Re: Draft Blog Post for W3Conf and Doc Sprint

A few minor nitpicks:

* "In just a month, W3C and Adobe" -> remove comma? There's a lot of commas here in a short space of time, so it reads a little bit awkwardly. Removing this one would cut down on the awkwardness.
* Web Platform -> WebPlatform.org?

* "The opening session, delivered by Mozilla's Janet Swisher and W3C's Doug Schepers, will feature Web Platform Docs and community involvement. Other speakers include CJ Gammon, Lea Verou, and Alexis Deveria, all of whom have contributed to WebPlatform.org. The closing keynote is by Eric Meyer, and the browser panel will include a developer and designer from the audience [http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/01/join_us_at_w3conf.html], to represent the view from the trenches."

* All of this reads a bit flat - I would try to sex it up a bit by giving away some more details of what subjects the talks cover, and say why these things are exciting. For example, what can a design and developer from the tranches add to a browser wars type panel, which usually covers lot of high level stuff that only browser vendor people would know about, probably. I'd also break it up into bullet points so it is easier to digest each item.

* Can you say a bit more about the conference in general, why it's cool? Add a bit to "W3Conf [http://www.w3.org/conf/], W3C's conference for developers and designers, is coming up on February 21-22 at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco."

* You kind of assume that everyone knows what a Doc Sprint is - say a bit more in the Doc Sprint paragraph about what it is, and what awesome things we'll achieve at that event. Mention there that it's free to attend - another great value add to the already awesome conference.

Chris Mills
Opera Software, dev.opera.com
W3C Fellow, web education and webplatform.org
Author of "Practical CSS3: Develop and Design" (http://goo.gl/AKf9M)

On 21 Jan 2013, at 17:36, Eliot Graff <Eliot.Graff@microsoft.com> wrote:

> Looks good. Only suggestion I would make would be something along these lines:
> 
> The accompanying Doc Sprint [http://docsprint.eventbrite.com/] ****to bolster the content on Web Platform Docs*** will be held the day after the conference, Saturday February 23rd, at the Adobe office.
> 
> Otherwise, ship it.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Julee [mailto:julee@adobe.com]
>> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:35 AM
>> To: Doug Schepers; public-webplatform@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: Draft Blog Post for W3Conf and Doc Sprint
>> 
>> Good post! Doug, do you want to add a link to registering for W3Conf? J
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------
>> julee@adobe.com
>> @adobejulee
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
>> Date: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:30 AM
>> To: "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org>
>> Subject: Draft Blog Post for W3Conf and Doc Sprint
>> 
>>> Hi, folks-
>>> 
>>> Please review this blog post about W3Conf and the Doc Sprint. I'd like
>>> to post it as soon as possible. Comments welcome.
>>> 
>>> Regards-
>>> -Doug
>>> 
>>> In just a month, W3C and Adobe, along with other partners, are teaming
>>> up to host a developer conference and a Web Platform Doc Sprint.
>>> 
>>> W3Conf [http://www.w3.org/conf/], W3C's conference for developers and
>>> designers, is coming up on February 21-22 at the Regency Ballroom in
>>> San Francisco. The opening session, delivered by Mozilla's Janet
>>> Swisher and W3C's Doug Schepers, will feature Web Platform Docs and
>>> community involvement. Other speakers include CJ Gammon, Lea Verou,
>> and
>>> Alexis Deveria, all of whom have contributed to WebPlatform.org. The
>>> closing keynote is by Eric Meyer, and the browser panel will include a
>>> developer and designer from the audience
>>> [http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/01/join_us_at_w3conf.html], to represent
>> the
>>> view from the trenches.
>>> 
>>> The accompanying Doc Sprint [http://docsprint.eventbrite.com/] will be
>>> held the day after the conference, Saturday February 23rd, at the Adobe
>>> office.
>>> 
>>> Come join us for both events! Register for W3Conf with the promo code
>>> 'webplatform' and get $120 off the fee. And don't forget to register
>>> for the Doc Sprint [http://docsprint.eventbrite.com/]... it's free, and
>>> a great way to get involved.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>

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