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Tuesday
Jan 24, 2012
Toledo Geek Dinner
Naslada Bistro

This is a social event for web pros & enthusiasts in Toledo and surrounding areas. Toledo Geek Dinner provides Social Networking for Toledo's Digital Entrepreneurs. Join ToledoGeeks for interesting conversations, networking and co-working.

Please join us for drinks at 6:00 PM and we'll begin ordering around 6:30 PM. All are welcome.

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Tuesday
Mar 27, 2012
Toledo Web Professionals Geek Dinner
Aktion Associates, Inc

Toledo Geeks and Toledo Web Pros are meeting and mixing at Aktion Associates HQ in Maumee, OH.

Details about this event will be posted here: http://www.meetup.com/Toledo-Web-Design/events/50021062/ Please RSVP and add guests if you have them. Food will be provided by Aktion.

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Thursday
Apr 19, 2012
Road Trip to Refresh Detroit
Panera Bread Franklin Park Mall

Refresh Detroit is hosting “From Documents to Apps: Evolving an Open Web” on April 19th, starting at 6:15pm, in downtown Detroit (M@dison building).

Molly Holzschlag will discuss the entire state of Web development/design and show the Open Web Technology Stack visually from back end to front end.

Details: http://refreshdetroit.org/event/evolving-an-open-web/

We can also get a tour of the M@dison Building before: http://bedrockmgt.com/madison.html

Plan (so far): 3pm: Meet at Panera on Talmadge. You can grab a late lunch/early dinner and work as needed. 3:45pm: Leave for Detroit. Carpool / drive separately as needed. Tigers home game, so parking will be a challenge (and more expensive). 5pm: Tour of M@dison Building. Hang around the M@dison or get something to eat nearby. 6:15pm: Refresh Detroit session with Molly Holzschlag in the M@dison Building. YOU MUST REGISTER at RefreshDetroit.org - limited seating. 8:30pm: Session over. Some can leave to return to Toledo, others can stay in Detroit for food, drinks, etc.

People do not have to take part in the whole schedule! You can just show up at 3:45pm to leave for Detroit together. You can be at the M@dison at 5pm for the tour. Or just show up for the talk at 6:15pm.

To help us keep track of who from the Toledo region is interested in the road trip, please add yourself to this spreadsheet and which parts you are participating in: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AguCHuXypUWUdE9PRS1PTEljUk5jbzlLRXFWUXJfaFE

For those who prefer morning activities instead / in addition to evening ones, there is also a "Rise + Design" get-together with Molly at 9am on the 19th. See http://plancast.com/p/auc4/rise-design-molly-e-holzschlag for more info.

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Tuesday
Apr 24, 2012
Toledo Web Professionals
Maumee Bay Brewing Company

Toledo Web Professionals Geek Dinner.

The presentation for this meeting will be a collaborative effort. Various speakers will give a brief (5-10) talk on the pros and cons of a CMS they have experience with. A projector will be available.

People will start arriving around 6 and talks will start around 6:45 or so. Come join us to talk shop, socialize and enjoy the great beer and food from the Maumee Bay Brewing Co.

Speakers scheduled so far:

Patrick McSweeny - Wordpress and Drupal

Keith Thompson - Plone

Chris Wammes - Percussion

Justin Dykhouse - Concrete5

Daniel Paquette - Cushy CMS and GetSimple CMS

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Tuesday
May 1, 2012
Read for Literacy Help session
TLCPL (Main Branch) - old venue

At the most Toledo Web Professionals recent meetup, Amy Clark from Read for Literacy asked for volunteers to help with her group's website. This meeting will be for anyone who is interested in helping. This is for a good cause and I think everyone can agree that literacy is a good thing so come out and help if you can.

Amy has agreed to make dinner for those helping out.

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Monday
Jul 30, 2012
UX Clinic: Card Sorting
Seed Coworking

For the July Toledo Web Professionals meeting, we are trying something different. Instead of just meeting to eat, drink and socialize, or having a discussion, we will be hosting a "clinic" where attendees get to learn a user experience method.

The method for July will be Card Sorting, based on the Rosenfeld Media book by Donna Spencer. See http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/cardsorting/ for more information about the book and a lot of supporting material for card sorting.

See http://www.meetup.com/Toledo-Web-Design/events/58206902/ for details about the clinic and parking information.

If you have never done card sorting before, you will learn some of the basics and be able to apply it to one of your future projects. If you are a veteran card sorter, we would still like you to attend to share your experiences with the other attendees.

THANKS TO SEED FOR HOSTING THE MEETING!

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Tuesday
Sep 25, 2012
Jeff Cogswell on JavaScript
Seed Coworking

I am excited to announce and welcome our September speaker, Jeff Cogswell. Jeff is a software developer and trainer, and owner of Cogsmedia Training. He has 25 years of experience in software development, having focused the last 10 years almost exclusively on web development. About eight years ago he realized JavaScript was soon going to be required knowledge of any web developer, and began mastering it. He has written over a dozen books, including C++ All-in-One for Dummies.

I've asked him to help us understand how he uses JavaScript plus what excites him about new JavaScript technologies.

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Wednesday
Sep 26, 2012
UX Web Summit Live
Seed Coworking

Hey everyone, would you attend a fully interactive, one-day UX event featuring Lou Rosenfeld, Samantha Warren and other leaders in the industry?

We're looking for a meeting room registration and I'll need participants to help pay for the event. I need at least 8 participants if each person can pay $50 to attend this live event, I'll put up the rest of the dough. No limit on the number of participants we can have though...

