We’re gathering subscribers. So if you’re interested in helping on a committee or just subscribing to the mailing list, please shoot me a note or use the form below. Indicate your level of interest and whether you want to receive project updates during the planning stages of the event.

Three organizational bullets on our end so far:

• Possible live component between islands -not yet proposed to Oahu group
• Acrobat (Breeze) Connection from UHH/HCC or HICH
• Idea for a inter-island raffle

• Date
• Location
• Planning committee
• Agenda / Oahu

Learn more about WordCamp and WordPress here to speed up the dialog.

Come join the discussion at the next meeting.

Update 6-13-08:
Collection of WordCamp Hawaii discussions (sorry for no descriptions -plesae fel free to register and I’ll give you access to make any edits.)

• http://tinyurl.com/52n8pl
• http://tinyurl.com/596xws
• http://tinyurl.com/3j9usr
• http://tinyurl.com/4z2hbw
• http://tinyurl.com/3lgexu
• http://tinyurl.com/4hfxb5

Bottom Line: Lots of discussion, haven’t seen any dates yet.

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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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 use a sustainable web design to sustain yourself using the web as a platform?

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 more details.

Immediately following the Big Island Adobe User Group meeting there will be a Blogging Class for Big Island Blog Network Members. The class is free to Big Island Blog Network Members. All others pay $25 bucks. Online pre-registration for the blog class, aka Sustainable Web Design is required. Click here to pre-register at Green Collar Technologies.

For meeting details, please call Brent Norris 896-7656.

See you there!

I saw that you were the User Group Manager for the Hawaii AUG and I wanted to let you & your group know about a special offer that Total Training has going on right now. If you’re not familiar with us, Total Training is the premier, award-winning provider of video software training for Adobe.

If your members visit this site: http://www.totaltraining.com/adobe7, they’ll have a 7 day FREE all-access Adobe Essentials pass, as well as a 15% off coupon if they are interested in any of our products.

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 about it! The only down size is you will put on at least ten pounds because of all the food, although they provide a great gym on site for their employees. Do you know any good websites or journals that I can find such people?

Got a similar job opening here on Hawai`i 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 welcome and your Adobe product questions will be answered. Uhm, check this site for more info!

• The Hilo MySQL Meetup Group - Wed Jan 16th at 6pm – 7pm
  John will present a pre-owned open-source Ruby on Rails application for B&B business, and discuss his customization issues. For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
  http://mysql.meetup.com/208/calendar/6823013/

• The Hawaii Mac Nuts User Group - Thursday Jan 17th at 5:30pm - website
  Meeting at the Keaau Youth Business Center in Keaau Town Center. (the old Wiki Wiki Mart, between McDonald and Ace Hardware) the entrance is on the Ace Hardware side of the building. Directions to mtg location.

• Hawai`i United Industries - Tuesday Jan 22nd at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
  Lots of creatives getting together to build something bigger. There will be a presentation  on why this might be a good idea for you. Joining the  HUI (Hawai`i United Industries) means saving money on marketing, getting higher paid gigs and working less at finding better jobs. Employers, contractors and educators will all be present.
  Mtg to be held at the High Technology Development Corporation in Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 (Downtown across from Bear’s Coffee)

• Web 2.0 Digital Design and eMarketing Seminar / Conference - Thursday March 22nd all day
  For details, contact Brent (at) brent.fm

Cynthia Tester
http://www.contentquality.com/org/cynthiatested.htm

Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in wikipedia

Joomla themes
http://www.rockettheme.com/blogcategory/Joomla_Templates/
http://www.joomla24.com/index.php
http://www.toolboxcreations.com/

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 stuffs. Next Meeting details…

We are very interested in cooperation with you and would be happy to offer different discounts for our software products to users of your group. We also would like to offer you a free licenses of any our product for a testing among Adobe users of your group and placing information (review or article) about it at your User Group  site. We would appreciate having an opportunity for our products and services to be discussed and evaluated by high-skilled experts of your Adobe User Group.

If you have some ideas or suggestions towards our mutual beneficial cooperation don’t hesitate to contact me personally.

