Archives: Stuff we wrote in March 2007

We may have said stupid things then. But don't worry, we're working on new stupid things to say.

Adobe Launches CS3!

A representative from Adobe just announced the launch of Adobe’s new CS3. 3 lucky attendees of An Event Apart won free copies of the Web Premium addition. Yours truly did not win....continue reading »

More SXSW schwag...

SXSW presentations Here are the audio podcasts, as they come. You can simply subscribe to the feed. If you like, here are video podcast excerpts. I’ll list all the presentation slides I can find. Do contribute if you come across...continue reading »

Iteration One

My thoughts after Steve Krug’s presentation “The Web Usability Diet” at An Event Apart, Boston. There are a few books every web designer needs to read. Steve’s Don’t make me think is one such book. Heck, anyone who wants to...continue reading »

Content is King

My thoughts after Jeffrey’s presentation on “Writing the User Interface” at An Event Apart, Boston. In line with with his recent article “Independent content is the new web app”, Jeffrey Zeldman spoke about the importance of good copy on websites....continue reading »

Nexus 2007

Please bear with me as I write a word-for-word account of what transpired in Nexus 2007.continue reading »

This week in social media

This week was an exciting one for social media. First, some of us got to meet Cory and Jean from Linden Labs on Thursday, over at the Idea Factory. Considering how there were a few journalists present, there are signs...continue reading »

SXSW 2007 Coverage

March at Vantan.org has been a flood of SXSWi posts. So far, Van’s blogged about: Kathy Sierra’s opening remarks How to rawk SXSW The real story behind Snakes on a Plane The SXSW Goodie bag Emerging Social and Technology Trends...continue reading »

5 Minute Introduction to Microformats

My presentation at the second meetup of WebSG. It was March of 2003 and I spent the better part of the night standing next to Matt Mullenweg. He was explaining the XFN microformat and for that brief moment I kinda...continue reading »

Recap of Meetup #2

About 35 people turned up for this meetup. It was heartening to new faces as well as old. Reality check: Beyond the hype of web standards Yuhui kicked off the evening’s first presentation with a reality check for some of...continue reading »