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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, September 16, 6:30pm at Conjunctured, 1309 E. 7th Street, Austin Is Twitter relevant to your business? It's a huge and rapidly growing network of influentials and early adopters in a robust information environment that people just keep using even when it's broken. Originally conceived as a microblogging platform, Twitter has become a core messaging platform for the evolving social web. Articles about Twitter in business are popping up everywhere - such as Shel Israel's Business Week piece, "Getting Intimate (with Customers) on Twitter." (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2008/tc2008095_701983.htm)

Mike Chapman of Every Dot Connects (http://everydotconnects.com/our-team/mike-chapman/) will join Bootstrap Web September 16 for a conversation about TWitter and its relevance for bootstrappers.

Also note our new location - we're meeting at Conjunctured, the coworking company, at 1309 E. 7th St. Add Bootstrap Web to your calendars - 3rd Tuesday of each month!

Previous Meetings

• September 2008: Mike Chapman on Twitter
  • Audio
• August 2008: Mark Phillip: "200s, 304s, Expires Headers, HTTP Compression, and You"
  • Audio
  • Images
• 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
  • Images
• March 2008: Brian Massey
  • Audio
  • Slides
  • Images
• February 2008: Rob Campanell from Blastro
  • Audio
  • Images
• January 2008: Lynn Pausic on Usability vs Usefulness
  • Images
  • Slides
  • Lynn's company is Expero
• October 2007: Jim Eustace on Adobe Flex
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• September 2007: Bill Leake and Bill Anderson on Findability
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• August 2007: Andrew Alleman on Domain Names
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• July 2007: Chris Justice on Joomla
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• June 2007 (postoned from May): Social Networks
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• November 2006: Tom Brown, Open ID
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• October 2006: Miles Sims and Kyle Johnson, Ecommerce
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• September 2006: Bill Leake, Search Marketing
• August 2006: Web 2.0, part 2
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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