Notes

The Golden Ticket

In a nod to the classic competition tiebreaker – “Complete the following phrase in no more than twenty words…” – we’re delighted to be running a competition to win a golden ticket for this year’s Build Conference.

The conference features presentations by, among others, Eric Meyer, Andy Budd, Mark Boulton and Tim Van Damme. In addition, over three, action-packed days attendees can avail of a variety of workshops, masterclasses and screenings. In short, there’s something for everyone.

A full conference pass retails at £200 and we’re delighted to have one to give away for free. A golden ticket if you will. So, what do you need to do to win?

Simple, just like the classic tiebreaker, we’d like to you complete the following phrase using 140 characters or fewer, follow @standardistas and post a tweet:

I deserve @standardistas Golden Ticket because…

We’re looking for something creative so get your thinking caps on (here are some tips to get you started). In addition to the one lucky, golden ticket winner, we’ll have two runner up prizes of a copy of our book. We’ll announce the winner on Friday afternoon.

Get started!

1254168240 · Christopher Murphy · Follow Us on Twitter

The Periodical

The most recent entries in the Periodical and Reviews sections:

• AIGA have long fought the good fight against crowdsourcing, clearly articulating the very real issues that plague the 'winner takes all' approach to sourcing design by subcontracting it to the masses…
• In 2009, Andy Baio - a writer and entrepreneur who helped build Kickstarter - ate his own dog food and launched a Kickstarter project called 'Kind of Bloop'. The idea was elegant, and one we immediately fell in love with…
• As the old saying goes, "You only get one chance to make a first impression." Launched amid much fanfare late last week, Color is, apparently, "a miraculous application," and one of the first of many, new life-changing applications for the 'Post-PC World' in which we now live. It's also guilty of a not insubstantial degree of hyperbole…

Search

HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions

Learn how to build hand-crafted web pages using well-structured XHTML and lean and efficient CSS. By embracing a web standards approach, HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions enables you to create web sites that not only look great in all modern browsers, but are also accessible to a wide variety of audiences across a range of platforms - from those browsing on everyday computers, to those accessing the web on the latest, emerging mobile devices.

Get it at Amazon.

The Authors

In addition to their role as lecturers in interactive design at the University of Ulster at Belfast, where they have been active in promoting a web standards-based curriculum, Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson are practicing designers and digital artists. Their work has featured in a variety of design books and magazines alongside numerous internationally respected designers and they are regular speakers at design conferences and workshops worldwide.

Get in touch.