Who: Anyone interested in learning more about online word processing, video conferencing and anything Adobe
Whatmach zehnder modulator: Big Island Adobe User Group Meeting
When: Third Tuesday of every month – Next Meeting June 16th at 5:30pm
Where: Hawaii Innovation Center at Hilo – Across from Bear’s Coffee and the Kress Theater (Corner of Kalakaua and [...]

Specifically we’ll be addressing the following questions:

What is a digital economy?
How can you, your ohana and your business benefit?
мебели софияHow can you sustain yourself in a digital economy?

All these question and more will be addressed at the meeting on Tuesday at 5:30. Click the “Next Meeting” link at the top of the page for [...]

This is the must-attend user group meeting of the year.
The Adobe User Group and the Sustainable Web Community will be combined. We’ll get started at 6pm.
We’ll feature an Introduction to WordPress (6:00pm) for beginners and an advanced marketing and design class for experts (7:00pm). 
Bring your laptops for the step by step portions of the classes. [...]

This is just the release announcement. No product will ship yet. If you want to get in on the free webcast to check out the latest features, go here: http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/
Sign up for the reminder and you’ll get the url.
Also, from the folks at FlashMagazine, 
SWFs to become fully searchable
Today, Adobe announces a new search engine solution, a [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]