Beau Smith
I enjoy building cool things that just work.

Please read the important notes about our venue at the end of this post.

Update: Adobe have decided to waive the NDA for this event.

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We're extremely fortunate to host internationally-known mobile guru Peter Paul Koch (@ppk) join us from Amsterdam.

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A pixel is not a pixel.

Viewports are pretty easy on desktop:...

IMPORTANT: This event will be live streamed. URL will be posted here before the event begins.

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Responsive web design is great for web pages, but falls short when developing complex web apps. In this talk, Boris Smus (@borismus) will cover his experiences writing real HTML5 apps for the cross device web. He will dive into code...

Note: this is part of a series of paid events, organized in partnership with GTugSF. You must sign up for the event here: http://gtugsf.com/HTML5 (don't just RSVP here).

Real Time HTML5 and WebSocket Code Lab

If you enjoyed the recently sold-out presentation by SFHTML5's own @peterlubbers about HTML5 Real Time and Connectivity and want...

Images are the one of the oldest items on the web (right after HTML) and still so little has changed since we started to use them. That's if you don't count lots of creative talent that went into creating them, so much in fact that it created the web as we know now, rich, shiny and full of marketing potential.

That being said, images on...

We will now have a livestream of the event on http://www.cascadesf.com provided by eddie.com!

CASCADE SF is hosting a web discussion panel about the future of the web, CSS & front end development, work productivity and more.

Our main speakers include:

Tantek Çelik from Mozilla:
Web Standards Lead
Invented microformats, Barcamp.
@t
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About the Talk
This session will cover some of the bleeding edge features in HTML5 Media. Digging into new APIs that allow you to build smart, more intelligent applications. We'll focus on real-time communication (WebRTC), Full screen, and rich media APIs like the Web Audio API.
About the Speaker
Eric is a Developer Programs Engineer on...

Folks, this meetup is going to be massive. It's the public launch of Krux Labs. Food and beverages sponsored by <a href="http://www.kruxdigital.com">Krux Digital</a>.
High Performance HTML5 by Steve Souders
For years we built web apps that far outpaced the capabilities of the browsers they ran in. Just as the browsers...

It's that time of the year, so let's celebrate with a social mixer at Azucar Lounge in SOMA, San Francisco. Come join past SFHTML5 speakers, sponsors, organizers, and your fellow HTML5 enthusiasts in an evening of cocktails, sangria, and tasty appetizers!
About the Venue
Azucar Lounge opened in November and is

Improved browser support of CSS3 has allowed us to build a richer web with visual treatments. But with great power comes great responsibility. Just because you can add a skewed animated rainbow with drop shadow to your site doesn't mean you should.

Details about the talk and exact talk title coming soon!

Hi all!
Please join us at the Pirate & Ninja Mediation Center for another workshop style backbone.js meetup in October.

The future is in reach with Modernizr


The Web is undergoing many changes on both a platform and a technological level. Developers are gaining access to more exciting features than they can keep up with, but the explosive growth in diversity of the browser landscape has made supporting users more difficult and complicated than ever. Or has...

HTML5 and Accessibility &ndash; where are we today?

One of the stated goals of HTML5 is to make it easier for authors to create accessible web content with a minimum of trouble. By employing Universal Design concepts, the next generation of web technologies and content will be more accessible to end users, yet easier to author and...

About the Talk
For years we built web apps that far outpaced the capabilities of the browsers they ran in. Just as the browsers were catching up HTML5 came on the scene - video and audio, canvas, SVG, ApplicationCache, Web Storage, @font-face, ContentEdible, WebSockets, Web Workers, and more. Now the browsers are racing to stay ahead of the wave...

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A much-hyped feature of HTML5 is native multimedia. In this session we&rsquo;ll look at embedding and into your pages, and how to make it work cross-browser and degrade gracefully in older browsers. Sound too good to be true? It&rsquo;s not!
We&rsquo;ll look at the pros and the cons of HTML5 multimedia and see how to...

For much of its existence, JavaScript has been slow. No one complained until developers created complex web applications with thousands of lines of JavaScript code. Although newer JavaScript engines have improved the situation, there&rsquo;s still a lot to understand about what makes JavaScript slow and what you can do to speed up your code.

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Oh hey, it's my birthday! Let's have a drink or two on El Rio's heat lamp-equipped back patio.

If the glorious occasion of my birth isn't enough of an enticement, El Rio also offers $1 beers, $2 wells, and cheap n' delicious Navajo frybread tacos.

Alternatively: just see this as a warmup for Double Trouble, my ridiculous...

Display Ads Performance: a real solution
The display ad industry is notorious for bad web practices and performance.

Maker Faire is the World’s Largest DIY Festival - a two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology. aker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. As the World's Largest DIY Festival,...

We already had a taste of CSS3 back in July, and we are ready for more. Michael Mullany, from Sencha (which makes HTML5 based SDKs and tools), generously offered to take up deeper into the world of CSS Transforms and Transitions - a.k.a. eye-candy :-) Animations are built on top of CSS Transforms and Transitions, and provide a keyframe-based...

Update: Atlassian has decided to join in on the fun and will help ensure the bar stays open for most of the evening! :)

After a wildly successful inaugural meetup this past winter, we're happy to host another night of drinks and merriment for techies who enjoy hobnobbing it with their peers.

Join Plancast, Awe.sm, Flowtown and other...

The San Francisco chapter of Pub Standards, just like every month. This time with added London visitors, at least for a bit.

Faster Facebook
In this talk, Jason Sobel from Facebook will cover some of the challenges they've faced and the solutions they've developed while making Facebook faster. Jason will also spend some time brainstorming about the future of web performance optimization.
Jason Sobel is an engineer on the Infrastructure team at Facebook, ...

GIRL TALK hits Oakland's Fox Theater on Friday, March 18th!

Presale tickets for GIRL TALK will be available on Thursday, November 11th at 10am through Saturday, November 13th at 11:59 pm through Fox Theater's official website, http://www.thefoxoakland.com/.

Tickets for GIRL TALK go on-sale to the public on Sunday, November 14th at 10am....