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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
NAGW
I recently returned from the National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW) in Galveston, TX. It was a fascinating trip, not only because of what I learned, but because of the setting.
I spent 3 afternoons in downtown Galveston, "The Strand" and surrounding streets. Damage from Hurricane Ike was obvious, despite the remarkable cleanup in town. Many of the buildings had damage, some were vacated, and nearly all of them had a marker for the water line. (Imagine 10 ft of water - I can't.) Most businesses stayed, but enough of them left to make an impact.
It's a beautiful place, lots of Victorian architecture, the beautiful bay, historic homes, beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. But there used to be tall trees too, those are gone, and along the main route on the island, the cute little ranch houses often looked dilapidated. It was beautiful and sad all at once. The weekend we arrived, there was a celebration/remembrance of Ike, with concerts and races, and people from the Galveston/Houston area turned out. But when I was there it was the off-season, so it was pretty empty. The place feels "haunted", as a local said.
The conference was held at Moody Gardens, a resortish place. It's a very nice hotel that's next to a water park (which was closed of course), and it houses an aquarium, rainforest, and science museum. Good place for kids. Quite a contrast to the rest of the island!
I learned a great deal at the conference about advanced CSS, different uses of CS4, Web Analytics and more. I'll try to tweak this site as a test, if I don't get too lazy :) NAGW is such a valuable organization to government webmasters like myself!
I spent 3 afternoons in downtown Galveston, "The Strand" and surrounding streets. Damage from Hurricane Ike was obvious, despite the remarkable cleanup in town. Many of the buildings had damage, some were vacated, and nearly all of them had a marker for the water line. (Imagine 10 ft of water - I can't.) Most businesses stayed, but enough of them left to make an impact.
It's a beautiful place, lots of Victorian architecture, the beautiful bay, historic homes, beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. But there used to be tall trees too, those are gone, and along the main route on the island, the cute little ranch houses often looked dilapidated. It was beautiful and sad all at once. The weekend we arrived, there was a celebration/remembrance of Ike, with concerts and races, and people from the Galveston/Houston area turned out. But when I was there it was the off-season, so it was pretty empty. The place feels "haunted", as a local said.
The conference was held at Moody Gardens, a resortish place. It's a very nice hotel that's next to a water park (which was closed of course), and it houses an aquarium, rainforest, and science museum. Good place for kids. Quite a contrast to the rest of the island!
I learned a great deal at the conference about advanced CSS, different uses of CS4, Web Analytics and more. I'll try to tweak this site as a test, if I don't get too lazy :) NAGW is such a valuable organization to government webmasters like myself!
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