Democracy, The Mobile Web and Joomla!

Date:  Thursday, February 17, 2011

Time:  7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Location:  Personal Computer Museum, 13 Alma St.,  Brantford, ON, N3R 2G1
(walk up the driveway, use sidewalk left of the residence and enter building in backyard)

Agenda:

This month, we've got Andrew J. Holden & Robert Gerald Porter from CartaNova - they're a full service web design and marketing agency with a collective aspiration for a greener, healthier planet. They help 'green' small business to grow in Canada, the U.S., the UK and Africa.  Tonight, they'll be talking about:  Democracy, The Mobile Web and Joomla!

Part 1 - Democracy:

• Tim Berners Lee: Long Live the Web
• Wired Magazine: The Web is Dead
• Key Concepts: Universality, Open Standards, Access
• Threats: Some SaaS Models, Walled Gardens, Censorship, 'Gate' Fees
• Towards the Mobile Web; Apple and AOL, FOSS CMS' Platforms

Part 2 - The Mobile Web and Joomla!

• The Opportunity for CMS Sites within the Mobile Web (expanding access)
• Key Principles of Mobile Web Sites (Speed, Usability)
• Access Barriers for Joomla! Sites (Client Types and Pricing)
• What's going on within Joomla! natively (not much)
• What's out there right now (Templates vs. Machine Apps vs. Web Apps)
• All About Testing for Mobile Devices
• What's in the future: Weever, Other Possibilities

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