Web Design Tools

It is now more exciting than ever to design for the web!

What truly is important is to have tools that make designing effortless and let you focus on the user interactions.

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Designer Sebastian Bleak (https://twitter.com/SebastianBleak) has a passion for learning and sharing with others so he’s the perfect one to help you get the most from your tools. Sebastian's blog (http://sebastianbleak.wordpress.com) is full of tutorials, ideas and inspiration.

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Michele Weisbart (https://twitter.com/mweisbart) has over 18 years experience as a graphic designer and illustrator. Her clients have spanned the entertainment, financial, medical and food industries. Michele partners with her clients to develop visual strategies that work for their businesses. Two of her illustrations have been choosen by Asutue Graphics to promote their plugins. More recently, Michele has worked with transportation planners, helping to communicate in a visual manner complete street ideas and safe route to school plans.
Michele Weisbart is also an educator. She has taught Illustrator and Photoshop at FIDM, Extension UCLA Landscape Architecture Department, and Art Institute of North Hollywood, as well as on a variety of subjects for General Assembly.

YOU! - Lighting Talks

5-10 minute presentations on any topic related to HTML5 /CSS /JS.

Do YOU have a topic that you'd like to present, please get in touch w/Jerry.

THANK YOUS!!

Volunteers

Thank you in advance for helping! We need a few volunteers to help set-up chairs for the meeting and afterwards to help stack the chairs. If you can help please arrive @6:30pm. please ping me if you are able to help.

A huge Thank You! to ... shaRon (https://twitter.com/PCartiste) for covering the venue expenses.

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ROC (http://www.realofficecenters.com/) is where you and your company will grow. Here you'll find a complete and progressive working environment with professional support for entrepreneurs, innovators and today's leaders. Come engage, exchange and evolve with us….

Smashing Conference (http://smashingconf.com/la-2015/)
The first West Coast conference here in Silicon Beach (http://siliconbeachla.com/)!
We'll look into things that have or haven’t worked, and why, and what worked better. The focus of the SmashingConf (https://twitter.com/smashingconf) is tangible, actionable insights that you can apply to your work right away. Be it your workflow, front-end, design, development, UX or performance tricks. Los Angeles April 27-30, 2015

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Makers of award winning tools such as VectorScribe, Phantasm and MirrorMe, Astute Graphics (http://www.astutegraphics.com) are leading innovative experts in designing imaginative tools for vector designers that significantly save time, boost creativity and achieve refined results. We lead the way with cutting-edge design software — we bring back the fun to drawing whilst making it far easier to meet tight deadlines and make on the fly changes.

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Astute Graphics YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/astutegraphics) for tutorials and webinars.

!! Doorprizes !!

Adobe Systems (http://www.adobe.com)
Thank you Adobe for your support! Whether your a beginner or a veteran Adobe user, you should probably check out their site again. Did you know that there is a Community Page at the Adobe site with tips/tricks/FAQs about their products? Coders have you checked out the cookbook pages?

Artbeats (http://www.artbeats.com)
The premier source of royalty-Free stock footage. New clips are added each month! Sign up on their site to get your free footage today.

AcademyX (http://www.academyx.com/schedule/los_angeles/)
offers hands-on, instructor-led training at its branches in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. We teach MS Office, Adobe apps, web development, programming and servers. AcademyX is an Adobe Authorized Training Center, a Microsoft Partner and Google Certified Partner.

Focal Press (http://www.focalpress.com/)
Media Technology books, ebooks, videos and tutorials Expert answers on digital imaging and photography, gaming, immerging web technologies, animation, film and video, postproduction, audio, music technology, broadcast and theatre.

PluralSight, hardcore dev training (http://www.pluralsight.com/training)
Developers move at the speed of satellite. Now your training can keep up. As a developer, you probably thrive on all the latest gadgets — such as tablets, Androids, iPhones, and Windows Phones. We understand your appetite for technology. That's why we've created multiple mobile apps that give you access to our online training library on the go, whether you're connected or need offline viewing.

O'Reilly (http://oreilly.com/)
spreads the knowledge of innovators through its technology books, online services, magazines, research, and tech conferences. An active participant in the technology community, O'Reilly has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.

Lynda (http://lynda.com/)
Lynda.com is an online learning company that helps anyone achieve their personal and professional goals. Learn software from Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Open Source and so much more!

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