Today is the 2nd annual HTML5 Texas conference at St. Edwards University in Austin. Looking forward to learning some great HTML5 goodness today.
Important things for today:
- Parking is available in any lot except the red lots (resident parking)
- Great sponsors
- Hackython with free copies of Kendo UI
- Closing Party tonight
Open Spaces – Alan Stevens
Open spaces technology allows for the important stuff that goes on at conferences in the hallways. An open space is a place where you can run an impromptu session on any topic. The first step is to propose a topic that you’re passionate about. It doesn’t have to be related to other topics or the conference at all. Announce your topic and your name and put it on the board in one of the areas available. The only other responsibility is to show up. Then you can do whatever you want. Give a lecture or a presentation or a conversation. If no one shows up, that’s okay, too. Just stay there and see what happens. It is an amazing experience.
Five main principles and one law of open spaces
- Whoever comes are the right people
- Whenever it starts is the right time
- Wherever it happens is the right place
- Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
- When it’s over, it’s over
- Law: The law of two feet – follow your feet: if you’re not interested, go somewhere else.
Today’s open space topics & schedule
- Eric – What actually works for front-end JavaScript Testing (1130-1210 A)
- Corey – git why and how it clicked for me (1210-100 C)
- Tony – mobile web, building UI native or web (1130-1210 B)
- Joe – web confessional, worst thing you had to do to make a site launch (1130-1210 C)
- Designer of the 21st century (
- Keith – js
- Dean – meteor.js/freelancing(100-140 B)
- Rob – building mobile apps with html5 (1040-1120 A)
- John – how you start your first project (900-950 A)
- Ryan – Pot realization (420-500 B)
- Eric – adaptive and responsive web forms (950-1030 A)
- Eric – Robot world / venus world / efficiency = no jobs (100-140 C)
- Kevin – require.js (100-140 D)
- Shwini – knockout.js & jango
- 3D & JavaScript
- Casey – background is bullshit / education doesn’t matter (1210-100 B)
- marry client-side MVC frameworks with existing frameworks
- Bradley – multi-user dungeons & table-top gaming on computers (240-320 D)
- Achieving work-life balance (1210-100 A)
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