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ABQ Web Geeks

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Discussion space for web practioners such as web developers, designers, admins, and content creators.

Website: http://tinyurl.com/abqwebpros
Location: Albuquerque
Members: 317
Latest Activity: on Saturday

We meet up mid-week, mid-month for happy hour.

Greetings!

Thanks to everyone who came to the Nob Hill Bar & Grill for our April Happy Hour. Will we see the area's first real hackathon in May? Follow-up coming soon.

In May? We're planning to hit The Apothecary

In Rio Rancho or on the West Side? You may also want to try the NM Tech Scene Meetups at http://www.meetup.com/nmtechscene We typically meet the 2nd Wednesday each month in Rio Rancho.

Looking for some other cool local events and activities?

A few of our favorite local groups are:

Albuquerque WordPress Meetup Group

Cocoa Conspiracy (for iOS Geeks)

Quelab (Albuquerque's premiere hackerspace - a place to make things)

RubiABQ Ruby on Rails Meetup Group

And this group is supported by the New Mexico Technology Council

Here are snaps from our recent gatherings in Albuquerque (tagged with abqwebgeeks).

Albuquerque's Community Forum

Windows Phone Unleashed - Saturday June 9th in ABQ

The NM .Net Users Group has announced Windows Phone Unleashed for June 9th in ABQ.It's an all day session 8AM - 8PM w/ laptop and pre-setup required -- more info at: …Continue

Started by Eric Renz-Whitmore on Saturday.

Backup and restore your gmail account at will.

Spruce up your gmail account with a back-up and a twist to gmail redesign!Grab your…Continue

Tags: google email, Jason Crawford, gmvault, gmail

Started by Rep Ayre May 8.

Working on Pitches & Communications Skills

NMTC and the Rio Grande Chapters of the IGDA and ACM SIGGRAPH are teaming up to improve communications skills and the ability to pitch startups, projects and more. Join us for our kick-off meeting Monday night at O'Niell's Pub Meeting Room in Nob…Continue

Tags: pitch, development, game

Started by Eric Renz-Whitmore May 5.

Save May 11! Steffen Frost will host a Hack-a-thon.

San Francisco's Steffen Frost will be in Albuquerque until mid May to organize a Hack-a-thon with venue TBA. Other organizers are Eric Renz-Whitmore and Rachel Nicoll. The purpose of the Hack-a-thon is to provide a venue for developers, designers,…Continue

Tags: @abqhack, Cocoa Conspiracy, mobileccino.com, hackathon

Started by Rep Ayre Apr 28.

Job Possibilities Seen this Week

1. A Corrales company called Ideum has an opening for Exhibit Technician.Their website is: http://www.ideum.comThe job posting is on Craigslist, as follows:…Continue

Tags: Startup, Ideum, Boulder

Started by Rep Ayre Apr 19.

Web Geeks Happy Hours 1 Reply

Hey...Our next ABQ Web Geeks Happy hour is (as of this writing) tomorrow (Wednesday) night (4/18) at the Nob Hill Bar & Grill. We'll be on the patio -- Please, let folks know you're coming here: …Continue

Tags: development, mobile, design, web, information technology

Started by Eric Renz-Whitmore. Last reply by Rep Ayre Apr 19.

Ruby & Joomla are Jamming, er, or on Rails, or...

Good talk from Damon Toal-Rossi at last night's httq event - looking forward to more on May 2nd!As he mentioned & we've seen/heard, Ruby developers are in great demand everywhere, so it's an…Continue

Tags: developers, community, groups

Started by Eric Renz-Whitmore Apr 5.

Google has a good April Fool!

Google Maps is now available for 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES).…Continue

Tags: Albuquerque, NM, South Valley, Columbus Park, Los Jardines, Google

Started by Rep Ayre Mar 31.

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Comment by Eric Renz-Whitmore on April 17, 2012 at 8:44pm: Comments? Why post Comments?

Seriously... One reason the comments are so old is that almost no one looks at them. Post a discussion instead!

Comment by Oscar on March 6, 2012 at 11:06pm: Any FreeBSD people around here??

Comment by fosgate on January 18, 2010 at 3:21pm: I'm looking for someone with Magento eCommerce experience to work on a project. Please contact me through Duke City Fix for details. Thanks!

Comment by supergalaxygirl on October 20, 2009 at 3:39pm: Looking for a flash developer to finish a project for a client ASAP, don't know all the details. Not in my skill set. I've met some of you before at the bar meet ups but can't remember who does what. Message me if you might be able to help. Thanks!

Comment by sophie on June 25, 2009 at 8:42am: Sorry about the fast food spam. Sally Samantha's been banned.

Comment by Caroline Blaker on April 15, 2009 at 9:02pm: Hey Geeks! A pleasure to meet you this fine Wednesday Eve.

Comment by Eric Renz-Whitmore on April 15, 2009 at 4:44pm: Anyone up for a Startup Weekend?

A few of us have discussed making something like this happen. If you'd be interested in helping plan/support or participating, please hit me up -- or sign up at http://startupweekend.com/groups/albuquerquesanta-fe

Comment by Jen Marshall on April 14, 2009 at 10:02am: This Thursday, 4/16 two tech events wanted to mention:
* Business Continuity Planning / Disaster Recovery Breakfast (free event, 8:30 am - 10:30 am)
* New Mexico's first VMware User Group - launch party (free event, 4:00 - 6:00 pm)