Are you ready for some football… or brand new live show?

Yes, the American Football season is just around the corner, and WebDesign.com has a new show that is happening this week along with some great live training webinars you won’t want to miss.

The current weather here in Washington DC is considered a CODE RED. The heat and humidity have combined to make it a miserable mess when you walk outside. And to make matters worse, a fast moving and powerful storm caused so much damage that it caused my firestation to move to a “Condition #2″, which caused me to head down to the station for some duty time. This is the reason why you are receiving this update just a tad late today. (Also due to the fact that the before mentioned storm knocked out our power for quite a while.)

I wanted to take a moment before this week begins to highlight some upcoming webinars we have planned here at WebDesign.com and also let everyone know of a brand new event taking place this week. Yes, you are hearing this before anyone else because you have subscribed to this email update.

First, several webinars you should have on your calendar:

On Wednesday, July 28th, from 11am – Noon (Central Time), I’ll be hosting a free webinar called”WordPress 3.0 – Are you still on the fence?”. WordPress 3.0 has been out for a month. Are you still on the fence? Do you want someone to show you step-by-step the different and new areas of WordPress 3.0 so that you will feel comfortable upgrading your site? Then this is the perfect webinar for you. Join us for just an hour and you’ll be ready to hit that Upgrade button.
Reserve your seat: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/725320714

Then on Saturday, July 31st, from 8am-Noon (Central Time), I’ve got a PREMIUM webinar called”Cracking the Gravity Forms Code”. Gravity Forms is not just a simple form creation plugin, it is powerful enough to be so much more. Over the course of this live webinar, participants will learn how to make Gravity Forms work for them to add stunning new functionality to WordPress sites. If you are serious about providing the best quality to your clients, come learn why Gravity Forms is a must install plugin for developers. The cost of this premium class is $79.00. Reserve your seat today! Remember that allWebDesign.com members can attend this class for free as part of their membership. Members can find their free member’s registration link once they login.

Second, a brand new event has been added to the calendar for this week:

On Thursday, July 29th, from 1pm-2pm (Central Time), I’ll be hosting the first ever “Course Unveiling Party”. During this fun live webinar I’ll be revealing all the new courses for the month of September. We’ve got some great topics ranging from developer focused, designer focused, freelancing/business focused and more.
Reserve your seat: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/332242467

Third, meet the Professor in September:

On September 11, 2010, WordCamp MidAtlantic will be hosting their event at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. This is a great time to get involved in the greater WordPress community as well as meet me, Benjamin Bradley. If you’re planning on heading to WordCamp MidAtlantic or have any questions, just email me  and I’ll see if I can help answer them. For more information and to register for WordCamp MidAtlantic: http://wordcampmidatlantic.com/

Finally, I would never lose an opportunity to pass out a discount:

Which is what I sent to people who are on the WebDesign.com email list.  If you want great discounts and opportunities for discounts, you need to be signed up for our email list.  To sign up and start receiving upcoming event alerts and great discounts head over here and insert your email in the form on the left.

Till next time… the Professor (Benjamin) is out!

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AT&T Expands Hotzone Test to Charlotte, NC

AT&T has added a second location in its outdoor hotzone pilot program: Charlotte, NC’s downtown is the second area to get an AT&T hotzone designed to offload network traffic from the company’s 3G network and boost performance for customers. The first such hotzone was lit up in Times Square in Manhattan; a third zone is coming to Chicago soon.

The idea of a hotzone makes perfect sense for a firm that’s getting criticism for being unable to meet the data needs of subscribers in some cities and neighborhoods. Wi-Fi cells can be quite small, and have much higher capacity than cell channels, while being enormously cheaper to run, partly because there’s no opportunity cost related to expensive cellular spectrum licenses.

These AT&T hotzones differ from municipal Wi-Fi efforts started in 2005 and mostly abandoned by 2007. Municipal networks were typically designed to require private investment by firms to provide indoor and outdoor network coverage to 90–95 percent of a city.

AT&T hotzones will cover outdoor areas of high traffic, and work only for customers. There’s no specific municipal benefit involved, and AT&T will control its deployments entirely.

It’s a smart move. AT&T could likely spend less a tenth as much in high-traffic areas to add Wi-Fi as to beef up cellular. And there’s only so much spectrum available, meaning that in many areas there may be no real way to enhance the 3G data side.

This is Wi-Fi as a 3G network heat sink.

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New Microsoft, ARM licensing agreement; Could a Windows Phone tablet be coming?

Microsoft and ARM announced on July 23 that the two have signed a new licensing agreement for the ARM architecture, extending the relationship between the two companies. The pair aren’t sharing any details, but I can’t but wonder if this could signal Microsoftand its PC partners delivering Windows and/or Windows Phone OS available on ARM-based slates and tablets.

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Microsoft reported a better-than-expected fourth quarter and ended its fiscal 2010 with a bang, according to numbers the company released on July 22. Where did the Softies end up spending?

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