Digital Media SIG

Digital Meda SIG April 23, 2012

“Reimagining the SIG Experience Workshop”

For years SVForum has relied on monthly or bi-monthly special interest group (SIG) meetings as core gathering points for our topics-based communities. In-person gatherings present invaluable face time and personal connections, even given all the digital tools we have now. This is an awesome model and we want it to thrive even more.

Now, what if you were to re-imagine the SIG meeting experience?

Are there ways to make the SVForum SIG experience unique?
How can it be differentiated from other similar meetings?

What roles can you imagine digital media (meaning ANY digital communication tools) could play?

How would you remake the SIG experience for the new decade of smartphones, tablets, Twitter, streaming video, podcasts, Meetups, telepresence, virtual worlds, Google Talks, screencasts, and Tedx?

What experiences through digital media are comparable to a SIG meeting?

How could you reliably capture and represent the audio and visual content of a SIG? What attempts have been made in the past? What have we learned and what should be revisited?

In this special “unconference” session we will consider new futures for the SIG meeting itself. Bring some ideas that you think are promising. Expect to meet some who agree and want to partner and some who may disagree that you can learn from.

After the merger with Silicon Valley Academy of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), and with a flow of new people who have discovered SVForum through Meetup, now is a good opportunity to especially welcome new members and learn from their experiences with other models.

Don’t miss this chance to share new ideas on how Digital Media specialists can bring some interesting solutions to the table. How can we use our talents to evolve SVForum in this new decade?

– Note takers needed, so bring a laptop or other device to do so if you can.
– More about the Unconference aka. OPen Space technology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology

The basis ‘rules’ of the Unconference……
(1) The people who come are the best people who could have come.
2) Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened.
3) It starts when it starts (but we’ll start at 6:30)
4) It’s over when it’s over (and we’ll be out by 9:00)
5) The Law of Two Feet (“If you are not learning or contributing to a talk or presentation or discussion it is your responsibility to find somewhere where you can contribute or learn”).

Location:
SVForum Offices
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits, Redwood Shores
330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 101
Redwood City, CA
94065

Please note, the location for the meeting is in Redwood Shores.
Please arrive by 7:00 PM, the doors lock at 7:00.
Thank you!

Agenda:
6:30 PM Registration and Networking
7:00 PM -8:40 PM Presentations

Price:
No charge for SVForum members and non-members
(for this one event)
No registration required

Friend of Digital Media SIG Henrik Bennetsen is hosting a Post-PC conference March 30, 2012.

“We are in the early days of a major new technology cycle driven by Post-PC devices and HTML5.

TL;DR Conf invites leading thinkers and doers to help you understand the big opportunities.”

Friday, March 30, 2012

http://www.tldrconf.com/

With the launch of the iPhone we entered the era of the Post-PC device. This new generation of connected devices brought the promise of exciting new applications. And these days a massive rolling upgrade of the web into a fully fledged application platform is building incredible momentum, all under the umbrella of HTML5.

We are still in the early days of this new technology cycle and it’s a time of significant opportunity. A time to think beyond the traditional web site. Tomorrow’s users will expect more.
At the TL;DR Conference you can meet and learn from a cross-section of people who are leading the charge into this new paradigm. You’ll hear from those who built the early projects or enabling technology platforms, the people who are creating new businesses and the ones who are actively funding them.

Why (and How) to Rapidly Prototype for Multiple Devices
(Note: This event will be co-hosted with the Mobile Internet SIG)

The online world is changing fast, and new devices are becoming both more important and more varied. Building prototypes for web sites and web apps is getting harder, and the need to have a working prototype to use and get feedback on is more critical than ever.

In this talk we’ll show you how to use Foundation, a new CSS/HTML/JS framework, to quickly prototype sites and web apps that work on any kind of device, at any resolutions, with a variety of capabilities and constraints. We’ll look at creating complex layouts in minutes that let you easily try out different experiences and different JS interactions. The key to success in the new online world is rapid prototyping and iteration, so come hear about a slick new way to get things done.

There will be plenty of hands-on exercises, please bring your laptop and a healthy dose of energy.

Matt Kelly
Lead Software Engineer at ZURB

Matt is the Lead Software Engineer at ZURB (http://www.zurb.com). When he’s not working on one of ZURB’s awesome products (Notable,Verify, Chop) he’s bundling up functionality from those apps into jQuery plugins. He has a deep love for Rails, jQuery, and anything else that add joy to coding web apps. When he’s not coding he’s building 3D cameras out of iPods or soldering toy guitars from cereal boxes.

Location:
Note – New Location.
Nokia – Main Silicon Valley Campus
200 S. Mathilda
Sunnyvale, CA

Agenda:
6:30pm – 7:00pm – Registration & Networking
7:00pm – 8:30pm – Presentations

Cost:
$20 at the door for non-SVForum members
No charge for SVForum members
No registration required

Location for February: Nokia in Sunnyvale

Agenda:
6:30 PM Registration and Networking
7:00 PM -8:40 PM Presentations

Price:
$20 at the door for non-SDForum members
No charge for SVForum members
No registration required