Day 2 was brilliant straight off the bat. Apparently, Jeff Veen gave a very good presentation at the 2005 conference, which unfortunately was before my conference-going time.
Jeff Veen - Designing our way through data
Jeff Veen is truly a brilliant speaker, and having been involved in designing tools such as Blogger, TypePad, Flickr and Google Analytics, [...]
Archive for September, 2008
WDS Day Two: Electric Boogaloo
Published September 29th, 2008 in Uncategorized, tagged: wds08 1 CommentWDS Day One: Recap-o-rama!
Published September 29th, 2008 in Uncategorized, tagged: wds08 5 CommentsWeb Directions is over for another year, so here is my annual brain-dump of intertesting tidbits from the sessions I attended this year. I’ll try to be a little more brief than in previous years.
Lynne D Johnson - Opening Keynote
Lynne spoke about the decline of the print industry in the face of rising new [...]
WDS08: Workshop Day Two - Javascript, the awesome parts
Published September 25th, 2008 in Uncategorized, tagged: wds08 0 CommentsToday’s workshop, “Javascript: The Good Parts” was run by Douglas Crockford. Doug is a very clever guy who is part of the committee organising the next version Javascript. Although this session was more of a lecture than a workshop, it takes a session with a guy like this to show you how little you actually [...]
WDS08: Workshop Day One - Django-a-gogo!
Published September 24th, 2008 in Uncategorized, tagged: jeff croft, wds08 0 CommentsIf you’ve been following my Twitter page, you’ll know that I’m currently in Sydney for the Web Directions conference. My hotel room is the size of a shoe box, but at least it’s quite comfortable (I brought my own pillow this time). The super-expensive hotel broadband is currently running at dial-up speeds. The shower pressure [...]
Web Directions Preparations
Published September 18th, 2008 in Uncategorized, tagged: moltnWD, wds08 0 CommentsIt’s Web Directions time again! Man, I love this conference.
I’ve been to Web Directions for the last couple of years and every time I walk away with not only new ideas, but renewed enthusiasm to get stuff done and innovate. (That’s not to say that stuff will actually get done, but it feels great!) [...]
Browser Action! Go!
Published September 3rd, 2008 in Uncategorized, tagged: browser, browser wars, chrome, google, ie8, microsoft 0 CommentsIn browser news, we’ve recently seen the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, as well as the surprising (for me anyway) Google Chrome.
First, IE8B2. I’ve been playing with the new beta on and off over the last couple of days, and I can honestly say it’s actually pretty good. I would say that [...]
In a world… ah, who am I kidding. Nobody can do Don LaFontaine quite like Don LaFontaine, who sadly died on Monday at the age of 68. Movie trailers will never be the same again. The Washington Post has a touching tribute.
