When I’m looking at data, I’m looking for little “Aha!” moments that I can point to, and say “Look here, something happened,” and then try to explain. Often those small moments can help lead a reader into the graphic, or help to explain the whole. And then he switches over to Mars Rover and Kepler …
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Got SLL?
[ There is a presentation embedded in this post, view the original post to see it. ] This talk is a call to arms to all of you as web developers. In the next 30 minutes, I hope to convince you of the necessity and practicality of SSL today, and then give you some pointers …
Rendering Performance Case Studies
Once again another rock solid presentation by Addy Osmani on page performance. (RSS Readers: presentation embedded above. Original can be found here) Related: Gone In 60fps – Making A Site Jank-Free and all related posts to that post. Also see Paul Lewis’ talk from Fronteers 2013 on the subject.
Automating Front-end Workflow
Writing a modern web app these days can sometimes feel like a tedious process; frameworks, boilerplates, abstractions, dependency management, build processes..the list of requirements for a front-end workflow appears to grow each year. What if however, you could automate a lot of this? Extensive set of slides by Addy Osmani. Solid gold for those wanting …
JavaScript ♥ Unicode
Great talk at last years DotJS by Mathias. Now also made it into an extensive blogpost. Great stuff, as per usual. JavaScript has a Unicode Problem →
Why Game Developers Should Care About HTML5
Slides (with notes) of a talk I gave at the SEGAN Conference in Tallinn, Estonia a few weeks ago. The talk consisted of two parts: the actual talk, and a demonstration. The talk was handled by me, the demonstration by my colleague Rogier. These slides are not available anymore. Please see this updated version of …
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Geoshizzle
Slides (with notes in Dutch) of a talk I gave at a recent Fronteers Meetup covering my love for mapping (projections and coordinate systems), Google Maps, Mercator, and working with geodata.
JavaScript APIs you’ve never heard of (and some you have)
A must view if you’re into JavaScript. Video of the talk available
JavaScript: Break all the Rulez
This talk will demonstrate that, whether its double-equals coercion, iteration without hasOwnProperty, augmenting native prototypes or even fraternizing with the evil eval and with, there is a time and place for virtually every feature of JavaScript and taking the time to study and understand their potential will enrich the programming experience, just as a broader …
How to do presentations that don’t induce suicide
A presentation with quite a few practical pointers on doing presentations (how meta!):