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Brad Frost - The Web is progress
It was a good finish to end with hyper-optimist Brad Frost’s talk sending everyone away with Work Hard. Don’t be an asshole. Share what you have learnt.
Benjamin Hollway - The Web is still young
I think Benjamin Hollway slightly scared everyone over 30 in the audience by being so precocious. He gave a good talk about younger devs and what we can do to help them along. My constructive criticism would be to talk more about himself - the story of coding from age 8 is way more extraordinary than it probably feels to him - I think lots of people would love to hear more about that specifically.
Andy Davies - The Web is too slow, but we can fix that
A really practical talk from Andy with plenty of stuff to go away and do (or ask someone else to do), with really good reasons why you should.
Seb Lee Delisle - The Web is a great big playground
Seb Lee Delisle was a very entertaining and relaxed speaker who likes lasers. He also showcased some fantastic art experiments that were impressive on their own, but made more so by the knowledge of the technical skills and ideas that were involved in their creation.
Phil Hawksworth - The Web is made of links
Phil Hawksworth did a lovely job with a timely reminder of the power of the humble URL. It was good to be reminded that such a simple principle as the hyperlink has been so essential to the medium that we all rely on.
Nathan Ford - The Web is Constant
Nathan Ford did a nice job of reminding us that everything changes - which can be very stressful in an industry that depends so much on keeping up with a fast changing landscape - but also gave some pointers on how we might manage to keep on top of things.
Kier Whitaker - The Web is all consuming
Kier Whitaker set the context for the second half of his talk by doing a lightening quick round of up of his personal history on the web, which had more than a few members of the audience reminiscing about how far we’ve come, and maybe gone backwards in some areas.
Emma Mulqueeny - The Web is in the hands of the 97ers
Emma Mulqueeny was a new name to me, and one of the good things about thi event for me was hearing from new people. Hers was a talk outlining the characteristics of people born after 1997 - (the 97ers of the title) and how the things they’ve grown up with online will shape their and our futures.
Chris Murphy - The Web is knowledge
Chris Murphy’s talk was a great way to start the conference, with some heartening stories of teaching the next generation. I particularly liked the reference to Industrical versus Agricultural models of education by Sir Ken Robinson, though when searching that, I also found an interesting rebuttal to some of his ideas.
Anna Debenham - The Web is everywhere
I was looking forward to seeing Anna speak having enjoyed her Pocket Guide on Style guides,as well her 24ways article on Jekyll. - I wasn’t disappointed - It was an intriguing journey through the weird and wonderful world of console capabilities and controllers. I found it a good wake up call to be better informed about the ways that people consume the things that we build.
Andy Clarke - The Web is a discussion
Something different for Andy Clarke’s session where he recorded an edition of his podcast Unfinished Business talking about Mental Health and Wellbeing in our industry to coincide with Geek Mental Help Week
Helia Phoenix - GovCampCymru 2014
Helia lead a good discussion on web sites and whether they are even needed.
Gareth Morlais - GovCampCymru 2014
Gareth lead a discussion that touched on hyperlocal sites and how to make information easily consumable.
Dafydd Vaughan - GovCampCymru 2014
Dafydd lead a cool session puzzling over whether Wales can and/or should get our own version of GDS
Bill Oates - GovCampCymru 2014
Bill Oates lead a discussion about public toilet provison across Wales that was surprisingly wide ranging.
Funnelback Meeting Sketchnotes
Notes from an interesting meeting - the start of some nice work.
Using Jekyll data files
On this site I created a page where I list all the talks, videos, presentations I’ve done sketchotes of order by the people in them.
IWMW2014 Vision Panel
Good question and answer session at the end of the conference.
Martin Morrey - IWMW2014
Who knew that portals were still around?
Hiten Vaghmaria - IWMW2014
Into the nitty gritty of a big project and new approach.