See http://www.meetup.com/Toledo-Web-Design/events/79910582/

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Tuesday
Oct 23, 2012
Geek Dinner & Demo October Meetup (TWP)
Dibenedetto's Italian Bistro

This is a Toledo Geek Dinner meeting with presentations from member Web Pros. This could be a technique or something you want to share if you can do so smartly. The restaurant is providing a special menu with a range of affordable meal items from $8 - $14.

To Attend or Speak: Please sign up at our website with Toledo Web Professionals http://www.meetup.com/Toledo-Web-Design/

Agenda: 6-6:30 drinks & socialize (presenters plan to confirm your participation the day of the event) 6:30 Begin talks 7:30 Order food & socialize

Speakers: Each speaker is given 10 to 15 minutes to share your topics. We'll provide power, LCD projector with VGA connector & screen. I have a newer Mac adapter. Please be prepared with an adapter if you need it or go without.

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Tuesday
Nov 27, 2012
Road Trip: Tour of Menlo Innovations
Menlo Innovations (Ann Arbor)

We're planning a tour for an Agile business in Ann Arbor that develops product and web interfaces. We're still working on the details but I'd like to see 20-30 members participate in this visitation. We'd likely meet to carpool and go up as a group. Afterward grab a meal and network a bit before returning to Toledo.

Menlo Innovations charges $20 per person for a tour with RICHARD SHERIDAN, CEO & co-founder of this amazing shop. It is well worth the cost. You should attend if you have any role in web sites whether designer, developer or a consumer interested in better designed products.

Let's meet at Caio! Ristorante, 6064 Monroe Street, Sylvania, OH from 2:30 PM to 2:45 PM to then carpool to Ann Arbor. The team at Menlo Innovations are expecting us at 4:00 PM, which will give us a chance to see the factory in action. We will need to leave a little earlier to assure parking for members.

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Thursday
Dec 13, 2012
EAT: 2nd Annual Tech Toledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer
Packo's at the Park

Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 13th for the 2nd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region.

Last year’s event was a huge success: you will not want to miss this one!

The festivities start at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 13th, 2012. We are meeting at Packo’s at the Park, 7 South Superior Street, in downtown Toledo, in the Outfield room.

No RSVP is required. Just show up thirsty, with an appetite for Packo’s, money to pay for your own food and drink, and a willingness to connect with colleagues.

Many members of regional IT groups will be in attendance, holding their annual end-of-year Geek Dinners with us. Groups already confirmed include NWNUG, NWOACM, Toledo Web Professionals and Toledo CocoaHeads, with more expected to join us. You will be able to learn about each group during the event.

You are NOT required to be a member of any of these groups to attend. We welcome anyone who wants to hang out with us, such as entrepreneurs, designers, business leaders, engineers, government officials, marketing professionals. The more the merrier!

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Wednesday
Jan 9, 2013
Get Out of Your Design Cave
Attic on Adams

Toledo Web Professionals: January, moving to second Wednesday of month.

Couldn't get into Code Mash? No problem. We're looking forward to a great first 2013 mixer and drinks at "The Attic." Join us for laughter and stories from the holidays and share good cheer with your friends in the Toledo Web Professionals. We've got a great year in the works with new topics, special events and great opportunities. I'm excited to share new technologies and to build solid networking events with you.

Join me in welcoming our special guest, Illustrator Merrill Rainey! Merrill is an active AIGA member and contributor. He recently conducted a demonstration sharing tips and techniques with aspiring illustrators, students and designers at a special event co-sponsored by Seed and AIGA.

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Saturday
Feb 9, 2013
Road Tip to World IA Day [Ann Arbor]
University of Michigan - Modern Languages Building

Toledo Web Professional s is organizing a road trip to Ann Arbor to attend World Information Architecture Day. More about WIAD 2013: http://iainstitute.org/news/001388.php

Can register now - http://2013.worldiaday.org/locations/ann-arbor-mi-usa - still waiting for more info, like the program.

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Wednesday
Mar 13, 2013
Canvas Animation Techniques
Hanson Inc

Toledo Web Professional meetups are moving to the second Wednesday of month in 2013.

Join us for our March Meetup with Jason Follas at Hanson Inc. discussing interactive HTML5 Canvas.

Jason Follas joins us, with nearly two decades of software development experience on multiple platforms, to talk about the HTML5 Canvas API and user interactions made possible with Kinetic.js.

Unlocking the power of Canvas, Kinetic.js allows for the creation of anything from complex video games to beautiful data visualization. Jason is currently a Technical Architect at Perficient, a national IT services and consulting firm.

Hanson Inc. is a full service digital agency offering digital marketing solutions to many national brands including Delta Faucet, Owens Corning, and Eaton. Based locally in Maumee and boasting some of the best talent Toledo has to offer, we're very excited to have Hanson Inc. hosting this awesome event!

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Wednesday
Apr 17, 2013
Save Our Planet (TWP)
Service Spring Corporation

This month in honor of Earth Day we welcome Jeff Green of AccuShred to add us regarding recycling of all materials. In addition to his talk we will be able to turn over any electronics for him to take away.

In addition, we are co-promoting this event with the Nerd Summit team who will also participate. Which is why we will meet at Service Spring Corporation in Maumee. Following our combined event we will have an opportunity to tour the Service Spring facility which to my eyes is impressive. The location is designed for expansion, it is high tech with growth in the mobile software development, training and web commerce industries as well as in manufacturing and engineering.

Event organizers have agreed to spring for pizza and drinks to share during the talk. Following the event, if anyone desires we'll carry on the conversation at a local club.

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Wednesday
Jun 12, 2013
Architecting Web Applications on AWS
Hanson Inc

For several years, software architects have discovered and implemented concepts to build scalable applications. With growing datasets, unpredictable traffic patterns, and the demand for faster response times, the concepts evolve when approaching cloud computing.

