Microformats
The Ajax Experience
Boston · October 23 - 25, 2006
About this Presentation
Microformats are all the (tiny) rage, but you never hear anyone mention them in the same breath with Javascript. That's all about to change. This presentation will show how microformats can make your DOM life easier, and make your AJAX dealings lighter and more productive. If you've never heard of or use microformats, never fear.
The presentation will start with a short discussion of microformats, their benefits and a couple basic case studies before we get into the code. There will be plenty of examples and live, in-production code to look at and dissect.
Principal Software Engineer with AOL
Kevin Lawver has worked for AOL for 11 years, and has been building web products for a decade. He's currently a Principal Software Engineer, and one of the leads on AIM Pages. He is a passionate advocate for web standards, and is a member of the CSS Working Group in the W3C. He spends most of his time working writing code and telling people what to do. He's presented at several conferences, including SxSW, Supernova and WWW2006. He blogs semi-regularly with his wife at http://lawver.net.