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Bono talks “Global Brand” for US at Starbucks Conference

Oct 30 | Posted by Dave Fletcher | Add a Comment

Global poptart, Bono according to msnbc.com, “said Wednesday that next week’s presidential election provides a great opportunity to “relaunch Brand USA” amid worldwide scrutiny”. One could question if Bono is now an official “design critic” or has simply come up with a clever messaging point to persuade the caffeinated throngs to saddle up to the polls on November 4th.

NY Web Standards Meetup—Introduction to Kicking Ass with jQuery

Oct 27 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | Add a Comment

The New York Web Standards Meetup Group will meet this Thursday (30 October 2008) at theMechanism at 7:00 pm.

Scott Trudeau (Apartment Therapy Media) will provide an introduction to the popular jQuery JavaScript library. If you have strong HTML/CSS skills, but your JavaScript experience has never gone much beyond "cut and paste," come learn how to use jQuery and jQuery plugins to create enhanced, dynamic user experiences for your sites.

Scott will provide an overview of using jQuery's DOM manipulation, animation and Ajax components.

30 October 2008 . 7:00 pm
theMechanism
440 9th Avenue 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001 [map]

RSVP now!

Please contact us if you'd like to present at the February or March 2009 meetup.

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

WebTechNY presentation—HTML validation, microformats, jQuery

Oct 13 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | Add a Comment

Slides from my presentation on HTML validation, microformats and jQuery to WebTechNY on 8 October 2008:

Thanks to everyone who attended!

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

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