PresenterJoe McCann, Principal Architect subPrint Interactive HTML5 is simply the next revision of HTML.HTML is the "content" of the app. CSS is the "styling" of the app.JavaScript is the "business" behind the app. The value of HTML5 is JUST needs HTML/CSS/JS using the web stack. You can use the web for the majority of applications… Read more »
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Web Anywhere: Mobile Optimisation with HTML5, CSS3, Javascript
PresenterBruce Lawson, Web Evangelist Opera Software Opera makes one browser for many devices, so there is some experience in this area. More people are using mobile to access the web. Many people are abandoning desktops and using only mobile to access the web. Mobile is growing, and is here to stay. USA top mobile sites:… Read more »
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better
Presenter Jane McGonigal, Creative Dir Social Chocolate “The collective conscience and will of our profession is being tested as never before. Now is the time for us to have the courage for legendary work.” -Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. We spend 3 billion hours a week playing video games… is it worth it? Are we… Read more »
Ordering Disorder: Grid Design for the New World
PresenterKhoi Vinh, Subtraction.com History A dot on a piece of paper is randomly placed, when you add a 2nd dot, you suggest something hidden. There becomes some sort of order, maybe everything is placed there for a specific reason Any two marks on a single plane is enough to create a grid, a design, an… Read more »
Drawing Back the Curtains on CSS Implementation
Presenters David Baron, Mozilla Elika Etemad, W3C Invited Experts Molly Holzschlag, Developer Rel, Opera Software Sylvain Galineau, Microsoft Tab Atkins, Google Chrome All members of this panel are part of the CSS working group. Minutes from the CSS working group go out online every day… so keep up with what we’re doing and provide input…. Read more »
The Connected Car: Driving Technology
Presenters Jessica Steel, Pandora Joe Berry, Verizon Nick Pudar, OnStar The primary task is getting people from point A to point B easily. Pandora started on just the web, but the vision was larger than that. They wanted to redefine radio. The promise of the the internet for radio is personalization. The Pandora service caters… Read more »
Matt Mulenweg Interview: The Future of WordPress
Presenters John Battelle, Exec Chairman Federated Media Matt Mullenweg, Automattic/ WordPress WordPress has become more than just a blog. There are 13-thousand + themes that make it more than that. Currently about 12% of the web is powered by WordPress. Stats: How many people go to WordPress.com? 29-million uniques/month 330-million/month on WordPress.org It’s invisible when… Read more »
No Child Left Inside: Mobile Tech Meets Education
Presenters Drew Davidson, Director of Entertainment Technology Center Carnegie Mellon Jared Lamenzo, Juliette Lamontagne, Rebecca Bray, Smithsonian Instituion Richard Scullin, S Craig Watkins, University of Texas Austin New federal grant opportunities are being provided to get students outside. “No Child Left Inside” 75% of American teens have a cell phone. What is Citizen Science? How… Read more »
South by Southwest Interactive 2011
It’s once again that time of year for a trip to Austin, TX for South by Southwest Interactive Conference. I’ll be collecting notes from the various sessions I attend right here on this blog (category sxsw) as well as on my SXSW sub-blog (http://sxsw.techory.com). SXSW® Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest… Read more »
The William Stove-top Concept
Check out this brilliant stove-top concept called The William. This makes a lot of sense… why hasn’t someone come up with this before? I could cook 20 things at once on this!
Mentos Beatbox
Not only does Mentos create some pretty awesome candies, but their marketing group creates some fun websites. Check out their latest interactive site, the Mentos Beatbox. Take a few photos of your face in the various stages of beatbox with your webcam, and the site will set you up with a pretty sweet video of… Read more »
My New Isotoner SmarTouch (techie) Gloves
I normally don’t do clothing/fashion reviews here, but I prefer to think of my latest purchase as an electronics accessory and not fashion, though I really do look hot in my new techie gloves. A few weeks ago I got my hands on (or rather hands in… HA!) a new pair of Isotoner SmarTouch Gloves,… Read more »
Hot Wheels Video Racer
Playing with Hot Wheels just got a lot more fun (not that it wasn’t fun to begin with). The Hot Wheels Video Racer appeared at this year’s CES event. It’s a regular-sized Hot Wheels car, but it has a small point-of-view camera built into it, as well as a little monitor on the underside of… Read more »
Social Networking the Nativity
The digital story of the Nativity. What if Google had been around 2000 years ago?
Google Zeitgeist 2010
Google puts out their Zeitgeist every year showing the search trends of the previous 12 months. This year they put together a nice video showing these trends and events as well as their various products.
