Adobe Media Player

Watch what you want, when you want
The only thing Adobe has been missing is a universal media player. With over a year of testing and conspiring to become the uber player in the market, the Adobe Media Player is certainly worth some attention, once again.
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Next Meeting May 20th

Please click “Next Meeting” link at top for details.

Sustainable Web Design Discussion

Hele Mai, Sustainable Web Design Meeting of the Minds. At this week’s Big Island Adobe User Group meeting, we’ll be holding our first of a series of sustainable web design discussions.
Specifically we’ll be addressing the following questions:

What is sustainable web design?
What makes a website sustainable?
How can you create a website that is sustainable?
How can you [...]

Training Offer from Total Training

If you’re not familiar with Total Training, they provide solid training from experts. I used Total Training when I got my Adobe Production Studio a couple years ago and it helped bring me up to speed quickly using Audition. I got this email the other day that reads in part,
I saw that you were the [...]

Two Boston area jobs of note

Moving to the Boston area?
A friend just sent these two job openings, fyi…
1. Web Application Developer: (http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/opportunities/Job-6257-Web-Services-Developer-Product-to-Web-Integration.html) Salary Range= 74K to 94K
2. Web Services Developer: (http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/opportunities/Job-6259-Web-Application-Developer.html) Salary Range= 74K to 94K
This is an extremely employee friendly company. They provide great Training and Benefits for all employees. They actually walk the walk as well as talking [...]

Adobe Official AIR Release

Much better coverage than I could offer, over at CNET.

Support Your Local Green Collar Techology Workers - attend these events

Upcoming Technology Events on Hawai`i Island (aka Big Island)

Big Island Adobe User Group Meeting - The Third Tuesday of each month January 15th at 5:30pm - 7:30pm Brent Norris will be presenting an update on Adobe products with an online review of recent product releases. Everyone that attends will get free Adobe swag. Everyone is [...]

What is Web 2.0?


Upcoming Big Island Adobe User Group Meeting

Get details of the Next Meeting by clicking this link.
It’s going to be a good one. Lots of new product demos and video from the Adobe MAX Conference. A short  (15 minute) Dreamweaver tutorial will follow the meeting. If time permits, we’ll also do a quick Fireworks tutorial.
Everyone that attends will get some free Adobe [...]

Adobe Max 2007

Just a reminder, if you would like anything or any information in particular from the Adobe Max Conference, please let me know. Mahalo, -Brent

Meeting Tonight

More details on the “Next Meeting” link…
Hope to see you there!

Free Blogging Class at University of Hawai`i Hilo Conference Center

Aloha Workshops will be offering a free blogging class on August 30th at Hawai`i Community College in the Hale Aloha Conference room. Directions to to Hale Aloha Conference room.
What you’ll learn:

What blogs are (what they’re not)
What is blogging? (who are bloggers)
Why blogs are effective marketing tools.
How to use blogs for business.
Why blogs are [...]

Meeting Tonight

Details here: http://biaug.com/?page_id=3
 See you there!

Announcing Aloha Workshops Web 2.0 Digital Media Internships

August 4th, 2007 (Mountain View, Hawaii) Aloha Workshops is pleased to announce immediate availability of Web 2.0 Internships. Interested students, aspiring and practicing web professionals are invited to apply for an in-depth learning experience and work exchange program. The Web 2.0 intern program provides hands-on experience, training and professional development. Certification [...]

Peachpit Press Adobe User Group Web Design Contest

VOICES THAT MATTER WEB DESIGN CONFERENCE -  USER GROUP CONTEST
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - RECEIVE $200 OFF WHEN YOU REGISTER BEFORE SEPT. 10TH!
We’re excited to announce the first Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference taking place October 22-25, 2007 at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, hosted by New Riders an imprint of Peachpit.
Here’s a [...]

ADA Compliance Page Example

If you’re receiving money from the government you’re already section 508 compliant and validated, right?
Here’s an example American with Disabilities Act compliance statement to compare with your own.
Example: http://www.state.hi.us/tax/c1_3ada.htm
When I run the validators, I get warnings, especially from the Hawaii State homepage. It appears to be more difficult to validate sites for section 508 standards [...]

New Online Design Resources

After I started compiling a list of online design resources, I realized we need a list of design resources from companies on the Big Island. I didn’t recognize any of the names of the resources as being from the Big Island.

Correction/addition…

In last week’s presenation I was stumped on the amount of money that is currently being spent on web 2.0 companies vs. earlier in the year. TechCrunch is offering some insight into the answer here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/23/vc-investment-hits-highest-level-since-2001/
(earlier in the year web 2.0 investment was around 200 million)

New Adobe Magazine up on Adobe.com

Good stuff here: http://www.adobemagazine.com/

Mahalo for Last Night’s Meeting!

Thanks again for coming out. Thanks for the dialog and thanks for the sharing your ideas. See ya again soon!
Link to Web 2.0 Slide Presentation