This post orig­i­nally appeared on the now-defunct ‘Zom­biecoder Kay’ blog.

I was going to men­tion this ear­lier, but have been so busy busy busy I haven’t had a chance. Russ Weak­ley and Cameron Adams are run­ning a two day work­shop on CSS and JavaScript AND THEY’RE BRINGING IT TO PERTH!

Excuse my excite­ment, but I’m so pleased that Perth is get­ting a look-in. I know we’re hard to cater for, being on the other side of the bloody coun­try, so it’s great to see some­one mak­ing an effort. I’ve got my ticket already.

Cameron Adams does a pretty good job of describ­ing what the two days cover, as does Russ’s work­shop mini-site, so I won’t bother repeat­ing it all here again. I’m mostly going for the JavaScript day — my skills really suck in depart­ment — but I’m sure I’ll pick up some gems from Russ too, see­ing as he does know every­thing there is to know about CSS.

To stephen, the com­menter on Cameron Adams’ post who asks “why does Ade­laide miss out?” — the answer is that Perth whinges a lot. We’re fur­ther away than you so we’ve had more prac­tise, and also we have a vocal and annoy­ing web indus­try through port80. If Ade­laide wants to be as annoy­ing as Perth, you guys should start your own port80 branch — Can­berra have done it, as have Rochester, New York. Talk to us, we’d love to help you out.

And to any­one who points out that the work­shop is expen­sive (some on the port80 forums have already done that), think about what it is you’re get­ting: two full days of hands-on train­ing in what will pob­a­bly be a small group, from the top minds on their top­ics in the coun­try. They had to write the course, pay for accom­mo­da­tion and travel expenses, venue hire and cater­ing. Then com­pare it to any local courses that are sim­i­lar — what’s that? There aren’t any? Ahhhhh.…

If you’re read­ing this in another state, check your local dates too:

Syd­ney: 8 & 9 May
Mel­bourne: 11 & 12 May
Can­berra: 15 & 16 May
Bris­bane: 18 & 19 May
Perth: 29 & 30 May

As I keep point­ing out, it’s not long before tax time, and things like this are great tax deductions.

A big thank you to Russ and Cameron for giv­ing us this opportunity!