(The UltraWide Time of Alan Walker – LG UltraWide Festival 2018)

For all you creators out there! LG understands there’s more to the final output. There’s also the “process.” All the hours spent working, toiling, creating, that no one ever sees. The endless brain-strain and ideating a creator dedicates to their goal is what makes up their UltraWide Time. Few will ever see or understand the process, where all the work and magic happen. But LG understands.   

One of the highlights of this year’s LG UltraWide Festival is Alan Walker, a multiple-platinum DJ/Producer. Alan says he spent years wondering if the countless hours at his computer desk would ever be rewarded. “Making music takes a lot of time and effort, not something that just happens with a snap. It takes time but is a very fun road to go.” He still spends long nights composing on his UltraWide monitor.

Then there’s Action Movie Kid. Daniel Hashimoto and his son created a smash hit YouTube channel. It features a kid surrounded by eye-popping special effects. For this dad and son, “quality time” is spent in front of a camera and computer. Daniel says “my UltraWide Time is for imagination. Every afternoon we come up with something amazing.”

The theme for this year’s LG UltraWide Festival is “My UltraWide Time.” LG focuses on the long hours and tireless effort of passionate creators. This year, instead of your final product, LG wants to know about your nitty gritty “process.” Who would have ever thought? It’s simple to enter. Take a short quiz, describe a moment, or share a story about your creative process. Get all the rules and details at LG UltraWide Festival event page, or simply do a search for ‘LG UltraWide’.

LG actually understands the hours it takes to create just a few moments of work, and is excited to show creators some support through this event. This is the 4th straight year since 2015 that LG has given a boost to deserving creators through the UltraWide Festival.

In fact, LG’s support for creators extends beyond the LG UltraWide Festival. LG equips world-class DJs with UltraWide monitors through the UltraWide Studio program. Also, LG’s UltraWide Academy Sponsorship nurtures the next generation of international artists. Top design, art, and animation schools are provided with state-of-the-art equipment and space for all things creative. The UltraWide Academy Sponsorship first sponsored a brand-new computer lab at Parsons School of Design in 2016. Next was the Royal College of Art in 2017. This year, LG decked out the Vancouver Film School, recently ranked the No.1 International Animation School, with an academy lab. LG is clearly showing its long-term commitment to gifted students in the process of honing their talents.

The new facilities impressed Vancouver Film School’s Head of Animation, Colin Giles. He says, “The creative digital art is an exciting canvas for any idea you can create with the possibilities being endless. The students will benefit from this strong partnership with LG and the LG UltraWide Monitor Academy Lab by having access to a literal canvas that removes any possible barrier to their imagination. With a wide, seamless screen that allows for a more immersive use of the software at hand and a color range that meets their own imagination their creations will jump into reality. ‘The more you see, the better you create’ has never been truer than at VFS.” To see photos of the VFS Academy Lab, head over to @LG_UltraWide Instagram account

Once in a great while, a company truly understands creators. It’s nice to see LG focusing on the long, hours of work others rarely see. It’s especially heartening that the process is getting some respect. It’s time worth cherishing, as much as the result.

The GOTO Berlin conference is a yearly event held all around the world. It’s a place for like-minded folks to gather and share ideas between software developers, engineers, architects, and project managers.

Folks who plan on attending the GOTO Berlin event in 2015 should order their tickets ASAP. While it is a big event it’s also limited to 3 days and tickets will likely sell out fast.

GOTO runs from December 2nd-4th with a split between workshops and presentations. December 2nd is a full workshop day with topics like software analytics and graphing programs.

The 3rd & 4th have more presentations and periods for chatting with other atendees. Take a look at the full schedule to get an idea of the topics being presented.

Those who won’t be able to make it can always stay up-to-date with social posts on Twitter @GOTOber.

Or you can always check out past videos from the GOTO Berlin 2014 conf in a free YouTube playlist.

The South Dakota Code Camp event is a single-day meetup for people to gather for talks and practice coding. The 2015 event will be held in Sioux Falls, ND on November 7th.

It’s actually a free event where tickets can be ordered well in advance. Granted you are more than welcome to donate if you have the available funds.

