First up will be Kristopher Baxter from Local Matters covering JavaScript frameworks. Kristopher has experience with jQuery, Dojo, MooTools, and YUI as well homegrown stuff and emerging/future frameworks such as SproutCore and Objective-J.  His presentation will look at the current major players and touch on the future of frameworks.

The second half of our double header will be Joe Hildebrand of Jabber.  Founded in 2000, Jabber, Inc. is a leading provider of commercial real-time presence and messaging solutions.  Joe will be discussing how to add interactivity to your website with JabberWerx AJAX.

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First off, Josh Pigford of Sabotage Media (http://sabotagemedia.com/) will be talking about the TrackThePack (http://trackthepack.com/) web application.

Alex King of Crowd Favorite (http://crowdfavorite.com) will talk about the new Addictomatic (http://addictomatic.com/) application.

Join us and spread the word!

RSVP at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/760014/.

Refresh Denver is also changing venues to Forest Room 5 - just across 15th street from REI in the Highlands, this cool little spot has a great back room with a projector and plenty of open space. Plus, access to great appetizers, drinks, and dinner - and free street parking!

RSVP at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/591906/ and tell your friends!

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We were unable to locate a venue for this month’s meeting and with great regret we’ll need to cancel tomorrow’s meeting.

Also, it looks like we no longer have a sponsor at the Hive and thus we won’t be able to use this space anytime soon for future meetings. Ultimately, we need a new venue!

Thus we need your recommendations for locations. Locations that can hold 30+ people, allow for our speakers to be heard without difficulty, and have the ability to project the speaker’s presentation onto the wall (if they have one). Feel free to make suggestions in the comments below.

We will be gathering on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008; location TBD! Come join us for an eventful night. Meet and greet starts at 6pm, presentation starts at 6:30pm, and there will be a post-meeting/social gathering at 8pm.

This month our featured presenter is Mike Hostetler and he will be giving an “Introduction to jQuery with Drupal, and Qcodo frameworks” (NOTE: this is a reschedule from when Mike couldn’t make it to our December meeting due to the birth of his baby).

Mike Hostetler currently leads the Web and Design team of the jQuery project and he works as a Freelance Software Engineer. Read more about him on his blog at http://amountaintop.com/.

If you are a Web Designer or User Experience Designer you’ll want to be here to learn how to give your designs a Web 2.0 feel and Developers you’ll want to be here too to learn how to integrate and build a solid stack of frameworks.

Lastly, don’t forget to register yourself here on Refresh Denver and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for future updates! Also feel free to blog about Refresh Denver and invite your friends, contacts, and colleagues — help us build the Refresh community!

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When:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
6:00 p.m. – Meet and Greet
6:30 p.m. – Presentation
8:00 p.m. – Social Hour

Where:
TBD

What:
A jQuery Introduction, with Drupal and Qcodo

Who:
Mike Hostetler is the jQuery webmaster and currently works as a Freelance Software Engineer.

The original Boulder Startup Weekend started this whole project [startupweekend.com]. It was in Boulder, late one night, that the idea was coined. Later, the idea was nudged into reality. And now 7 months later, after 15 Startup Weekend events around the world, it is time to come home. 

Boulder Startup Weekend II to occur on March 21st-23rd at CU.Visit http://startupweekend.com/boulder-startup-weekend-ii/ for more information and to sign up.

• I didn’t install the original theme/template — instead we’ll be creating a new one that represents our unique Denver style (more information coming soon).
• I wasn’t able to move all the registered subscribers/authors over due to import issues — so instead of spending more time trying to figure it out I thought it might be easier for everyone to just recreate their account by re-registering here. Re-registering does a couple things for us, it cleans out all the old users that don’t access the site anymore, allows everyone the opportunity to create their “perfect” username as well as update and get their information listed on the members page including your website, email (don’t worry it’s encrypted), your IMs, and any other information you want the world to know (e.g., short bio.), and lastly hopefully it will encourage the new members to register and partake in the group to.
• I wasn’t able to install all of the previous plug-ins — however, all of the critical ones are there.

So with that said — let me know if you have any questions or comments. 

This month will be presenting a "Web Business Round Table Discussion With A Panel of Web Business Owners." Speakers, include Alex King from Crowd Favorite, SuzAnn Brown and Heather Morgan from Launchpad Interactive, and Brian Warren from Method Arts.

Don’t forget to blog about Refresh Denver and invite your friends, contacts, and colleagues and help us build the Refresh community!

When:

Wednesday, January 16, 2007
6:00 p.m. – Meet and Greet
6:30 p.m. – Presentation
8:00 p.m. – Social Hour

Where:

The Hive
Suite 30
2401 15th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202