Haiku Graffiti

Near Blue Beanie Day; Happy orange, green, blue; HTML5.

Wondering about how to write a Haiku for Blue Beanie Day 2010?  According to Wikipedia, a Haiku is a short Japanese style poem, consisting of 3 phrases (17 moras).  So you’ll need 3 lines. First line with 5 sounds or syllables, a second  line with 7 sounds or syllables, and a final line with 5 sounds or syllables.

In my example above, the final phrase is only one word (HTML5) but five syllables – tricky huh?

This year’s Blue Beanie Day will be celebrated on Nov. 30th.  There will be prizes for the best Haiku. Put your thinking cap on (I mean Blue Beanie),  and get your Haiku ready.

Partying With Web Standards - in Los Angeles

We’re still sweeping up the confetti, and emptying the ashtrays after the last visitor left the party.  We still have some awards to give out, and a few books to give away.  Meanwhile, Andy Clark says  Taylor Swift is still recovering from the after party hangover, and Max Weir is trying to figure out if the CSS Squirrel is a nut case.

This year, I made a video to help promote it.

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

3rd Annual Blue Beanie Day

It’s easy to show your support for web design done right. Beg, borrow, or buy a Blue Beanie (or Blue Toque in Canada) and snap a photo of your mug wearing the blue. (Or get creative with Photoshop). Then on November 30, switch your profile picture in Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, (and any other social network) and post your photo to the Blue Beanie Day group at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bluebeanieday2009/ .

It’s easy to participate:

1. Make a personal commitment to fight Web Standards apathy. Show solidarity with the Standardistas on Monday, November 30th, 2009.
2. Buy, beg, or borrow a Blue Beanie (blue hat or cap, even a black or grey one will do in a pinch.)
3. Take a photo of yourself wearing the Blue Beanie. Or take a cool group photo of you and your friends wearing Blue Beanies.
4. Post your photo, or photos to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and other social networks on Monday, November 30th, 2009. Remember to switch your Facebook profile photo that day, too!
5. Start by inviting all your friends to the Facebook Event for Blue Beanie Day 2009.
6. Promote Blue Beanie Day on your blog, wiki, facebook page, twitter tweets — telling all your friends to get ready for Blue Beanie Day. 

Blue Beanies and Green Fiestas

Students in the Web Application Design and Development course at Bryn Mawr College wear blue beanies in support of Web Standards!

This photo is one of many from the 2008 Blue Beanie Day collection at Flickr.

You can read more about the history and purpose of Blue Beanie Day 2008 here on vvn.net, Jeffrey Zeldman’s recent post about Blue Beanie Day, or Marshall Kirkpatrick’s Read-Write-Web news article about Blue Beanie Day 2008 and web standards.

Paul Cripps posted this cute photo to the Blue Beanie Day 2008 collection on Flickr.

The book cover shown is from Cascading Style Sheets – The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition, by Eric Meyer. You can see Eric Meyer wearing a Blue Beanie here also.

Jason Beaird of Refresh Columbia recently quipped that Zeldman’s Blue Beanie image “is now the Che Guevara icon for web standards revolution.”  The Blue Beanie Day symbol (in the context of Web Standards) was made famous by the original Standardista ( Jeffrey Zeldman ) and his book covers.

Blue Beanie Day 2007 - Photo in Doug Vos basement library

The second annual Blue Beanie Day will be celebrated on Friday, November 28, 2008

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 28, switch your profile picture in Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, (and any other social network) and post your photo to the Blue Beanie Day group at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bluebeanieday2008/ .

It’s easy to participate:

1. Make a personal commitment to fight Web Standards apathy. Show solidarity with the Standardistas on Friday, November 28th, 2008.
2. Buy, beg, or borrow a Blue Beanie (blue hat or cap, even a black or grey one will do in a pinch.)
3. Take a photo of yourself wearing the Blue Beanie. Or take a cool group photo of you and your friends wearing Blue Beanies.
4. Post your photo, or photos to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and other social networks on Friday, November 28th, 2008. Remember to switch your Facebook profile photo that day.
5. Promote Blue Beanie Day in your blog or wiki starting today, and tell all your friends to get ready for Blue Beanie Day. Start by inviting all your Facebook friends to this event.

Historical notes and relate links:

1. Flickr photostream from Blue Beanie Day 2007
2. Twitter tweets (comments) on the topic of Blue Beanie Day.
3. Background on Designing With Web Standards (DWWS) group on Facebook.
4. My blog entry on the original Blue Beanie Day – 2007.

Monday, November 26, 2007 is the day 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. Don a Blue Beanie and snap a photo. Then on November 26, switch your profile picture in Facebook and post your photo to the Blue Beanie Day photo pool on Flickr.

Next Steps:

1. Make a personal commitment to fight Web Standards Apathy. Show solidarity with the Standardistas on November 26th, 2007.
2. Buy, beg, or borrow a Blue Beanie (blue hat or cap, even a black or grey one will do in a pinch.)
3. Take a photo of yourself wearing the Blue Beanie. Or take a cool group photo of you and your friends wearing Blue Beanies.
4. Post your photo, or photos to Facebook, Flickr, and other social networks on November 26th, 2007. Remember to switch your Facebook profile photo that day. While you’re at it, switch all your social network profile photos. Flickr, Twitter, Last.fm, iLike, Pownce, you name it.
5. Promote Blue Beanie Day in your blog or wiki starting today, and tell all your friends to get ready for Blue Beanie Day. Start by inviting all your Facebook friends to this event.

Check the Blue Beanie Day event notification on Facebook to see more Blue Beanie heads and to make a comment or ask questions.