Web Essentials 04: the things they didn't tell you

4 October 2004

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A Blue Perspective: Web Essentials 04: the things they didn't tell you

Well, I arrived back a bit later than everyone else from Web Essentials 04, for extra-curricular reasons. While I didn't gain too much knowledge from the (non-accessibility) presentations (that's just me), they were all thoroughly enjoyable, and the ability to talk to over 200 like-minded individuals at the conference centre/pub/kebab shop was certainly worthwhile.

There's a few more thorough round-ups of what went on at the presentations, but here's a few facts you won't find in any of the transcripts:

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  1. 1/9

    Russ commented on 4 October 2004 @ 20:54

    All true. One missing:

    The Man in Blue has a habit of sleeping through presentations - even those of highly regarded accessibility experts.

  2. 2/9

    Andy Budd commented on 5 October 2004 @ 00:07

    lol.

    Sounds like you all had a great time.

  3. 3/9

    Michael Koukoullis commented on 5 October 2004 @ 09:41

    Russ, The Man in Blue sleeps through many other things as well, I know, I work with him.

    To his credit though his exhaustion is usually due to his passion for late night after hours design sessions, hopefully on my new site.

    Cheers,

    Michael Koukoullis

  4. 4/9

    Joseph Lindsay commented on 5 October 2004 @ 15:37

    Also, the is no mention anywhere of Dean Jackson's autostenographic efforts. A highlight for me.

  5. 5/9

    John Allsopp commented on 6 October 2004 @ 10:17

    Cameron,

    actually, I believe Joe intimated it was me, not Russ, whose tastes ran to PDII, but I might have been asleep at the time too (not)

    john

  6. 6/9

    The Man in Blue commented on 6 October 2004 @ 12:15

    Publicly, yes, you were outed for PDII, but behind closed doors Russ was an uber-princess-fanatic.

  7. 7/9

    Russ commented on 6 October 2004 @ 21:39

    Uber is right - it is just such a great movie. The plot, the character development, the acting, and some great car chases too... I could go on forever!

  8. 8/9

    ephi commented on 7 October 2004 @ 16:52

    I love those trivias. ;) Thank you for sharing.

  9. 9/9

    Jason Foss commented on 8 October 2004 @ 07:33

    LOL - I'm with Joseph - Dean's "autostenographics" were brilliant. Nice word creation too, by the way!

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