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02.17.10
Speak the Web Liverpool — post match reaction Conferences, CSS, Graphics, HTML5, web | (0)
I'm really pleased to say that the whole Liverpool session of Speak The Web went down really well.I managed to get through 30 minutes without committing social hari kari or making too bigger tit of myself. Pat Lauke was in full on Opera and HTML5 brainwash form, but energetic and interesting enough to be different from Chris Mill's session at Leeds. The coup de grâce was obviously Simon Collison of Erskine Design, with his In the Pursuit of Magic presentation, and fair play to him for being drugged up but persevering and putting on a really thoughtful and inspiring presentation. Continue ...
Tagged: Liverpool, speaktheweb, web
01.18.10
I’ll be at Speak The Web Conferences, CSS, Me, web | (0)
I'm honoured to have been invited to speak at an upcoming web "gig", by my two mates Rich Clarke and Dan Donald.Speak The Web aims to break down the barriers that prevent a lot of people getting to the bigger conferences. Travel, time off work, hotels and the bar bill can all be quite prohibitive, so the lads have started a grass roots collective of local talent and are hitting four venues in the North.Being a scouser, they asked me if I'd be interested in the Liverpool venue, and of course I said yes.The tickets are all very reasonably priced, ...
Tagged: conference, Liverpool, Speak The Web, web
05.17.07
No sleep ’til Blackburn Stumbling | (2)
I've had a loooong day.My son was awake most of the night with a fever (therefore, me too). We've moved a lot of office furniture out of our studio for storage (how have I collected this much crap in 16 months?!). I've dropped my wife and son off at the airport to go to Spain, then went stumbling around Liverpool with a friend. He said if you're too tired, leave it. But the chance to log some fresh ground is always too appealing.So we drove round Liverpool city centre, well, he drove, I piloted the laptop. We did drive-bys ...
Tagged: GPS, Liverpool, stumble, wi-fi