Greetings WOW Members and Web Professionals Everywhere!
I spent the last few days this week in Boston, MA participating in Web Design World 2008. Overall, it was an OK conference and I enjoyed making the trek. A few of the highlights from the event included the kick-off of the ExtremeMarkover.org initiative to make over a Boston based non-profit organization supporting missing children. To date, 108 web professionals from around the globe have offered to donate their services to this effort to support the non-profit community.
Another great highlight from the event was sitting in on the Jeffrey Zeldman keynote session. In his session Zeldman talks about “Respect for Designers” including those that develop and Webmasters that make up the Web workforce today. It?’s clear to me why so many people in our profession love Jeffrey Zeldman. He?’s a bright, witty and funny guy. Equally cool, he?’s genuinely a nice guy.
I also enjoyed spending time with many of those attendees participating in the event as well as the speakers covering the sessions. I?’d like to give a special shout out to a few of them for spending time with me and for the interviews regarding what it is they do daily and for their support of the WOW organization and the initiatives announced this week in Boston.
•A special shout out to Leslie-Jenson Inman, Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for supporting WOW?’s Extreme Markover and the Web Pro Education Summit initiatives
•To the multitude of speakers that participated in the Web Pro Education Summit and for some informative sessions
•To Kris Silva from Bizland for supporting the Extreme Markover effort and for hanging out with the WOW all week
•To Dan Rubin, for shooting back that last shot of Whiskey with me at the speakers party
•Last but least to Debbie Smith, Web design teacher at Virtual School in Florida for her support over the years and for what she does everyday to support Web professional education
For today’s podcast, I?’ve posted a short video of Debbie and why?’s she supporting the ExtremeMarkover.org initiative.
Stay tuned for more detailed coverage of the event later in the week and into the next.
Happy Holidays!
Transcript of Web Design World Boston-A WOW week in review
Length – 3:16
BILL CULLIFER: Greetings WOW Members and Web Professionals Everywhere! Bill Cullifer here with the World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and the WOW Technology Minute. I spent the last few days in Boston, Massachusetts participating in Web Design World 2008. Overall, it was an OK conference and I enjoyed making the trek. A few of the highlights from the event include the kick-off of the ExtremeMarkover.org initiative to make over a Boston based non-profit organization’s website supporting missing children. To date, 108 web professionals from around the globe have offered to donate their services to support this effort to promote the community.
Another great highlight from the event was sitting on the Jeffrey Zeldman’s session talking about “Respect for Designers” including those of course that develop and webmasters of all shapes and sizes. It?’s clear to me why so many people in our profession love Jeffrey. He?’s bright, witty and funny. Equally cool, he?’s genuinely a nice guy. I also enjoyed spending time with many of those participating in the event including attendees as well as the speakers.
For today?’s podcast, I?’d like to give a special shout out to a few of them for spending the time with me and for the interviews regarding what it is they do daily and for their support of the WOW organization. A special shout out to Leslie-Jenson Inman, Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for supporting WOW?’s Extreme Markover and the Web Pro Education Summit as well as sitting at the WOW tabletop. Also, to a multitude of speakers that participated in the Web Pro Education Summit as well. To Kris Silva from Bizland for supporting the Extreme Markover and for just hanging out with the WOW organization. To Dan Rubin, for shooting back the last shot of whiskey with me at the speakers party. Last but not least to Debbie Smith, Web design teacher at Virtual School in Florida for her support and for what she does everyday to support Web professional education.
Here?’s a short video of Debbie and why?’s she supporting the ExtremeMarkover.org initiative. Bill Cullifer here with the World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and the ExtremeMarkover.org initiative. I have the pleasure to be here at Web Design World with Debbie Smith. Debbie is a teacher from Florida Virtual School, and also a WOW member, has been a member for a number of years. Debbie, good afternoon, and thanks for agreeing to this interview.
DEBBIE SMITH: Hi Bill.
BILL: Debbie, you offered to participate and help out with the ExtremeMarkover, which we very much appreciated. For the viewers of this podcast, those that might have an interest in participating in this Markover for a non-profit, can you share why you offered to help and why is this important to you?
DEBBIE: Well, it?’s a couple of things. One, it?’s important to be active. Besides teaching the students, essentially that real experience. Often times you get stuck in the classroom and you don?’t get to get out and get to do things. As a teacher you don?’t have time to have a business of your own so being involved with this gives me the experience. It also lets the student see that I?’m a real person with real skills too. It gives credibility to the students.
BILL: Very well said. Well, we certainly appreciate your support. Lots more information to come on the Extreme Markover. Thanks so much Debbie.
DEBBIE: Thanks Bill. Have a great day.
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