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http://techcocktail.com/home/2009/01/21/tech-cocktail-chicago-10-coming-at-ya/

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Place: John Barleycorn’s - 3524 N Clark (where it always is)
Cost: $0 (per usual)

RSVP @ http://techcocktail-chicago-10.eventbrite.com/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/20/50-extremely-useful-php-tools/

PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today. With over 20 million indexed domains using PHP, including major websites like Facebook, Digg and WordPress, there are good reasons why many Web developers prefer it to other server-side scripting languages, such as Python and Ruby.

CDMUG is now an official member of the O'Reilly User Group Program :)

CDMUG members receive a 35% discount on O'Reilly, No Starch, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin products purchased directly from O'Reilly. Members are also entitled to a discount on O'Reilly conferences and tutorials.
Other special discount offers may also be forwarded to your group from time to time. Contact Matthew for discount codes and additional information.

January 22-23, 2009
Illinois Technology Association, 200 S Wacker Dr
$25/day, $45 both days

Register @ http://www.eventbrite.com/event/233700003

January 22: Beginner Sessions
8:00 Registration Opens
8:30 - 9:20 Overview of Flex and the Flash Platform for Newcomers and the Non-Technical: Michael Epstein
9:30 - 10:20 Keynote: Ben Forta
10:30 - 11:20 TBA
11:30 - 12:20 Integrating Flex with Java and PHP: Shashank Tiwari
12:20 - 1:30 Lunch (provided)
1:30 - 2:20 Flex and ColdFusion 101: Mike Nimer
2:30 - 3:20 Getting Started with Adobe AIR: Elad Elrom

Grabbed this from the Chicago graphic Design group.....

Slides from a high level comparison of the various CMS tools, and a bunch of additional resource links. You can get them all here: http://surprisehighway.com/cmsresources/

-Jason Siffring
jason@cdmug.org

A good part of the videos has been posted online. Enjoy.
http://blip.tv/search?q=drupal+chicago&x=0&y=0
http://www.ustream.tv/charliecheney

The most photos from the event have been tagged Drupal Camp Chicago on Flickr. Please tag your photos or let us know where we can find more
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/drupalcampchicago/

Now at the top of the page you can see a link to the chat room. I setup a chat room within cdmug.org for multiple reasons. Mainly I wanted a place for people to chat if they could not attend a meet up. I plan on leaving the chat window open during all future meet ups so that we can communicate with members at home/work/sick/vacation/where ever.

I finally finished my never ending winter and spring quarters at De Paul. I had to finish up some pretty hard classes and a large work load. Not to mention I went to California and had a full time job to worry about. Now that I have finished everything and already went to Tennessee, I am ready to focus. I want to put in some time towards our small Drupal community this summer. Ultimately I would love to see cdmug.org grow as a web site and start to have a real presence on the web. After all, a community of Drupal developers should be able to hack up a decent site ;/