Web Essentials 04: the things they didn't tell you
4 October 2004
Well, I arrived back a bit later than everyone else from Web Essentials 04, for extra-curricular reasons. While I didn't gain too much knowledge from the (non-accessibility) presentations (that's just me), they were all thoroughly enjoyable, and the ability to talk to over 200 like-minded individuals at the conference centre/pub/kebab shop was certainly worthwhile.
There's a few more thorough round-ups of what went on at the presentations, but here's a few facts you won't find in any of the transcripts:
- Russ Weakley's idea of cinematic perfection is "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement".
- Doug Bowman has a stenographer fetish.
- Joe Clark has a penchant for the word "Slurm" and does not wear cowboy hats.
- Peter Firminger bought Keanu Reeves' entire wardrobe from the set of "The Matrix".
- John Allsopp is a very quiet and contemplative fellow.
- Dave Shea is a Gandhi-like pacifist and hence does not participate in any wrestling or wrestling-related Web Standards presentations.
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Russ commented on 4 October 2004 @ 20:54
All true. One missing:
The Man in Blue has a habit of sleeping through presentations - even those of highly regarded accessibility experts.
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Andy Budd commented on 5 October 2004 @ 00:07
lol.
Sounds like you all had a great time.
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Michael Koukoullis commented on 5 October 2004 @ 09:41
Russ, The Man in Blue sleeps through many other things as well, I know, I work with him.
To his credit though his exhaustion is usually due to his passion for late night after hours design sessions, hopefully on my new site.
Cheers,
Michael Koukoullis
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Joseph Lindsay commented on 5 October 2004 @ 15:37
Also, the is no mention anywhere of Dean Jackson's autostenographic efforts. A highlight for me.
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John Allsopp commented on 6 October 2004 @ 10:17
Cameron,
actually, I believe Joe intimated it was me, not Russ, whose tastes ran to PDII, but I might have been asleep at the time too (not)
john
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The Man in Blue commented on 6 October 2004 @ 12:15
Publicly, yes, you were outed for PDII, but behind closed doors Russ was an uber-princess-fanatic.
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Russ commented on 6 October 2004 @ 21:39
Uber is right - it is just such a great movie. The plot, the character development, the acting, and some great car chases too... I could go on forever!
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ephi commented on 7 October 2004 @ 16:52
I love those trivias. ;) Thank you for sharing.
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Jason Foss commented on 8 October 2004 @ 07:33
LOL - I'm with Joseph - Dean's "autostenographics" were brilliant. Nice word creation too, by the way!