The obligatory Web Essentials 05 post
3 October 2005
In my (1 year) tradition of letting other people say sensible things about the Web Essentials geekfest, here are my moments from Australia's greatest conglomeration of kick-ass Web developers for 2005:
- Getting to hold a conversation with the the navel of the behemoth that is The Veen. (Truly one of the Web world's greatest presenters.)
- Getting deferred to by presenters anytime they mentioned JavaScript, out of fear that I actually might know something. (They needn't have worried.)
- Meeting the man, and instantly envisaging my new career – manufacturing lego man models of T. Celik. (Taking orders for delivery in November 2005.)
- Aptly demonstrating the disadvantages of requiring JavaScript by trying to run a JavaScript presentation sans-JavaScript.
- Gaining some taxi-en-route-to-king's-cross enlightenment from John Allsopp as to why Isaac Asimov moved to Sri Lanka. (Its ability to support geo-synchronous satellites ... "and the poontang".)
- Getting a hug from Molly.
Don't worry, although Russ Weakley deleted my podcast because I dissed him at the start of my presentation, the notes and examples will be up somewhere shortly.
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Comments
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Lea de Groot commented on 3 October 2005 @ 18:21
Isaac Asimov? Aren't you thinking of Arthur C Clarke? Or was John wrong?
*laughs*
Lea
~ carefully not posting from Safari this time!
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Craig C. commented on 3 October 2005 @ 18:34
Mollyhugs are the best.
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Andrew K. commented on 3 October 2005 @ 19:09
Isaac Asimov? Aren't you thinking of Arthur C Clarke? Or was John wrong?
As the third member of that amusing cab ride, I can confirm* John was talking about Asimov.
"The Veen" -- hahahaaa! you're just jealous 'cause your groupies weren't female ;)
* I was in a very messy mental state by this point, perhaps my memory fails me...
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The Man in Blue commented on 3 October 2005 @ 19:13
It was definitely Asimov, because I remember making a hilariously funny comment about Will Smith. ;)
(BTW, Safari's now cool with the commenting system because I switched its support off until I fix it properly.)
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DonnaM commented on 3 October 2005 @ 21:59
And you taught me what the DOM means, a very simple thing that has been eluding me for a long while:
http://www.maadmob.net/donna/blog/archives/000652.html
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Molly E. Holzschlag commented on 4 October 2005 @ 06:27
That's odd, I was thinking that one of MY highlights was getting that hug from YOU!
Cam, it was great to meet you. Your presentation was fantastic and I'm only disappointed it wasn't podcast. Damn that Russ. ;-)
I sat next to Eric on the flight back from Australia and he told me he didn't get to see the boxing match - you gotta get that online - it'll be a smash hit (yikes, bad pun alert)
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Russ Weakley commented on 4 October 2005 @ 07:25
I didn't delete your podcast, Cameron. I have it here, and intend to sell it on ebay. I reckon i can get a couple of thousand for it...
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Nathan Kelly commented on 4 October 2005 @ 17:58
Of all the presentations over the 2 days I'd have to say your was the one that made me laugh the loudest, but it may have distracted me, I can't remember what you said... That's ok there's always the podcast, hmm, how much do you want for that podcast Russ?
Oh and I love the post image you used ;)...
Cheers!
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The Man in Blue commented on 4 October 2005 @ 22:42
That's right Nathan, of all the sexiest photos of the sexiest goody bag in the World, yours was the sexiest. Thanks :o]
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Eric Meyer commented on 6 October 2005 @ 00:41
John was wrong. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka, and is there still. Asimov lived in New York City, and is currently dead.
What DID Russ do to you, anyway?
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The Man in Blue commented on 6 October 2005 @ 06:54
Hey, John wasn't too ... coherent at that stage so I'll forgive him for any inaccuracies.
And Russ? I'm just miffed that more people turned up to his talk than mine. OK, this week is "be nice to Russ week".
Go pre-order his book!
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Lea de Groot commented on 18 October 2005 @ 18:53
You would have to be... tired and emotional to mix up Asimov and Clarke!
Lea
~ not testing Safari, honest!
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john Allsopp commented on 18 November 2005 @ 09:40
I was both tired and emotional (I haveno recollection of that conversation, and Asimoc has been dead for years no?)
j
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mikkie commented on 27 March 2006 @ 19:54
Hi! I do not speak English well, but i want to say - it is nice and cute site with cool design, but you need a RSS...