EVENT: Design Talks Conference
February 2, 2008
I saw news of this event, Design Talks Conference, over at Justin Thorp’s blog. It looks pretty cool, and better yet, its local, yeahhh. Anyway on February 29th Viget Labs is hosting this day long conference. Organizers are Jackson Wilkinson and Mixx’s Jason Garber.
The DC Design Talks are a one day conference for web designers. They’re an affordable, single-day conference featuring some of the best speakers and practitioners of design in the DC region. They’re part one of the DC Talks series.
Its only $35, so you really cant afford not to go if you are a local designer. This appears to be the first in a 3 part series. The next will be DC Dev Talks in the spring and then DC Strategy Talks in the summer. Make sure to let us know how it all goes.
EVENT: Web Content Mavens
February 1, 2008
I missed the last one, but not this one. The Web Content Mavens are holding an open Source CMS Panel Discussion
To discuss web content management including content management systems (CMS) and web content management (WCM), working with content authors & owners, writing effective web content and the role of the web in communications and content delivery.
Here is the lineup on of the panel:
Moderator: Scott Mendenhall, SVP, Technology at IXI Corporation
Keith Casey from Casey Software on Drupal
Antonio Chagoury from SMBLive on DotNetNuke
Scott Davis from Alfresco on Alfresco WCM
Boris Kraft from Magnolia on Magnolia
Joe LeBlanc on Joomla!
Martin Ringlein from nclud on WordPress and TextPattern
and the event details:
WHEN:
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 7:00PM
WHERE:
R.F.D. Washington
810 7th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
202-289-2030
Add it to your Google Calendar 
CSC Moving HQ’s To DC Area
February 1, 2008
The Washington Post has an article reporting that Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) is moving its HQ’s from El Segundo, CA to Falls Church, VA right outside Washington DC. This will make it one of the largest companies in the area.
Currently the DC area is home to a large number of technology companies like Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC. CSC is looking to tap into a bit more of the government side of its operations with the move I would think. Last year their government work only accounted for $6 billion of a total of $15.5 billion in sales. However with the downturn in the economy the commercial sales may be tapering off a bit.
Company officials portrayed the relocation as part of a broader change in strategy. CSC has experienced little overall growth in recent years as the market for the very large, complex technology projects in which it specialized has slowed and the company has faced increased competition from abroad.
This move should make the workforce in the area even stronger and give a little more opportunity to the hub of high tech workers here supporting the rest of the tech sector.
Washington DC Ranks Third in Technology Salaries
February 1, 2008
An article today in The Examiner has the DC area ranked third behind Silicon Valley and Boston in high tech salaries. According to the post, the average tech salary in the DC area was $81,750/year which was a 2.3% increase over 2006.
The highest ranking was Silicon Valley at $93,876/years and the national average was $74,570. Paul Villella, CEO of HireStrategy, said
The Washington area’s salaries tend to be high because of the diverse set of employers hiring in the tech field, and because of the specific industries based here
The government industry also plays a large role in the higher salaries in the area. Many defense contractors employees thousands of high tech workers in the area in jobs that require security clearances which adds a premium onto salaries as well.
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