HTML5 and CSS3, Darren Wood, Matt Buchanan, @darren, @matthewbuchanan
xhtml 1.0
things starting to change
mobile tech
efficiency a concern again
make your life easier
more about semantics usability and accesability than syntax
new elements
<audio> <video>
not a div replacement
div has no semantic value
these elements that is what they are for
<audio controls autobuffer> <source src=”” /> <!– include fall back –> </audio>
forms
input elements new types
placeholder interesting
autocomplete=“off”
required
datalist in opera
modernizr.com
problems with older firefox 2.0 versions
css3
webkit-gradient
border radius (rounded corners)
box-shadow
webkit vendor prefix
beautiful icons
ios icons made in pure css
“our solar system in css3”
native css3 transitions (this is better than flash anyway?)
nice page turner
masonry jquery layout
Fighting Wikipediaphobia in Education, Mike Dickison, @adzebill
u of cantebury
science students
pushing tech “web 2.0”
the txt/facebook problem
academics hate wikipedia
cool drawings
No Wikipedia in my class!
Why?
Inaccuracy/unreliable
it's new I dont understand
to easy
inappropriate “there's something wrong with it”
non-authoritive/challenge to auth
encourages plagiarism
not peer reviewed format
“wikipedia may not be used”
non-experts can contribute
“I found a mistake” “did you fix it?”
changing the mindset
strategy
cultural barriers
“wiki culture”
Anonymous contributions
academic system (reminds me of cathedral vs bazaar)
doesn't count toward tenure
why do people do this?
recognition volunteerism
learning experience give back
This inappropriate thing
don't want to see it as a primary source
code switch
how many are using wikipedia? students don't tell
estimate 90% !
lecturers do it to about the same percentage
learning support people
cure the poison
students use it sensibly port of call
they can judge bias an crediability
media analysis skills (digital literacy)
using it properly
wiki literacy skills…
plagiarism from wikipedia easy to track
software can check
how students defeat the plagiarism detector would be an interesting topic
learn to compare contrast critique
get to the next level
wikimedia poster
correcting bias
understanding the quality of web pages
wp:sup
wp:nz wp:nzwnb
critique by strangers
defend their research, this is scholarship
essay vs wikipedia
helpful in group in work, the main contributors get recognized (and who are the slackers)
wikiteach.info
Open Data in NZ - where we're at, and where to next, Rob, Glen, @amatix @barnaclebarnes
what is the domain
a lot of momentum
on the front of the curve
witch hunt vs looking for useful info comment
ms open data meeting
open govt ninjas mailing list
open data open source not the same thing
govt doesn't work quickly (chuckle)
where is the feedback loop
ms is not entirely evil anymore
data.govt.nz
welly city council releasing map data
open data catalog
digitalnz and others looking at how to find open data
why is the data good.. look at end user cases
what can we do
Transit schedules
linz
chatham island data
open street map
individual trees!
170 layers of info
used govt data do something cooln open source, build a commercial product
accuracy of google map
fixmystreet
mapquest - using open data (funding openstreetmap)
publishing data via oai cheaper (cost reduction)
people trying to fix stuff before it's finished uploading
vandalism/fraud not really an issue
igovt “openid like”
next stage link identity to login and linking services
low hanging fruit, anything that doesn't have percieved privacy issues
issues w/ photos and other digital
nzgoal
cc-attribution with clause for no attribution
nz on air/screen
ministry of env
transport agaency
traffic issues api
who owns the data
looking for an auckland open data champion
cat.open.org.nz
api for book covers
food scanners
tracking food processing life cycle
icebreaker not going to individual farms?
access to more council data
auckland charge a lot for map tile
people are not paying for it, and no one is getting it
A healthy kiwi startup community(., !,or ?), Vaughan Rowsell, @rowsell
What is a kiwi startup
Not getting paid for months :)
a bunch of people who don't have money who want to do something
who has a startup?
iphone app? city walks museum guide
sweat equity
product out building sales
mytoursapp.com
workshop enterprises
what is a startup?
startups from startups
when do you stop being a startup?
EnvolopeHD (the startup from a startup i care about)
business vs. startup
not just pay the bills
seperate business entity
more planning strategy for growth
developing revenue
artfund?
sos
icehouse? what are the targets?
1 customer at a time
is being a startup a way of doign things?
how the biz operates? risk.
uncharted
when your not spending on nerds
when you hire an accountant you stop being a startup
high degree of uncertainty
finding the model
being a startup = not know what your doing
business = found a repeatable model
economies of scale with startups (virgin)
kiwi context
funding?
connections
kiwi vs. global market
small community easier to make connectiosn
why bother is the mentatlity
why would you go for the tiniest market?
physicall being there make a difference?
why?
tight knit
good until you fuck up (same anywhere)
government support
accounting software (what was that again)
better chance to succeed globaly
what is the kiwi ceiling
useful to see the business working on the ground
ease of doing business here
incubators?
care network
steven tindell?
a network of kiwis
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Introducing Rails 3 - Awesome++. James Harton @jamesotron
unobtrusice javascript
activemodel
activerelation
bundler
unobtrusive
html5 custom data attr
data-remote etc..
improved ajax call
data-method=“delete” rel=nofollow
onclick confirm = data-confirm
data-disable-
s.mashd.cc/bunce
ActiveModel
from ActiveRecord
api for datasource
Validations
Serialistion
post.to_json
ActiveRelation
the cool bit
Can use sql or nosql
lazy loading/chainable/flexible
scoping
bundler “just magic”
keeps them uptodate
sandbox from system
“bundle install”
bullet gem
ruby-debug
mail_safe
Q: what versions get pulled in? greater than less than, will resolve in gemspec?
Q: activerecord data mapper haml
go to owasp web application security (http://www.owasp.org/)
free guides
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Postmodernisation - redeveloping nzpost.co.nz, Ben Lampard, @vonlampard
redeveloping nzpost.co.nz
api
rate finder
twitter app/tracking
co-product owner
current site/mailbase
info arch/based on site map
site content? difficult
bad copy?
legal person?
q: whos pov site redesigned for
who is the user?
Identify key customers
going from ms to drupal!
vtting process
rfp
ditch the rfp
choose a new system
IT strategy choose FOSS
4systesm
drupal, rails, plone silverstripe
not tied to one vendor
agile dev
usual reasons
one license?
commercial guys liked it
support side of things? “enterprise support”
catalyst
q was how did you address skeptics
internally on gmail/google apps