Join Toledo Web Pros for a talk with Steve Bumbaugh, Director of Engineering at Hanson on their recent experience architecting web applications as hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Like our recent Canvas event, Hanson Inc is sponsoring food and drink

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Wednesday
Aug 14, 2013
Jeff Cogswell at Jed's
Jed's Barbeque & Brew (BG)

Jeff Cogswell joins us to talk about a plug-in free internet. His talk will include a Plug-In Free Interactive Map that is built using standard web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.

Jeff is an IT professional with many years of software development experience in JavaScript/JQuery, C#, ASP.NET/MVC, .NET and Web Development. Jeff is also the owner of Cogsmedia which provides on site training in JavaScript and JQuery. Jeff's upcoming courses are offered in both the Detroit and Chicago areas.

Wednesday
Oct 9, 2013
Agile Software Development with Joe Chao
Seed Coworking

Dr. Joseph Chao joins us to talk about Agile Software Development methodologies.

Joe is an associate Professor and the Director of the Agile Software Factory (ASF) in the Department of Computer Science at Bowling Green State University. ASF provides students with service-learning opportunities and real-world project experience in software engineering.

He is also the owner of Agile Oasis Technologies, a software development company specialized in custom mobile and web solutions.

Dr. Chao holds an M.S. in Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University.

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Thursday
Dec 12, 2013
3rd Annual Tech Toledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer
Packo's at the Park

Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 12th for the 3rd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. Last year we had over 50 people and expect more this time.

The festivities start at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 12th, 2013. We are meeting at Packo’s at the Park, 7 South Superior Street, in downtown Toledo, in the Outfield room.

No RSVP is required (but you can use the Facebook event if you want to let us know you are coming). Just show up thirsty, with an appetite for Packo’s, money to pay for your own food and drink, and a willingness to connect with colleagues.

Many members of regional IT groups will be in attendance, holding their annual end-of-year Geek Dinners with us. The groups include Toledo Web Professionals, The Nerd Summit, NWOACM, NWOFMPUG, Toledo iOS Developers, and NWNUG. You will be able to meet the leaders and members of the groups at the event.

You are NOT required to be a member of any of these groups to attend. We welcome anyone who wants to hang out with us, such as entrepreneurs, designers, business leaders, engineers, government officials, marketing professionals.

After the geek dinner, folks may want to walk a block to the Seed Coworking holiday party.

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Wednesday
Apr 9, 2014
Advanced Front-End Development Workflows with Hanson, Inc.
Hanson Inc

The Toledo Web Professionals presents "Advanced Front-End Development Workflows".

With so many great tools available to front-end web developers these days it can sometimes be difficult to understand how they all fit together. Deciding on a workflow that you’re happy with is often a very personal endeavor, but getting started isn’t always easy.

Both enterprises and start-ups will need to take advantage of these tools as the demand for features and quick delivery rises. Building applications with these tools can speed development and deployment, simplify project organization, and automate repetitive tasks allowing developers to focus on core features.

We'll be following Hanson as they review a dizzying array of projects with advanced front-end JavaScript components and discuss about how they're improving their workflow with tools like Node/NPM, Grunt, Yeoman, Bower, Require.js, and Handlebars.

Dave Rodriguez is Director of Front End Development at Hanson Inc. Wrangling interactive designers comes naturally to Dave, who is also an avid travel and nature photographer. When not working his interactive magic for Hanson’s clients, he can be spotted in his natural habitat: at the zoo. He has photographed animals at 15 zoos in the U.S., Canada and Mexico in the last three years.

Hosted by Hanson Inc., a full service digital agency offering digital marketing solutions to many national brands including Delta Faucet, Owens Corning, and Eaton. Based locally in Maumee and boasting some of the best talent Toledo has to offer, we're very excited to have Hanson Inc. hosting this awesome event!

Wednesday
May 14, 2014
Using agile to transform “clients” into “partners”
Service Spring Corporation

The May Toledo Web Professionals meetup will feature Nick DeNardis.

Working with clients in a freelance or agency setting has its unique challenges. Getting client feedback at each stage of a project is inefficient, too much time passes between feedback and next design next steps. This type of workflow increases the possibility of mistakes and false expectations of deadlines. Nick will talk about creating an agile workflow in your environment to transform clients in to partners on a project. This shift in relationship can have a major impact on the speed, accuracy and level of work produced. Every team is different and introducing agile practices can lead to resistance. Nick will explore techniques to bring an agile workflow to a team for faster feedback loops and to produce better work.

Nick DeNardis leads the strategy, execution, and implementation of all public facing digital communications for Wayne State University, including the websites, social media and digital signage around campus. His team is also responsible for creation and maintenance of several university-wide tools including the content management system, events calendar, RSVP system, HTML email creator, form creator and short URL system. He and his team pride themselves on research based decisions, creation of fully cross browser and accessible solutions.

He previously hosted a video podcast called EDU Checkup, where he reviewed higher education websites from the perspective of a first time visitor. The podcast examined the websites visuals, information and code which resulted in an A-F “grade” overall. Nick is also an organizer of Refresh Detroit, he is the technical director for TEDxDetroit, avid conference speaker and teacher for Girl Develop It.

Wednesday
Jun 11, 2014
Geek Dinner & Social
Jed's Barbeque & Brew (Perrysburg)

It is time for the next Toledo Web Professionals geek dinner and social. This time at Jed's in Perrysburg.

No sponsors, no agenda, just meeting and enjoying good times with friends. Please bring co-workers and friends.

Wednesday
Jul 9, 2014
TechConnect (by Rocket Ventures)
Toledo Museum of Art

TechConnect - Where NW Ohio Comes To Grow Technology Companies

Rocket Ventures is please to announce the return of TechConnect on July 9th!

