Re: Draft Blog Post for W3Conf and Doc Sprint

Hi, Chris-

How's this?

[[
In just a month W3C and Adobe are teaming up with other partners to host 
a developer conference and a Web Platform Doc Sprint.

W3Conf, W3C's conference for developers and designers, is coming up on 
February 21-22 at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. This is not 
just another conference on web development, but a showcase on the most 
pragmatic aspects of web standards, stuff you can use today. The opening 
session, delivered by Mozilla's Janet Swisher and W3C's Doug Schepers, 
will feature Web Platform Docs and community involvement. Other speakers 
who have contributed to WebPlatform.org include CJ Gammon on digital 
books, Lea Verou on CSS secrets, and Alexis Deveria on cutting-edge web 
features. The closing keynote on CSS layout is by Eric Meyer, and a 
twist on the classic browser panel will give voice to an authoring tool 
vendor and a developer and designer from the audience (maybe you!) to 
represent the view from the trenches.

The accompanying Doc Sprint to bolster the content on Web Platform Docs 
will be held the day after the conference, Saturday February 23rd, at 
the Adobe office. This is a free all-day event where you can meet the 
developers behind WebPlatform.org, and learn how you can help create 
content on Web Platform Docs, or even take the lead in areas that you're 
an expert on. Contributing to Web Platform Docs is a great way to let 
your light shine.

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... it's free, and a great way to get involved.
]]

Regards-
-Doug

On 1/21/13 12:55 PM, Chris Mills wrote:
> 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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