Simon Willison's Weblog: xtech

Unobtrusive JavaScript with jQuery

2008-05-06T18:53:33+00:00

The online handout for the tutorial I gave this morning at XTech.

Tags: handout, javascript, jquery, unobtrusive-javascript, xtech, xtech08

Call for Participation for XTech 2008

2007-12-05T15:28:22+00:00

Call for Participation for XTech 2008

XTech 2008 will be in Dublin, Ireland from the 6th to the 9th of May. Lots of really interesting topics in the CfP (OpenID, OAuth, Comet, CouchDB...)—deadline for submissions is the 25th of January.

Tags: call-for-proposals, comet, conferences, couchdb, oauth, openid, xtech

Launching Expectnation

2007-06-01T20:55:36+00:00

Launching Expectnation

Edd’s conference organisation software. I was a reviewer for XTech and the process was completely painless.

Tags: conferences, edddumbill, expectnation, xtech

The Implications of OpenID

2007-05-18T10:22:16+00:00

My second presentation at XTech 2007. Unfortunately there's just the Matt Webb keynote to go, and I spent most of the conference worrying about my talks. There's a lot to be said for speaking as early as possible.

This one somehow ended up taking the format of a 45 minute lightning talk. It seemed to work OK though.

Full slides (and PDF download) are on slideshare.

Tags: openid, speaking, my-talks, xtech, xtech2007

Slideshows tagged with xtech2007

2007-05-17T11:14:25+00:00

Slideshows tagged with xtech2007

I like slideshare a lot.

Tags: slideshare, xtech, xtech2007

JavaScript Libraries: The Big Picture

2007-05-16T17:26:44+00:00

I just gave my first talk at XTech 2007 (I'm speaking again on Friday, on OpenID). Slides are on slideshare.net.

Update: Some important corrections have been posted in the comments.

Tags: javascript, javascript-libraries, my-talks, xtech, xtech2007

XTech 2007 Registration

2007-04-27T16:05:17+00:00

XTech 2007 Registration

Deadline for online registrations is 2nd May. It looks like it’ll be a really good conference this year (disclaimer: I’m speaking).

Tags: speaking, xtech, xtech2007

OpenID and microformats support on XTech site

2007-02-27T12:46:25+00:00

OpenID and microformats support on XTech site

“A single-sign on solution like OpenID solves an important problem for us, as most people tend to interact with our conference web sites in only one or two time periods each year.”

Tags: microformats, openid, xtech

XTech 2007 schedule: behind the scenes

2007-02-23T23:25:07+00:00

XTech 2007 schedule: behind the scenes

Expectnation looks like a smart piece of software for conference organisers. There’s surprisingly little crossover with Event Wax—it looks like the two could complement each other nicely.

Tags: conferences, edddumbill, eventorganisation, eventwax, expectnation, xtech, xtech2007

Notes from my Yahoo! UI Library talk

2006-05-18T13:48:22+00:00

I gave my talk on the Yahoo! User Interface Library here at XTech on Tuesday. There's so much great stuff in the library that cramming it all in to 45 minutes proved impossible, so I ended up focusing on the utilities (dom, event, connection, animation and dragdrop) and providing an overview of the controls at the end.

As with my JavaScript tutorial at ETech I made written notes before starting to compile the slides. The notes are incomplete (they abruptly end half way through the dragdrop section - at which point I decided to concentrate on putting the slides together) but should still be useful for people who haven't looked at the Library in detail:

Preparatory notes for "The Yahoo! User Interface Library"

I've also uploaded the slides as a 240 KB PDF.

Tags: etech, speaking, my-talks, xtech, yahoo, yui

Speaking gigs

2006-05-01T23:23:21+00:00

I've been doing a fair amount of public speaking recently, based on the principle that the only way to get good at it is to get a lot of practise. My last two talks were a session on Django and Web Application Frameworks at the ACCU 2006 conference and a talk on the Yahoo! Developer Network for NMK's Beers and Innovation series.

I've got a bunch more coming up. Here's my calendar for the next few months:

XTech 2006, May 16th-19th in Amsterdam

I'm chairing the Ajax Developers' Day, during which I'll also be giving a talk about the Yahoo! UI Library. The line-up for the day is pretty impressive, including representatives from a number of high-profile Ajax projects and a keynote by Alex Russell. I'm also giving a talk on Django later in the conference.

London JavaScript Night, May 25th, London

This is a night of talks that are in someway related to the JavaScript language. I'm giving an overview of the most important JavaScript libraries, how they compare and the general problems that they are trying to solve. The organisers are still looking for speakers, so drop them a line if you have something to share.

@media 2006, June 15th-16th, London

I'm on a panel with Cameron Adams, Peter-Paul Koch, Stuart Langridge and Dan Webb talking about the benefits (and drawbacks) of JavaScript libraries.

I'm also hoping to speak at LUG Radio Live in July and d.Construct 2006 in September, topics undecided.

Finally, I'm heading to a couple of geeky social events this week: Pub Standards on Tuesday and London 2.0 RC 5 (the monthly Django/Python/Rails/Everything-else meetup) on Wednesday. Both events are fun, friendly and open to all.

Tags: atmedia, django, javascript, speaking, my-talks, xtech