The full list of our Flash products for Windows, please visit our product list: http://www.eltima.com/products/multimedia/http://mac.eltima.com/ Flash Decompiler Trillix page: http://www.flash-decompiler.com/
and for Apple Macintosh:

Home: http://www.eltima.com
Blog: http://blog.eltima.com

Hope to see you there!

The offer ends 5pm (EST) on the 30^th September, so if you could let all your members know ASAP, that would be great!

To claim the discount, your members need to email me directly at this address with their orders. They will then receive a special discount code that allows them to purchase the software online at half price! They can also pay by Purchase Order (if they are purchasing for a company).

You can read more about how Zinc, Flash and Flex work together on our website www.multidmedia.com and in articles such as http://www.multidmedia.com/support/developers/articles/?action=show&id=9 .

Hope to hear from you all soon!

Best regards,
Paul Tunnicliffe
New Business and Sales Executive
Multidmedia Limited (MDM)
www.multidmedia.com
TEL: +44 (0) 1902 837402
FAX: +44 (0) 1902 837401

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 important to the Big Island

Aloha Workshops will present a free blogging class for beginners. Expert bloggers will also benefit as advanced search engine optimization techniques for your blog will be shared. Any and all questions are always welcomed.

Step by step instructions will be part of the presentation so bring your laptop. If you do not have a blog, a blog will be given to you to use during the class. We want you to know how to post in a blog before you leave. If you bring your laptop you’ll have that post done before you leave.

All attendees of the class will qualify for a free blog website and comprehensive web hosting for one year from Aloha Workshops. Inspired Big Islanders may want to join the Big Island Blog Network. http://big-island-blog-network.com

Call Brent Norris for more details.
(808) 896-7656
or email brent (at) brent.fm

Mahalo University of Hawai`i Hilo Conference Center for providing meeting space for this event.

Adobe News

Max Coming Up - http://adobemax2007.com

WOW/Biaug involvement at max this year

Creative license podcast series:

http://creativesuitepodcast.com/

Adobe Captivate Available for trial download

http://labs.adobe.com

http://bigisland.ning.com
a new social network for the Big Island

Aloha Workshops

Internships

Program details

http://alohaworkshops.com/interns/

What it’s about.

Who can apply.

Who should apply.

Requirements.

Start anytime (basically)

Next Free Blog Class

August 30th at Hale Aloha at 5:30pm

Show sitemap integration at biaug site

Google Webmaster Tools

Google Sitemap Generator

Onyx Video Mixing Demo

Latest Web 2.0
Tools Discussion

Collboration - Mind meister - demo

http://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/1617525

TokBox (tokbox.com) - try it on biaug.com
site

PRLeap.com - press release 2.0

Mogulus.com - world news

Twitter.com - one to many

deviantart.com - 1.0 but still way kewl

linkedin.com - business myspace (kinda)

mybloglog.com - business myspace (kinda but more
fun??)

vflyer.com - update content across multiple sites
like craigslist

edgio.com - classifieds 2.0

seomoz.com - sem analysis

webbuildsites.com - sem analysis

zazzle.com - printing 2.0

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 See you there!

Aloha Workshops provides real-world training and workshops based on the needs of real employers. Specifically, the Web 2.0 intern program is focused on providing web design, development and marketing instruction. Using our proven techniques and training programs, interns will leverage our ten plus years of experience to enhance their skills and work toward becoming self-sustainable on the web.

In exchange for free training and hands-on instruction, accepted applicants will work on real projects for clients in need of design, development and marketing services. Combining hands-on training in specific Web 2.0 tools and techniques with the direct application of newly learned skills dramatically improves retention rates. Immediately applying and practicing what interns learn bridges the gap between book knowledge (school) and client needs (work). This approach is consistently proving to be very valuable in personal and professional development.

The tools and techniques desired by employers change very quickly in today’s Web 2.0 world. Web workers are very much in demand.  In response to this need for qualified, talented individuals on the cusp of revolutionary technology, we’re stepping up our educational offerings to include internships. Additional benefits can be found by visiting:  AlohaWorkshops.com/interns

For more information please contact:

• Brent Norris
  Aloha Workshops
  808-896-7656
  brent (at) biaug.com

• Visit AlohaWorkshops.com/interns to learn how to qualify and apply for the program.

