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Color Scheme Pickers & Stock Photo Site
Great little tool to help get familiar with color theory concept. It’s also useful if you like to manually choose colors schemes and need ideas:
http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
Adobe has a very impressive color theme generator:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/kuler/
1 Million Stock Photos:
http://www.everystockphoto.com/index.php
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Cost-of-living Comparisons
The study demonstrates the importance of comparing cost-of-living differences between two markets.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16545234/
All figures used in the study were collected last year by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau’s occupational profiles can be accessed at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
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January Meeting Discussions
Dynamic Web Pages: Silver Stream & Cold Fusion
Leaders: Michael Boehm, & Bruce Braunstein
How the Internet Works: Peering and Transit
Leader: Jason Weisberger
Goal Setting in '
Leader: Mari Serrano
How the Millenium Inspires Change
Leaders: Kate Lutz & Tony Echavez
Info War from National Security Establishment to Your Desktop
Leader: Alex Piner
Online Opportunities for Offline Businesses
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
Dynamic Web Pages using Silver Stream
Leaders: Michael Boehm & BruceBraunstein
Private Communities and E-Commerce
Leader: Phil Clark of Symbio
Meaningful Preparations for the Millennium Countdown
Leader: Kate Lutz
Is Capitalism a Rational Economic Order?
Leader: Eric Roth
Online Marketing for Offline Businesses
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
February Meeting Discussions
Dynamic Web Pages using Silver Stream
Leaders: Michael Boehm & Bruce Braunstein
Kevin Kelly & The Network Economics
Leader: Linda Thurman
Discover what Dumb Power and Feed the Web First have to do
with who succeeds and who fails in the New Economy.
How the Internet Works: Ins and Outs of DNS
Leader: Abe Ingersoll of SoftAware
Genesis of an Online Multi-User Gaming Company
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Effective Web Site Promotion
Leader: Giselle Bission
CGI Perl for Programmers & Non-programmers Alike!
Leader: Peter Benjamin
Online Options for Self-Employment
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
Dynamic Web Pages with Silver Stream
Leader: Bruce Braunstein
What A Career Looks Like in a Networked Economy
Leader: Linda Thurman
Suggested reading: ‘NEW RULES FOR THE NEW ECONOMY.’ By Kevin Kelly or
http://www.wired.com/wired/5.09/newrules.html
It's all about Community Building
Leader: Christian Gray
Technology Needs of a New Multi-User Gaming Company
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Relationship Building: Goldmine 4.0 as a Solution
Leader: James Finlay
Frugal Forum: Smart Partnering for Enterprise Success
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
Recommended reading: http://www.microtimes.com/175/soho.html
March Meeting Discussions
Dynamic Web Pages
Leader: Bruce Braunstein
How the Internet Works: The Ins and Outs of IP
Leader: Jason Weisberger
Frugal Forum: JavaScript with Dori Smith
Leader: Dori Smith
SoftAware Reseller Program
Leader: Dennis Wojnar
Minimizing Egos for Leaders & Entrepreneurs
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Explore how groups work amidst rapid change & how effective
leaders harness their ego energy?
SPRING
April Meeting Discussions
Dynamic Web Pages
Leaders: Michael Boehm & Bruce Braunstein
Frugal Forum: Recombinant Work Teams
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
Learn about RWT's and the PRO-MAS income & outgo approach
to divvy funds. http://www.bigfoot.com/~IndieBiz
Social & Economic Potential of Online Communities
Leader: Casey Hughes
3D for the Web
Leader: Michael Parker
Effective Groups: Coexisting with Everyone's Ego
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Frugal Forum: Avoid Ghost Towns on the Web
Leaders: Jeannie Novak & Pete Markiewicz (Host is Marty
Harwell)
Discuss their new book, ‘INTERNET WORLD GUIDE TO MAINTAINING & UPDATING DYNAMIC
WEBSITES. http://kspace.com
Community Building: Public vs. Private Good on the Net
Leader: Casey Hughes
Personal Narrative: 3rd Paradigm in Online Entertainment
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Discuss how a writer or game developer can realize the narrative in their own productions.
