Bits & Pixels - Latest News http://bitsandpixels.com.au/ Bits & Pixels is a monthly social event for web designers and developers in Newcastle, where we chat about life, work and everything in between. Wayde Christie en Bits and Pixels Copyright 2008 2008-09-25T13:48:00+10:00 Web Directions South ‘08. Wish we were there! http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/web-directions-south-08-wish-we-were-there/ Wayde Christie http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/web-directions-south-08-wish-we-were-there/#When:13:48:00Z Here’s a couple of pics I found of some people we know who are lucky enough to be attending Web Directions South ‘08.

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]]> Latest News 2008-09-25T13:48:00+10:00 Asking for feedback http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/asking-for-feedback/ Wayde Christie http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/asking-for-feedback/#When:23:28:00Z While Bits & Pixels has been great, it’s really not progressed since it’s inception 12 months ago. We’ve had many discussions about improving it along the way, but that third Saturday comes around each month and we’ve had exactly zero time to put anything into it.

Don’t be alarmed ? Bits & Pixels is here to stay, but it’s just getting a little stagnant is all. That’s where you come in!

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]]> Latest News 2008-09-20T23:28:00+10:00 It’s on this Saturday http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/its-on-this-saturday/ Anthony Short http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/its-on-this-saturday/#When:05:12:00Z It’s come up faster than we thought - the September edition of Bits & Pixels. So I thought I’d have a chat about what’s happening and encourage people to come along. 

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]]> Latest News 2008-09-17T05:12:00+10:00 Freshview to sponsor Bits & Pixels http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/freshview-to-sponsor-bits-pixels/ Anthony Short http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/freshview-to-sponsor-bits-pixels/#When:06:37:01Z Bits & Pixels is proud to annouce it’s first official sponsor - Freshview - the creators of the popular email marketing tools Campaign Monitor and MailBuild. 

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]]> Latest News 2008-08-12T06:37:01+10:00 Comments & member registration has been fixed! http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/comments-member-registration-has-been-fixed/ Leevi Graham http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments-member-registration-has-been-fixed/#When:12:45:01Z It seems our over zealous spam measures broke the comments and member registration on the website. We have fixed the issue so everything should be working fine now. Full apologies to everyone.

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]]> Latest News 2008-07-17T12:45:01+10:00 1 year anniversary! http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/1-year-anniversary/ Leevi Graham http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/1-year-anniversary/#When:03:09:00Z Well this month has flown by and things have been so busy that I forgot to add details about our next Bits & Pixels meetup.

This month is a little more special than most because it’s our 1 year anniversary. It was just over a year ago I suggested to Wayde that we should organise a social get together of Newcastle web designers and developers.

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]]> Latest News 2008-07-14T03:09:00+10:00 Member registrations now available http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/member-registrations-now-available/ Wayde Christie http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/member-registrations-now-available/#When:03:25:00Z Are you a regular at Bits & Pixels, or planning on becoming one? Then you might be pleased to know that we’ve opened up our Members section to one and all.

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]]> Latest News 2008-06-16T03:25:00+10:00 BrewTube http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/brewtube/ Wayde Christie http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/brewtube/#When:02:39:01Z So we’re thinking of doing some video stuff at Bits & Pixels, but we’re not quite sure how just yet. This is where you come in!

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]]> Latest News 2008-06-16T02:39:01+10:00 Pre-Processing & caching your CSS http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/pre-processing-caching-your-css/ Leevi Graham http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/pre-processing-caching-your-css/#When:05:51:00Z Following on from my last post about using Google to serve JavaScript libraries, Shaun Inman has just released CSS Cacheer.

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]]> Latest News 2008-06-04T05:51:00+10:00 Google Hosting Javascript Libraries http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/google-hosting-javascript-libraries/ Leevi Graham http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/google-hosting-javascript-libraries/#When:22:02:00Z Google has just released a set of developer APIs to speed up delivery of popular JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Prototype, Dojo and many more.

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]]> Latest News 2008-05-27T22:02:00+10:00 May Recap http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/may-recap/ Leevi Graham http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/may-recap/#When:09:01:00Z Let me start by saying we created a new record for the most number of attendees to a Bits & Pixels meetup last month with a total of 14 people from 7 different Newcastle Web design & development companies. Not bad! So thanks to everyone who made the effort to come along and especially those first-timers.

The afternoon started with some very casual introductions of the first-time guests and an overview of what the Bits & Pixels meetup is meant to achieve. I’m pretty sure everyone understood the casual aspect as there wasn’t an empty glass on the table. As a result, before the end of all the ‘official’ introductions, people were already discussing with the people next to them what they did, who they worked for and what they were interested in.

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]]> Latest News 2008-05-25T09:01:00+10:00 Q&A Launch http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/qanda-launch/ Wayde Christie http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/qanda-launch/#When:08:16:00Z OK. So since we still don’t have a proper blog of our own just yet, where else are we supposed to talk ourselves up other than here? Nowhere ? that’s right.

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]]> Latest News 2008-05-21T08:16:00+10:00 News and Events RSS feeds updated http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/news-and-events-rss-feeds-updated/ Wayde Christie http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/news-and-events-rss-feeds-updated/#When:01:25:00Z We’ve just switched our RSS feeds over to FeedBurner, so those of you who have already subscribed will need to update your subscriptions.

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]]> Latest News 2008-05-20T01:25:00+10:00 Photos from Bits & Pixels May Meetup http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/photos-from-bits-pixels-may-meetup/ Leevi Graham http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/photos-from-bits-pixels-may-meetup/#When:03:24:00Z Waydo has posted some photos from the May Bits & Pixels meetup on Flickr.

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]]> Latest News 2008-05-18T03:24:00+10:00 So… do you like stuff? http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/so-do-you-like-stuff/ Wayde Christie http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/so-do-you-like-stuff/#When:22:55:00Z For those of you who haven’t had the good fortune of meeting me yet, I’m Waydo – the man responsible for all that is pretty at Newism.

Just a reminder that Bits & Pixels is on again this Saturday, but this time there’ll be an amazing new twist – we’ve got an agenda (of sorts)! That means that we’ll actually be talking about a particular topic, rather than regurgitating everything we’ve read on Digg in the last 5 minutes.

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]]> Latest News 2008-05-12T22:55:00+10:00 Bits & Pixels Meeting Roundup http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/bits-pixels-meeting-roundup/ Leevi Graham http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/bits-pixels-meeting-roundup/#When:02:04:00Z So its a bit late, but here’s a round up of the last Bits & Pixels event.

Firstly it was a huge success with a 100% increase of attendees. We had some really keen people traveling from the Central Coast to meet up so thanks to those guys for making the effort - we hope your trip home and then onto Sydney and back again (what a mission) was a memorable one.

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]]> Latest News 2008-04-30T02:04:00+10:00 Bits & Pixels New Website http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/comments/new-website/ Anthony Short http://bitsandpixels.com.au/blog/new-website/#When:05:49:00Z After a month of blood, sweat and tears, I’m proud to announce the launch of the Bits & Pixels new-and-improved website. The next event is on the 19th April, so I hope lots of you come and tell us what you think about it. Give us suggestions, advice and criticism, it’s all welcome.

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