[plug] XML Talk follow-ups

[Mike]

name tags with email addresses on em would suffice

Mike



At 02:52 PM 13/3/2002 +0800, you wrote:
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>After the seminar last night, I thank Colin Muller for an enlightening
>presentation.
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>Before the seminar, all I knew of XML, was that it stood for eXtensible
>Markup Language, and that it was something to do with display of web
>pages, like HTML. I now know that XML is a different type of thing, to
>HTML.
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>The seminar explained the developments up to XML, what XML is, what it is
>used for, some instances of where it is used, how it is used, gave example
>XML syntax, and an example application.
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>Thanks, Colin. Well worth attending.
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>I have a suggestion, to people who attend the seminars and meetings. There
>is communication on the mailing list, and, people remember some of the
>names on the mailing list. Then, we go to a seminar or other meeting, and,
>have no idea, as to who all the people are. Perhaps, at the end (or
>start) of the meetings and seminars, there could be a ritual introduction
>of everyone present, so that each person stands up, and says something
>like "Hello, I am <name>. I <work/don't work/study> in the Linux area, and
>my interests are mainly <interests>." Something quick and brief, so that
>people know who is there, and, what they do, and, their interests, so that
>people can network after the meetings/seminars, if they want, and, so that
>people can put faces to names, and, names to faces. It should only take
>about 5-10 minutes, and, could be very helpful.
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>-- 
>Bret Busby
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>"So once you do know what the question actually is, 
> you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought, 
>   Chapter 28 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> - Douglas Adams, 1988
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