Your Worst IT Workshop?

suntory writes "I am a lecturer at a Spanish university. This week had to attend a workshop on 'Advanced HTML and CSS' for the university staff. Some of the ideas that the presenter (a fellow lecturer) shared with us: IE is the only browser that follows standards; frames and tables are the best way to organize your website; you can view the source for most CSS, Javascript and HTML files, so you can freely copy and paste what you feel like — the Internet is free you know; same applies for images, if you can see them in Google Images Search, then you can use them for your projects. Of course, the workshop turned out to be a complete disaster and a waste of time. So I was wondering what other similar experiences you have had, and what was your worst IT workshop?"

Comments

Re:no, your a wannabe.. who never learned to code

[Archangel Michael]

Define Dynamic. Define Static.

If by Dynamic you mean FLASH based content, then CMS is indeed Dynamic via embedded flash. If by dynamic, you mean Java(or JS) then CMS can be dynamic with this embedded. If you mean content that is automatically updated/refreshed then CMS is indeed Dynamic with RSS feeds and other means.

The problem you have, is you're probably a snob thinking what they know is the best and only choice for "Dynamic" content, in your own limted way. To me Dynamic means changes. Static means unchanging. CMS is most definitely dynamic, by almost every measure. Perhaps it isn't as Dynamic as you'd like or according to your standards, but that doesn't make you right. Perhaps you're unfamiliar with CMS systems and their abilities, in which case you're not a snob but just plain ignorant.

I think I just fed a troll. I feel so dirty.

Re:Wow!

[Dastardly]

I did not even realize I had a 4 digit number nor, that it signified anything until I read your post. So, here I am.