July 2008 Entries
Speakers are starting to be announced. Yes, we’ve persuaded Scott to come back to the UK and he’ll be sharing the keynote with Bill Buxton. I’m also pleased that Sara Ford will be speaking, as her blog is one of the most useful for developer resources available. They’ll be more speaker announcements soon, along with the first draft of the schedule, which is starting to look pretty exciting; some really interesting talks. Once these become available we’ll get details on the backnetwork too and hopefully get discussions started on the forums. Speaking of which, Trevor asked about plans for...
Mike has announced some of the speakers in the developer track. Yes, we’ve managed to persuade Scott back to England’s shores. How many sessions is he doing? How big will the room be? What about the other tracks? Who else is going to speak? Well, you’ll just have to keep your eye on the ReMix UK website to see when the schedule gets updated.
Walking from the hotel this morning, Peter Blum made me see Dynamic Data in a new light. I’ve been thinking of Dynamic Data in the way that most people talk about it, as a scaffolding engine. Peter’s view is that it’s true value lies in the dynamic controls and metadata and I agree. I’ve both attended and done talks on Dynamic Data whose sole view was showing the page templates with the GridView and DetailsView. When doing these talks myself I’ve often said that I can’t see it being used in many places; there are a limited number of applications...
I’ve put a bunch of images in a flickr set in case you want to use them in your blog or web site.
Once again Madgex have provided us with a social space for ReMix UK 08 – the remix backnetwork. We’re planning this to be the hub of the conversation not only leading up to the conference, but also during and after; we really want the conversation to flow. What does the backnetwork give us? A central location for the social side of the conference; once you signup there are forums where we can start the conversation, a chance to find out what we’re planning, what you’re interested in, what the ‘Next Web’ means to you. We’ve not updated any...
I am, at heart, a simple man; clean, clear-cut lines, simple colours. My house would probably be a minimalist heaven if I wasn’t so cluttered and lazy. These feelings are also echoed in products I like, from white goods to software and I’m constantly amazed why consumers actually put up with bad design. You generally have to pay large amounts of money to get simplicity,which seems odd to most people but actually makes sense; it’s the experience of knowing what not to have that’s expensive. Software rarely echoes the simplistic approach; there’s always a desire to pack in more...