No cost to attend but reservations are requested.

This TechConnect event is designed to bring together technologists, entrepreneurs and business leaders. The evening provides the opportunity to see some highlights of the region's companies and network with technology professionals.

Agenda

  • Introduction by ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra.
  • "What's Working in this Region" by Director of Invest Detroit's venture team, Martin Dober.
  • Company Presentation: AquaBlok, John Hull, Founder - One of NW Ohio's fast-growing small companies - advanced materials and environmental technologies.
  • Company Presentation: Blue Water Satellite, Milt Baker, CEO - Technology-leading satellite imagery analysis company, working with global leaders.
  • Cameo appearance from Roost Software - live from Y-Combinator in Silicon Valley

Cash bar and hors d' oeuvres will be available.

We appreciate the generous support of our sponsor - ProMedica. We also appreciate the support of our Partners - The Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The Toledo Web Professionals is promoting Tech Connect for its July get-together, instead of scheduling a conflicting 2nd Wednesday meeting (when they normally meet). So if you are a TWP member, you will get a meet-up invitation to this event as well.

Wednesday
Aug 13, 2014
Social, SEO, UI & UX Unplugged
ITT Tech

Kevin Mullett (@kmullett), is the Director of Visibility and Social Media at Cirrus ABS, an award winning marketing technology solutions firm, and MarketSnare, a product to help brands capture local opportunity for dealer networks. He is an experienced web developer (300+ sites), marketer, and ADDY award winning designer with over 15 years experience in online marketing. Kevin leverages his experience in sales and marketing along with a passion for social media, SEO, design and usability to help create web marketing solutions that make clients successful. He discovers, tests, and disseminates trends in digital marketing tools for developers, clients and popular conference audiences.

Agenda:

  • Networking + Food
  • Announcements
  • Listen
  • Questions
  • Nightlife

Be prepared to ask questions! Here are some things about / by Kevin to get a sense of what he is an expert at:

Thursday
Nov 13, 2014
Road Trip to Detroit for World Usability Day
Kroger at Secor & Monroe

Road trip to Detroit for evening World Usability Day event by the Detroit UX meetup.

RSVP (and pay) at http://www.meetup.com/Detroit-User-Experience/events/197941912/ after joining the Detroit UX meetup.

We will carpool from the Kroger parking lot (corner of Secor and Monroe), meeting at 5:00 PM. The drive should take 70 minutes. We will park near the Eyeglasses shop. Look for the light blue Honda with license plate "WEB UX".

Thursday
Dec 11, 2014
4th Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer
Packo's at the Park

Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 11th for the 4th Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. We have been averaging 50 people over the first 3 years.

It starts at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2014. We are meeting at Packo’s at the Park, 7 South Superior Street, in downtown Toledo, in the Outfield room.

No RSVP is required. Show up hungry for Packo’s, money to pay for your own food and drink, and a desire to connect with colleagues.

Many members of regional IT groups will be in attendance, holding their annual end-of-year Geek Dinners with us. The groups include Toledo Web Professionals, Nerd Summit, NWOACM, ISACA, Girl Develop It Toledo, NWNUG, Toledo iOS Developers, and TALUG (and we expect more groups). You will be able to meet the leaders and members of the groups at the event.

You are NOT required to be a member of any of these groups to attend. We welcome anyone who wants to hang out with us, such as entrepreneurs, designers, business leaders, engineers, government officials and marketing professionals.

The StartUp Toledo holiday party is the same evening (at the Art Museum). The TechToledo mixer is where you can geek out with other IT folks, while StartUp Toledo will help you connect with entrepreneurs and others involved in tech startups in the region. For those who want to attend both, we will remind you when to leave the mixer and drive to the Art Museum.

The general schedule for the evening:

  • 5:30pm – 6:00pm: Socializing and networking
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm: Sit down and order food
  • 6:30pm – 7:00pm: Group introductions & announcements
  • 7:00pm: Depart for Art Museum for those who want go to the StartUp Toledo event
  • 7:00pm – whenever: More socializing and networking at Packo’s
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Wednesday
Jan 14, 2015
Toledo Web Professionals Geek Dinner
Social Gastropub

It's our first meetup of the year, come tell us what you have in store for 2015. It's also the week after Code Mash, so let us know what you learned there.

Saturday
Feb 21, 2015
Road Trip to World IA Day
Thread Marketing Group

2015 World IA Day will take place in 38 cities, 24 countries, 6 continents. Ann Arbor, MI is the location closest to us.

We will meet at Thread Marketing Group (new location on Alexis Road) parking lot in Sylvania and carpool to the event. Leave around 8am to get there for the 9:30am start. Return when the event is over at 5:30pm (but sometimes there is a party after).

Road trip organized by the Toledo Web Professionals.

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Thursday
Mar 12, 2015
Design at the Googz
Seed Coworking

We're very excited to host guest speaker, Rita DeRaedt this March. She is offering insight into what it’s really like to work at Google (a.k.a. "the Googz"). Rita will delve into what it means to design for a truly massive audience.

Rita DeRaedt is a User Experience designer with a freelance and agency background. Having spent her Summer interning at Google, Rita has gone on to teach kids how to design and code on a BBC television series, Technobabble.

Wednesday
Apr 8, 2015
Toledo Web Professionals Geek Dinner
Attic on Adams

We'll be getting together for an evening networking and socializing.

Saturday
Apr 25, 2015
TALUG: Installfest with UT's ACM and TWP
UT North Engineering Building

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

April is our yearly installfest event in cooperation with UT's ACM group and the Toledo Web Professionals. Together, we volunter to help new (and sometimes even experienced) users get set up with Linux and other open-source software distributions.

