Archive for June 28th, 2010

This Week in Nerdery

Here’s what’s happening in and around The Nerdery this week, and next.

iPhone tech talks: Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29&30: Jon Rexeisen is doing tech talks on iPhone development two nights in a row at The Nerdery. Several of us are staying after school to hear from our all-things-Apple guru, and the public is welcome – please send a direct tweet to the_nerdery if you’re interested (so we can order enough pizza). Both sessions are 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday’s tech talk will be a iOS 101 session covering the basics of iOS development, where to get documentation, etc. Then on Wednesday, Jon will do an iOS 4 session covering the new retina display on iPhone 4, the block APIs, Grand Central Dispatch on iOS, TapGestureRecognizers, and iAds.

Gaming and marketing at JMU612: First thing in the morning Thursday, June 30, Mark Hurlburt talks gaming to a group of marketers at JMU612 from 8-9:30am at Urban Bean in Uptown (Bryant and 33^rd). More at http://javameetup5.eventbrite.com/

PHP meetup: Later that evening (6-8 pm, this Thursday), the MN PHP user group meets at The Nerdery, with a session on Doctrine 2 led by Justin Hendrickson and a talk on Gearman by Mike Willbanks. RSVP at http://www.mnphp.org/calendar/13822783/

Agency primer webinars: Our two free HTML5 and CSS3 webinars are Tuesday, June 29 at 10:15 am and Thursday, July 1 at 3:15 pm, RSVP at http://www.nerdery.com/html5 to get the goods from Brian Litzinger and Matt Tonak.

Looking ahead to next week, the MN Python user group meets at The Nerdery Thursday, July 8 from 7-9 pm, more info at http://www.meetup.com/pymntos/

Nerdery Open House for Recruits: On Friday, July 9 from 3-6 p.m., we’ll host an open house geared at recruiting the next generation of much-needed nerds. Some of our local talent is leaving soon to colonize a new Nerdery in Chicago. Replacements, please RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/742826815

Looking further ahead, July 12-18 is Pentathanerd Week (http://pentathanerd.com/). Watch the second coming of The Summer Games right here (exclusive coverage).

Agency Primer: HTML5, CSS3, the Future & You

We’re firing up the DeLorean and loading up the Flux Capacitor for our next Agency Primer, where we’ll give you a nerds-eye, back-to-the-future view of HTML5 and CSS3. We’ll debunk some of the HTML5 myths coming out of the ongoing Apple/Adobe conflict, talk about what the future holds in HTML5 and CSS3 and talk about how you can save money and improve user experience using these technologies today using progressive enhancement so you don’t leave those poor IE users out in the cold.

RSVP for Tuesday, June 29 at 10:15 am Central or Thursday, July 1 at 3:15 pm Central.

Playing the parts of Marty McFly and Doc will be The Nerdery’s Brian Litzinger and Matt Tonak. They will address the immediate and the long-term benefits of using HTML5, including what creative directors and designers need to know about progressive enhancement.

In this one-hour webinar we’ll cover:

• What HTML5 is, and what it is not
• Immediate benefits of HTML5 & long term benefits
• How can I take advantage of HTML5 _now_ with progressive enhancement
• What creative directors and designers need to know about HTML5
• How you can save money with HTML5

RSVP today!