CWSA Looks Promising
Last night was my first opportunity to join the guys over at the Cleveland Web Standards Association, a relatively new meetup group with a goal of expanding awareness of web standards to local businesses and old-school designers – before taking over the rest of the world.
Direction
I have attended meetup’s like this before, but what stuck with me this time was the collaborative attitude. Joe started the meeting with a concise 2 minute overview of the organization, and then opened it up for discussion. 2 hours later, we stopped collaborating.
Among the many topics discussed, I found the following to be most exciting:
- Business Cases and Resources which explain the business benefits of Web Standards.
- Educational outreach to developers who still stuffer from table-based design.
- Social networking and meeting new people who challenge each other to improve their skills.
Join Us Next Time
The next meeting is on March 4th, 2008 at Tri-C West Campus.
About Josh Walsh
Josh Walsh is a Managing Partner at Designing Interactive. He's also an award winning designer, author and speaker on the topics of User Experience Design, User Interface Design and Usability Research. You can follow him on twitter at: @joshwalsh
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Brad Dielman
Thanks for coming out to the meeting on Tuesday, Josh. Hope to see you there in March.
February 8, 2008
Dana
It was nice to meet you last week! See you in March!
February 11, 2008
Danny Sedor
Sounds wonderful! I joined the Meetup group you listed in the post and hope to attend the next meeting with you.
February 13, 2008