applications, marketing through Facebook applications, building applications and everything in between. Highlights of the event include a presentation by
Tags: advertising & marketing, Dave-Morin, Facebook, Facebook-Applications, Facebook-Developers-Garage, new technologies, Phoenix-web-events, Red-Bull, Social-Networking, things to do, user experience, viral marketing, web-event, XHTML/CSS
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By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, technology reviews, things to do
Come on over to Inza Coffee House tomorrow night to join me and the crew of Refresh Phoenix as we discuss Blueprint CSS. Blueprint is a CSS framework by Olav Bjorkoy, which “aims to cut down on your CSS development time.” Matt Heidemann & Matt Gist from Integrum Technologies will talk about their recent work
Tags: Blueprint-CSS, Cascading-Style-Sheets, Coffee, cross-browser, cross-browser-compliance, css, css-file, CSS-Framework, css-stylesheets, development-time, framework, front-end-development, good-website-design, Integrum-Technologies, Inza-Coffee, Inza-Coffee-House, Matt-Gist, Matt-Heidemann, naming-conventions, Olav-Bjorkoy, phoenix-web, Phoenix-web-events, Print-Style-Sheets, printing-websites, Refresh-Phoenix, Social-Networking, style-sheets, stylesheet, technology reviews, things to do, typography, web-community, Web-Design, web-event, web-site-design, web-workshops, website-design, websites, XHTML/CSS
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By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, new technologies, things to do
What is a Facebook Developers Garage? It’s an opportunity for developers, marketers and any one else to learn more about Facebook, Facebook applications, marketing through Facebook applications, building applications and everything in between. Highlights of the event include a presentation by Dave Morin of Facebook on Platform and a detailed look at the evolution of
Tags: advertising & marketing, Facebook, Facebook-Applications, Facebook-Developers-Garage, new technologies, Phoenix-web-events, Red-Bull, Social-Networking, things to do, web-event
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