Notes

The Prizes

With just five days to go until the Open Book Exam, we’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsors. We’ve been overwhelmed with the response to the Open Book Exam and the generosity of our friends who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to support our event.

When we first wrote: “The Standardistas’ Open Book Exam - promises to be one of the most exciting events in this year’s geek calendar,” we were of course guilty of a little hyperbole. However, we’re sure you’ll agree - looking at the prize list below - there’s a lot of schwag up for grabs.

The Prize Fund currently stands as follows:

• 01 × iPad
• 02 × Copies of The 2009 Feltron Annual Report
• 03 × Silverback Licenses
• 03 × Signed Bit Monsters Prints by Dan Cederholm
• 03 × Signed Copies of Dan Cederholm’s Handcrafted CSS
• 03 × Copies of Andy Clarke’s CSS Artistry
• 05 × Copies of Jeffrey Zeldman’s Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition)
• 02 × Copies of Messrs Lawson and Sharp’s Introducing HTML5
• 02 × Copies of Messrs Bowles and Box’s Undercover User Experience Design
• 01 × Copy of Andy Clarke’s Designing with CSS DVD
• 01 × Copy of John Allsopp’s Developing with Web Standards
• 01 × Copy of Tantek Celik’s HTML5 Now DVD
• 01 × Copy of Filament Group’s Designing with Progressive Enhancement
• 01 × Copy of Denise Jacobs’ The CSS Detective Guide
• 01 × Copy of InterACT’s Interact with Web Standards
• 03 × Copies of The Web Standardistas’ Bible (King James Edition)
• 02 × Copies of Messrs Sambells and Gustafson’s AdvancED DOM Scripting
• 02 × Copies of Andy Budd’s CSS Mastery (2nd Edition)
• 05 × Copies of Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 for Web Designers
• 02 × Copies of 8 Faces, Issue 1
• 25 × Raven’s Wing Field Notes 3-Packs with Assorted Schwag
• 01 × DIBI Ticket
• 01 × New Adventures in Web Design Ticket
• 04 × Courier Licenses
• 02 × RapidWeaver Licenses
• 02 × LittleSnapper Licenses
• 02 × Socialite Licenses
• 03 × Onotate Licenses
• 02 × Fontdeck Bags of Schwag
• 02 × Typekit Personal Accounts
• 02 × Gowalla Schwag Bundles
• 01 × Ubuntu Schwag Bundle
• 05 × Signed Copies of Nick Disabato’s Cadence & Slang

We owe a personal thank you to the many people who responded so generously and efficiently to our Request for Schwag (RFS™), not least the following: Andy McMillan at Build; Nicholas Felton of The Feltron Report; Andy Budd at Clearleft; Dan Cederholm at SimpleBits; the team at New Riders; our friends at friends of ED; Jeffrey Zeldman, Jeremy Keith and Mandy Brown at A Book Apart; Elliot Jay Stocks of 8 Faces; Michele Seiler at Field Notes; Gavin Elliot of DIBI; Simon Collison of New Adventures; Nik Fletcher of Realmac Software; Simon Hamilton and Steven Hylands at Onotate; Rich Rutter and Jon Tan at Fontdeck; Jeff Veen at Typekit; Tim Van Damme and Keegan Jones of Gowalla; and, last but not least, Inayaili de León at Canonical.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all at Build and entertaining you for what we are sure will be a memorable evening. With just days to go we’d encourage you to get revising and follow @standardistas on Twitter where we’re sprinkling clues in our timeline and revealing revision topics daily.

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