About Aloha Workshops
Aloha Workshops provides adventures and training in paradise. Our programs are based on skills required by today’s employers. Instruction is provided in both traditional and alternative classroom environments. We are based in Mountain View on the Big Island of Hawai`i.

Our goal is to reduce the State’s dependency on tourism by improving our digital economies and advancing our technological capabilities.  In a world of political uncertainty, and environmental instability, it is vital that we focus our energies within a self-sustaining, clean industry.  A technically advanced, drug-free learning and working environment is provided from our “off the grid” design studio on the Big Island of Hawai`i.

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 chance for you to learn from and mingle with your favorite New Riders authors and the most respected professionals in the Web design industry.  Our speakers include: Steve Krug, Brendan Dawes, Nathan Shedroff, Jeremy Keith, Peter-Paul Koch, Robert Hoekman, Eric Meyer, and many other leading voices in Web Design.

Just for the user group community we’re giving away a full three-day conference pass to a lucky user group member! Here’s how you can enter - at your next meeting nominate one member from your group whose name will be submitted to the general raffle. Submit your nominee by September 20th to usergroups@peachpit.com. We will announce the lucky winner on September 28th.

The winner will be responsible for all travel, hotel, and related costs. The ticket is non-transferable, not redeemable for cash or credit. Unused ticket is forfeited. The ticket is good for the full three- day conference, Oct 23-25. Pre-conference day is not included.

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 compliance than xhtml/css. Interesting.

(earlier in the year web 2.0 investment was around 200 million)

Link to Web 2.0 Slide Presentation

Bring your laptop for hands-on, step by step, instruction. No laptop required though. We’ll pass out materials to take back to your home or office computer.

Need info? Contact Brent 808-896-7656 or brent(at)biaug.com

e komo mai!

Why?
The Kea`au Youth Business Center and Aloha Workshops are interested in teaching folks how to sustain themselves using technology without limits. If you’re interested in working on the Internet, this is for you. Meet and network with leading industry professionals and students. It’s going to be fun. It’s FREE!
Come grind some “ono Pupus la`au”  (delicious, healthy snacks) created by KYBC’s own entrepreneurial culinary youth team: MAPS International!

When?
July 11th - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Add to your Google Calendar:

Where?
Kea`au Youth Business Center in Kea`au Junction Shopping Center

Next Steps?
Check out the grand opening coverage of the Kea`au Youth Business Center.
On this site: http://biaug.com/20/keaau-youth-business-center-grand-opening/

More information about the Kea`au Youth Business Center

HUD AWARDS HAWAII UNIVERSITIES NEARLY $5 MILLION IN GRANTS
http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr04-090.cfm

HAWAI`I COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE - MINUTES OF MEETING
http://hawaii.hawaii.edu/senate/sept.17min.htm

Hawaiian community development grant session comes to Molokai April 13
http://www.molokaitimes.com/articles/6322121813.asp

About Aloha Workshops
http://alohaworkshops.com

Help spread the word!
Download and print the official flyer and give to someone you love today!

Here’s a link to the slides for the

Publishing SEO Optimized Video on your Website or Weblog 

http://www.flickr.com/gp/24612017@N00/84q49q

Below is an example of a Microformat, hCalendar, created using the hCalendar Creator.

June 21th 05:15am,
7am 2007 —
Big Island Adobe User Group Meeting— at
Hale Aloha Conference Room at Hawaii Community College in Hilo, Hawaii 96720

On June 21st at 5:15pm, we’ll be meeting at Hale Aloha on the University of Hawaii Hilo / Hawaii Community College Campus. Everyone is welcome, e komo mai, join the design, writer, photography, artist and developer community here on da Big Island of Hawaii.Email your topic suggestions or comment on this post.

Unless some topics for discussion come in, Brent Norris will present, “Publishing SEO Optimized Video on your Website or Weblog.” This will be a one hour presentation with slides and will cover the following:

Publishing video on YouTube
Embedding video into your website
Using plugins to embed video in WordPress
Optimizing your video content for search engines
Question and Answer session following presentation
Bring in your latest project to share. Bring your Adobe product questions. Bring your keiki, kupuna and anyone else that wants to share their manao on the web.

