The annual event held at Earls Court in London, saw many more people attending the event than last years.. Over 3000 people filled the venue each day.
Also probably the least geekiest web event to attend in the web industry calendar.
I attended on the wednesday, when I saw the following presentations:
I’ve found some time and only gone and added extra functionality to Jayonline.
1/ AJAX functionality - to show the blog feed on the homepage which is in HTML format.
Partly due to Jeremy Keith writing ‘Bulletproof AJAX‘, a book which I have read recently. He has some examples of the code online, which is a great place to start playing around and seeing how the functionality can work for you.
The beauty of progressive enhancement. (more…)
Notes of the inaugural Scottish web conference organised by Alan White
An early start from Brighton to attend a conference in Edinburgh, with an interesting title. As Edinburgh is not in the highlands, but perhaps a great subtitle of progressive enhancement to attract us southerners to make the trip across the borders.
Aim of conference: The first Scottish conference based on progressive enhancement demonstrating what we can do today for tomorrow > learning the correct methods of web development > progressive enhancement of the web.
Photo of Jeremy Keith’s Secret Fling
Quote from the businessman who turned around Swatch in the 1980’s. Today responsible for around 25% of the worlds watch sales. Also on his portfolio are Calvin Klein, Omega and Tissot.
Best piece of advice
“I never follow advice, That’s because whenever I wanted to take a risk and create something new, I was advised not to do it. But I always went ahead and did it anyway.”
An exciting move for me, and a natural progression for most freelancers is to get a office for their business.
I have moved into the bustling North Laine area of Brighton. I have a second floor office on the corner of Jew Steet and Church Street. And no, it isn’t a shared workspace community.
I been in there 3 days and it’s a bit like moving house, you have to live and work there a while to get a feel for how you want everything around you. Of course, i’ve bought the obligatory Ikea office bits, a nice lamp and have room for my macbook and windows laptop.
The office has meeting facilities and room for my folding bike, its a really nice ‘next step’ in my freelance life.
Just a quick note to say that if you made it to FOWA07, or even if you didnt, the presentations and notes are available on www.futureofwebapps.com
When I bought Transcending CSS I wondered what I would learn from the book, as there are a lot of others based on front end design and coding of valid XHTML/CSS based web code.
However, as the author Andy Clarke is a well renowned designer and speaker at various web conferences, he can give both newcomers and experienced designers/coders valuable information.
>> For making your life easier, making you think differently, and see everyday objects as being your design inpspiration on the web.
What I learnt from Andy’s chapters in ‘Transcending CSS’:
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