Recognising Web 2.0
Speaker: Kevin Yank
Web 2.0: meaningless technology buzzword or a fundamental change to the way the Web works?
Join Web technology expert Kevin Yank for a plain-English overview of Web 2.0
— the concepts, the technologies and the major players
— followed by a discussion of exactly what Web 2.0 means to you and your work
About Kevin Yank
Technical Director of sitepoint.com, Kevin Yank tracks the daily progress of
web technology. He oversees all of SitePoint’s technical publications — books,
articles, newsletters and blogs — but is best known for his book, Build Your Own Database
Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL, now in its third edition. Kevin also writes The SitePoint
Tech Times, a free e-mail newsletter, first published in November 2000,
that goes out to over 120,000 subscribers worldwide every two weeks.
Awards:
Who will win this year's VALA Award, VALA Student Awards and Travel Scholarship?
Find out at the meeting.
Not a VALA member?
Visitors are welcome at VALA meetings - just come!
Want to join Committee and the speaker for dinner (your expense) afterwards?
RSVP *for dinner* by 5.00 p.m. Monday 20 November: vala@vala.org.au or (03) 9725 2725
Venue
Tutorial Room, Ground Floor, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
(On-site parking available — have gold coins available for the parking fee.
Public transport via tram.)
Date
Wednesday 22 November 2006
5.30 p.m. Sparkling wine and extra nibbles for Christmas 6.00 p.m. Meeting
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