I’m in Prague this week meeting colleagues, doing some training, eating, drinking and generally taking in the atmosphere. It’s a fantastic city to visit, with great architecture and nice people. I’m enjoying it very much.

But just when I thought things couldn’t get better, this morning I received a text from Paul saying that the NGS site that we’d recently contributed to with our summer exhibitions microsites had won the ASVA award they were short listed for. Hoorah! My first web award, and hopefully not my last because it’s a great feeling!

Congrats to everyone involved!

Wow! I recently worked on a project for the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) and today I’ve been told that the site has been short listed from over 400 of Scotland’s premier visitor attractions for the 2006 Best Website Award – Large Category by the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions (ASVA).

Our NGS Summer Exhibitions site was designed to reflect the National Galleries commitment to making world-class art available to all. Designed by Paul Evans of ts.com. and coded by myself, the site meets the highest standards for user accessibility and has full compliancy with W3C guidelines.

Glasgow Museums, winner of the award in 2004 and 2005, and The Lighthouse are also on the shortlist. The award will be presented at a Gala Dinner being held on Tuesday 7th November at the Famous Grouse.

Fingers crossed, eh? Wish us luck.

Geek in the Park is a day-long get together, with picnic then discussion for anyone interested in web development. It’s a very informal affair and family and friends are encouraged to come along too.

The picnic will begin around noon on Sunday 27th August 2006 in the beautiful Jephson Gardens in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Be sure to bring along food, drinks, footballs, frisbees™, cricket sets, blankets, sun cream, your kids and a willingness to have a good time!

The picnic will finish around 5.30pm allowing you time to grab some dinner before The Discussion starts at 7pm. Speakers include Bruce Lawson and Patrick H Lauke.

More details can be found on the Geek in the Park website.

I’ve never been to Royal Leamington Spa, so I’ll be the guy that turns up late because he got lost. Still, hope to see you there!