http://2006.dconstruct.org/podcast/ en Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:09:03 +0000 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:09:03 +0000 The podcast of the conference Clearleft d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those building the latest generation of web-based applications. The event discusses how new technology is transforming the web from a document delivery system into an application platform. The music used in this podcast is Sychophantastic by Brighton band, Tailspin. d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those building the latest generation of web-based applications. The event discusses how new technology is transforming the web from a document delivery system into an application platform. The music used in this podcast is Sychophantastic by Brighton band, Tailspin. Jeremy Keith jeremy@adactio.com no Clearleft You're doing it wrong You're still here? Head on over to http://2007.dconstruct.org/podcast/ to subscribe to the podcast for dConstruct 2007. You're still here? Head on over to http://2007.dconstruct.org/podcast/ to subscribe to the podcast for dConstruct 2007. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:30:00 +0000 over-there 00:54 brighton, dconstruct, clearleft, user experience, conference Clearleft Jeffrey Veen's presentation in full Design is hard. The Web is complicated. How do we make things for people when all we have are the most basic understanding of what they want? Join Jeffrey Veen as he takes a broad survey of the challenges designers face today, and how we're all solving those problems with new perspectives on user research, interaction design, and information architecture. Design is hard. The Web is complicated. How do we make things for people when all we have are the most basic understanding of what they want? Join Jeffrey Veen as he takes a broad survey of the challenges designers face today, and how we're all solving those problems with new perspectives on user research, interaction design, and information architecture. Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:25:00 +0000 jeffrey-veen-designing-the-complete-user-experience 44:33 brighton, dconstruct, Jeffrey Veen, Jeff Veen, clearleft, user experience, conference Clearleft Thomas Vander Wal's presentation in full Thomas Vander Wal provides an overview on tagging services and outline where there is value in tagging. This focuses on what is different in folksonomy that improves upon tagging, so that it becomes a powerful tool. Thomas provides insights to help answer when to use tagging and/or categories, who should be tagging, the value of a tagcloud (or lack of value) when used properly, and how to create value from tagging to improve the sites and services we build. Thomas Vander Wal provides an overview on tagging services and outline where there is value in tagging. This focuses on what is different in folksonomy that improves upon tagging, so that it becomes a powerful tool. Thomas provides insights to help answer when to use tagging and/or categories, who should be tagging, the value of a tagcloud (or lack of value) when used properly, and how to create value from tagging to improve the sites and services we build. Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:47:03 +0000 thomas-vander-wal-understanding-folksonomy 47:26 brighton, dconstruct, Thomas Vander Wal, clearleft, tagging, folksonomy, conference Clearleft Derek Featherstone's presentation in full How can we build modern web applications that use DOM Scripting and Ajax-type technologies and ensure that they are accessible? To find the answers Derek lookd at the impact of Ajax and dynamically-generated content on people with disabilities by examining how various assistive technologies interact with modern web development techniques such as DOM Scripting and Ajax. Using those results Derek creates a strategy to make some currently popular design patterns more accessible to all users. How can we build modern web applications that use DOM Scripting and Ajax-type technologies and ensure that they are accessible? To find the answers Derek lookd at the impact of Ajax and dynamically-generated content on people with disabilities by examining how various assistive technologies interact with modern web development techniques such as DOM Scripting and Ajax. Using those results Derek creates a strategy to make some currently popular design patterns more accessible to all users. Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:47:03 +0000 derek-featherstone-accessible-web-apps 48:00 brighton, dconstruct, Derek Featherstone, clearleft,accessibility, conference Clearleft Aral Balkan's presentation in full Can you ever go back to Ajax once you Web 2.0 with Flex 2.0? The Flex 2 framework and the Eclipse-based Flex Builder 2 IDE provide you with a superior development workflow for creating web applications. You can create rich user interfaces quickly by using features such as data binding, application states, custom components, effects, and transitions. Join Aral Balkan, the Lone Ranger of the Flash Platform at d.Construct, as he shows you how easy it is to use open data, consume web services and create mashups in Flex 2 by using open source ActionScript 3 libraries for Flickr, Mappr, Odeo, and YouTube. Warning: This session may alter your preconceptions about the Flash Platform. Can you ever go back to Ajax once you Web 2.0 with Flex 2.0? The Flex 2 framework and the Eclipse-based Flex Builder 2 IDE provide you with a superior development workflow for creating web applications. You can create rich user interfaces quickly by using features such as data binding, application states, custom components, effects, and transitions. Join Aral Balkan, the Lone Ranger of the Flash Platform at d.Construct, as he shows you how easy it is to use open data, consume web services and create mashups in Flex 2 by using open source ActionScript 3 libraries for Flickr, Mappr, Odeo, and YouTube. Warning: This session may alter your preconceptions about the Flash Platform. