The Monthly Newsletter for Web Professionals
Volume 7 Issue 08 - August 2005
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Letter from the Editor, The Latest Industry News, Featured Web Professional, Featured Articles, The Latest from WOW Headquarters, Front and Back, Get Involved With WOW
Letter from the Executive Editor
"Whatever we possess becomes of double value When we have the opportunity of sharing it with others."
-- French author Jean-Nicolas Bouilly(1763-1842)
We Web professionals have much to share and offer others. All we have to do is do it. We also need to stick together and stand up for ourselves. As a professional association, WOW supports its members and the Web profession in general.
We are working hard to set a minimal baseline knowledge standard for Web professionals worldwide. Through efforts such as our Web Professional Articulation Initiative, http://www.webprofessionals.org/articulation/, WOW is developing an agreement that will help establish a national standard for Web professional education and training. The establishment of such an agreement will enable students seeking a degree in the Web profession to transfer technology course credits from high school to a community college, state college or university.
So big deal. Why should you care? Because creating standards for Web professionals will lead to higher compensation, job recognition, higher job satisfaction, and the ability to effectively communicate to your human resource people and others who do the hiring the complexities of your job.
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The Latest Industry News
Microsoft rejects Visual Studio delay request
From ZDNet News
Microsoft has rejected a request from developers to push back delivery of its oft-delayed Visual Studio 2005 in order to fix bugs.
In addition, the software giant said it will include a significant new feature that will be introduced in an interim release of Visual Studio 2005 in the next week.
Through a feedback form on the Microsoft Developer Network Web site, developer customers asked Microsoft to release a third beta of Visual Studio 2005, which is due for completion on Nov. 7.
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AMD, IBM tighten ties
From ZDNet News
Advanced Micro Devices and IBM have pledged to continue their technology development alliance through 2011 and have expanded it to new areas.
Under the arrangement, the two will cooperate to devise techniques for manufacturing chips using the 32-nanometer and 22-nanometer processes, as well as developing in-chip technologies to boost performance. The two also will also expand their cooperation to include developing new transistors, interconnects (the wires that connect transistors), lithography and packaging.
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TiVo, IFC Go Broadband with Video Download Trial
From PC Magazine
TiVo Inc. and the IFC have announced that they have launched a trial initiative that will allow TiVo subscribers to download IFC content to their TiVo DVR devices, via the Internet.
The beta test will run through the next few weeks and will allow broadband-enabled TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recording users to download episodes and related content (such as outtakes and unaired footage) from Independent Film Channel scripted series, according to a recent news release.
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Featured Article
Get it in writing
For freelance Web professionals, contracts are a must.
-By Mike Sturman
You wouldn’t go out in the rain without covering up. You wouldn’t spend a day in the sun without sunscreen. And you wouldn’t drive without wearing a seat belt. Similarly, you wouldn’t enter into a freelance situation without a contract.
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Get Involved With WOW
There are many ways to get involved with WOW
Is there a WOW chapter in your neighborhood? Would you like to start one? E-mail Joshua Blackford, WOW's Membership Director at jblackford@joinwow.org
We need instructors! If you have web expertise and want to share your knowledge please contact us at: info@joinwow.org We're looking for Contributing Authors for the Feature Articles section. Are you an expert in your field? Is there something that you feel WOW members need to know about? Send your story to info@joinwow.org.
Mentors, if you are interested in getting involved in our mentoring program to assist students online contact bill@joinwow.org