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FeedsPump up the (web) Jams!
March 3, 2007 | 9 Comments
Whilst I sit here, slightly intoxicated, as Lachlan attempts to explain Open ID to Cameron and wondering why the tequila bottle is empty, it seems a good a time as any to post a little something about the twisted adventure that was WebJam 2. Also, Cam needs Baileys, someone send the man some milk-based liquor.
Continue reading “Pump up the (web) Jams!”A Doctype is not a badge
February 23, 2007 | 7 Comments
A doctype will not save the world.
A doctype will not fight world hunger.
A doctype will not help you sleep at night.
A doctype will not ensure fame, fortune, or success.
A doctype does not give you a moral or technical high ground from which to shout down at others.
A doctype is not a badge.
Wisdom of The Masses
February 7, 2007 | 7 Comments
About a week ago, Jim told me he had an idea. “It’s a web app where the only feature is creating and editing your account.” Being the Web2.OMG pessimist that I am, it immediately made me giggle.
Continue reading “Wisdom of The Masses”A New Web App That Doesn’t Suck
January 24, 2007 | 5 Comments
When it comes to these newfangled, Ajaxified Web2.OMG applications, I’m somewhat pessimistic to say the least. It’s very rare that one comes along that I find useful, and even more rare (ie: never) that I find one so good I want to shout its praises to the world. As I don’t have access to a worldwide method of distributing information, I’ll have to settle for telling the three subscribers to this blog.
Continue reading “A New Web App That Doesn’t Suck”Moving to Melbourne
October 16, 2006 | 27 Comments
Last week I had to make one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever faced — to leave a job I truly enjoy and move away from the area I’ve called home for my entire life. The process feels a little like pressing the ‘reset’ button on my life; while I will stay in contact with friends here in Queensland and I have friends where I’m moving, everything else will be completely different. Crazy.
Continue reading “Moving to Melbourne”Counting down to Web Directions ‘06
September 20, 2006 | 3 Comments
With only seven days until I fly to Sydney, saying I’m mildly excited about the (at least) two day long onslaught of presentations and festivities that is Web Directions would be an understatement in the extreme.
Last year’s Web Essentials conference was a fantastic experience; an event that will keep a code monkey happily tap-tap-tapping away at a keyboard for another ~360 days awaiting the chance to do it all again. The presentations were an invigorating mix of education and inspiration – enough inspiration to be assured the extra effort of developing with standards is worth it and enough education to to go home wanting to rethink just about every project you’re working on (*sigh*).
To help everyone attending to keep track of the people they meet and the social events associated with WD’06, Tim and Cameron have put together just what every web conference needs – a Web2.0 app to call its very own – Web Connections. It’s got folksonomies, it’s got Google Maps integration, it’s got flickr account integration, it’s even got a gradient or two and some rounded corners for good measure. If you’re attending WD’06, hurry up and create your Web Connections account.
Apparently there are still a few tickets left, but be quick!
Permalink for “Counting down to Web Directions ‘06”Quick Guide to Mastering Your Podcast using Audacity
July 28, 2006 | 12 Comments
This post aims to provide a simple and fast set of steps non-audiophiles can perform to improve almost any
speech recording; especially recordings that were made by running an average microphone into a sound card.
I’m using Audacity for this walkthrough as it is available
for a wide range of operating systems and comes at a bargain price.