If you prefer a distribution (or even if you're not sure which one to pick), a volunteer will help you get the distribution installed and configured on your own machine, whether it be a desktop, laptop, or even an embedded platform, such as the Raspberry Pi.

We are also looking for volunteers to help out. If you're proficient in a particular distribution, please send an email to scook@talug.org with your full name, email, and which distribution you'd like to volunteer to provide help with. Lists of distros and volunteers will be posted on our website and handed out at the event.

PGP Key-signing Party

We will also be having a PGP key-signing party at the installfest. If you currently use a PGP key and would like to get it digitally signed by others at the meeting, please email scook@talug.org with your full name (as it appears on your key), any e-mail addresses associated with your key, your key fingerprint, and the full URL where your public key may be retrieved. Lists of keys will be handed out at the meeting for anyone participating.

Other Notes

Pizza and drinks will also be provided by TALUG for the event, and we will also be raffling off a few prizes: one (1) 256mb Raspberry Pi model B with case, and four (4) OpenPGP v2 smartcards. If you have something you'd like to donate to the group to be raffled off, please let us know.

Let's make this a big event! See you there!

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Wednesday
May 13, 2015
Life Lessons: What Dashboard Design Taught Me
Owens Corning

The May Toledo Web Professionals meetup.

Visiting Speaker: Selwyn J. Kancharla

In this talk, I will walk you through four lessons I learned when building RazorFlow and how they will help you in creating happiness for your users.

Agenda

  • 6:00 PM - Networking & Food
  • 6:30 PM - Thank Sponsor, Introduction
  • 6:40 PM - Talk begins
  • 7:10 PM - Questions
Wednesday
Jun 10, 2015
Security: Tales from the Field with Michael Hess
Hanson Inc

In this talk, we’re going to explore four compromised Drupal sites to learn:

• How they were exploited.

• The common configuration and coding errors that led to the compromise.

• How the site owners figured it out, and

• Best practices

Michael Hess, adjunct lecturer, Solution Architect Lead at the University of Michigan and lead of the Drupal Security Team. Drupal is an open source content management framework that underlies at least 2% of the world’s websites, including whitehouse.gov and data.gov.uk.

Hess works with the School of Information and the U-M Medical Center, teaching 3 courses on content management platform and overseeing the functionality of several campus websites. He also serves in a consulting and development role for many other University departments. Hess is a graduate of UMSI, with a master’s degree in information.

Wednesday
Jul 8, 2015
TWP Tour: LaunchPad Incubator
Nitschke Technology Commercialization Complex (U. Toledo)

Save the date for the July Toledo Web Professionals meetup.

To avoid UT parking tickets, park in the Parking Area 20 on campus immediately in front of the Nitschke Technology Commercialization Complex at 1510 N. Westwood Ave. Have your license plate number ready and there will be ample signage in the building to direct you where to sign in your vehicle and how to get to the event inside the building.

Find a parking map here: http://bit.ly/1eCSF4P

Saturday
Aug 8, 2015
TWP Family Picnic
Wildwood Preserve

Please come to the Toledo Web Professionals summer picnic/potluck for Toledo's tech community. This is a family event so bring your spouse, kids and enjoy the park!

Working with other Tech Toledo groups such as The Nerd Summit, TALUG, Toledo UX-Design, and Toledo Region, we're excited to bring you this meetup opportunity.

We're providing a shelter, pre-heated charcoal fire grills, plates, utensils, condiments and buns. Please sign up to attend, bring games, a side dish and or dessert. Also please bring a form of protein to cook on the grill plus your own non-alcoholic beverages.

We're promoting this as a summer version of Tech Toledo's Holiday Mixer. Please spread the word and bring your friends! This is a great way to meet interesting new people, play games and have fun. We are very excited to offer this event.

Download Park & Shelter Map: http://bit.ly/1IP6zbF

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Wednesday
Oct 14, 2015
TWP Geek Dinner
The Stones Throw Tavern & Grill

Join the Toledo Web Professionals for an evening of tech talk and general socializing at The Stones Throw Irish Tavern & Grill in Bowling Green!

If the weather is nice, join us on the patio. Otherwise, meet us inside. Their food is spectacular and the beer, divine.

Thursday
Nov 12, 2015
Pitch & Pour 4.0 (World Usability Day)
Nitschke Technology Commercialization Complex (U. Toledo)

Save the date for the 4th Pitch and Pour.

Pitch & Pour is an innovative business pitch competition. Pitch and Pour 4.0 will be November 12, 2015, in celebration of World Usability Day.

Teams have five minutes to pitch their business concepts. Any early stage startup can apply, and selected entrepreneurs will be able to pitch their submitted ideas for a chance to win cash and prizes.

A panel of experienced judges will determine the winners.

In addition to the competition, Pitch & Pour is a way to connect startup companies, student entrepreneurs, area business leaders, and investors.

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Wednesday
Jan 13, 2016
Leaving Callback Hell with Promises and ES7 async/await
Root Inc.

Join TWP at Root Inc. for a talk about the new ES7 JavaScript features they have built into their workflow. The networking event kicks off at 6:00 PM with the talk starting around 6:30 PM. Root is providing food and drink as well as the talk. There may even be tours. :)

Root is a strategy execution company that helps organizations engage their people as the catalyst and driver for change. Based in Sylvania, Ohio, Root has been recognized as a 'Great Place to Work.'

The development team at Root creates deliverables to extend and sustain Root’s work with clients. Visit www.rootinc.com for more information about the Sylvania based company.

