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Dear Web Community,<br><br>
I'm delighted to announce that we have a very special CSS and HTML
expert, Eric Meyer, coming to give a talk at MIT. Please join us
Wednesday, October 12, from 7:00 - 9:00 in
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51;selectfield=facility;selectlayer=Buildings;zoom=level3;centerx=712152;centery=496588.5">
E51-151 (Tang Center).</a> Arriving early is recommended. <br><br>
Details and abstract follow below.<br><br>
Best,<br>
Susan<br><br>
Brought to you by:<br>
MIT <a href="http://itinfo.mit.edu/usergroup">User Groups</a> and
<a href="http://www.mmboston.org/">Boston </a>Macromedia Users
<a href="http://www.mmboston.org/">Group<br><br>
</a><b>Title</b>: From Comp To Code: Pulling
<a href="http://www.alistapart.com/">A List Apart </a>Together<br><br>
<b>Abstract</b>:<br>
You're handed a graphic comp file and told to make it into a living,
breathing web page. Now what? How do you figure out what
approach to take, which techniques to use, and what kinds of markup will
go into the final page? Eric gives us a fast-paced tour of his
decision-making process as he tackled the new design for A List Apart--
how he analyzed the requirements, the questions he had to ask, the
trade-offs he made, and the reasons behind his decisions.<br><br>
<b>Speaker</b>:<br>
ERIC MEYER has been working with the web since late 1993 and is an
internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and Web
standards. A widely read author, he is the founder of Complex Spiral
Consulting, which counts among its clients America On-Line; Apple
Computer, Inc.; Wells Fargo Bank; and Macromedia, who described Eric as a
critical partner in our efforts to transform Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
2004 into a revolutionary tool for CSS-based design. <br><br>
Beginning in early 1994, Eric was the visual designer and campus Web
coordinator for the <a href="http://www.cwru.edu/">Case Western Reserve
University</a> Web site, where he also authored a widely acclaimed series
of three HTML tutorials and was project coordinator for the online
version of the <a href="http://ech.cwru.edu/">Encyclopedia of Cleveland
History</a> combined with the Dictionary of Cleveland Biography, the
first example of an encyclopedia of urban history being fully and freely
published on the Web. <br><br>
Author of <a href="http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/">Eric Meyer on CSS</a>
and <a href="http://more.ericmeyeroncss.com/">More Eric Meyer on CSS</a>
(New Riders),
<a href="http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/books/css-tdg/">Cascading Style
Sheets: The Definitive Guide</a> (O'Reilly & Associates), and
<a href="http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/books/css-progref/">CSS2.0
Programmers Reference</a> (Osborne/McGraw-Hill) as well as numerous
articles for the <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/">O'Reilly
Network</a>, Web Techniques, and Web Review, Eric also created the
<a href="http://devedge.netscape.com/library/xref/2003/css-support/">CSS
Browser Compatibility Charts</a> and coordinated the authoring and
creation of the W3Cs official
<a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Test/current/">CSS Test Suite</a>.
He has lectured to a wide variety of organizations including Los Alamos
National Laboratory, the New York Public Library, Cornell University, and
the University of Northern Iowa. Eric has also delivered addresses and
technical presentations at numerous conferences, among them the IW3C2 WWW
series, Web Design World, CMP, SXSW, the User Interface conference
series, and The Other Dreamweaver Conference. <br><br>
In his personal time, Eric acts as List Chaperone of the highly active
<a href="http://www.css-discuss.org/">css-discuss</a> mailing list, which
he co-founded with John Allsopp of
<a href="http://www.westciv.com/">Western Civilisation</a> and is now
supported by <a href="http://www.evolt.org/">evolt.org</a>. Eric lives in
Cleveland, Ohio, which is a much nicer city than youve been led to
believe, and is the host of Your Fathers Oldsmobile, a Big Band-era radio
show heard weekly on <a href="http://www.wruw.org/">WRUW 91.1-FM</a> in
Cleveland. <br><br>
You can find more detailed information on Eric's personal Web page at
<a href="http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/">http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/</a>
. <br><br>
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<a href="http://web.mit.edu/bin/cgicso?query=susan+macphee">Susan
</a><a href="http://web.mit.edu/bin/cgicso?query=susan+macphee">
MacPhee</a><br><br>
Media Design and Production Specialist<br>
MIT Center for Innovation in Product Development<br>
30 Memorial Drive, Room E60-275<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
Tel: 617-324-4005<br>
Fax: 617-258-0485<br>
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