This code camp is dedicated to teaching about how to code for the web. It places a focus on HTTP & architecture along with environments like PHP or .NET.

Here’s a brief blurb taken from the SD Code Camp website:

This is an event hosted by the Sioux Falls Developers Group and South Dakota .Net User Group with the sponsorship and support from many area businesses. Most of you visiting may be wonder “Whats a code camp?” Here is the basic idea.

To learn more about the all-day sessions visit the website and browse through topics. You can also see a full list of speakers with background info & experience for each person.

If you’d like to attend visit the conference website and sign up today.

Otherwise you can always keep updated over Twitter by following the official account @sdcodecamp.

The PHP/MySQL CMS Joomla has been around for a very long time. In fact, 2015 is the ten year anniversary of this well-respected Content Management System.

A large annual gathering known as Joomla World Conference will be held this year in Bangalore, India. The 2015 conference will run for three days from November 6th-8th and provide talks, workshops, and plenty of celebratory partying.

Take a look at the conference website for more info regarding the venue & schedules.

It seems the 2015 Joomla World Conf schedule is fairly open containing a wide array of topics, both technical & administrative. There are also various presentations occurring at the same time where attendees will have to pick & choose their favorites.

Those who can attend should consider the ticket options between a basic pass & all-access pass.

But since not everyone has such an open schedule, it’s likely many Joomla enthusiasts will not be able to make it. But you can always follow live updates from the JWC Facebook page or via Twitter @jworldcon.

Software development is a rapidly growing industry with more demand for programmers across the spectrum. Nowadays mobile apps are another huge area that offer career opportunities beyond just websites and desktop programs/enterprise applications.

The QCon San Francisco conference is a large gathering of software developers from around the world. The 2015 event runs for a total of 3 conference days and 2 optional workshop days.

You’ll find topics that cover a wide gamut like machine learning, architecture, streaming data, and specific languages like Java/C#/JavaScript/etc.

The first three days are full of incredible speakers and are certainly worth attending.

But if you have the extra time it might be working staying on the 19th & 20th for extra workshops. You can learn everything from building your first iOS application to the fundamentals of Java programming.

Mid-November is fast approaching so if you’d like to attend then register now before tickets are sold out.

Also to stay up-to-date with the latest happenings you should check out QCon’s Facebook page or follow the official Twitter account @QConSF.

They’ve also released a brief intro video for people thinking of attending in the future.

The Washington State Convention Center is home to a two-day digitally-focused conference known as the Seattle Interactive Conference.

This event draws attention from developers, developers, and everyone who works & builds technology. It’s one of the largest events on this topic located in the pacific northwest, and in 2015 it’s coming to Seattle for two days of fun and learning.

November 3rd and 4th will prove to be incredibly busy yet exciting days for SIC attendees.

Speakers include David Shing rom AOL, Jonathon Colman from Facebook, Fontaine Foxworth from Google among many others. Check out the full speakers list to get a better idea of topics and names you might recognize.

If you’re interested in attending you should also check out the confirmed sessions as they’ll appear in the schedule. While there are lots of presentations, there are just as many breaks for snacks & chatting with others at the event.

Those who are interested should consider purchasing a ticket before they all run out.

But if you can’t make it you can always follow along the festivities on the official Facebook page or via Twitter @seattleinteract.

The incredibly myriad of developers conferences can leave anyone gasping for air. How do you know what to attend and what’s worth the money?

Well when it comes to frontend development and Sass/CSS there’s no better place to be than dotCSS. It happens to be one of the largest CSS conferences in Europe with a direct focus on CSS code.

Altough it’s only a single-day event there will be lots of activities and talks handled on this one day.

dotCSS 2015 will run on December 4th, so there’s still plenty of time to get your tickets.

On December 5th there will be an optional workshop day that costs extra. The workshops focus on all kinds of different CSS tips/tricks/technologies with experts showing you how to write code and build it properly.

To learn more visit the dotCSS FAQ page. Social media users can alternatively check out the event Facebook page or follow the official Twitter account @dotCSS.