Wednesday
Feb 10, 2016
Finding Your Agile Tools and Processes
Owens Corning

Join TWP at Owens Corning for a presentation on finding your tools and processes for Agile teams. Not a member of an Agile team? No problem! You'll still see and hear about a lot of useful tools and processes to leverage for your own projects, big or small.

We're looking forward to this talk and hope to see you there. The networking event kicks off at 6:00 PM with the talk starting around 6:30 PM. Owens Corning is providing food and drink as well as the talk.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning has touched your life and the world around you in more ways than you can imagine. We’ve been making products that play a role in thousands of ways worldwide—from composites that make your car lighter, stronger and more efficient, to innovative roofing products and energy-efficient insulation for over 75 years.

We have been a Fortune 500 company for the last 61 years, as our innovations continue to enhance lives and the communities in which we live, work and play.

Owens Corning ranked #7 of large companies in IDG Computerworld’s 2015 100 Best Places to Work in IT.

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Wednesday
Mar 9, 2016
React Mini-Workshop
MaritzCX

React has received exponential growth among its user base in the last couple years but the speed at which front-end development libraries change can be daunting.

At this meetup, join Ryan and Joel Lanciaux explain why React is a solid choice and how to get started without being overwhelmed. In addition to using React for the web, we will also look at React native and how once you learn React, you are ready to write native mobile applications (not a web view -- actually native).

Bring your laptop or be ready to pair-program with another TWP member as there will be some basic examples to go through.

About MaritzCX

MaritzCX started with the simple idea that businesses need more than scores and reports to meet their customer experience (CX) challenges in the 21st century – and that idea drove us to combine the deep expertise of a proven research leader with the speed and innovation of a modern tech startup. With MaritzCX, businesses constantly discover new insights about their customers. They always have instant access to the CX information and resources they need to drive organizational change. And they never have to guess about how to earn the loyalty of customers.

Come early to network and enjoy a light dinner.

Wednesday
May 11, 2016
Toledo Web Professionals Geek Dinner
Granite City Brewery

We're bringing it back to the Granite City Brewery in Maumee this month!

Come join new and old Toledo area webbies, techies, and all other folks for good food, craft beers, and great conversation! We're looking forward to having a little more time to talk about some of the recent React talks we've enjoyed as well as April 12th's UX talk on User Insights for the Whole Team.

Granite City Brewery has always been popular and accommodating and had a good response from our members so we expect a fun time again!

Thursday
Nov 10, 2016
Road Trip: World Usability Day
College for Creative Studies, A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education (Detroit)

Join members of Toledo Web Professionals and User Experience Design & Lean Product Development - NW Ohio, to carpool to the event. Please meet us in the parking lot near Eyeglasses World, 4565 Monroe St , Toledo, OH. We will leave promptly at 4:00 PM.

The Drinks x Design theme for November 10, 2016 is Interaction Design. The Detroit Creative Corridor Center is partnering with the College for Creative Studies MFA Interaction Design department, various interaction design companies, and user experience-related community groups. This edition of Drinks x Design is also part of the World Usability Day celebration.

FREE! => Required: RSVP on Eventbrite and Meetup.

and/or https://www.meetup.com/User-Experience-Design-Lean-Product-Development-NW-Ohio/events/235078522/

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Wednesday
Jan 11, 2017
Toledo Web Professionals - Geek Dinner
Dave and Busters

Come join new and old Toledo area webbies, techies, and all other folks for good food, beer, and great conversation! We're looking forward to having a little more time to talk about what everyones cooking up this year. We'll be checking out the newly opened Dave and Busters.

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Saturday
Feb 18, 2017
Road Trip to World IA Day [Ann Arbor]
Palmer Commons (U of M, Ann Arbor)

The Toledo Web Professionals are organizing another road trip to Ann Arbor to attend World Information Architecture Day. If you are joining the carpool, we'll meet at 7:15 AM in the Sylvania Kroger parking lot (on Monroe Street). We'll leave by 7:30AM. Let's park near the Monroe street entrance. We'll carpool to the Palmer Parking Structure (https://palmercommons.umich.edu/article/parking) off of Washtenaw and attend WAID at Palmer Commons. RSVP at Meetup to be a part of the carpool.

World Information Architecture Day is a free one-day annual conference hosted by the Information Architecture Institute and held in dozens of cities across the world. Be sure to sign up for a ticket at Eventbrite (it is free)!

  • Note: Parking Lot N-18 is reserved for patients of the Dental School.
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Wednesday
Mar 8, 2017
Docker Talker
Seed Coworking

Launched in March 2013, Docker succeeded to win favor with its technology and awesome branding. Docker is an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications. It gives programmers, development teams and operations engineers the common toolbox they need to take advantage of the distributed and networked nature of modern applications.

Steve Newsted, our guest speaker, will give a comprehensive talk about Docker and Containers. We can't wait for this one!

Steve is a lifelong advocate for the proliferation of technology into our personal and professional lives. His life in and out of work has lead him through many areas of our high-tech world; including system administration, web design/development, carrier/transport networking, datacenter engineering, application development, and virtualization/cloud/managed enterprise and customer-facing services. Steve currently works for Oracle, building back-end infrastructure for cloud services, and is passionate about finding new and exciting ways to deliver services of all kinds.

Food and beverages courtesy of our latest sponsor, Cycle and our event location by Seed Coworking!

Cycle is a Containers as a Service (CaaS) platform that integrates container-native features into a simple, yet powerful way to deploy and scale to bare-metal infrastructure around the world. Through one unified interface, Cycle's portal is the easiest way to manage cloud application deployments. The robust API provides a seamless way for developers to orchestrate their services with the platform.

Thursday
Jun 8, 2017
Geek Dinner @ Koreana
Koreana

Hello All,

We've changed our plans!

Join the Toledo Web Professionals for delicious food and great conversation in the back room at Koreana!

