Greetings WOW Members and Web Professionals Everywhere!
I’m in Kansa City, MO this week heading up the National Web Design Contest in conjunction with the SkillsUSA conference. 2009 marks our sixth anniversary and the week is off to a great start with teams from around the U.S. competing at the secondary and the post secondary levels for a grand total of 140,000.00 in education scholarships.
Promoting Best Practices including Web accessibility and Web standards has always been the mission of WOW organization and I am pleased to report that this contest has helped advance that cause in a significant way. I’d like to thank you for supporting this important initiative and for supporting the Web professional minute podcast as a subscriber.
I’d also like to give a special shout out to the following individuals and organization for their support. In particular, I’d like to thank Kathy Waite and Rom Portwood from Adobe for their ongoing support. PeachPit Press for their book donations for prizes, Shelly LaFever, Joliet Community College for assembling the judges around the globe and last but not least Santa Clara University, Boston University and the Art Institute for their support and scholarships as well.
For the complete story check out today’s two minute podcast on the Web Professional Minute website.
Today’s minute is sponsored by Web Design World 2009 taking place July 20-22, 2009 in Seattle, WA July These days, everyone’s doing more with less. That’s why Web Design World Seattle is the design conference for the here and now. No fluff or filler, just great speakers and practical topics. CSS and markup that work. Smart user-experience and social-networking strategies. Power tips for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash.