YUI Library and YPattern Library 2nd Birthday Party February 26, 2008
Sunnyvale, California CA
Celebrate!
We'd like to invite the Yahoo Pattern Library and YUI Library communities to Yahoo for a modest birthday celebration on February 26, 2008, beginning at 5 p.m. on the main Yahoo campus in Sunnyvale. We've opened up registration for 150 guests here on Upcoming, and signups will be on a first-come first-served basis. Registration is required due to limited space in our venue, so please sign up right away if you want to reserve yourself a spot.
Christian Crumlish will give a short talk on the YPattern Library at 5:30 and the YUI Team will be updating you on plans for the coming year after that. Beer and some food will be served, and we're looking forward to a mellow evening with lots of opportunities to mingle, share ideas, and hear what you all are up to.
About This Event
In February 2008, the YUI Library and the Yahoo Pattern Library turn two years old.
In those short two years, YUI has grown into a richly featured library that embodies some of the best of what HTML, CSS and JavaScript make possible in the browser. With a light, fast core, YUI empowers you to build your own solutions that support all A-Grade Browsers. And when you want to pull additional functionality off the shelf, YUI is there for you with more than 30 a la carte components that range in complexity from a simple JSON Utility to the powerful DataTable, Menu and Rich Text Editor. When big established brands like CBS Marketwatch, Southwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines, IndyCar.com, and others join Yahoo in implementing YUI, you know you've got a library with great traction, momentum, and critical mass. And when you see young companies like Gaia Online, Mint, and OurStory building the future of their business with YUI at the foundation, you know what motivates us to keep improving the library every day.
The Yahoo Pattern Library is the outgrowth of a long history of work at Yahoo and elsewhere. Bill Scott, now at NetFlix, took the Pattern Library "open" alongside YUI back in 2005, and it's now under the stewardship of Christian Crumlish. But the library really draws from the creativity, inspiration, and effort of the full community of user-experience specialists at Yahoo, as well as from those of you in the community who work with Christian to improve upon and interate the patterns. Christian is hard at work burnishing the existing patterns and creating new ones, and 2008 looks like another great year for this resource.
Added by emiraglia on January 24, 2008
Comments
yahooza
i want a t-shirt .... in my size! please. thanks!
stergios
That's quite an achievement. I recall back in the early days when I was trying to choose a platform. There were lots of contenders back then. YUI's early documentation convinced me that you were in the game to stay. I am happy to say that YUI's methodical progress has been exactly what I had hoped for; a solid platform made by professionals. I can't wait to see what the next two years brings! stergios http://vlane.com
jeffreymcmanus
I will be there wearing my T-shirt that says "My team and I got Y!UI documented, cleared by legal and released, and all I got was this dumb t-shirt."
emiraglia
I think you pilfered a T-shirt from the YUI team. Please return it to its rightful owners.
jeffreymcmanus
Whatever you say, Mr. Gracious.
dbalmerjr
Balmer here... get me in :)
emiraglia
Balmer -- you're in!
dustindiaz
++ for the t-shirts in small sizes :)
indie
Hmmm. zentu.net just turned two, too, and since it got its start with YUI, i think i'll most likely attend. :)
One question: Is there a building number (erm, or letter) reference for this event? I know from the OSCMS summit last year that the Yahoo! campus can be a bit intimidating to navigate without such specifics.
stacz
We're in Urls in building C. Our security guys can point you in the right direction. See you there.
dustindiaz
Yay. I got my t-shirt that fits.
natekoechley
Thanks for coming everybody. It was fun to meet so many of you.
jgillick
Sounds awesome. Congratulations guys! I'll be in India at that time but will wish you a Happy Birthday from there. :o)