Happy Blue Beanie Day!!!

Monday, November 30, 2009 6:31:34 PM

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The third annual International Blue Beanie Day will be celebrated on Monday, November 30th, 2009...TODAY!!! headbang

Thousands of Standardistas (people who support Web standards) will wear a Blue Beanie to show their support for accessible, semantic web content.

It’s easy to show your support for web design done right. Beg, borrow, or buy a Blue Beanie and snap a photo of your mug wearing the blue. (Or get creative with Photoshop). Then on November 30, (TODAY!) switch your profile picture in Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, (and any other social network) and post your photo to the Blue Beanie Day group.

For more information:
see http://www.zeldman.com/2009/10/25/toque-o-the-morning/
and http://vvn.net/wp/2009/11/10/3rd-annual-blue-beanie-day/

Upload your Blue Beanie photos to the Flickr group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bluebeanieday2009/ or http://tr.im/bbd09

Follow Blue Beanie Day 2009 Festivities on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/BlueBeanieDay or search #bbd09

Watch a Blue Beanie Day 2009 video on YouTube (and post it to your blog):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4G2hgioLFk

Join the DWWS Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/dwws

Blue Beanie Day Events by Location:
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Athens, GA - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougvos/4133232395/in/pool-1216050@N25
Detroit, MI - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186824921852
Los Angeles, CA - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186364813404
Vienna, Austria - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216261961507

Want to help with planning the 3rd Annual Blue Beanie Day? Planning a flashmob, meetup, or tweetup in your hometown? Organizing a group photo in your city? You might qualify to win a free copy of Zeldman and Marcotte's (brand new) Designing With Web Standards 3rd edition. Contact Douglas Vos (mailto:doug.vos@gmail.com?Subject=BlueBeanieDay2009)

--- Other References and Resources ---
1. Web Standards Project article:
• http://www.webstandards.org/2009/11/24/be-a-true-blue-beanie-supporter-of-web-standards/

2. Celebration at Mister Corp in Asuncion, Paraguay
• http://www.mister.com.py/2009/11/blue-beanie-day-iii/
• http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4126528&id=71464816612

3. Celebration in the Czech Republic
• http://met.blog.root.cz/2009/11/24/neco-pro-standardisty-blizi-se-den-modrych-cepic/

4. Celebration announcement - Upcoming event page (kudos to Tantek Çelik):
• http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4891244/
• (All cities and settlements worldwide or in orbit, including the International Space Station.)

5. A new Blue Beanie Graphic Pack from Design by Firgs. Get yours.
• http://designbyfirgs.com/blog/2009/11/new-content-blue-beanies/

6. Web Standards Mafia - A Great Historical Review of the Web Standards Movement
• http://www.drawar.com/articles/the-web-standards-mafia/41/

Happy Thanksgiving To My Fellow Americans!I Was Poked By Ron Jeremy!!!

Comments

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Monday, November 30, 2009 7:14:10 PM

party

KarenNerak Monday, November 30, 2009 7:16:11 PM

headbang

Dacotah Monday, November 30, 2009 7:34:01 PM

up party

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Monday, November 30, 2009 8:04:42 PM

Cute, too!

KarenNerak Monday, November 30, 2009 8:11:00 PM

bigsmile party


o Do you have a blue beanie, Gavin? bigsmile

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Monday, November 30, 2009 8:22:35 PM

I don't have any kind of beanie... awww

KarenNerak Monday, November 30, 2009 8:24:55 PM


awww I wish I would have known. I would have sent you one! It's the least I can do! Next year you'll have a blue beanie one way or another! yes

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Monday, November 30, 2009 8:28:00 PM

lol thanks! I'll check out the charity shops! up

KarenNerak Monday, November 30, 2009 8:34:32 PM


The Beanie Force is with you! :jedi:

Cleanclean Monday, November 30, 2009 9:19:54 PM

Lemme get this straight ... blue beanie for Web standards ... green beanie for The Monkees ... wink

KarenNerak Monday, November 30, 2009 9:20:44 PM

lol

Charles SchlossChas4 Monday, November 30, 2009 9:52:47 PM

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Happy.gif -

I will upload this years photo sometime soon

I wonder where all the links came from p

KYrenKYren Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:24:13 AM

I support. up
You are looking beautiful in the blue beanie. smile

KarenNerak Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:34:17 AM

I stole the linkage from the guy's Facebook page! yes


o Thank you, Kiran! heart

Charles SchlossChas4 Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:35:42 AM

Uploaded to MyOpera

KarenNerak Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:44:54 AM

What are you talking about, Chas? confused

Charles SchlossChas4 Tuesday, December 1, 2009 4:02:43 AM

My bluebeanieday 2009 photo I uploaded it to MyOpera

KarenNerak Tuesday, December 1, 2009 4:09:58 AM

Ahhso! bigsmile

Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic Sunday, December 6, 2009 12:48:34 AM

It sure looks prettier on you rolleyes

KarenNerak Wednesday, December 9, 2009 9:32:29 PM

o Thank you, Nic!

It looks pretty awesome on you, though! up

Nicolas Borgsmidtnopanic Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:16:24 PM

It keeps the bald head warm! up bigsmile

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:20:57 PM

It was windy and the propeller got going too fast. It just took off and flew into a low altitude helicopter. It was love at first sigit though. Hoping for plenty of baby beanies for next year.

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 2:11:08 AM

lol Yay for coziness!

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 2:11:45 AM

lol...babies beanies, eh? whistle

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Friday, December 11, 2009 2:44:12 AM

Might have to shrink your head next year.

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 2:46:04 AM

doh What if I'm already a pin head?

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Friday, December 11, 2009 2:57:13 AM

That's a plus. Well done. cheers

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 3:56:26 AM

lol Yay! Thanks! cheers

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Friday, December 11, 2009 4:08:29 AM

But if it's too pointy there may be some maitenance involved.

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 6:56:30 PM

Nah...it's flat on the top - like Herman Munster. p

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Friday, December 11, 2009 6:59:18 PM

Might have to sharpen it up a bit then.

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 7:21:37 PM


no That'd hurt! sad

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Friday, December 11, 2009 7:43:46 PM

Weenie! p

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 7:59:09 PM

What's your point?! left

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Friday, December 11, 2009 8:17:53 PM

Are you that dull? lol

KarenNerak Friday, December 11, 2009 8:41:11 PM

sad Yes.

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Friday, December 11, 2009 8:58:11 PM

That was blunt. p

KarenNerak Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:09:40 AM

lol Pun Master B strikes again!

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Saturday, December 12, 2009 1:02:01 AM

It's pointless, really.

KarenNerak Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:08:56 AM

p

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:04:36 AM

I think that he's losing his edge... p

Bud McDonnellfammcdon Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:52:31 PM

Maybe I need to hone my skills.

KarenNerak Monday, December 14, 2009 1:36:24 AM

lol

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