Comments on: Web Essentials 2005

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:55:49 +0000

I think it is bold, and shows a real intent of being in the future, that they public podcasted at the same time… very good idea, I hope other events use this incredible option to spread the word!

I also wonder (with kevin above) if you will still present the other css material you were originally going to discuss?

Steve

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:55:34 +0000

I was there I thinkall the presenters didi an excellent job with thier presentations.Was wonderful to be in Australia lots of great sites and weather.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:10:31 +0000

Sorry I missed it but you make it sound like it was worth not missing the next one. So when will be the next one? And will you be speaking thier as well?

By: Ruth Ellison

Ruth Ellison — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:32:46 +0000

Hey Doug, it was good to (briefly) meet you again this year. I enjoyed your presentation. The content was interesting, and it was visually beautiful as always. Thanks!

By: Kevin from Canada

Kevin from Canada — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:58:42 +0000

Doug, it was a pleasure to meet you at WE05. You were one of the main people I travelled all the way from Vancouver, Canada to hear. I, like everyone else here, thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, but I am also very interested in the material you had originally planned to present. Will you be making it available online in one format or another? Perhaps in future log entries or even a book?

Thanks again for your inspirational work!

By: angelday

angelday — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 22:26:39 +0000

Doug thanks for the fix, (22) I really appreciate it! It’s much better to listen to podcast files in iTunes podcast panel because it tracks position — really nice.

And now for something completely different..

By: Maxine

Maxine — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:10:41 +0000

Umm, wow Doug – just read all the comments. I think you better leave the second half of September empty again next year :-)

By: Douglas Bowman

Douglas Bowman — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:31:16 +0000

Hey angelday (20): The link you mention above *does* point to an MP3 file. However, iTunes is a little weird about MP3s vs. actual podcast URLs, which usually point to an RSS or other XML file. You can do one of two things: 1. Download the single MP3 file as normal, then drag it into iTunes. 2. Or you can use iTunes to subscribe to the entire WE05 podcast feed by copying this podcast feed link. Then back in iTunes, select Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast, then copy the URL into that dialog box. Once you do that, you'll see all the WE05 sessions, and you can pick and choose which ones you actually want to grab and listen to (by clicking the GET button). Sounds more involved, but you actually have more options this way.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:56:26 +0000

Hi Doug,
I travelled from Auckland, New Zealand to be at WE05, and I have to say that your first day talk was by-far the most inspirational. Thanks for getting the “creative juices” flowing!!
I look forward to seeing you next year :-)

By: angelday

angelday — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:53:52 +0000

Technical concern: I tried to drag-and-drop the podcast link directly into iTunes (http://we05.com/podcast/mp3/we05-9-douglas-bowman.mp3) but it says something is wrong with it. Yes, it doesn’t have a feed, apparently. Then why the podcast icon? Try MP3 instead or it could be the case that I’m missing out on something.

Sorry for the stir.

By: Calrion

Calrion — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:19:40 +0000

I know I’m echoing others here, but great presentation, great to meet you — great conference all ’round, actually!

I took some good pointers from your presentation, the most important being that what we do today affects (and effects) what we do tomorrow — that doing things propperly today, makes a real difference tomorrow.

I really enjoyed lunch on Friday with you, Lisa and others! A wonderful experience.

Greg.

By: Ben Buchanan

Ben Buchanan — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:41:19 +0000

Considering the result, I guess it’s a good thing you changed gears ;)

Seriously, your presentation really capped off an amazing day and it really helps to pull ourselves out of the code once in a while.

I had hoped to catch up with you down in Sydney to tell you in person how much I enjoyed it, but somehow I missed you in all the excitement :)

By: Russ Weakley

Russ Weakley — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:58:59 +0000

As others have said, it was a great presentation. Inspirational. Thanks for coming to Oz again and more importantly, thank you for letting me call you a monkey :)

By: Anderson Mendes

Anderson Mendes — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:40:42 +0000

Doug…

During your presentation I was like WOWWW… in the end of it I was moved and really inspired.
Drinking with you in the first day’s after conference gathering was awesome but having drinks again on the second day and listening to your ideas was priceless.

Thanks heaps for coming down under and sharing. I might see you in Austin.

Cheers!

By: Amit Karmakar

Amit Karmakar — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:03:24 +0000

So good to see you again Doug. Your presentation was really truly remarkable. Loved every bit of it. I shot almost every slide from yours. Not to mention the way you ended your presentation. Touching!! Guess I’ll leave it for Molly and Derek to mention that :).

By: Nathanael Boehm

Nathanael Boehm — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 04:35:18 +0000

Yeuck! Richard, I mustn’t be a true aussie … I can’t stand vegemite!!! :)

Ditto to everyone else; thanks for coming over Doug! Much appreciated!

By: Benson

Benson — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 02:06:21 +0000

Hey Doug! Great to see you back at WE05. Again your presentation was excellent and would love to know if you’ll be back again.

Also, I hope that “Zooming Out from the Trenches” can be padded out into a full fledged book of design and web inspiration. In a world of coding and design books, we really lack a forward looking literature that has a holistic view of what we are actually doing and contributing to the world outside of our “trenches”. Keep it up!

By: Nathan Kelly

Nathan Kelly — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:03:56 +0000

Thankyou for your great presentation Doug, as with many of the other speakers at WE05 it was nice to see the focus shift from the “well this is what we know so far” approach to the “we haven’t even started yet” one.

By the way, Vegemite is not odd, granted if you have never eaten it before it takes at least 5 attempts for it to stop caving your face in, oh and it will put hair on your chest…

By: Peter Asquith

Peter Asquith — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:40:31 +0000

Hi Doug!

It was excellent to meet you and to hear your superb presentation – you surprised and delighted us with content I hadn’t expected (I’d wondered beforehand if zooming might be a new CSS technique to rival fixed and liquid!). So good to step back from the codeface and get the big picture. Wonderful stuff.

Thank you!

By: john F Allsopp

john F Allsopp — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 23:49:29 +0000

Thanks Doug,

for your marvelous presentation, and aboveall for believing in us when about two years ago 4 crazy people from the other side of the World asked “would you like to come to a conference we haven’t even started planning yet, which we hope some people will come to”.

You have a lifetime invite

john