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:03:03 +0000 aral-balkan-mash-my-flex-up 37:56 brighton, dconstruct, Aral Balkan, clearleft,flash, flex, conference Clearleft Jeremy Keith's presentation in full Over the course of d.Construct, we've heard plenty about APIs from the people providing them: Yahoo!, Amazon, etc. But why should you, as a developer, be interested? Come on a journey with Jeremy Keith as he describes how much fun can be had from hacking around with open data. Listen to his experiences of experimenting with mashups. Find out how Web Services can rekindle the passion in your code. After some initial foreplay describing the differences between REST and SOAP, join Jeremy as he penetrates some code. Soon you'll be swinging with Amazon, Flickr, and Google Maps. Over the course of d.Construct, we've heard plenty about APIs from the people providing them: Yahoo!, Amazon, etc. But why should you, as a developer, be interested? Come on a journey with Jeremy Keith as he describes how much fun can be had from hacking around with open data. Listen to his experiences of experimenting with mashups. Find out how Web Services can rekindle the passion in your code. After some initial foreplay describing the differences between REST and SOAP, join Jeremy as he penetrates some code. Soon you'll be swinging with Amazon, Flickr, and Google Maps. Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:09:03 +0000 jeremy-keith-joy-of-api 40:08 brighton, dconstruct, jeremy keith, clearleft, ajax, conference Clearleft Paul Hammond and Simon Willison's presentation in full Over the last year the Yahoo! Developer Network has opened up dozens of sites and services to external software developers, with APIs for Yahoo! Search, Flickr, del.icio.us, Yahoo! Maps, and many others. More recently Yahoo! has started adopting microformats on Yahoo! Local and Upcoming.org. Simon and Paul peek behind the Yahoo! firewall, showing how these services are created and discussing some of the lessons learned in releasing them to the public. They also show how a company can make use of web services internally to solve real-world technical problems, encourage innovation, and make work more enjoyable. Over the last year the Yahoo! Developer Network has opened up dozens of sites and services to external software developers, with APIs for Yahoo! Search, Flickr, del.icio.us, Yahoo! Maps, and many others. More recently Yahoo! has started adopting microformats on Yahoo! Local and Upcoming.org. Simon and Paul peek behind the Yahoo! firewall, showing how these services are created and discussing some of the lessons learned in releasing them to the public. They also show how a company can make use of web services internally to solve real-world technical problems, encourage innovation, and make work more enjoyable. Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:10:00 +0000 hammond-willison-web-services 41:46 brighton, dconstruct, conference, paul hammond, simon willison, yahoo Clearleft Jeff Barr's presentation in full Web services are changing the fundamental nature of the web, as more and more companies offer their data for free. Rather than spending millions of dollars on complicated systems, entrepreneurs can tap into the existing services of companies like Amazon, and create innovative new enterprises for a fraction of the cost; enterprises that wouldn't have been economical otherwise. In this session, Amazon Web Services Evangelist, Jeff Barr, discusses the power of open APIs and how they are helping to fuel innovation and entrepreneurship. Jeff discusses Amazon's motivation for building AWS and some of the design decisions (such as their use of XSLT) they made along the way. Jeff touches on some of Amazon's current offerings such as S3 and the Mechanical Turk, before showing demonstrations of how these services are being used in the wild. Web services are changing the fundamental nature of the web, as more and more companies offer their data for free. Rather than spending millions of dollars on complicated systems, entrepreneurs can tap into the existing services of companies like Amazon, and create innovative new enterprises for a fraction of the cost; enterprises that wouldn't have been economical otherwise. In this session, Amazon Web Services Evangelist, Jeff Barr, discusses the power of open APIs and how they are helping to fuel innovation and entrepreneurship. Jeff discusses Amazon's motivation for building AWS and some of the design decisions (such as their use of XSLT) they made along the way. Jeff touches on some of Amazon's current offerings such as S3 and the Mechanical Turk, before showing demonstrations of how these services are being used in the wild. Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:09:03 +0000 jeff-barr-web-services 47:04 brighton, dconstruct, conference, jeffbarr, amazon Clearleft T-1. All systems are go. A quick chat with Andy Budd and the Clearleft office dalek. Plus some more Odeo messages. A quick chat with Andy Budd and the Clearleft office dalek. Plus some more Odeo messages. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftThedaybefore_0 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:00:00 GMT 9:34 brighton, dconstruct, andybudd, dalek Clearleft Map Brighton the day after d.Construct. Mikel Maron from OpenStreetMap gives the lowdown on the workshop taking place the day after d.Construct. Also, I finally got some Odeo messages. Mikel Maron from OpenStreetMap gives the lowdown on the workshop taking place the day after d.Construct. Also, I finally got some Odeo messages. