ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <head> <title>Refresh Pittsburgh - January 2010 Meetup!</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body style="margin:0; padding:0;"> <table width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#001342"> <tr> <td width="100%" align="center"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="569" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #fff;"> <tr> <td> <p style="margin: 3px 16px 4px;">Having trouble viewing this e-mail? <webversion style="color: #FFFF00;">Click here to read it online.</webversion></p> <p style="margin: 3px 16px 8px;">No longer want to receive e-mails from us? <unsubscribe style="color: #FFFF00;">Unsubscribe from the newsletter</unsubscribe>.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="../email-12-3-07/rp.gif" alt="Refresh Pittsburgh" height="141" width="569"></td> </tr> </table> <table height="400" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="571" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #333;"> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15"></td> <td valign="top" width="541"> <h2 style="padding:0; margin:0; font-weight:normal;">January 2010 Meetup</h2> <p>It's a new year, and time to kick off Refresh Pittsburgh for 2010!</p> <p>Please join us on <strong>Tuesday, January 26th at 7:00 pm</strong> for the next Refresh Pittsburgh meet-up.</p> <p>This month well be back at one of our favorite locations, at the <strong></strong><a href="#">Art Institute of Pittsburgh</a></strong>. AIP is located downtown at 420 Boulevard of the Allies. We'll be in room 740. Take the gold elevator up to the seventh floor. Take your first right and the room will be a few doors down on the left. There may be a security guy at the door - if there is just let him know you are there for the Refresh Pittsburgh meetup.</p> <p>A HUGE thank-you goes out to our friend <a href="http://www.normhuelsman.com">Norm Huelsman</a> for offering to host a Refresh meeting at AIP.</p> <h3 style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#b1e100;padding-top:10px;clear:both;" >Presentations</h3> <p>We'll be focusing on CMS's for this meetup - and will be specifically highlighting <a href="http://drupal.org/">Drupal</a>, a popular open source CMS and <a href="http://www.expressionengine.com">Expression Engine</a>, a non-open source CMS that is really picking up steam lately. </p> <p>To start the evening, <strong>Joshua Powell</strong> will be presenting <strong>"Drupal: a Content Management Framework"</strong></p> <p>Josh's presentation will cover:</p> <ul> <li>What Drupal Is &amp; What It Isn't</li> <li>Advantages &amp; Disadvantages to Using Drupal</li> <li>How to Get Started Using Drupal</li> </ul> <p>Joshua Powell is the designer, developer, and information architect for <a href="http://www.developedsimple.com/">Developed Simple</a> and is also a senior partner of Billions Now Living. </p> <p>Next, <strong>Patrick Fulton</strong> will present <strong>"Better Know a CMS: ExpressionEngine"</strong></p> <p>Pat's presentation will be a quick intro to ExpressionEngine, a PHP-powered CMS. He'll discuss some of the positives and the negatives of it as well as why he's chosen EE over other content management systems for specific projects.</p> <p>Patrick Fulton is a front-end web developer at <a href="http://www.elliance.com">Elliance</a>.</p> <p>Feel free to <forwardtoafriend>forward this invite to a friend.</forwardtoafriend></p> <p style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">As always, please RSVP by sending an email to <a href="mailto:info@refreshpittsburgh.org">info@refreshpittsburgh.org</a> or just let us know you are coming on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=301764064516&ref=mf">Facebook event page</a> so we can plan accordingly!</p> <h3 style="border-top: 1px solid #b1e100; padding-top:10px;">Refresh Pittsburgh Job Board</h3> <p>There have been a number job posted recently to <a href="http://refreshpittsburgh.jobamatic.com/a/jbb/find-jobs">our job board</a>.</p> <p>If you are a company looking to hire, the Refresh Pittsburgh job board will give you access to the largest web development users group in the area - and you'll be reaching some of the most talented people in the Western Pennsylvania.</p> <p>Job listings are only $25 for 30 days.</p> <h3 style="border-top: 1px solid #b1e100; padding-top:10px;">Remainders</h3> <ul> <li>We&rsquo;re on Twitter because we are addicted to it. Please <a href="http://twitter.com/refreshpitt/">add us as a friend</a> for periodical (non-important) updates.</li> <li>Refresh Pittburgh: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/refreshpittsburgh/">Google Group</a></li> <li>Refresh Pittburgh: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/80366/60F957740F68">Linked-In Group</a></li> <li>On Facebook? Look for the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2493122844">Refresh Pittsburgh</a> group!</li> <li>Special thanks to our fantastic friends at <a href="http://www.campaignmonitor.com">Campaign Monitor</a> for sponsoring our newsletter. We love them. Check them out for all your newsletter needs.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border-top: 1px solid #b1e100; padding-top:10px;">See You Soon!</h3> <p>Thanks for your interest and participation with Refresh Pittsburgh. </p> <p>Jason Head, Geoff Barnes &amp; Pat Collins</p> <div style="font-size:10px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <p>You have received this e-mail because you are subscribed to the Refresh Pittsburgh mailing list. If you received this e-mail in error, or would like to unsubscribe from our newsletter, you may do so by <unsubscribe>clicking here</unsubscribe> or sending us an e-mail to <a href="http://www.refreshpittsburgh.org">info@refreshpittsburgh.org</a>.</p> </div> </td> <td width="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="15"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>