The concept of the personal narrative references Neil Stephenson's latest book, DIAMOND
AGE.
What Projects Can We Make Happen Now
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Women's Challenges and Leadership Experiences
Leader: Sandra Mueller
Online Marketing: Best Practices Require Technical
Partnership
Leaders: Patrick Gallagher, and Giselle Bission
May Meeting Discussions
Frugal Forum: Online Politics
Leader: Nina Harwell-Weiner
Cold Fusion
Leader: Bruce Braunstein
Community Building & the Virtual Corporation
Leader: Casey Hughes
Personal Narrative: Structures & Platforms for Online
Storytelling
Leader: Joe Andrieu
How Challenges Move Groups Ahead
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Effective Groups: The Importance of Trust
Leader: Mari Serrano
Frugal Forum: Bringing Offline Businesses Online
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
Community Building & The Virtual Corporation
Leader: Casey Hughes
Meeting your Leadership Challenges
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Q1: An Effective Tool for Client Management
Leader: Steven Shmerler
Q1 aids the developer and client in determining what the client needs,
their resources, familiarity with the Internet and the scope of the project.
http://www.association.org
June Meeting Discussions
Frugal Forum: Pathology of Corporate Culture
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
Human Touch, E-commerce & the Web
Leader: John Bates
Demo of Skunk's 2D Virtual Chat
Planning A Wedding Party
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Personal Narrative: Online Storytelling in Multi-User
Entertainment
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Q1 & Client Management
Leader: Steven Shmerler
Explore client management concepts, common mistakes, pitfalls
and problems and find real-time solutions. We'll use Q1, the client
qualifying questionnaire created by the Ethical Standards & Practices
Committee of the AIP. http://www.association.org
Ecommerce & the Web
Leader: Jaclyn Easton (hosted by Don Baarns and Mari Serrano)
Preview Jaclyn's upcoming 6/30 AIP presentation. She is a LA Times
columnist and author of www.Strikingitrich.com : PROFILES OF 23
INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL WEBSITES . . .THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF.
Personal Narrative & Online Storytelling in MultiUser Entertainment
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Introduction to Active Server Pages (ASP)
and Database Programming
Leader: Andrew Michalik, www.Vinfo.com
Learn the basics of ASP and Database programming
for web pages. We will create a simple interactive site. Visit
http://www.TekCoach.com
AIG's Internet Professional's Liability Product
Leader: Galen Hunter
Learn how the worlds largest insurance company views
the risks of being an internet professional.
Virtual Corporation: Business Theatrical Group
Leader: Casey Hughes
Practice online role-playing scenarios to discover how you
and others might interact in virtual work groups.
SUMMER
July Meeting Discussion
Personal Narrative: Online Storytelling in Multi-User Entertainment
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Active Server Pages (ASP) & Database Programming II
Leader: Andrew Michalik, www.Vinfo.com
Learn the basics of ASP and Database programming for web pages.
We will create a simple interactive site. Visit
http://www.TekCoach.com
Envisioning Your New Business
Leader: Linda Thurman
Q1 & Client Management: Reduce the Surprises
Leader: Steven Shmerler
Define problem areas that can really hurt a project and your profit.
Read through Q1,
http://www.association.org and
bring favorite war stories, solutions or current problems. Collaborative Capitalism: the Linux Model
Leader: Clay Claiborne
Host is Marty Harwell-Weiler
Presentation based on "The Cathedral and the Bazaar," an essay by a Linux
advocate. Time permitting, we'll close with a demo of Linux: solid evidence
of the viability of collaborative capitalism proper.
Guidelines for Online Marketing
Leader: Giselle Bisson
Leadership: Creating a Vision
Leader: Linda Thurman
This group will use the Cobbler's Child Story by Linda Thurman.
