The SXSW panel picker is back. So, you know, if you’re into that sort of thing… Visit site »
Jeremy did an amazing job of liveblogging FOWD London 2008. Sounds like it was a great event. With I could have been there. I love London and I love Carsonified’s events (and I love all my friends at Carsonified, too!). Next time… Visit site »
I agree with everything Andy is saying here. It is sort of appalling that so many people don’t take their presentations serious. However, I would say this: last year, our panel got some criticism for being “under-prepared,” and I would venture to guess that Bryan, Kelsey, Veerle, and I spent more time preparing than just about anyone. Don’t assume someone hasn’t prepared just because the panel or presentation wasn’t what you were expecting.
But yes — speakers, take your presentations seriously. Put the time in and give the people that come something useful. It’s not fair to speak “just for the free ticket,” when it means that people who paid for a ticket don’t get their money’s worth. Visit site »
A bunch of great presentation slides from this year’s conferences are available at the RailsConf website. Even though I’m not a Rails guy, per se, most of this stuff is equally applicable to development with other LAMP-ish agile development frameworks. Visit site »
Having been on a few panels now, I really have come to respect that the quality of the panel is almost always directly related to the quality of the moderator. Good tips from Derek here. Visit site »
Stuart Colville has probably the best notes I’ve seen from the Future of Web Apps conference going on right now in London. Great stuff. Thanks for doing this, Stuart! Visit site »
The preliminary panel list is up. Looks like it should be another good year of sessions. Visit site »
Google videos showing WDW presentations from such supahstahs as Jeff Veen and Andy Clarke. Visit site »
And by “podcasts,” they mean “links to MP3s, which don’t ‘cast’ at all, and have no feed you can subscribe to.” Still damn useful, though. Forgive me, but I find it really annoying that “podcast” is now synonymous with “digital audio of someone talking.” Visit site »
While the majority of the mouse cursor effects in Omni’s new application are just for fun, a few (flashlight, zoom, scribble, and cutout) could be incredibly useful for presentations and screencasts. Definitely fun to play with, anyway. Visit site »