.NET User Group – 4/18/12 – An Introduction to HTML 5

Main Event

Join us for a lively presentation on what’s new in HTML5. An emphasis will be on how to get started right now in today’s Web environment with boiler plates, ‘shivs’ and ‘modernizr’. Ken will cover topics such as the new semantic tags, the many new form controls, audio and video, the canvas control, embedded fonts, and geolocation. We’ll take a look at the history of HTML and the two HTML5 specifications that define the new language standards.

About Ken

Ken Matesich is a current C2 Technologies, Inc. Programmer at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, AZ. As a Software Engineer and Computer Systems Administrator with 15 years of experience, he has designed numerous enterprise level software applications in support of Information Management systems for C2 TI staff and defense, government and corporate client users across the United States. He has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Anthropology and Computer Science from The University of Arizona, and a Computer Information Systems degree from Pima Community College, Tucson, and holds a CompTia Security+ certification.

Thanks! to Simply Bits for sponsoring our last meeting and to Bering Consulting for sponsoring our April meeting.   Thanks to Gangplank Tucson as well for providing the excellent venue!

Success Brownbag 4/20 – Creative Problem Solving by Aaron Eden

P1030115 281x300 Success Brownbag 4/20   Creative Problem Solving by Aaron Eden12:00pm on 4/20/2012 – Learn how to use divergent and convergent thinking to come up with brilliant solutions to every-day problem (either individually or as a small team).

Wikipedia:
Creative problem solving
 is the mental process of creating a solution to a problem. It is a special form of problem solving in which the solution is independently created rather than learned with assistance.

Creative problem solving always involves creativity.