The People’s Space Odyssey: 2010: The Year We Make Contact
This is an epic deep dive into the 1984 sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
For all its flaws, I have a soft spot for this film (and book).
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Responsive web design turns ten. — Ethan Marcotte
2010 was quite a year:
And exactly three weeks after Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 For Web Designers was first published, “Responsive Web Design” went live in A List Apart.
Nothing’s been quite the same since.
I remember being at that An Event Apart in Seattle where Ethan first unveiled the phrase and marvelling at how well everything just clicked into place, perfectly capturing the zeitgeist. I was in. 100%.
The Decade in Cheer - Reasons to be Cheerful
Since 2010
- The developed world used less water, despite population growth
- The (whole) world became less transphobic than it once was
- The ozone layer started healing
- Investment in green energy far, far exceeded investment in fossil fuels
- The world got greener
- Homicide rates fell worldwide
- Weather forecasting became a lot more accurate
- The number of people without electricity fell below one billion
- Universal health care went from privileged ideal to global ambition
The Story Behind a Wikipedia Entry - NYTimes.com
James Bridle's dConstruct artefact is in the New York Times.
My Faith in Nerds: Stronger Than Any Gelatinous Cube | 43 Folders
I'm very touched by this description of dConstruct from Merlin. We were incredibly lucky to have him come and speak. He the man.
My experience of dConstruct 2010 - abitgone+
A really, really, REALLY good round-up of this year's dConstruct. No doubt about it: it was the best yet.
Simon Collison | Colly | Journal | dConstruct workshop
Colly shows the results of his dConstruct workshop: great stuff!
Did you have a nice day? - Made by Rattle
A beautiful SVG visualisation (with source code) of the Rattle team's experience of dConstruct 2010.
Web science a new frontier - Find Events - The Royal Society
This looks like being a thoroughly excellent event at The Royal Society, featuring Tim Berners-Lee and Albert-Laszlo Barabasi.
Science Online London 2010 - Home
It's a shame that this clashes with dConstruct — it looks like a great event.
Accessibility London Unconference
A one-day event in London in September on the topic of accessibility, with a focus on motor impairment.
UX Brighton 2010
Brighton gets its own UX conference.
An Event Apart News Archive
I'll be delivering half of A Day Apart in Washington DC in September — the HTML5 half. So... there's that.
Digital Death Day
This is my kind of event. Where does your data go when you die?
Front-End Design Conference - July 23, 2010
This web conference in July in St. Petersburg, Florida looks great — the line-up is excellent and tickets cost just $99. Bargain!
SXSW Design Workshop - Friday, March 12, 2010 from 2-6pm
Three back-to-back talks on web design at South by Southwest.