There is no charge. A presentation will be given to help educate and inform. No sales pitches, just a gathering of friends getting together to teach and learn with each other. Come share your Internet manao and visions for the Big Island.

We’ll share some projects that have been developed here by local digital artists and programmers.

Come share you wisdom and ideas with other local Big Island designers and developers.

A map of the University of Hawaii Hilo / Hawaii Community College Campus can be found here:
http://biaug.com/assets/big-island-adobe-user-group-meeting-manono-campus-map.gif

We are seeking volunteers. If you’re interested please send us a note.

Tags:
hawaii
big-island
adobe
user-group
meeting

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hCalendar Creator.

Web 2.0 Slides from April’s Meeting from the April Big Island Adobe User Group meeting at Hawaii Community College.

What are microformats, you ask? They’re one small part of that whole Web 2.0 thing, and the idea is to format certain types of data (contact information, dates and calendars, resumes, the list goes on) so that it’s easy for people and applications to make sense of them. Much like web standards for (X)HTML and CSS, they’re guidelines for formatting information so that in the future, any data put on the web can be easily categorized, thus making it easier to find.

Okay, maybe not as many as last time but we’ll clean out the closet!

Here’s a link to the slide jpegs.

Can someone remind me which Google link I’m supposed to include here? My notes didn’t include that particular detail -uh, or any detail. :~

FYI - Adobe MAX has been announced for Chicago in September. User groups sometimes get some sort of discount so get your name in early if you can attend.

Contact
Brent Norris
Big Island Adobe User Group
808-896-7656
brent@biaug.com

Who: Big Island Adobe User Group
What: Meeting
Where: Hale Aloha Conference Room at Hawaii Community College
When: Wednesday April 18th at 5:30pm
Why: Help support local businesses, charities

Audio recording of this message is attached.
PSA-big-island-adobe-user-group.mp3
Length: 00:55

Big Island Adobe User Group Meeting

The Big Island Adobe User Group would like to invite all aspiring and practicing web professionals, designers and anyone that’s interested in learning more about publishing on the Internet. This month’s presentation will focus on personal publishing and content management systems that you can use to easily build your own website or blog. We’ll also be sharing our Web 2.0 resources and giving demonstrations on digital video publishing. Some great SEO and Internet marketing resources will be shared to help local businesses, charities and professionals be seen on the web.

Come share your own projects, resources, your manao, talk story with us this coming Wednesday, April 18th at 5:30pm at the Hale Aloha Meeting room at Hawaii Community College. Call 896-7656 or visit biaug.com for directions and details.

We’ll have Adobe giveaways including a raffle and lots of aloha. e komo mai this Wednesday, 18th at 5:30pm at the Hale Aloha Meeting room at Hawaii Community College. Call 896-7656 or visit biaug.com for directions and details.

Please listen to attached, 55 second .mp3 audio recording of the text above. file.

Contact
Brent Norrris
Big Island Adobe User Group
808-896-7656
brent@biaug.com

Funded by grant money and powered by aloha, the Keaau Youth Business Center is a great place for kids to pick up digital and culinary arts that otherwise might not be able to. This is will be a real jump start for many and I’ve already heard some pretty exciting success stories from the program.

Look for more soon from these folks. They’re making it happen in the Big Island of Hawaii digital design, video and culinary arts scene. Sorry I didn’t get everyone’s name but I’ll be back to learn more and meet more of the folks that are behind the magic.

Many mahalos to the local press and schools for promoting the event. Many thanks to Windward Community College for being a great host. Thanks also to all the educators in attendance. Thanks also to the WCC newspaper and the other news organizations that covered the event. Super special thanks to Bill Cullifer and the World Organization of Webmasters for picking up the tab.

I’ll cover the highlights at the March mtg.

Read this for more info:
http://carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/9/27/free_breeze_for_user_group_use

More specifically, I like the idea / possibility of holding user group meetings together across the islands. Anyone down to throw a multi-island meeting?