As usual, this year's Adobe MAX was fantastic. I'm sorry you could not all join me there, but it's never too early to start planning for next year!

Yes, it's true that everyone who attended the conference this year got a free 1 year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office 365, as well as a new Microsoft Surface Pro 3. A few years ago when the Google TV first came out, everyone got one of those. I can't guarantee you will get new hardware if you come, but it if you don't go you will definitely miss out!

There were too many incredible things to try to list them all here, but here are a few highlights with links to info/videos.

Attention Wordpress users! WordCamp Birmingham will be held this weekend, Saturday, August 16th, 2014, at the Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham, AL. Registration is $20. Please visit their website for more information, schedule, and registration (http://2014.birmingham.wordcamp.org/). 

http://blog.codepen.io/

http://codepen.io/

http://shoptalkshow.com/

Join us for our next meeting Thursday morning, May 15th @ 10:00AM, in Duncan Hall conference room.

Tyler is going to talk to us about some mobile development work he has done for the new Firefox OS phone that he has.

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/

See you there!

Map: http://auburn.edu/map/?id=113

Join us for our next meeting, Thursday morning, April 17th @ 10:00AM, in the Director's conference room in Duncan Hall. Please note, this is across the hall from our usual conference room meeting place. See you there!

Map to Duncan Hall: http://auburn.edu/map/?id=113 

April 1-April 3, 2014 from 9AM to 5PM (CT)
OIT Building, Room 103

Sponsored by O'Riley and New Riders Publications

•  Sign Up to Attend!
•  Conference Schedule & Session Details

Adobe® PhoneGap™ , the popular open source mobile app development framework, released PhoneGap 3.0 today at the 3rd annual PhoneGap Day in Portland, Oregon. PhoneGap allows developers to build cross-platform mobile applications using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. With PhoneGap, you can re-use your existing web developer skills and use the PhoneGap API to gain access to native features that aren’t accessible in mobile browsers.

Did you miss out on going to MAX this year? Well, now you're in luck because our friends at Adobe have posted most of the sessions online for you to view at you leisure and for free! ;-)

Visit: http://max.adobe.com/sessions/online.html

http://www.creativebloq.com/adobe/adobe-cc-100-new-features-5132650

Mark Bransby is arranging to have a conference room (112 Duncan Hall) where people can get together to watch they keynote presentations live and discuss them. If you are interested in joining this group, he asks that you RSVP so they will know how many people to expect. Thanks. 

If you would prefer to watch the keynotes on your own, visit the Adobe site to sign up. 

Keynote Schedule:
Monday, May 6, 11:30-1:30 p.m. CDT
A Creative Evolution
The process of where and how we create is dramatically changing thanks to major advancements in technology, and there has never been a more exciting time. Join Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Adobe's SVP and GM of Digital Media David Wadhwani, and a collection of Adobe visionaries across digital photography, web design, illustration, video and more as we unveil brand new creative workflows and capabilities. We'll take a look at the present and set our sights on the endless possibilities in our creative future.
Tuesday, May 7, 12-1:30 p.m. CDT
Community Inspires Creativity
Join David Wadhwani, Adobe's SVP and GM of Digital Media, as he welcomes four incredibly creative minds to explore how they foster creativity and approach their work. You will hear from Rob Legato, an Oscar winning visual effects supervisor; Paula Scher, an iconic graphic designer and illustrator; Erik Johansson, an up and coming photographer and retouch artist; and Phil Hansen, a constraint-based artist that believes limitations drive creativity. We think you'll leave with more than a few new ideas to incorporate in your next creative project.