uf talk

I've put my name down to give a talk at the next GeekUp in
Liverpool and 
I think microformats would be a good topic. I can talk about
the 
different formats and the process, and some of the consumers
like the 
browser plugins and technoratis search engine.

What else can I put in there? I want to try and show this
group of web 
devs why they should be using ufs, what convinced you they
were a good 
idea? Also what are the best examples of them being adopted
by major 
sites, I know upcoming use them a lot, and there are some on
flickr 
aren't there?

Any news on developments in Firefox 3 if people know, and
word from the 
MSIE team? (There was something in a job ad from MS wasnt
there?)

Thanks!
Thom
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On 7/27/07, Thom Shannon <thomts0.com> wrote:
> I've put my name down to give a talk at the next GeekUp
in Liverpool and
> I think microformats would be a good topic.

--- also add your talk to the events page:
http://microforma
ts.org/wiki/events

> What else can I put in there? I want to try and show
this group of web
> devs why they should be using ufs, what convinced you
they were a good
> idea?

--- the Bluetooth phone demo is an excellent "ah ha!
moment"
http://adactio.com/j
ournal/1294/

> Also what are the best examples of them being adopted
by major
> sites, I know upcoming use them a lot, and there are
some on flickr
> aren't there?

--- the lists of examples in the wild for each format should
get you
some good examples.

-brian

-- 
brian suda
http://suda.co.uk
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> What else can I put in there? I want to try and show
this group of web
> devs why they should be using ufs, what convinced you
they were a good
> idea? Also what are the best examples of them being
adopted by major
> sites, I know upcoming use them a lot, and there are
some on flickr
> aren't there?

The example I like to use is hReview. With normal searching
you can
wade through a lot of irrelevant pages which happen to have
the same
keywords as the book/movie/whatever. A review search would
let you
pull up actual reviews - no fuss.

hCard is actually a more widely used example and works with
a lot of
phones/software; but people often freak out about privacy if
you bring
it up. Which is absolutely ludicrous of course since ufs
just add to
the data you're *already publishing*. But the privacy debate
can
hijack discussions if you're not careful.

hCard is a good example for managers who actually have
expensive
phones and big data plans paid for by the company. Show them
how easy
it is to whack their details into someone's phone - they
love that
stuff 

cheers,
ben

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om.au/>
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