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SUMMARY:The Raleigh-Durham Web Design & Markup Group May Meeting
DESCRIPTION:  Correct Map May: How it Fits: Scripting Languages We'll 
	discuss how scripting fits in the overall architecture of building Web
	 sites\, and applications. Deep discussions of Ruby on Rails\, ASP\, P
	HP\, MySQL\, may be more appropriate to groups focussed on MySQL\, PHP
	\, and Ruby. We'll try to stick to basics and answering users' questio
	ns. A Web Design meetup member has mentioned the possibility of offeri
	ng an office conference room for a meeting. This might be good for a s
	mall tutorial. If you're interested in presenting on a topic in a more
	 formal presentation setting\, please let the organizer know. 2008 Ten
	tative Agenda *************************************** June: Flash Tool
	s July: Web Site Security August: Videos and Movies on the Web: MP3\, 
	Music\, and Podcasting September: Search Engine Optimization October: 
	"Web 3.0" November: Toss Up: Template Languages: Designing for Blogs a
	nd Other CMSs\; Web Addressing: REST\; ("Representational State Transf
	er". REST was introduced by Roy Fielding in his 2000 Doctoral Disserta
	tion. Broadly\, REST refers to an architectural form in which applicat
	ions are considered as resources\, represented as markup documents whi
	ch are stored/retrieved/removed by way of HTTP commands using only Uni
	form Resource Identifiers - that is\, a web address.) Using mod_rewrit
	e December: Agenda and Organizational Meeting 2008 Past Meetings: Janu
	ary Topic: Favorite Web Editing and Design Tools February: Design Temp
	lates as "Silver Bullets": Pros and Cons of Web Design Templates March
	: Designing with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) April: Search Engine Mar
	keting These are not fixed in stone. Please contact the organizer if y
	ou have questions or comments. (The agenda for Markup Northeast will b
	e less "design-oriented"\; details will be given in separate announcem
	ents.) Other optional standing tickler topics . . . The Good\, The Bad
	\, and The Ugly Bring us a URL of a Web site\, whether the best\, the 
	worst\, or merely adequate. We'll talk about it. Let us know if it is 
	yours and we'll be nice. Back-end Server Coding Have a problem grokkin
	g server-based code or architecture? Just Ask. Wanna discuss a Web ser
	vice? We can do that too. Book Review Pick up a particularly interesti
	ng book relating to Web Design\, design in general\, or a cool Web tec
	hnology? Or did an impulse buy turn out to be a waste of time? Tell us
	 about it. If you have an idea for a topic let me know. I'd be happy t
	o update the agenda. Discuss member's Web questions\, talk about what'
	s new\, volunteers welcome to present anything of interest to Web prof
	essionals\, novices\, and/or hacks. The stock agenda applies of course
	: * Strut your stuff. Show us your recent design work\, whether progra
	mmatic or artistic. * Q&A. Get answers to big picture and little detai
	l questions. * Nifty tools\, technologies\, and practices you find "ju
	st work well". * Meet! Mingle! Talk! About the Location Panera has WiF
	i access\, deep pots of coffee\, and plenty of room. Please be polite 
	to the staff and mindful of other customers. We do need to vacate by 9
	pm so the staff can close up! *** GOOGLE/YAHOO/MAPQUEST MAPS ARE WRONG
	 *** The location info has a link to work around problems with Google 
	and Yahoo Maps. The address on the embedded map was tweaked to get the
	 Yahoo link to point to the geographical vicinity. Mitch made a better
	 map on MapBuilder: Map Builder Map of Panera Bread - Mitch Past Meeti
	ng Topics (2007): Jan: Site critique\; What is "Reasonable Disclosure"
	 for a freelancer? Feb: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) March: Firebu
	g debugger & Firefox extensions (proposed Book swap a non-event) April
	: Color - Theory\, Web Rules of Thumb\, Design Resources May: Layout -
	 Space\, Composition\, Template Design & Idioms June: Fonts - Typesett
	ing jargon\, Good Style\, Controlling\, Tools July: Vector Art - Basic
	 Techniques\, Tools\, Resources August: Bitmaps - Image Editing\, Basi
	c Photo Tips\, Tools\, Resources September: Human Factors - Interface 
	considerations\, Heuristics\, Tips October: AJAX & JS Animation & Libr
	aries November: Flash Basics & Tools Dec: Agenda discussion Special Ca
	lled Meeting for Dec: Markup Northeast - Dinner & organizational discu
	ssion\n
LOCATION:Postal code 27560\, United States @ Morrisville, North Caroli
	na 27560 United States
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