CU See-Me Live Conferencing Event
Leaders: Kate Lutz and Tony Echavez
Frugal Forum: Linux & Collaborative Capitalism
Leader: Marty Harwell-Weiler
August Meeting Discussions
Y2K or NotY2K, that is the Question...
Leaders: Ilan Goldman & Bruce Braunstein
'Blur: the Speed of Change in the Connected Economy
Leader: Sandra Mueller
Discussion of BLUR.
Millennium Countdown: 500 days to 2000
Leader: Kate Lutz
Use the Millennium to build new partnerships and alliances.
Politics & Religion: Strange Bedfellows'
Leaders: Nina Weiler and Thomas Martin
Demo & Preview of Enfish Tracker
Leader: Louise Wannier
Enfish automatically locates, organizes, cross-references and
keeps track of information from email to word documents to
spreadsheets to network files based on what's important to you.
http://www.enfish.com
Millennium Planning via Cu See Me
Leaders: Ben Mendelson and Kate Lutz
Link up (via CU SeeMe) with Kate & other planners
gathered in Klamath Falls, OR, 500 days before the millennium
Burning Man 19: August 31 to Sept 7
Leader: Marshall Rockwell.
Learn about Burning Man, the experiential community
art gathering held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
http://www.burningman.com
UPMN Business Opportunity
Leader: Curtis Jimison
The Universal Promotion & Marketing Network, combines
promotions & cooperative marketing, with cash rebates, member referrals
and participation incentive systems to generate income for businesses and
consumers.
September Meeting Discussions
Enfish Tracker Pro Beta Testing Results
Leader: Bill Handle
http://www.enfish.com
Personal Narrative: Applying Myth & Archetypes to Multi-User Games
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Demo: How to Load Debian Linux
Leader: Don Wood
First-time UNIX/Linux users learn the basics needed to
install Linux and get it up and running on a computer.
Wanna be a Certificate Authority
Leader: Galen Hunter
Burning Man: August 31 to Sept 7th
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
If you're interested in attending and sharing travel expenses (approx. $250)
over Labor Day Weekend, contact Marshall.
http://www.burningman.com
The Storyteller through Historical Media & Modern Day
Leader: Sean Karlin for more information
Personal Narrative: Character in Multi-User Games
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Discussion draws on concepts from writing, theater and mythical and
psychological archetypes including the Myers-Briggs types.
Biometric Solutions for the Internet Market
Leader: Christian Gray
Discuss biometrics, network security, individual identity and
digital certificates. Plus a brief demo of VoicCrypt.
http://www.voicecrypt.com
Burning Man 19: Virtual RECAP
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
A virtual/visual recap of this Labor Day desert celebration attended by
1000s. Consider what your personal / business life might be like if you
pursued the Burning Man "no spectators philosophy."
http://www.burningman.com
Hands on Linux Demo
Leader: Don Wood
Find out why 95% of computers on the Web use UNIX/Linux
based systems. Don is looking for experienced Linux users to join
him in leading breakout groups for this popular topic.
MORE about Becoming a Certificate Authority
Leader: Galen Hunter
Setting up the VeriSign Digital Browser ID.
Free styling with Access
Leader: Andrew Michalik, www.Vinfo.com
Access '97 offers one of the best user interfaces for building a
database. We'll start from ground zero, fire up Access '97, build a
simple database using an Access wizard, and then deconstruct it
to see how it works. We'll tie that back into ASP and look at
how the sample database would be accessed from a web page.
FALL
October Meeting Discussions
Digital Entertainment: Story Structure
Leader: Linda Thurman
We'll explore plot, setting and character in non-linear fiction.
For writers, producers and anyone who wants to break
old rules or make new ones.
Pop Culture & Pulp Fiction!
Leader: Janice Norton
Janice writes -- We'll look at award-winning pop culture
and pulp fiction, and see and hear spooky Halloween
performances. Everyone will get to try Tasty Buzz candy.
http://www.PopFiction.com
LINUX DEMO: X Windows
Leaders: Clay Claiborne & with Don Wood
Personal Narrative: Setting & Environment
Leader: Joe Andrieu
Discuss Setting & Environment as active elements of the
Personal Narrative Structure.
