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Learning Event: WordPress Demystified on 6/29

Nick Floro — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:30:29 +0000

Are you looking for a easy way to build and launch new sites for clients and have them manage the content? Join us for the next PANMA educational event where we’ll have 3 new speakers discussing the WordPress platform and demonstrate how you can take advantage of it today for building your next generation site, whether for your own team or for your customers. We’ll also demonstrate and discuss the new 3.0 features that will launch soon.

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.

Web Security Demystified on 5.25

Nick Floro — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:21:00 +0000

Many web developers think that if they’re not storing sensitive data, they don’t have to worry about security. Unfortunately, recent high-profile security failures, like Twitter’s breach in June, have made it exceedingly clear that this isn’t true. As malicious hackers get more and more creative, web developers have to find ways to keep up. We’ll discuss why web security is important for both your school blog and your bank, give examples of where you can go wrong, and cover best practices on how to keep your web applications secure (it’s not as hard as you think!).

We’ll be covering:

Common and emerging vulnerabilities in web applications,

How these vulnerabilities work, and why developers should care,

Tools and practices to find security holes in your work, and

Practical examples for many common developer platforms (.NET, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and more).

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.

HTML 5 Demystified ON 4/27

Nick Floro — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:49:57 +0000

Join us for our next event, HTML 5 Demystified. As the open standard for web applications, HTML5 takes markup to a new level, requiring web developers and designers to re-examine the way they’ve worked in the past, and will be working in days and months to come. We’ll help demystify HTML5 as well as provide real-world insight into how to begin using aspects of the language today and what resources to dive into to get started. We’ll also discuss the latest browser support and how video works within HTML5 directly.

We’ll Cover

Understanding HTML 5 – what you need know to get started

What technologies to focus on in getting started

Browsers – A look at the latest browsers and what each is currently supporting and when they will support next

Video Codecs – understanding what is currently support directly in the browser

Resources – a quick start guide to where to learn more and keep up with the new proposed standards

Details
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Time: Doors: 5:30pm / Event Starts at: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Cost: FREE
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room JMHH G55, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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.

2010 PANMA Survey

Chris Morrell — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:44:43 +0000

We have quite a few event ideas for 2010, but before we finalize our schedule we’d like to get a sense of what our members are looking for in the coming year. Please take 60 seconds to fill out this quick survey:

Take the PANMA 2010 Survey

Thanks!

Philly Creative Mega Social on Thursday, December 3rd

Marilyn Moran — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:19:49 +0000

The PhillyCreative Mega Social will rock out again this year on December 3, from 6 to 9pm at North Bowl, 909 North 2nd Street in Northern Liberties!

Naturally, PANMA will be there! Come join us for a great time!

The Creative Mega Social is Philadelphia’s largest annual gathering of creative professionals. It’s a night for you to join your compatriots from all walks of Philadelphia’s creative community to network, enjoy free food, bowl, drink and win some cool prizes! All at Northern Liberties’ nightlife hot spot – North Bowl Lounge n’ Lanes.

When:
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Where:
North Bowl Lounge n’ Lanes (http://www.northbowlphilly.com)
909 N. 2nd St.; Philadelphia, PA 19123

Get Directions (http://tinyurl.com/northbowl)

The cost? Absolutely free with a donation of canned food that night to Philabundance.

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Participating Organizations:

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) – http://www.asmpphilly.com
Philadelphia Area New Media Association (PANMA) – http://www.panma.org
Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group (PFPAUG) – http://www.pfpaug.org
Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GFPO) – http://www.film.org
Philly Illustrator User Group (PIUG) – http://groups.adobe.com/groups/1d8136263d/summary
Philadelphia Flex User Group – http://www.phflex.org
Social Media Club Philadelphia (SMC Philly) – http://socialmediaclub.pbworks.com/Philadelphia
Philadelphia Photoshop User Group – http://groups.adobe.com/groups/020002a345/summary
AIGA | the professional association for design – Philadelphia – http://www.aigaphilly.org
PhillyCHI – http://phillychi.acm.org

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Sponsors:

the boss group – http://www.thebossgroup.com
Marketing Capital Management – http://www.mcm-i.com
North Bowl Lounge n’ Lanes – http://www.northbowlphilly.com

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With over 400 attendees last year, the Creative Mega Social is an event you won’t want to miss!

Space is limited! Don’t wait, register now!
http://www.phillycreativeguide.com/rsvp

We look forward to seeing you there!

October Learning Event: CASE STUDY: Designing & Implementing a Web App for a Large Organization

Marilyn Moran — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:49:58 +0000

Geoff DiMasi Presents Designing & Implementing a Web App for a Large Organization
Do you have a lot of departments in your organization? Do you each have your own brand or web site? How do you get each group to work together to centralize the look and feel? If you currently work within a large company or university, join us for this great case study on how P’unk Avenue helped Duke University develop, design and integrate into their workflow. During his discussion, Geoff DiMasi of P’unk Avenue, will demonstrate how urban planning techniques can be applied to design and technology challenges that everyone faces. He’ll also discuss, how they launched a open source tool, from this development and how you might use this in your web developments.

Some of the topics that will be discussed:

How can you use design to respect the goals/mission of individual departments or entities inside a large organization?
Shouldn’t there be a strict brand guideline for all organizations?
Won’t you end up creating choas if you allow for individual design solutions?
What is the balance between design control and freedom in a horizontal organization?
Do you have to redesign and rebuild all of your websites at once (if you have more than one)?
What are basic urban design principles?
Should universities be using open source or enterprise solutions?
How does an open source solution advance the mission of my higher education instituation?
Why is respect so important in the design process?

About the Speaker: Geoff DiMasi heads up P’unk Avenue and co-founded Independents Hall. He organizes the Junto, co-organizes IgnitePhilly, and helped get BarCamp Philly going. He founded the Passyunk Square Civic Association in South Philadelphia and was an artist member and board member of Vox Populi gallery. He currently serves on the Marketing Committee for the Board of the Free Library of Philadelphia. A former full-time Multimedia professor at the University of the Arts, he now serves as adjunct member of the faculty.

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Space is limited! Please register to save your space!

Pizza & Light refreshments will be provided by PANMA

Slides from You’ve Started a Business – Now What?

Marilyn Moran — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:31:18 +0000

Gloria Bell from Red Stapler Consulting spoke at our September event.

Here are the slides from her presentation.

You’ve Started a Business – Now What? Tips for Getting Your Small Business Organized

View more presentations from Red Stapler Consulting .

Many thanks to Gloria for an informative presentation.

Creative Associations Showcase

Marilyn Moran — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:45:46 +0000

Network with your fellow creative professionals and meet representatives from regional technology-driven, creative associations at Center City District Sips, this summer’s hottest happy hour series.

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.

PANMA.ORG Update

Chris Morrell — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:14:30 +0000

PANMA is pleased to announce the 2009 release of our web site. We hope our new site will continue to help us connect the community and continue to share and inspire everyone. We’d like to give a special thanks to Chris Morrell for the great job he has done in developing the site and we look forward to everyone working together to continue to demonstrate how great the Philadelphia technology innovation community is.

We’ve had a great start to 2009 with our Learning Events on Social Media, The Latest in Hosting, Search Engine Optimization 2009, Making Philly Work for You Resources for Creative Professions and we have several new events planned. Stay tuned!