I dropped the ball last week on upcoming events, but I have a great list for you this week, feel free to suggest other area events in the comment area.

Cold Start Happy Hour (Free)

Monday, April 19, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm

Start practicing your elevator pitch, for the second Cold Start Happy Hour, we’re meeting in The Happy Gnome’s back patio in St. Paul.

We want to hear about the projects you’re working on, share with you what we’ve been working on, and both leave with new local projects to evangelize.

The Happy Gnome
498 Selby Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55102

http://coldstart.eventbrite.com/

Bootstrappers Breakfast

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who
Eat Problems For Breakfast.

* Compare Notes
* Exchange Ideas
* Learn from Others’ Mistakes
* Brainstorm with Peers
* Find Partners
* Small Group Atmosphere
* Serious Conversation

Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing their business.

Our focus is on issues for growing a business, not on VC fundraising. We promote the bootstrap business model.

http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/
http://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-Minneapolis/

MIMA Event: CATFOA 2010: HASHEM BAJWA, (DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL STRATEGY, DROGA5) (Free)

Monday, April 19, 2010
Doors at 5:00 p.m. Event starts at 6:00 p.m.

Welcome to the third installment of the third year of Conversations About The Future Of Advertising, co-sponsored by MCAD+MIMA.

Fine Line Music Cafe
318 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401

http://www.mima.org/mimaevts/

Twin Cities Silverlight Group (Free)

Windows Phone 7 and Silverlight – Don’t Make Any Assumptions
4/20/2010 12:00 – 1:30 pm

At MIX10 there were a number of announcements and a lot of buzz around Windows Phone 7 and one of its development platforms, Silverlight. While it is undoubtedly tempting to download the CTP bits and start coding, it would be wise to take a step back and come to an understanding of the differences between developing in Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 and developing for traditional (i.e. browser hosted) Silverlight applications.In this session we’ll examine the differences and similarities between the two platforms as well as some other gotchas that come along with developing for Windows Phone 7.

Meeting will be held at the Microsoft Office. 8300 Norman Center Dr., Suite 950, Bloomington, MN 55437

http://www.tcslug.com/

Minnesota Visual Studio User Group

3rd Wed of Every Month @ 5pm

A walkthrough of some the the exciting new features of .NET 4.0.

Microsoft
8300 Norman Center Dr., Suite 950 Bloomington, MN 55437

http://www.vstsmn.com/

Become a LinkedIn Expert – Jobseeker Edition ($99 – $119)

Weekly Event – Every Thursday: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CT)

Maybe you’ve received an e-mail with this message in the Subject line.

Did you ask, “what’s a LinkedIn” or did you just blindly sign up and accept the invitation?

Regardless of which road you took, you need to learn more about the latest trend in job search, social networking. In this presentation you’ll discover what the LinkedIn buzz is all about and how you can leverage this powerful tool to that new job – even in today’s challenging economy.

400 Hwy 169 S
Suite 100 (outside entrance on north side)
Minneapolis, MN 55426

http://linkedinexpertjobseeker.eventbrite.com/

I’ve decided that at the beginning of each week I will post about some of the upcoming local web design/development, startups and other technology  events happening in Minnesota/Minneapolis area. My goal is to focus on events for that particular week (this week is an exception).

If you know of any other web related events, please let me know so I can add it to the list.

Minneapolis CrowdPitch – (Free)

This event will bring entrepreneurs, innovators, mentors, support providers, and investors together in an informal and energetic setting.

Think ´America Idol´ — selected entrepreneurs will have 4 minutes to pitch their company to both a panel of experts & a live audience, followed immediately by a 3-minute Q&A session with the panel.

A free networking lunch will follow the formal pitch…

Monday April 12, 2010 from 11:30AM – 1:30PM

Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington
3900 American Blvd West
Bloomington MN 55437

Learn more…

MinneWebCon 2010 – ($200)

MinneWebCon 2010 (web • twitter • facebook) is less than three weeks away! Join Minnov8 (we’re the media group covering the event) and hundreds of your fellow netizens at this fantastic get-together focused on next generation internet, web and social media creation and delivery…

April 12, 2010

Continuing Education and Conference Center, University of Minnesota
1890 Buford Avenue
St. Paul MN 55108

Learn more…

MN Lean Startup Group – (Free)

We are excited to announce that Lisa Foote of MixMobi will be the guest speaker for our April meetup. Lisa Foote co-founded http://mixmobi.com, Software as a Service that allows clients to create offers and promotions that work on any web-capable mobile phone, in 2009…

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 from 7:00PM – 9:00PM

Refactr Offices
11 Fourth Street NE
Minneapolis MN 55413

Learn more…

UIE Web App Masters Tour – ($895)

Join us for two days chock full of the latest thinking about building awesome web-based applications from our team of world-renowned experts. An event loaded with inspirational ideas and actionable insights for just $895…

Tuesday April 27, 2010 at 8:00AM – April 28, 2010 at 5:AM

Radisson Plaza Hotel
35 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis MN 55402

Learn more…

I have collected 10 of my favorite rusty metal textures that shot and use within some of my work, thought you might like to use them as well. Click Here to download the zip file and use as you wish! Most textures are 2592px by 1944px.

There are many more textures located over on our site TextureArchive.com.

What’s included in the zip: