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Memphis flies under the radar as a technology hub, but there’s still a pretty active community of developers and other technologists that like to meet up and do stuff. I occasionally pop in on the PHP User Group, Ruby User Group, and Python User Group meetups when I get the chance. Every few months, the various user groups organize a joint meetup called the Super User Group Meetup and feature presentations on platform agnostic topics such as development tools, front-end development, processes, and whwatever else people want to talk about.

For the most recent meetup on June 20, 2013, I threw my name in the ring as a presenter and gave a talk about the what, where and how of HTML5 games. It’s nothing terribly complex or in-depth, just a brief survey of the general idea of developing games for the web using web based standards.

This was the first time I’d used the Reveal.js slideshow library. It was a pretty positive experience, especially with the help of slid.es to get started. Embedding live javascript is pretty boss. Also, there are a lot of great plugins, and I definitely took advantage of the ‘notes server’ so I could display the slides on once screen, and my notes on another. I’ll be using Reveal again in the future.