Welcome!

Time and Location

Class will be held at 5300 Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose, located where Highway 280 crosses Lawrence Expressway. (It's the six-story black glass building.)

From San Jose Airport: Take 880 South for two miles, then 280 North (toward San Francisco) for two miles. Exit at Lawrence Expressway, turn left at the first light (onto Stevens Creek Boulevard), then an immediate left into the parking lot.

From San Francisco Airport: Take 101 South for approximately 25 miles, then 85 South for approximately four miles. Take 280 South (toward San Jose) for three miles and exit at Lawrence Expressway. Turn left at the first light (onto Stevens Creek Boulevard), then an immediate right into the parking lot.

We will be in Room 207. There will be refreshments at 8:15 AM and class will start at 8:30 AM.

WD201 (5-day Class) Attendees: What to bring

Any or all of the following:

• Photographs related to you, your family, your hobbies and/or your work. There is a color scanner in the classroom.
• Graphic images you'd like to use in your Web pages (hard-copy or any graphic file format on DOS-formatted diskette).

Each student will receive a copy of Laura Lemay's newest book "Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days". We won't be following the book chapter by chapter, but it will serve as an excellent reference source. There will be other reference material available in the classroom.
You'll also receive a good book on Web design.

Please dress comfortably. This will be a very informal week.

Your input is appreciated!

Your name, please... Please indicate your preferences for refreshments: Morning snacks Croissants Pastries Donuts Bagels Cookies Fresh fruit Other Afternoon snacks Croissants Pastries Donuts Bagels Cookies Fresh fruit Other Beverages Coffee Decaf Tea Juices Other

First time in Silicon Valley?

• Check the Silicon Valley WebGuild and see whether their monthly meeting is being held while you're in town for the class
• The Computing Calendar of the San Jose Mercury-News Computing Section lists other local events that may be of interest
• Nearby stuff to see
  • Fry's - the biggest, baddest computer/electronics store in the universe
  • The City (San Francisco, that is)
  • The Beach (Santa Cruz and/or Capitola)
  • The Redwoods (Big Basin and Portola State Parks)
  • Winchester Mystery House - For many years, this was San Jose's only tourist attraction (some say it still is!)
• The Silicon Valley Gateway - General info, hotels, businesses, etc.
• Local newspapers
  • The San Jose Mercury News
  • The Palo Alto Weekly
• Not-so-local newspapers
  • San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner
• Local Weather