Podcast 40: atMedia – Applying the lessons learnt
Posted in Podcast on: Monday, June 26, 2006 by Paul Boag
Paul and Marcus discuss the recent atMedia conference on web design. How do the subjects covered by the leading lights in web design apply in the real world, on websites that don’t have limitless budgets and funky web 2.0 functionality.
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Although the atMedia conference is always the highlight of the web design calendar (if there is such a thing!) the subjects covered don’t always easily apply to the day-to-day reality of running or building websites. atMedia provides a look ahead at emerging trends rather than practical solutions for the here and now. Of course this is a generalisation and so not the case for everything covered. It should also not be seen as a criticism of the event. However, for this podcast I wanted to look at how the lessons learnt from atMedia can be applied to our websites today, rather than in a year’s time. With that in mind we look at what website owners needs to take away from atMedia right now and start applying to their websites. We also discuss the key areas that web developers need to concentrate on over the coming months, based on the emerging technologies showcased at the event.
The show is largely based on an post I added to the boagworld website at the end of this year’s event. To view the areas we cover in the podcast, I recommend you read the post:
atMedia: Real world application
Also in this week’s show
Also on this week’s show we discover the mystery of mircoformatsand provide a more thorough review of Ian Lloyds book: "Build your own website the right way using HTML and CSS"
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Let me know if you don’t want me to post this, but here are the times for certain sections within the podcast. Format MM:SS (M Minute, S Second).
TechnoBuster
06:50 – Micro Formats
App Media Confrence
13:20 – Introduction
19:40 – Accessibility
27:00 – Internet Explorer 7
33:56 – Web Applications
39:36 – Branding
47:40 – Mobile Devices
55:15 – Open Data
59:05 – Web Resource Review
Hope this is helpful.
Thats brilliant Aussie. Thanks!
Please please please turn your phone off during the recording of your podcast, it is like nails down a blackboard.
There is an adactio.com article on Microformats, with an audio file (of a talk about Microformats) and transcript, that you might like to read/listen to.
Also, you can read sample chapters of ‘Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS’ that help show you what the book is like.
I agree with Chris. Please turn your phones off!
Okay guys, we know about the phone problem. This has been covered before. However, I am sorry to shock you both, but we are not infalible and sometimes we forget things.
I have to agree with your points regarding @media, I tend to leave it with a head full of ideas and feeling rather nervous on how I can actually do anything.
Networking was great though, was a shame to miss out having a chat with you – maybe next time…
Thanks for taking on my TechnoBuster Paul!
I would love if you guys would do a show on color management. I always seem to start out with a great base color, but in the end I have a technicolor nightmare!!
Thanks and keep up the great work!
Bryan / USA
Bryan, you might like to read “The use of colour” by Blue Anvil Design. A recent blog post about colour on the web.
The website address for Microformats is microformats.org. I’ve added this week’s episode to the podcasts page there, Paul.
Glad to hear it was your phones, I was worried it was my ipod giving up on me.
Great show! Thanks!