Carson Workshops: Eric Meyer Professional CSS XHTML Techniques

A long, long time ago... I can still remember How that music used to make me smile.

Back on November 3, 2005 I was fortunate enough to go to the Carson Workshops Eric Meyer Professional CSS XHTML Techniques. We all arrived, bleary eyed and ready to dig in to hear from the CSS Guru. He didn’t disappoint. Eric’s presentation was polished and it was also flexible enough for people to ask questions about a wide range of topics. I really liked his style of presentation.

We broke for lunch and I was fortunate enough to meet Miguel and John. We talked about ourselves and found out a little about where each other was from and what they were up to. That’s actually when John said that hooking up a feed with Feedburner was really simple. And it was. I actually encountered some problems reading the feed with Thunderbird, but i’ve since gotten that ironed out.

Then we headed back into the classroom to plow through the afternoon session. I have to admit, there was a lot of information and I reached my daily capacity at around 3:30. I tried to hold on and pay attention for the rest of the day… but it was a struggle. At around 5pm someone from the school barged in and basically told us to get out. Ryan and Gill handled it really well. Apparently there was going to be a class in that same room that evening and we had to get out.

So, we packed up and headed over to a bar to wind down and get to know each other better. So we all slipped into something more comfortable. Well… not really. But we had some drinks. I was able to talk to Ryan and John about the “state of the web”. It was really great to talk to interesting and thoughtful people about the web industry. Where we’re headed. And bounce ideas off of each other. I work with some really bright people, but due to the fast-pace of the office we rarely get the opportunity to sit and wax philosophical about the web and where it’s headed, so that was really fun.

Overall the event was a huge success in my mind. I was not only able to learn about CSS, but I also meet like-minded people who share my passions. So thanks to everyone I met and definitely thanks to Ryan and Gill for putting on a super event. I’d highly recommend going to any Carson Workshop you can.