Lightning Talks

If you have a five to ten minute talk you'd like to give, please be ready. A projector will be available, but you do not have to use it.

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Wednesday
Aug 16, 2017
Owens Corning: Building a Brand in Building Materials
Owens Corning

Ever wonder how a Fortune 500 company can create meaningful connections with its customers through strategic marketing?

Learn about the design, execution, and evaluation of a local marketing campaign with Assembly and Owens Corning. The marketing campaign that will be discussed leveraged Digital, radio, and billboard components for strategic growth.

Light appetizers and drinks will be provided by Owens Corning.

Thursday
Nov 9, 2017
Building Your Own Collaborative Editing Web Forms For Free
Seed Coworking

Have your business users ever said, "we have this Excel form that we need to turn into a web form"? So you, as a full-stack web developer, turn it into a HTML form with an AJAX POST to save the data to a database table in the standard CRUD model. It works well enough, but then the users said, "we really need simultaneous editing for everyone in the office." Now you're in trouble because you're trying to reinvent Google Docs / Sheets, which are very complex. How do those collaborative editing tools really work?

We will look at the Google Realtime API, which uses Operational Transformation to automatically synchronize a document between multiple simultaneous editors. Everything you know about distributed version control systems applies to this situation, but now you need to make it work seamlessly for users who have never heard of "git rebase". The client and server implementation of Operational Transformation is very challenging.

Alternatives to Operational Transformation (OT) include Differential Synchronization (DS, aka. 3-way merge), Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDT), and plain old Last Write Wins (LWW). For any of these methods, the critical elements include websockets, message queues, and persistent data storage. This presentation will include a demonstration of a simple implementation of collaborative editing with free, locally hosted software only.

Wednesday
Jan 10, 2018
Toledo Web Professionals - The Cybersecurity Roadshow with Tom Germain
Seed Coworking

This traveling cybersecurity workshop seeks to bring cybersecurity awareness to creators, developers, and businesses.

You've read the headlines about the latest hack affecting millions of web users and/or credit card holders, but did you know that, possibly and unwittingly, your own website, router or web connected device could be part of a botnet used in attacks?

What never ceases to amaze is how many businesses and individuals fail to protect themselves from the hordes of hackers working in a multi-billion dollar a year illegal industry. This workshop aims to awaken you to the many dangers as well as to offer real solutions to defending yourself and your business from what could be a disastrous breach of security.

• Profile of a "black hat" hacker and what they target

• Types of attacks and how they're achieved

• Legal aspects (liability, etc.)

• Social engineering

• Sources of timely security alerts

• Basic prevention

• Penetration testing

• Web site and web server security

• Desktop and Mobile security

• Anti-virus products comparisons

Truthfully, everybody who connects to the Internet should know this stuff, so come on over, and become a more savvy, secure, and responsible Internet user!

About Stuart Budden Stuart Budden is an IT professional, co-owner and CEO of Nivsys Inc, and a professor teaching cyber security at Fanshawe College, in London, Ontario.

About Tom Germain Tom Germain is CEO of Coder Scoop Inc., a web and mobile development company in London, who has long concerned himself with security on behalf of his clients and started this workshop in May of 2017.

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Wednesday
Feb 21, 2018
Exploring Craft CMS with Rachel Rine and Madhouse
Seed Coworking

Created in the shadows by ExpressionEngine expats, Craft CMS is an ultra flexible content management system that makes designers, developers AND clients happy. From custom fields, to Twig templates, Craft makes no assumptions about what your content could or should look like. Craft CMS is eye-opening for Wordpress developers, sanity-restoring for Joomla and Drupal developers, and makes building websites fun again.

Rachel Rine, our guest speaker, will be walking us through getting started with Craft and showing off some incredible examples of implementation in both the backend and in templating.

About Rachel Rine: Rachel spends most of her time churning out code as an interactive designer/developer for Madhouse, where she enjoys optimizing performance, accessibility, and usable design. When she’s not grumbling about #serverstruggs, you can probably find her listening to econ podcasts, playing board games, and trying to keep her plants alive.

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Wednesday
Mar 14, 2018
Best Practices for API-Driven React Applications with Scott Radcliff
Seed Coworking

React is on fire! Companies around the world are trying to take advantage of the way React makes web applications fast, responsive, and easier to develop. That said, what about the API? If your API is slow or not optimized, that could severely effect your cool new React app and end up as the choke point for negative customer experiences.

In this talk, we'll build a React app that is driven by an API written in Rails, though we'll cover a great deal of best practices, examples, and considerations that can be applied to a client-server architecture written in any language.

You'll leave this talk with an understanding of the APIs role in React applications, things to look for when working with or building an API, and practical knowledge to take back into your workplace or personal projects.

Speaker Bio: Scott Radcliff is an expert software developer in the Toledo area. He's built web applications using numerous programming languages and technology stacks accomplishing a variety of tasks from the very simple to enterprise-grade. He enjoys building applications that help people do things that they previously couldn't, and he loves Ruby.

Scott is a freelance developer and is currently taking on new customers.

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Wednesday
Aug 8, 2018
Code + Brew at the Black Cloister
Black Cloister Brewing Company

Join us for after-work drinks and award-winning craft brewed delights at the Black Cloister for this month's Toledo Web Professionals meetup. Snack on pizza, talk shop, and take part in show & tell sessions in the taproom of Toledo's best craft brewery.

Show & Tell Sessions

We encourage attendees to engage in show & tell lightning talks. Got a neat project you're working on? Want to showcase a new library or technique you've picked up? This is the place to do it. If you have something to show on screen, please bring a computer and everything you need to present. Show & tell sessions are limited to five minutes each.

