Meet the TAG – Developer meet-up at Innovation House
The W3C TAG (Technical Architecture Group) is in charge of coordinating cross-technology architecture and the principles of web architecture at the World Wide Web Consortium – in other words, it’s kind of a technical steering group for web standards.
The group had a great developer meet-up on the evening of the 21st of May at Innovation House. Format for the day was an mini-unconference, kicking off at 18:30 with some lightning talks. Lightning speakers:
• Hjalmar Gislason, Founder & CEO, GRID – Spreadsheets are Programs
• Alice Boxhall, Google and W3C TAG – Accessibility Object Model
• Guðmundur Már Gunnarsson, Vivaldi – Lost in navigation
• Árni Hermann, Avo – Human Accessible Developer Tools
Topics discussed in groups after lighting talks (break outs) included Content Editable, spatial navigation, Semantics, webvtt, and scroll snapping.
- Published in General, Innovation House Eiðistorg
Meet The TAG, Reykjavík on May 21st at Innovation House
The W3C TAG (Technical Architecture Group) is in charge of coordinating cross-technology architecture and the principles of web architecture at the World Wide Web Consortium – in other words, it’s kind of a technical steering group for web standards. We’re having a face to face meeting coming up in Reykjavík (kindly hosted by Vivaldi) in late May, 2019. We’re working on a host of design reviews across the spectrum of emerging web technologies, as well as security & privacy and design guidelines for API developers.
As part of our time here we’ll be holding a developer meet-up on the evening of the 21st of May (also hosted by Vivaldi) where we can let you know what we’re up to and get feedback from the web developer community about your priorities. ).
Format for the day will be an mini-unconference, kicking off at 18:30 with some lightning talks. We will be confirming lightning speakers soon. Weill end the event with food and drink.
Our lightning speakers will be:
- Hjalmar Gislason, Founder & CEO – GRID
- Alice Boxhall, Google and W3C TAG
- Guðmundur Már, Vivaldi
Come along find out what else we’re working on, get a heads-up of new Web standards and technologies in development and air the web technology issues that matter to you.
When: May 21st
Were: Innovation House, 3rd floor. Eiðistorg 13-15 – 170 Seltjarnarnes
- Published in Innovation House Eiðistorg