Good vs. Great(er) Design
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Sony Developing HD Camcorder with Interchangeable Lens
Sony Developing HD Camcorder with Interchangeable Lens : Speaking of solving problems, this concept could serve the average video enthusiast like myself rather well. I have a Canon 7D as well as a Canon HG10 . I still find myself lugging around the HG10 more than I thought I would, as it
Vendors using Competing Prefixes
IE Mobile for Windows Phone 7 has decided to implement support for -webkit-text-size-adjust . They’ll also be adding their own duplicate vendor-specific prefix, -ms-text-size-adjust . That’s right, Microsoft will be adding support for another vendor’s non-standard implementation. Is this good or bad? … Read the rest here
Web 2.0 Talk: HTML5 vs. Flash
Earlier this week I presented a talk at the Web 2.0 Expo titled “ HTML5 vs. Flash: Webpocalypse Now? ” which seemed to be pretty well received. That might be because I did my best to be unbiased about the situation both now and into the future, and also that the audience was very heavily weighted toward web stack practitioners. Seriously, out of 100-150 audience members, about six raised their hand when I asked who was developing with Flash… Read the rest here
Debatable act
I took part at an event held last week in the same building as the Clearleft office. It was called Debating the Digital Economy Act
Virtually speaking
I gave a presentation last week as part of the HTML5 Online Conference . There seems to be more and more of these virtual events in the style of Aral’s Head conference . This one involved desktop sharing and audio. Apart from some glitches with the Campfire backchannel, it all went pretty smoothly. … Read the rest here
Seattle Memories
It’s been a week since I got back from An Event Apart Seattle 2010 , and I’m still aglow about it. I know it’s something a cliché for conference organizers to say “it was the best show we ever done did!” but damn . It really was. That’s down to the speakers, of course. … Read the rest here
Speaking at LessConf 3010
In October 2009, the hashtag #lessconf began showing up repeatedly in my Twitter stream. The tweets were remarkably positive for something I
Introducing Dribbble
Let the games begin! Rich Thornett and I have been building Dribbble for what seems like years (oh wait, it has been that long). About a week ago, we quietly rolled back the curtain so the public could finally see what’s been happening in private beta. I’m pretty damned excited about this. Firstly, what is Dribbble? From the FAQ : Dribbble is show and tell for designers, developers and other creatives. … Read the rest here
The Mobile App Dev Rap Battle
The Mobile App Dev Rap Battle : Speaking of web vs. app
iPad Ready Websites
iPad Ready Websites : Apple: iPad features Safari, a mobile web browser that supports the latest web standards
Oh Joy!
Oh Joy!
HOW Conference Early Bird Discount Ends March 12
HOW Conference Early Bird Discount Ends March 12 : I
Better PDF File Size Reduction in OS X
One of the things you discover as a speaker and, especially, a conference organizer is this: Keynote generates really frickin’ enormous PDFs. Seriously. Much like Miles O’Keefe, they’re huge . We had one speaker last year whose lovingly crafted and beautifully designed 151-slide deck resulted in a 175MB PDF. Now, hard drives and bandwidth may be cheap, but when you have four hundred plus attendees all trying to download the same 175MB PDF at the same time, the venue’s conference manager will drop by to find out what the bleeding eyestalks your attendees are doing and why it’s taking down the entire outbound pipe. Not to mention the network will grind to a nearly complete halt… Read the rest here
Moving
This just in: I’m leaving Opera. Before I go any further, I need to make this very clear. I’m not leaving because I unhappy working for them, or any such rubbish. Neither did we come to blows over 42 different shades of red. … Read the rest here
Moving
This just in: I’m leaving Opera. Before I go any further, I need to make this very clear. I’m not leaving because I unhappy working for them, or any such rubbish. Neither did we come to blows over 42 different shades of red. Opera as company, and as individuals, have bent backwards to accommodate my remote working ways, and it’s been nothing but a fruitful and joyous time. … Read the rest here
Do what works best for you, not them
Of the many things we do well as creative professionals, we often forget to think for ourselves, relying on thought leaders to determine what works for us and what doesn’t. Paramount in this failure to think for one’s self is the fact that these thought leaders often struggle to encourage others to explore new thinking without belittling their methods–or worse, ostracizing them–in the process. Whether or not the title of thought leader can be applied to myself, I’m just as guilty as anyone else. In ” 20 tips for better conference speaking “, I offer this short-sighted observation: There is absolutely no reason in the world you should use anything other than Keynote. … Read the rest here
Onward
It’s so easy to wallow in self-pity when things don’t go right. As much as 2009 sucked on all levels, it wasn’t all bad. As much as I want to sulk, the fact remains that I live a charmed life. Through some karmic luck of the draw, I’ve got a lot to be thankful for. Personal Projects This past year was a year of simplication and basically had me letting go of all my personal projects—at least for the time being. I shut down SidebarAds, I never worked on Snitter, and I never finished Haylia, FontSmack or any number of other personal projects that I wanted to work on… Read the rest here
7 Ways to Improve your Public Speaking
As a self confirmed conference junkie I speak at a dozen events each year, and attend many more. As such I’ve probably seen close to a thousand talks over the last five years. Because of this I’ve got a pretty good idea what makes for an exciting talk and how you can guarantee your session will suck. As somebody who also organises two conferences, UX London and dConstruct I’m really keen on getting new talent into the speaking circuit while still maintaining quality. As such I’ve put together a quick guide to help both new and experienced speakers kick arse/ass. Most of these tips aren’t new, but you’ll be surprised how few people actually follow them. … Read the rest here