About the Black Cloister

Located at 619 Monroe St. in Downtown Toledo, the Black Cloister is serious about beer. With a team comprising over 50 years of brewing experience, their quality, taste, and ingredients are uncompromising. Their taproom features a full bar with wine and liquor, an unmatched selection of house beers on draught, as well as an incredible selection of rotating guest taps. Their tap room kitchen serves up delicious oven-baked pizzas to perfectly pair with their house beers.

About Toledo Web Professionals

Building tech talent in Toledo is what brings us together. We meet once per month, January through November, and discuss on topics ranging from digital marketing, design, and UX to programming and engineering. We are run by volunteers, we do not charge any membership fees, and our events are free to attend!

Attendees will be responsible for purchasing their own drinks and food, as well as imbibing responsibly.

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Wednesday
Sep 12, 2018
Code + Brew at the Black Cloister
Black Cloister Brewing Company

Join us for after-work drinks and award-winning craft brewed delights at the Black Cloister for this month's Toledo Web Professionals meetup. Snack on pizza, talk shop, and take part in show & tell sessions in the taproom of Toledo's best craft brewery.

Show & Tell Sessions

We encourage attendees to engage in show & tell lightning talks. Got a neat project you're working on? Want to showcase a new library or technique you've picked up? This is the place to do it. If you have something to show on screen, please bring a computer and everything you need to present. Show & tell sessions are limited to five minutes each.

About the Black Cloister

Located at 619 Monroe St. in Downtown Toledo, the Black Cloister is serious about beer. With a team comprising over 50 years of brewing experience, their quality, taste, and ingredients are uncompromising. Their taproom features a full bar with wine and liquor, an unmatched selection of house beers on draught, as well as an incredible selection of rotating guest taps. Their tap room kitchen serves up delicious oven-baked pizzas to perfectly pair with their house beers.

About Toledo Web Professionals

Building tech talent in Toledo is what brings us together. We meet once per month, January through November, and discuss on topics ranging from digital marketing, design, and UX to programming and engineering. We are run by volunteers, we do not charge any membership fees, and our events are free to attend!

Attendees will be responsible for purchasing their own drinks and food, as well as imbibing responsibly.

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Wednesday
Feb 13, 2019
Code + Brew at the Black Cloister
Black Cloister Brewing Company

Join us for after-work drinks and award-winning craft brewed delights at the Black Cloister for this month's Toledo Web Professionals meetup. Snack on pizza, talk shop, and take part in show & tell sessions in the taproom of Toledo's best craft brewery.

Show & Tell Sessions

We encourage attendees to engage in show & tell lightning talks. Got a neat project you're working on? Want to showcase a new library or technique you've picked up? This is the place to do it. If you have something to show on screen, please bring a computer and everything you need to present. Show & tell sessions are limited to five minutes each.

About the Black Cloister

Located at 619 Monroe St. in Downtown Toledo, the Black Cloister is serious about beer. With a team comprising over 50 years of brewing experience, their quality, taste, and ingredients are uncompromising. Their taproom features a full bar with wine and liquor, an unmatched selection of house beers on draught, as well as an incredible selection of rotating guest taps. Their tap room kitchen serves up delicious oven-baked pizzas to perfectly pair with their house beers.

About Toledo Web Professionals

Building tech talent in Toledo is what brings us together. We meet once per month, January through November, and discuss on topics ranging from digital marketing, design, and UX to programming and engineering. We are run by volunteers, we do not charge any membership fees, and our events are free to attend!

Attendees will be responsible for purchasing their own drinks and food, as well as imbibing responsibly.

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Tuesday
Oct 22, 2019
Animation Show and Tell
Seed Coworking

Join us for after-work drinks and snacks for this month's Toledo Web Professionals meetup. We are teaming up with Google Developer Group for a combined event loaded with fun and entertainment.

Show & Tell Sessions

Talks will include Animation in Flutter and explore web scroll triggering where ScrollMagic is combined with GreenSock.

We encourage all our attendees to engage in show & tell lightning talks. Got a neat project you're working on? Want to showcase a new library or technique you've picked up? This is the place to do it. If you have something to show on screen, please bring a computer and everything you need to present. Seed offers a projection system and connections.

Show & tell sessions are limited five to ten minutes each.

Food and beverages provided and you are welcome to bring your own. Please drink responsibly.

Do GDG a solid and join their event too. https://www.meetup.com/GDGToledo/events/265599070/

Thursday
Oct 1, 2020
WebAssembly: Bytecode in the Browser
Online

Up until recently, JavaScript was the only language that could be run natively in most web browsers.

However, WebAssembly changes all of this by allowing browsers to run bytecode which can be compiled from a wide array of languages.

This will help close the gap between browser and desktop applications and allow developers from a variety of backgrounds to develop applications for the browser.

This presentation will go over the advantages of using WebAssembly and assess the tools currently available for working with the technology.

It will also include a demonstration of how to compile Rust into WebAssembly packaged inside a node module which can be imported into a web app.

Wednesday
Jun 22, 2022
Feeding the Headless Monster
MadAve Marketing Management

Feeding the Headless Monster

A talk all about Headless WordPress

Learn how to beat Google's Core Web Vitals with a fast, versatile and scalable website your visitors will love.

This session will explore the tools and methods TouchStone Digital is utilizing to deliver high performance websites which are a dream to maintain and update. Find out how to avoid pitfalls and land on your feet. Hosts Don Miller and Joe Hochgreve will be present to answer your questions.

Please come to network, enjoy the food (Balance Pan Asian) and learn about the next big thing in WordPress CMS technology.

Doors open at 5:30 pm; Presentation starts at 6:00 pm

Dinner and refreshments provided

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