Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston
What I saw at FoWD 2008
As promised, slightly more detailed notes on the sessions at FoWD (further links to presentations to follow). In chronological order:
Finding Inspiration for Design (Patrick McNeil)
I missed the beginning of this, but it seemed to be pretty sage, if not rather commonsense, advice (don’t just use websites for web design inspiration), as well as some notes on current […]
Impressions of FOWD 2008
Yesterday I attended the Future Of Web Design London event in Kensington (along with my lovely wife). Unfortunately I’ve been suffering from some stinking virus for the past couple of days, which left me uncomfortable, occasionally in pain, and irritated. Please bear in mind that this may have coloured my perception of the event somewhat; […]
Future of Web Design 2008
My exceptionally supportive bosses have offered to buy me a Conference Pass for Future of Web Design 2008 on April 17, so if anyone reading this is attending and feels like meeting up, do get in touch.
@media 2008
My very kind and understanding bosses have just agreed to pay for me to attend this year’s @Media event in London, on May 29th-30th. If any readers are likely to attend, drop me a line and we could meet up to say hello.
What I saw at @media
So @media 2007 is over and, after a little breather, here’s a short breakdown of what I saw, in chronological order, along with links to presentations where possible.
There were lots of great, inspiring ideas, which should spin out into a few more posts in the near future.
@media, CSS 3, and browser news
I’ve been at @media Europe 2007 today, watching some top-notch presentations about the current and future state of the web. I think Dan Cederholm’s Interface Design Juggling was the pick of the bunch, although it was a close-run thing.
Six hour-long sessions, interspersed with a couple of work-related emergencies, then home for dinner and more work, leaves […]
Aside
It was announced on the HTML Working Group mailing list this morning that the font element will be absent from the next draft of the HTML5 specification. The inclusion of font in the spec was controversial, as many (including myself) thought it was a purely decorative element that had no place in semantic code.
Of course, browsers will still have to support the element because of the many legacy sites on the web; but as of now any software that generates mark-up should use the style attribute instead. It’s a small increment better.
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