Next up is Leah Culver from Pownce talking on web apps do and don’t. They are using S3 for storage. Also AIR.. Here’s the tips: Do a lot with a little…if you have a small team then wear many shoes: do lots of things around the team. Use open source tools. The expertise out there… [Read more…]
October 4, 2007
It’ supposed to be a session about volume API delivery but instead I’m in a sesson with Edwin Aoki with (yet another) talk titled ‘Future of Web Apps’. He’s from AOL, and I’m sorry but I’ve got a bit of a problem with them talking about openness. But I’ll let that lie for now. Here… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
A quick ‘end of the day’ post just to gather some thoughts together… It’s interesting that the response to FOWA is the same for me this year as it was last. I’m glad I’m here, but it’s a reaffirming of what (I think) we all know already. I haven’t come away full of new ideas… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
Matthew Haughey from Metafilter was next up. All in all not a terribly inspiring speech from a man who is obviously happier in front of some code than presenting. Nothing hugely new here – three messages which have been given by others earlier in the day: - “be a third place”: people have work, home… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
I love Etsy. That’s why I’m in a session now with founder Robert Kalin, talking about ‘the future of commerce’. “Etsy is a marketplace for individuals, but really also a soapbox for people to show off their products.” Etsy has sold around 1.4 million items. Kalin sees this as a small start for a much… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
Welcome back. It’s the biorhythmical (?) trough that follows lunch when eyes start closing and web developers slump over their Macs… I’m in a session with Daniel Burka, creative director from Digg. He’s going to be talking about user feedback and how best to respond to it. Differences between Pownce and Digg: Digg already has… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
Went to a session about Google Gears but left as soon as I heard the words “stack overflow”. Instead I met Dan Z from Box UK and we chewed the ecud for a bit. Next up was Robin Christopherson talking about ‘Attractive yet usable’ sites. It’s always interesting hearing from someone like Robin who is… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
Derek Powazek, author of my favourite book on communities online and Heather Champ from Flickr are next… Tips for building and maintaining communities. Go beyond the legal requirements. Example was for ‘make lemonade’ downtime notice on Flickr. Embraced the downtime as a positive thing and ran a competition to win pro accounts. Confess! when you… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
This is all going to be a little bit stream of consciousness but I’ll clean it up later… Om malik and Ryan Carson are talking about the future of web apps. Michael Arrington is stuck somewhere. Oop, no – he’s just arrived on stage… TechCrunch 40 is getting a lot of interest and the general… [Read more…]
October 3, 2007
It’s definitely winter, and kind of a Jack the Ripper type morning. It’s also before 6am which would normally seem like a silly time of day but with a month old child inhabiting my life, it actually feels kind of normal, even civilised. Anyway. I’m on my way to the Future of Web Apps conference.… [Read more…]
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