Holiday Cheer + Adobe Developer Evangelist

Join us for some holiday cheer / networking and Terry Ryan from Adobe.

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Please welcome Terry Ryan (https://twitter.com/tpryan) , Developer Evangelist for Adobe. The job basically entails helping developers using Adobe technologies to be successful. His focus is on web and mobile technologies including expertise in HTML, JavaScript and CSS. Previous to that, he spent a decade working in various technical roles at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Terry is also the author of Driving Technical Change, a Pragmatic Bookshelf title. It's about convincing reluctant co-workers to adopt new tools and ideas. He blogs at http://terrenceryan.com/blog

Animate, design, code, test, package, and deliver mobile content and apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with Adobe Edge Tools & Services. Find out more about what is going on with Edge Tools and Services (http://html.adobe.com/edge/), the web focused portion of the Creative Cloud. Discussed will be: new workflows with Photoshop, Edge Reflow, and Brackets. What’s new with Phonegap and Typekit will be on the docket too.

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We traditionally partner with a local charity for our holiday mixer to share the spirit. This year we have partnered with Westside Food Bank.

We have a one-year Creative Cloud Membership (Full suite), Pluralsight developer learning subscriptions, Artbeats video footage, books and much more as door prizes. To be entered in the doorprize drawing please bring non-parshirable food items or monitary donation. (checks made payable to Westdide Foodbank. Thank you for your support, genorisity and passing the holiday spirit on!

THANK YOUS!!

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A huge Thank You! to Coloft our host this evening.

At Coloft (http://coloft.com) we believe in people and their entrepreneurial spirit. We sought to build a community of like-minded doers, visionaries, change makers & problem solvers. The end result can not be described, it must be experinced. Come by and start experiencing the Coloft effect (a.k.a. Colofting*).

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24seven has provided the food and beverage for the meeting, Thank You!

As a strategic resource for talent management, 24 Seven (http://www.24seventalent.com/) helps creatively-driven brands identify, recruit and secure industry-leading talent. From start to finish, we are dedicated and committed to our clients, our candidates and our specialized focus. By offering freelance, full-time, contingent, retained and executive searches along with payroll services, 24 Seven is the leading, global recruitment resource capable of quickly customizing solutions for rapidly evolving client needs.

!! Doorprizes !!

Thank you to our sponsors, we have all sorts of doorprizes to give you! You too can thank them by supporting them the next time you are looking for a plug-in, books, dvds, footage, training. Many have new tutorials / tips / project files for their end users.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.