gid=65010916756 Updated 2/15/2010 by Todd Zebert Name: LAdobe User Group Sites: twitter.com/ladobe , www.laadug.org Self-description: "The Los Angeles Adobe User Group began in early 2006... LAdobe continues to strive to present the best speakers and events for the Los Angeles tech, creative and development communities and will be presenting many special events, launch parties and even a MiniMAX or two over the next few years. Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. Sorry for the delay, but this

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to

For more on the economy, Janine Davis, a guest contributor and recruiter in Los Angeles, talks about The State of Technical Recruiting in Los Angeles in our Insights and Opinions section. And, on a sad note, Martin Schaedel -- well known to many in the Los Angeles technology community, and a contributor of photos to socalTECH-- has died in a plane crash at the Santa Monica airport. ...Tags: In our Friday Southern California technology news roundup: The The economy continues to be in the news this week, as Broadcom is cutting 200 employees as it sees