Local Government Web Network

Local Government on the Open Web

After spending two whole days networking with peers, participating in debate, and watching presentations on standards, design, usability, technology, and yes - Twitter - there was only one way to bring the conference to a close… Open Web.

Lachlan Hardy, our closing keynote speaker at the We Believe in Community conference did an excellent presentation on Local Government on the Open Web. And to keep in the spirit of openness you can now view his presentation in full technicolour thanks to the wonders of online vide, and our Streaming and Podcast Sponsor: Viocorp.

If you’re interested in learning more about what the Open Web is, and how it can be applied in government and organisations, then watch the full video of Lachlan Hardy’s presentation: http://lgwebnetwork.org/podcasts08/Lachlan-Hardy.html

You can also view or download Lachlan’s slides on Slideshare.

Thanks to Viocorp who recorded the session and who are also providing audio podcasts of the other presentations - these will be up very soon and we’ll let you know when they’re available.

Thanks to Lachlan for this great presentation whilst standing under the heat of the camera lights, and thanks to all our speakers, looking forward to sharing your podcasts and slides soon!

Follow us at the conference

If you’re coming to the conference then there’s some great ways you can participate online, and if you’re are not lucky enough to be coming you can follow what’s happening on Twitter and Flickr.
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Web Standards Group August meeting (Sydney)

If you are in Sydney around 19th August make sure you go to the Web Standards Group meeting on Tuesday night. There’s a great list of presenters including Tim Lucas who is also presenting at our conference at the end of that week. WSG provides a great way to meet other web professionals, there’s forums and mailing lists that you can join so even if you can’t make the meetups you can participate in discussion. Continue reading Web Standards Group August meeting (Sydney)…

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We Believe In Community: 21 - 22 August 2008

2 full days on web technologies, strategies, creativity, and standards. 12 sessions in 2 streams and 6 plenary sessions from some of the leading experts in the field from Industry and Government. Continue reading Registrations closing soon, don’t miss out!…

Links for Learning Web Standards

“Learning Web Standards just got easier” – You can now learn to build a better web with Opera’s new Web Standards Curriculum.

Providing a clear study path for learning web standards is something the industry has struggled with. The gap just got a bit smaller when Opera launched the site a couple of weeks ago. It already provides a good foundation with plans to expand on the currently 23 articles into other key areas, and being licensed under the Creative Commons license means it can be used in a range of ways.

It will be useful to people who are new to learning web standards, or who are wanting to improve their understanding, and to teachers and team leaders to help train staff.

The launch of this got me thinking about what resources I found most useful when learning web standards. So here’s a list Continue reading Links for Learning Web Standards…