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The Bootstrap Web Subgroup (aka Web 2.0 Subgroup) is for founders of bootstrap businesses who have an interest in web technology. You don't have to have a web company per se - we all use the web as part of our business. Participation in our monthly meetings and ongoing online conversations is a great way to get and remain knowledgeable about best practices and new technologies. Subgroup leader is Jon Lebkowsky, jonl ~at~ socialwebstrategies dot com.

Membership in the Bootstrap Web Subgroup is free, and joining is easy: Yahoo Group for the Web Subgroup

Next Meeting

Tuesday, February 17, 6:30pm at Conjunctured, 1309 E. 7th Street, Austin Speaker: Tim Walker of Hoover's Title: You Can Create a Customer Anywhere: What Web Businesses Can Learn from Hardware Store Owners Doing business on the Web changes everything . . . except when it doesn't. Even though Web businesses start up quickly, transcend geography, and benefit from unprecedented network effects, they still must pursue the same task that Peter Drucker said was at the heart of every sensible business operation: to create a customer. In this talk Tim Walker, a business analyst for Hoover's and a Ph.D. student in history at UT, will compare today's online business culture with older ways of doing business to get you thinking about what HAS changed and what HASN'T -- and how you can profit from knowing the difference.

Tim blogs about management, social media, and other aspects of the business world at hooversbiz.com.

Previous Meetings

• January 2009: Dave Evans on Social Media Marketing
  • Audio
  • Images
  • Slides
• December 2008: Ash Maurya on P2Web - a new model that blurs the boundaries between the desktop and the web.
  • Audio
  • Images
  • Slides
• November 2008: Democamp III
  • Audio
  • Images
• October 2008: Jon Lebkowsky and Bijoy Goswami on Building Effective Communities
  • Audio
  • Images
  • Slides
• September 2008: Mike Chapman on Twitter
  • Audio
  • Images
• August 2008: Mark Phillip: "200s, 304s, Expires Headers, HTTP Compression, and You"
  • Audio
  • Images
  • Slides
• July 2008: Jon Lebkowsky, "How to Talk to Your Web Developer"
  • Audio
• June 2008: Bryan Bilbrey on Scrum development. Sorry, no media from that event.
• May 2008: Edward Cruz, Molecular Thinking talks about Ruby on Rails.
  • Audio
  • Photos
  • Slides as pdfs:
    • Bootstrapping Rails
    • Rails and MVC
• April 2008: Conjunctured featuring Dusty Reagan, John Erik Metcalf, Cesar Torres, and David Walker.
  • Audio
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• March 2008: Brian Massey
  • Audio
  • Slides
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• February 2008: Rob Campanell from Blastro
  • Audio
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• January 2008: Lynn Pausic on Usability vs Usefulness
  • Audio
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  • Slides
  • Lynn's company is Expero
• October 2007: Jim Eustace on Adobe Flex
  • Audio
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• September 2007: Bill Leake and Bill Anderson on Findability
  • Audio
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• August 2007: Andrew Alleman on Domain Names
  • Audio
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• July 2007: Chris Justice on Joomla
  • Audio
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• June 2007 (postoned from May): Social Networks
  • Audio
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• November 2006: Tom Brown, Open ID
  • Audio
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• October 2006: Miles Sims and Kyle Johnson, Ecommerce
  • Audio
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• September 2006: Bill Leake, Search Marketing
  • Audio
• August 2006: Web 2.0, part 2
  • Audio
  • Images

Fearless Leader

• Jon Lebkowsky of Social Web Strategies

Resources

• Open Source Posse
• Austin Ruby Yahoo Group
• Agile Users Group
• Data Center Power Reduction
• EFF-Austin
• CMS Matrix - Compare content management systems.
• Joomla!

Charter/Mission

Mission

The Web subgroup will

• Discuss and understand the state and future of web technology,
• explore the nature, character, and scope of web-based business opportunities,
• serve as a web technology resource for the Bootstrap Network,
• develop an understanding of current and potential web business models, and
• facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing among group members.

Projects

• Net neutrality discussion
• Regional Web Companies

Industry Subgroups: Art, Coaching, Education, Energy, Fashion, Film, Food, Gaming, Health, Music, Nonprofit, Publishing, Software, Sports, Theatre, Vehicles, Web