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftOpenStreetMap Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:00:00 GMT 10:34 openstreetmap, brighton, dconstruct, mapping Clearleft London calling. Gather the geeks. Barcamp London is taking place at the offices of Yahoo! I took some time to harrass the attendees for some soundbites. Barcamp London is taking place at the offices of Yahoo! I took some time to harrass the attendees for some soundbites. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftBarcamp Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:00:00 GMT 17:21 london, barcamp, barcamplondon, barcamplondon06 Clearleft A monster mashup with microformats. Glenn Jones from Madgex is back to talk about the wonderful d.Construct Backnetwork. We talk about microformats, APIs, and sharing data. Glenn Jones from Madgex is back to talk about the wonderful d.Construct Backnetwork. We talk about microformats, APIs, and sharing data. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftBacknetwork Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:00:00 GMT 16:09 brighton, dconstruct06, microformats, network, google maps, flickr, network, hcard, xfn, hreview Clearleft A quick run down of the day's events. Things to do in Brighton when you're a geek. Here's the lowdown on what you can expect at d.Construct 2006. Things to do in Brighton when you're a geek. Here's the lowdown on what you can expect at d.Construct 2006. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftRoundup Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:00:00 GMT 11:44 brighton, dconstruct06, conference, party, apis, amazon, yahoo Clearleft Talking about the mobile web. One of last year's speakers discusses the mobile web and APIs. One of last year's speakers discusses the mobile web and APIs. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftTomHume Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:00:00 GMT 11:09 tom hume, mobile, APIs, brighton Clearleft The guys who are organising the d.Construct after-party. Jay Gooby and Ivan Pope talk about their new start-up. More importantly, they spill the beans on the plans for the d.Construct after-party. Jay Gooby and Ivan Pope talk about their new start-up. More importantly, they spill the beans on the plans for the d.Construct after-party. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftSnipperoo Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:00:00 GMT 14:09 snipperoo, widgets, start-up, brighton, party, crazy golf Clearleft A chat with the Canadian accessibility expert A transatlantic conversation with Canadian accessibility expert Derek Featherstone. Find out what he'll be talking about at d.Construct 2006. A transatlantic conversation with Canadian accessibility expert Derek Featherstone. Find out what he'll be talking about at d.Construct 2006. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftDerekFeatherstone Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:00:00 GMT 12:59 accessibility, derek featherstone, javascript, design Clearleft An antipodean take on JavaScript, Ajax, and APIs The Man In Blue talks about his excellent book, the web standards scene in Australia, and the fun you can have with APIs. The Man In Blue talks about his excellent book, the web standards scene in Australia, and the fun you can have with APIs. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftCameronAdams Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:00:00 GMT 10:24 design, cameron adams, javascript, ajax, programming, apis, australia Clearleft Exploring the local Web community in Brighton Glenn Jones from Madgex software discusses APIs, programming, the Brighton scene, and d.Construct. Glenn Jones from Madgex software discusses APIs, programming, the Brighton scene, and d.Construct. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftGlennJones Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT 7:49 design, glenn jones, programming, apis, brighton Clearleft Meet the expert on user-centred design From Webmonkey to Google via Adaptive Path. Jeff Veen charts how the Web has changed and how design needs to change with it. From Webmonkey to Google via Adaptive Path. Jeff Veen charts how the Web has changed and how design needs to change with it. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftJeffreyVeen Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:00:00 GMT 13:22 design,jeffrey veen, web design, usability Clearleft Explaining Flex and debunking Flash myths After his triumphant performance at last year's d.Construct, Aral Balkan is back again this year to talk about Flex 2. He's on a mission to debunk some of the myths surrounding Flash. After his triumphant performance at last year's d.Construct, Aral Balkan is back again this year to talk about Flex 2. He's on a mission to debunk some of the myths surrounding Flash. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftAralBalkan Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:00:00 GMT 15:29 flash, flex, aral balkan, web design, programming Clearleft A gaggle of geeks gather in London The inaugural London Web Standards Group event went off wonderfully. Andy Budd and Christian Heilmann presented. I took the opportunity to talk to some of the geeks in attendance. The inaugural London Web Standards Group event went off wonderfully. Andy Budd and Christian Heilmann presented. I took the opportunity to talk to some of the geeks in attendance. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftWSGLondon Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT 11:49 web design, programming, web standards Clearleft Last year's d.Construct In preparation for d.Construct 2006, here's a brief overview of some of the presentations from d.Construct 2005. In preparation for d.Construct 2006, here's a brief overview of some of the presentations from d.Construct 2005. http://www.archive.org/details/ClearleftLookingback Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:00:00 GMT 11:00 web design, brighton, programming, javascript, flickr, web 2.0