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Mouthful of Flies – please vote

Oli — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:13:54 +0000

If you can spare a minute, please go and vote for Mouthful of Flies to play at Bloodstock. Even if you’re not into metal, then do it to make me happy.

Upcoming web development events in London (2009)

Oli — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:47:37 +0000

I thought I’d mention a couple of interesting events that have now opened for registration in London. I’ll be going along to both, so give me a shout if you’re planning to attend.

The first is a workshop with Eric Meyer – The Exciting Future of CSS and XHTML. I went to one of his workshops a few years back, and would really recommend this if you’re interested in front-end web technologies.

The second is @media 2009, the main web standards conference in London. I missed last year, so curious to see what people have to say.

Fish Truck Lady

Oli — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:03:03 +0000

I know it sounds like a second rate Jimmy Hendrix song, but it’s not. I was waiting for the bus yesterday, and a tuna truck pulled up in traffic. Through the window I could see a lady sniffing at an air freshener. Well it made me smile.

My Lucky Voice

Oli — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:02:24 +0000

Well, I’ve just returned from a little outing to Lucky Voice in Soho, and I’m all husky and shagged out. My Finale was a Rocky Horror double, flipping from Susan Sarandon to Tim Curry. So it seems that I like programming by day, and singing my heart out at night.

@Media 2006

Oli — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:39:40 +0000

Why is it that I can’t get the hang of bing-drinking (spelling?). The party for @media is 2 roads away from my flat, but I can’t quite bring myself to go along and drink and be merry with the geeky throngs (note: not thongs, that would be wrong).

This did confirm one thing to me. One of the aims of moving to Soho was effortless socialising – being able to maintain a social life while commuting and being busy, with no effort required. I smiled when the venue was announced – Windmill street. There was a film made recently about the club on Windmill street, starring Judy Dench. I think it was one of the first strip clubs in Soho (although my history has much to be desired).

This is definately one of the streets, where you have to look straight ahead to avoid getting accosted by the loveable ladies in cowboy hats – what is that about btw? I never realised that cowgirls were meant to be sexy.

Anyhow, just back from the first day at @Media 2006. The session that really stood out for me was Jeffrey veen. This is why I decided to go to the event – to shed the layers of dirt that build up from day to day life and remember how interesting the work that we do really is. Jeffrey very eloquently discussed what Web 2.0 is really about. I think my favourite were the quotes from Venture Capitalists when asked to define the term – “Scaling up to many users” was one of the quotes. Oh how I laughed (I quite enjoy making fun of people who make money from technology, but don’t really understand).

I rarely see someone who is so natural a speaker, and I think he provided a very insightful view into the kind of impact that AJAX is having on interraction design and user experience.

Another highlight was Chris Wilson discussing features looming in IE7, and the approach they are taking to progessing the product. I think Chris and his team deserve applause – they are in a very difficult situation and seem to have a great attitude to progressing towards adoption of standards support. It looks like a lot of work has gone into the new version, and I look forward to the public release (apparantly in the second half of 2006).