Refresh Detroit would now like to offer the opportunity for companies to sponsor events! This low cost high visibility sponsorship will help pay for the food/beverages at Refresh Detroit events in addition to covering hosting and other minor costs!

Sponsorship is $50 per event, and you will obtain the following:

• Company Logo & Link on all posts (GREAT FOR SEO!)
• Company mention and link (where possible) on all online postings, including local groups, event websites, and calendars
• Company logo on all hand out materials
• Company mention at the beginning and end of each event

All sponsorship inquieries can be directed at ross -at- 3point7designs.com

Learn the principles of Leadership as taught by UM Football Coach Bo Schembechler August 28 AT Zingerman’s roadhouse & Automation Alley

Those who attended the Seth Godin event in Ann Arbor know how great the Connect Ann Arbor events turn out. Now is your chance to learn leadership skills from the best, UM Football Coach Bo Schembechler.

Taking place in both Ann Arbor and Troy, you can learn, meet, mingle and progress your success. Leadership is an invaluable role in todays business world, whether working as part of a team or leading a project to success through an organization.

The Details:

To register online, please visit http://connectannarbor.com. The Ann Arbor event costs $60, includes a copy of the book and Zingerman’s breakfast. The Troy event costs $40 and includes a copy of the book and light refreshments. Seating is limited for both events. The program is sponsored by United Bank and Trust, Zingerman’s, 3.7 Designs, Network Pods, Dennison Consulting, Networked Inc., and Ingenex Group.

Trillium Teamologies, a creative services and web development firm in Royal Oak, Michigan, seeks an experienced web developer and middle/senior level .NET developers for long-term contract positions in Dearborn.

For the Flash web developer position, qualifications include 4 years Flash experience, HTML, CSS, DHTML, XML, CGI, JavaSript and experience with Swift 3D graphics. A minimum of 5 years experience professional and design/development experience.

The .NET developer positions require application/web design and development experience using Microsoft technologies: SQL Server, .Net, ASP, Access, VB. Technical experience with Oracle, J2EE, WebSphere, Linux, Open Source, PHP are a big plus.

If you’re interested, or know someone who is interested, email your resume to Michael Shaw, or contact him at 248-584-2080 ext. 295

It was a “headline” week for Refresh Detroit members Dean Keipert and Ross Johnson. Dean’s company, 3Sixty Interactive, announced their new name change in Monday’s edition of the Great Lakes IT Report.

Yesterday, the Ann Arbor News highlighted Ross’s company 3.7designs in their Shared space: Companies try a roomie gig article on how the soft Michigan economy has provided opportunities for a new office space model.

Due to busy summer schedules we decided to hold off on the July meeting. However we will have an excellent meeting in August with Chris Lee of 3.7 Designs and Holy MoLee Wedding Photography talking about javascript libraries. The meeting will be Wednesday August 29th, and located in Brighton Michigan. Exact location still under discussion.

Thanks

-Ross

Interested in learning more about Ruby on Rails after getting a review of its features and functions from our Refresh Detroit June meeting? Already know about RoR, but want to meet others in the area who are actively involved?

The next meeting of the SE Michigan Ruby Users group will be Monday, July 9, 2007 on North Campus, University of Michigan from 7PM-8:30PM. The location is 1670 CSE (map: PDF). Sounds like it will be a great time with free pizza, free pop, and a raffle for a $249 ticket to erubycon.

Niche Retail, a fast-moving and environmentally-conscious company, is seeking an Art Director who wants to join our team. The Art Director will be responsible to maintain and enhance the look and feel of our eCommerce platform and supported Websites.

We are currently seeking an experienced, talented, and dynamic interactive designer to deliver superior creative work for Web and print media for our own internal brands and Websites. Learn more about the position and requirements at the Craigslist posting.

Dan Shields, fellow Refresh Detroit member, is a web developer at Niche Retail. If you want to know more about the company and the work they do, contact Dan.

I’ve been researching several project management/communication solutions this past week, looking for alternatives to Basecamp. Someone mentioned Zoho Project to me, which I’ve tested out. Zoho has the features I’m looking for - project management tasks and milestones, calendar, time tracking, file uploads, client area, etc.

For the price of $12 (US)/month, I can manage 10 projects with 2G of space, and unlimited users and clients. On Basecamp, I would pay twice the price ($24 US) to manage 15 projects with unlimited users and clients, but only get 500M of space.

Has anyone used Zoho Project? If yes, I would love to get some feedback from you.

This past week I came across two items on Web Standards I thought others might enjoy. First, Robert Nyman, who has some great insights on web development, usability, standards, and JavaScript, published What are Web Standards? A comprehensive explanation of what is comprised in the term. Robert discusses the main areas of web standards, providing details and links for each of the areas.

At Web Standards for Skeptics, Mike Montgomery of Montgomery Studios, provides his recent web standards presentation at the Refresh Miami group. His presentation is subtitled “Web Standards as a Competitive Advantage” and highlights the objections clients have toward web standards, web standards principles, as well as websites built with web standards.

I recognized many of the web standards built sites Mike referenced in the presentation, but was delighted to view some new sites I wasn’t aware of.

Both items presented excellent explanations of web standards, the type of explanations you can use with clients when explaining how you develop websites and the advantages of developing with web standards.

There was some talk about the bad weather, but it appears to already have passed the Ann Arbor area. We will still be meeting at the 3.7 Designs office in Ann Arbor as planned.

Thank you!

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