Notes
The Prizes
![The Standardistas' Open Book Exam [Detail]](/assets/prize_details.png)
With just a handful of hours 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 over the last three years and the generosity of our friends who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to support our event.
Two years ago, 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, the feedback we received after the last two years’ events and the support we have received as we prepare for this year’s event have been nothing short of overwhelming.
We worried that we’d struggle to match our last two years of prizes in volume and value. We needn’t have worried. We’re sure you’ll agree - looking at the extensive prize list below, which is much, much longer than any other year - that there’s a lot of schwag up for grabs and, again, we’d like to thank everyone who has so generously supported us.
The Prize Fund currently stands as follows:
- 01 × Build 2013 Conference Pass for the Last Geek Standing
- 01 × Year Subscription to The Manual (3 Issues)
- 03 × Issues of Offscreen Magazine #3
- 03 × Pauline Clancy Language Prints
- 01 × Jonathan Hall, Signwritten Design Quotes Print
- 01 × Industry Conference Ticket
- 01 × New Adventures Ticket
- 01 × From the Front Conference Ticket
- 01 × Kerning.it Conference Ticket
- 02 × Copies of ‘Foundation HTML5 with CSS3’ Courtesy of Apress
- 02 × Copies of ‘CSS3 Solutions’ Courtesy of Apress
- 02 × Copies of ‘The Essential Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 Web Design’ Courtesy of Apress
- 02 × Copies of ‘Practical HTML5 Projects’ Courtesy of Apress
- 02 × Copies of Antony Kennedy and Inayaili de Leon’s ‘Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites’ Courtesy of Apress
- 04 × Copies of Andy Budd’s CSS Mastery (2nd Edition) Courtesy of Apress
- 02 × Copies ‘HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions: A Web Standardistas’ Approach’ Courtesy of Apress
- 02 × Bundles of Awesome (Clear for iPhone, Clear for Mac, RapidWeaver, LittleSnapper, Analog and Courier) from the generous gents at Realmac Software
- 01 × Copy of the BÖIKZMÖIND Book and DVD Courtesy of Gavin Strange
- 02 × Droplet Series 2 Vinyl Toys Courtesy of Gavin Strange
- 03 × Copies of Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 for Web Designers Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 03 × Copies of Dan Cederholm’s CSS3 for Web Designers Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 03 × Copies of Erin Kissane’s The Elements of Content Strategy Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 03 × Copies of Ethan Marcotte’s Responsive Web Design Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 03 × Copies of Aarron Walter’s Designing for Emotion Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 03 × Copies of Luke Wroblewski’s Mobile First Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 03 × Copies of Mike Monteiro’s Design Is a Job Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 03 × Copies of Karen McGrane’s Content Strategy for Mobile Courtesy of A Book Apart
- 02 × Copies of Insites: The Book courtesy of Viewport Industries
- 05 × Digital Copies of Insites: The Book courtesy of Viewport Industries
- 03 × Copies of 8 Faces
- 03 × Copies of Assorted Support Web Standards Schwag Courtesy of Messrs Zeldman and Rainsford
- 01 × ‘Ready to Use’ Fully Managed Cpanel Xen VPS Server (50GB HDD, 2GB RAM, Cpanel License, Remote Backup License and 100GB Remote Backup Account) for 12 Months Courtesy of Big Wet Fish
- 02 × 1GB VPS Servers for 12 Months With Linux Distro of Your Choice Courtesy of Big Wet Fish
- 64 × Coupon Codes Giving 50% Off Any Shared Hosting Package for 12 Months Courtesy of Big Wet Fish
- 02 × Kerning Me Softly T Shirts Courtesy of Robbie Manson
- 08 × Limited Edition, Custom Printed Open Book Exam T Shirts Courtesy of Belong
- 03 × Markdown and Jekyll Video Training Packages Courtesy of Mijingo
- 01 × Copy of Eva-Lotta Lamm’s Sketchnotes Book (2011 Edition)
- 01 × Copy of Eva-Lotta Lamm’s Sketchnotes Book (2009/2010 Edition)
- 01 × Limited Edition, Bespoke Sketchnoting Sketchbook Courtesy of Eva-Lotta Lamm
- 03 × Gridset T Shirt and Pixel Ruler Bundles
- 02 × A1 Screenprints Courtesy of the fffunction Fellas
- 01 × Inspire Conference Ticket
- 01 x Metre of Beer Courtesy of Inspire Conference
- 01 × Bespoke Print by Mr Paddy Donnelly
- 01 × One Year Onotate License
- 01 × Limited Edition Box of Beer Courtesy of the Ecliptic Labs Folks
- 04 × Lino Icon Sets Courtesy of Fine Goods
- 04 × Overlay Sets Courtesy of Fine Goods
- 10 × Social Media Icon Sets Courtesy of Fine Goods
We’re looking forward to seeing you all later at The Black Box after tonight’s ‘An Evening With Kickstarter’ event for what will, we’re sure, prove another enjoyable, informative and challenging evening of Open Book Exam entertainment.
![Ethan Marcotte [Detail]](/assets/ethan_marcotte_interview_nano.png)
Ethan Marcotte is a designer, developer, writer and speaker who, amongst his many and considerable achievements, is perhaps best known for coining the term Responsive Web Design. He lives and works in Boston. We asked Mr Marcotte a dozen questions…![Fictive Kin [Detail]](/assets/cameron_koczon_interview_nano.png)
Cameron Koczon builds things, organises things and writes things (and, of particular appeal to our passion for gentlemanly pursuits, smokes an impressive variety of pipes). He lives and works in Brooklyn. We asked Mr Koczon a dozen questions…![Form + Function + Aesthetic [Detail]](/assets/josh_brewer_interview_nano.png)
Josh Brewer is Design Lead at Twitter, and an accomplished author and speaker who, "Spends his time thinking about, designing and building things that live at the intersection of form, function and aesthetic." He lives and works in San Francisco. We asked Mr Brewer a dozen questions…