Pop Culture: Halloween & More
Leader: Janice Norton
Listen to the Dracula CD and explore tarot cards.
Wear your costumes & bring Halloween candy.
http://www.PopFiction.com
LINUX Demo: Load Linux on Your Machine
Leaders: Don Wood & Clay Claiborne
Bring your favorite old machine (min. config: 386, 8 MB
memory, able to load DOS) & install Linux.
SRL EVENT: Machine & Human Interaction
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Using Digital Certificates & Signatures
Leaders: Galen Hunter and Andrew Michalik,
www.Vinfo.com
Look at MS Internet Information Server and Certificate
Server with an introduction to public and private key
Cryptography. Not a SIG for the technically squeamish!
November Meeting Discussions
Personal Narrative
Leader: Joe Andrieu
How to Effectively Set-Up Email
Leader: Don Wood
Planning a Survival Research Labs Event in LA
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Corporate Shamanism
Leader: MJ
July 23
Part Two: Leadership Essentials
Leader: Sandra Mueller
Nonprofits on the Internet led by Michael Zeleny
Leader: Michael Zeleny
Technical Requirements for a worldwide Net Event
Leader: Earl Jensus
More on Visual InterDev
Leader: Donald Baarns
Leadership Essentials: Crafting Your Vision
Leader: Sandra Mueller
Privacy on the Internet
Leader: Erin Zhu
DataAlive: Skill Set Demo
Leaders: Oded Noy and Michael Boehm
Java GUI, JDBC and middleware - Oracle/SQL programming
ATM Technology Forum
Leaders: Gary Zacuto & Dennis Wojnar
Reps from local post production firms and Sonoma Systems will attend.
Visual InterDev: Database Access using VID Tools
Leader: Donald Baarns
Leadership Essentials: Importance of Trust
Leader: Sandra Mueller
Suggested reading is TRUST, Francis Fukuyama's bestseller on
Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity.
Multi-state and Multicast Streaming Technologies
Leader: Erin Zhu
Advertising on the Web: Value or Vapor?
Leaders: Douglas Cerrone, Dan Foegelle and Silvia Utiger of BannerLab.
Leadership Essentials: Importance of Communication
Leader: Sandra Mueller
DEMO of Multicast Streaming Technologies
Leader: Erin Zhu
Consciousness Studies
Leaders: Jake Dotson
Jake invites dialogue with people of dramatically different views.
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Demystifying Object-Oriented Programming
Leader: Gavin Dougherty
Programming Tricks with Active Server Pages & MS IIS
Leader: Don Baarns
Demo of a dynamic calendar and browser-based Wizards for forms.
Consciousness Studies
Leader: Jake Dotson
ATM Technology Forum Update
Leader: Dennis Wojnar
More on Multicast Streaming Technologies
Leader: Erin Zhu
Countdown to the Millennium
Leader: Kate Lutz.
Cool Stuff with FrontPage
Leader: Don Baarns
What's Happening with Chat
Leader: Mari Serrano
System Architecture in the Learning Corporation
Leader: James Ward
More on Multicast Streaming Technologies
Leader: Erin Zhu
Content Issues in Digital Representations
Leaders: Florian Brody and Sarah Anastasia Hahn
How to Get Thousands of Dollars of Free Stuff
Leader: Jim Massey
Join the Happin' Jam Session
Leader: Jon Tomkins
Bring your instrument and join Jon for an hour of fun music.
Doing Cool Things Without Microsoft
Leader: Michael Boehm
Aggregrating ISPs
Leader: Marshall Rockwell
Building the Incredible Sales Database
Leader: Brett Lamm, Sales manager
Interactive Databases
Leader: Michael Boehm
When the Internic Monopoly Ends
Leader: Michael Zeleny
An Inside Look at Game Design
Leaders: Joe Maranda & Tony Zalewski
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