Come out this Sunday, February 21, to see the first ever Niko Cup against Cancer, a soccer tournament organized by local players to support fellow player and friend, Niko Harlan, in his battle with brain cancer.

DesignHammer representatives Kosta Harlan and Caroline Silver joined in the ProductCamp conversation, presenting on “Usability Testing as a Method for Ensuring Marketing Success.”

DesignHammer’s Managing Partner, David Minton, leads BarCamp discussion on “The Intersection of Usability, Accessibility, and SEO.”

DesignHammer has recently joined the Meetup trend and is sponsoring a group supporting further education of local web professionals in the Triangle.

Online registration is open for the fourth annual BarCampRDU, to be held Saturday, August 8, 2009, at the Red Hat World Headquarters in Raleigh. The popular event for local technologists has attracted over two hundred participants each of the last three years, and will probably reach capacity well before August.

DesignHammer Media Group LLC Managing Partner David Minton has been appointed to the Orange County Buy Local Task Force. DesignHammer contributed the website for the Orange County Buy Local campaign, and Minton will work on the Task Force to help leverage the capabilities of the online business directory.