What you’ll learn about:

Introduction to WordPress and Why to Use it for Your Next Site
David Hitt of Splat Productions

A Look at the new features in WordPress 3.0
Lew Goettner of Wharton

Case Study: TechnicallyPhilly.com
Technically Philly is a news site that covers tech, venture capital and startups in Philadelphia. Sean Blanda is one of the three co-founders of Technically Philly, lives in Fishtown and can beat you in poker.

Case Study: The Temple Fox MIS
David Schuff of Temple University
The Temple Fox MIS site applies WordPress MU and BudyPress to create an educational community in which close to a thousand members teach/take courses (as blogs), create personal e-portfolios (replacing student resumes), learn about and engage with each other (through BuddyPress), and aggregate their knowledge (through aggregated RSS feeds, e.g, of faculty research).

Details
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Time: Doors: 5:30pm / Event Starts at: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Cost: FREE
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room 240 on 2nd Floor, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Pizza & light refreshments will be provided by PANMA.

We’ll be covering:

Details
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Time: Doors: 5:30pm / Event Starts at: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Cost: FREE
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room JMHH F-90, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
(Please note, “F” is for FORUM, which is down the main stairs from the ground floor)

Presenting will be Justin C. Klein Keane and Dave Konopka.

Justin Klein Keane is a senior information security specialist with the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. Justin earned his master’s degree in US colonial history from James Madison University and is currently pursuing his master’s in computers and information technology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science. Justin has worked in information security for nearly a decade, beginning his career as the editor in chief of the Hack in the Box e-zine. In addition to being a programmer and participant in several open source projects, Justin is an active security researcher and penetration tester. Justin is a regular contributor to the Full Disclosure mailing list, credited with dozens of vulnerability discoveries. Justin is also a member of OWASP Philadelphia, as well as Infragard, and presenter at local and national information security gatherings. Justin is a certified expert penetration tester and certified ethical hacker.

Dave Konopka is a Philly based software developer working for Bayside Technology (http://www.baysidetech.com), a software consulting firm. Dave’s worked for over 10 years on web and desktop software projects. He writes about tech on his web site I Make Web Junk (http://imakewebjunk.com). You can find him on Twitter @DaveKonopka (http://twitter.com/davekonopka).

Pizza & light refreshments will be provided by PANMA.

Register
All PANMA events are free and open to all unless otherwise indicated above. Please register, though, as it helps us plan for the appropriate number of attendees.

Please note that the audio from the wireless mic both Nick and Chris were using is much lower than the audio at the beginning of the video.  After Tim’s introduction, turn your speakers up and you should be OK.

Also, check out Chris Morrell’s follow-up post for a copy of the code we wrote during the event and a list of HTML5 resources.

It’s that time of year again! We’d like to show our appreciation for your continued support and attendance to our events by throwing a big blow out holiday party. This time we’ve invited several other local tech/creative groups to join us in the fun! So whether you’ve been naughty or nice this year, come on out and help us celebrate!

REGISTER NOW! This will be big!

Thursday, December 10th
Starting at 6pm until ??
Fuzion Grill and Social Club
460 North 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Here are some of the fun details:

• Free parking!
• FREE FOOD!
• FREE BEER!
• Free candy & snacks!
• Drink specials on well drinks!
• Music from DJ Marilyn Thomas of Fluid Nightclub (spinning tunes from the 80s, 90s, and today plus holiday favorites)

REGISTER NOW! This will be big!

Our Philly Tech/Creative Partners

Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group
Philadelphia Future Salon
Philly Net Squared
Philly PHP

Please thank our Holiday Party Sponsor
The American Pub at Centre Square, located at 1500 Market Street inside the Centre Square Building – Concourse Level.

For lunch, happy hour, private parties or socializing with friends, The American Pub is the next level of social dining, drinking and hospitality in down town Philadelphia. For information, please visit www.theamericanpub.com or call 267-639-6104!

You’ve started a business – Now What?
Whether you’re a veteran business owner, self-employed, or looking to start a business, you don’t want to miss this great event with our guest speaker Gloria Bell of Red Stapler Consulting. Gloria will discuss how to get organized, how to determine what records to keep, and how to schedule and manage all of your tasks. You don’t want to miss her implementable tips on bookkeeping, organization, scheduling, contact management and general business management.

Top 10 Gadgets that you must have for your business.
We’ll also discuss and demonstrate the latest hardware, software and the best of the web that can help your business get organized. From web based presentations and meetings,  what you need for tracking and managing your clients, using VOIP for your telephones, and social marketing must-do’s. We’ll also take a quick look at iPod Touch and iPhone and demonstrate 5 key apps that can help as well.

Legally Speaking
Frank Taney will be discussing the legal aspects of starting a new business.

You won’t want to miss this informative event on managing your business!

Space is limited! Please register to save your space.

Join Innovation Philadelphia, Center City District and the design associations listed here on August 19, 2009 at Thirteen. This is a unique opportunity to learn how you can get involved in the Philadelphia Region’s creative associations, as well as network with other creative professionals. Drink specials and appetizers will be available.

Please note: you must pre-register for this event at the Innovation Philadelphia site. If you do not register, you will not be admitted. Click here to pre-register.

Second Life has had the buzz, both positive and negative, among virtual worlds for the better part of the past five years. More and more options are starting to present themselves as viable alternatives, especially open source options. Many local academic and business entities have tried Second Life to varying degrees of success, and are now looking for ways to take it to the next level.

Featured panelists for the event are Rachel Harper Joseph and Paul Vigo of Rezzable, one of the most creative and well known virtual worlds development agencies, who have created some of the most famous virtual world regions, including Greenies, Black Swan, and Heritage Key’s Discover King Tut Virtual Experience.

Rezzable has recently been moving all of their content from Second Life to a private grid of virtual regions, hosted on OpenSimulator. OpenSimulator allows you to host your grid compatible with the Second Life viewer (and other viewers), offering a rich 3-D experience that is becoming comparable to Second Life. This offers several advantages: you can host the virtual world on your own servers, thereby saving the $295 per month per region cost, and additionally, you become the gatekeeper and control all the user names and passwords. It makes it possible, for example, for a University to have a private grid open to only their students and faculty, or a company to restrict access to their employees.

Rezzable will talk about the experience of the move, and share some of the “gotcha” moments they’ve had to overcome along the way. Tim Allen will be moderating the discussion, and Frank Taney will provide some brief legal analysis, focusing on intellectual property issues that having multiple grids raises.

The event will be held in Jon M. Huntsman Hall, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

From the Locust Street entrance, walk through the lobby, past the check in desk, and turn left. G65 is at the end of the hallway. Please pre-register below.

Wil founded SEER Interactive in 2002, and has brought it to a highly successful state as a well respected company with national reach. Clients include Johnson and Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AON and the National Constitution Center. In addition, SEER is proud of its policy that involves staff members in community action as well as client work.

Enjoy some highlights of Wil’s talk, and be sure to attend future PANMA events for great content and interaction with Philadelphia’s web-tech and creative community!