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Re: @media 2006 , London, 15th-16th June

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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Jan 10, 2006 7:00AM

> > Therein lies the rub: some companies may be able to afford this and
> > other, more expensive, conferences, but charities, education, public
> > sector, even small businesses, can't afford it. Even without
> > accommodation and travel it is twice the amount that I would be allowed
> > to spend.
>
> Does anyone know what level of knowledge the conference will be pitched at?
>
> as i would probably have to pocket the expense myself, therefore it
> needs to be a worthwile investement.

That was a big issue last year, poor Andy Budd realised halfway
through his presentation that he is preaching to the choir. The
audience was very mixed, but most were professional web developers
with several years experience. Mid-level I'd say.

>From a learnings POV I must say there was not much new, just some nice
insights into what Doug had done for Blogger, the story of WaSP and
some good presentations on how assistive technology works for people
with disabilities (which culminated in the show presenter telling the
blind presenter thank you and that his presentation was a real eye
opener :-/) .

>From a networking POV it was excellent. The WaSP DOMscripting Task
Force was formed in the aftermath and it was generally good to pin a
face on the email rants.

I actually proposed Vivabit a presentation on taking web standards to
the enterprise level and what to expect with big clients, let's see if
they want it.

Another date not to miss is the geek dinner with Dave Shea end of this month:
http://www.geekdinner.co.uk/2006/01/08/dave-shea/


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