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WDN08 kicks off
January 30th, 2008 at 1:27pm | No CommentsThis morning I arrived at the conference, registered, picked up my totebag full of swag, and instantly ran into some folks I met at the conference last year. It was great to see some familiar faces and I’m looking forward to catching up. The swag bag this year actually contained a couple of really cool ... read more »
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Attending Web Directions North 2008
January 28th, 2008 at 9:08pm | No CommentsI doubted I was going to make it to Web Directions North this year, but as I just wrote, things have changed for me in the past few months. My new employer has been generous enough to send me to the conference and I couldn’t be happier to be returning for a second year. I’m ... read more »
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Web Directions North 2008
October 16th, 2007 at 10:09pm | 1 CommentLast January I had a blast at Web Directions North here in Vancouver. Others must have as well because they’re hosting it here again this coming January. This year’s lineup of speakers include most of the rock stars from last year. In addition, Jonathan Snook will be showing off his Ajax-foo this year and a ... read more »
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Web Directions North Wrapup
February 13th, 2007 at 11:13am | 4 CommentsI’m amazed the degree to which Web Directions North has exceeded my expectations. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my high expectations but the people, atmosphere, and inspiring talks really blew me away. Having talked to a lot of web professionals attending the conference, I’ve gathered that this conference was about positive reinforcement above ... read more »
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Web Directions North: Day 2
February 8th, 2007 at 12:28pm | No CommentsI’m sitting in on the Web Apps 2: Developer to designer talk by a couple of Yahoo! folks, one of which works on Flickr. Very interesting how much thought they are putting into design at Flickr. Also interesting chatter about client-side performance where some design ideas had to be abandoned due to performance degradation. Next ... read more »
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Web Directions North: Day 1
February 7th, 2007 at 12:24pm | 1 CommentI’m sitting in on the Ajax Kung Fu talk by Jeremy Keith and doing a lot of nodding. I couldn’t agree more with his position on maintaining the thin client status of the browser. In the past, I’ve strongly argued from this position. I remember specifically arguing against returning XML from the server, parsing it, ... read more »
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Web Directions North: Day 0
February 7th, 2007 at 11:33am | 2 CommentsYesterday, I attended the CSS + Javascript = Magic workshop and was impressed by some of the examples presented by Aaron Gustafson and Andy Clarke. I hadn’t really taken a look at CSS3 yet, so there was a lot in that area that was new and exciting to me. The DOM scripting concepts and suggestions ... read more »
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Attending Web Directions North
January 27th, 2007 at 7:43pm | 1 CommentStarting next Tuesday (Feb 6th), I’ll be attending the Web Directions North conference here in Vancouver. There is a long list of noteworthy speakers presenting a variety of interesting topics, however I will spare you the name dropping and buzzword list. Just check out the schedule for the details. ActiveState has been generous enough to ... read more »
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Photos: Giftmas, New Years Eve, and Boarding
January 14th, 2007 at 4:58pm | No CommentsGiftmas in Cape Breton A few weeks ago was home in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to visit family and friends for the holidays. Not quite the bender of last year, but that’s probably a good thing. I got to hang out with some buddies I hadn’t seen since I moved to Vancouver and “the Tavern” ... read more »
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Photos: Puff Bluff Ultimate Tournament
July 24th, 2006 at 10:12am | No CommentsThis past weekend I went out to Penticton, BC for the annual Puff Bluff tournament with a fun team of folks from Vancouver. We were basically made up of Hansel (a VUL team), some Blackfish and Rough Riders. Saturday was damn hot but the cloud cover and light breeze helped a lot. Sunday however the ... read more »
