There’s a really cool event coming up in Sydney, Australia on February 8th and 9th. It’s called Test the Web Forward.  It’s a hackathon of sorts for creating JavaScript tests to determine if a browser is supporting HTML/CSS/JS specs correctly. 

All you need is the ability to code HTML, CSS, JS and SVG. SVG if you aren’t familiar with the details, is just a type of XML, so don’t let that hold you back.  There will be SVG experts there to help as well.

It’s an awesome chance to:

• Meet a few of the people that are intimately involved with HTML
• Check out Google’s offices in Darling Harbor
• Find out more about how a browser works from the makers

I highly recommend the event, if you’re in the area. To find out more check out Test the Web Forward. 

It’s a new year, and we’re still doing some Create The Web visits if you are in the area. The areas?  This time around it’s Edinburgh, Scotland and Dublin, Ireland. I’ll be joined once again by my colleague Mihai Corlan. Mihai and I will showing off new CSS specs and Adobe Edge Tools and Services.

Create The Web – Edinburgh
Tuesday January 22
Point Hotel 34-36 Bread Street
Edinburgh, Scotland
Registration 

Create The Web – Dublin
Wednesday January 23
New Horizons 22-24 Strand Street Great
Dublin, Ireland
Registration

If you’re nearby, c’mon out.  We’d love to see you.   

I’ll be heading down to the Southern Hemisphere for a little Create The Web action next week.  If you are in Santiago, Chile or São Paulo, Brazil, I’d love to see you next week. I’ll be joined by one of my favorite partners in crime, Mihai Corlan. We’ll be talking about Adobe Edge Tools & Services as well as recent and future  Adobe contributions to web standards.

Create the Web – Santiago
Tuesday December 11
18:00 – 21:30
Avda. Libertador Bernardo OHiggins 340
Santiago, Chile
Registration

Create the Web – São Paulo
Thursday December 13
17:00 – 21:00
123 R. Dr. Álvaro Alvim 
São Paulo, São Paulo 04018-010
Registration 

Hope to see you all there! 

Another week, another set of Create the Web events.  This time they’re in my backyard, Philadelphia and Camp Hill (Harrisburg). I’ll be presenting along with my colleague Kevin Hoyt.

If you want to find out more about Adobe Edge Tools & Services, and are in the area check out one of these two events:

Create The Web – Philadelphia
Thursday November 29th 
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Doors open at 5:30)
Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Registration

Create the Web – Camp Hill
Friday November 30th 
6:00PM to 9:00PM
The Community Room at Giant
3301 Trindle Rd
Camp Hill, PA
Registration 

Thanks to PANMA and CPAUG for their efforts hosting.  

It’s that time of year again, my book, Driving Technical Change is on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  You can buy it with a 40% discount along with all the other awesome titles from The Pragmatic Bookshelf. 

Follow the details on this post to get the discount. But basically, from Friday to Monday enter “turkey” as your code to get 40% off their stock. 

Driving Technical Change makes a great Christmas gift. Nothing says “I love you” like a book on getting co-workers to adopt new technology.  It’s like the Gift of the Magi without hair clips, or watch chains. Also am I the only person who felt the weight of that whole story is diminished by the fact that the wife’s hair will grow back but the watch is just gone, man?

Anyway, buy my book! At 40% off.