Posted 8 February 2010, 1:58 pm
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A few words from Rob Mansfield
[Blog] A few words from Rob Mansfield: Now that’s what I call a log cabin
via thomasmayerarchive.de Love this clever design of a log cabin by Hans Liberg – the framework of the structure is actually built from logs, but a pattern has been added to the front, to continue the imagery and act as a sort of trompe l’oeil (wooh, get me!). Here’s what it looks like from [...] -
A few words from Rob Mansfield
[Blog] A few words from Rob Mansfield: Another area where digital is making paper redundant
Our new Yellow Pages was delivered last week and it sat on the doorstep for almost a week before I took pity on it and brought it inside. I then removed it from its cellophane wrapper and promptly put it straight in the recycling. It's not that I don't value the content of the Yellow Pages [...]Posted 8 February 2010, 11:39 am
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remy sharp's b:log
[Blog] remy sharp's b:log: HTML5 vs. Flash
First of all I wanted to make the title of this post "HTML5 and Flash", but I know it's going to bait more readers if I say versus. I should state for the record that for the foreseeable future I think Flash has a valid place on the web, and I don't personally see it as an us and them web.
Stephen Shankland, writer for CNET News got in touch and asked me to comment on an article he was writing, posing me the questions in this post. Unfortunately my reply got to him to late and he had to go to post without my answers, but I thought that it would be worthwhile sharing my views via my own blog instead.
How far is HTML (and SVG and CSS and WebGL and JavaScript) to reproducing what Flash can do today?
HTML, SVG, CSS and JavaScript are very far along to replacing a lot of what I see Flash doing today - but it should be noted my browsing style is general usage, rather than gaming or interactive videos - which Flash is good at.
WebGL is very much at an early stage in it's development, only really (currently) appearing in the nightly builds of Webkit and Firefox, equally I've seen videos from Mozilla putting WebGL on to a Nokia device with no optimisation and it being able to render pretty well.
There's lots of examples of apps and effects that have been achieve using Flash in the first decade of this century, but today we can build these using Open Web technologies. This ranges from the simple image galleries to full fledged word processors. Adobe released Buzzword which relies on Flash, but on the other side we have Google Docs which relies entirely on the Open Web.
Would you like to see Flash replaced by HTML?
I personally don't think HTML will replace Flash. I think HTML5 and the Open Web will replace Flash where Flash has been used as a stopgap. sIFR is used to bring "custom" fonts to the browser, but now we have really good support for native custom fonts via the CSS fonts module, and products like TypeKit and FontDeck are making it easy for web authors to include those custom fonts without the need of Flash.
The native video element will (eventually) allow us to drop using Flash for video. Flash has done an awesome job of pulling the braces up on browsers for the last decade, and we've needed it, but Flash is so much more than just video or font rendering. I think the smart developers aren't won't be worried about native browser functionality making Flash redundant for noddy tasks, no doubt they'll be thankful to not have to build another video player.
As much as I'd like to see Open Web technology do everything, I still think we're a long way off HTML being able to able to natively replace applications such as Aviary and games like Bow Street Runner.
Equally, as I mentioned before SVG is one technology that has come along, and with the help of the svgweb JavaScript library, SVG works in IE. This library of course gets IE to support SVG via Flash. It translate the SVG markup on to a Flash canvas proving that Flash still has a place on the web as a bridging technology as well as it's intended use.
How serious do you think the H.264/Ogg Theora matter is with the HTML5 video codec?
It's hard to say. Personally it doesn't make much difference to me if I have to encode once, twice or three times. Encoding is a background task so I set my converter off when I produce my screencasts and after an arbitrary amount of time I'll have some files to upload - obviously if you have masses of video to encode the disk usage is going to be a possible issue for you.
The problem lies with patents, which is why Firefox and Opera won't implement H.264 - but the politics and patents are for smarter people than me. There's also the fear that we as content producers could be liable for license costs to the patent owners of H.264.
On the other hand, the company that own the patent for H.264 has elected not to collect royalties until 2016 - when they may again choose not to collect royalties. Flash developers have been using H.264 for some time already and there hasn't been any retribution for them, but for now I'll be producing both H.264 and Ogg Theora encoded content.
I'll be watching this topic closely to see how browsers deal with the two codecs.
As HTML etc. gets what Flash has today, do you think Flash will move upstream and remain relevant, become optional, or what?
I think two things will happen. Firstly I do think that Flash will move (or remain in some cases) upstream, and continue to push what's capable within the browser. Gaming is a great example of an arena that Flash excels at. The second thing I think we'll see is Flash developers taking the progressive enhancement approach to applications, relying more on HTML based solutions and enhancing upwards using Flash - Jeffrey Zeldman posted a great article recently suggestion exactly that.
How difficult is it for a Web developer today to use the fragmented Open Web standards vs. the more consistent Flash?
I don't think it's too hard at at all, but it really depends on what technology you choose. Web Storage has pretty solid support in the latest browsers (if not the nightly builds), but it's relatively easy to patch missing support just using JavaScript which would map sessionStorage to the window.name hack and localStorage to cookies.
Geolocation can be detected and made use of if it's available, whilst those without the functionality can still map their position using something like Google Maps or a text field, thus taking a progressive enhancement approach.
Offline applications on the other hand can't be achieved if the technology isn't available - so it really depends on the application, it's use and whether you have a specific platform in mind for deployment (which generally I wouldn't encourage, but we know it happens).
Flash developers definitely have an easier time when it comes to deployment environment - in fact I've met a number of Flash developers now that said they made the shift from JavaScript and HTML years ago to Flash because of the appeal of a single environment: the Flash runtime.
Anything else on the subject?
As I said at the start of this post, I don't see this as an us and them, Open Web and Flash. I do see HTML5 plugging the areas that have been held up by Flash for the first decade of this century, and there are other areas that HTML5 supports that Flash doesn't - but Flash could even make use of, such as Offline Applications.
It's an exciting time on the web again where browsers are implementing features that make it an even more powerful platform to develop on. I for one, am keen as mustard to get building with the new shiny toys they're giving us. Equally, I'm certain Flash will continue to be used to build awesome shit (and probably some not so awesome shit) for a long time yet.
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Posted 8 February 2010, 11:00 am
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SiteVisibility
[Blog] SiteVisibility: Is Rel Canonical the Answer To Your International Search Woes?
We’ve talked a little recently about how the Rel Canonical tag can be used to avoid common place duplication problems.
How to avoid your sites fighting over the same content – Credit
Recently we’ve been trailing the attribute to deal with some of the common problems which occur when developing two different websites, each targeting variations of the English language.
In the following example we’ll talk about a site currently in the UK launching an American equivalent, which was the exact problem our client had.
For example, if it is a property site, it might be possible to look at overseas American property on the UK site and on the American site look at what is your local copy.
Content will be available in two places, and this causes a duplication problem which will impair the ability of both sites to rank well for long-tail keywords contained on the individual property page.
The best practice solution would be to vary the content so the two listings were suitably different, so as to avoid tripping any duplication filters. This is unlikely to be scalable, so I would suggest a different option based on Google’s newly introduced cross domain ‘rel canonical’ protocol.
The rel canonical protocol allows a webmaster to communicate to a search engine that they are aware of the duplication occurring and where the original definitive version of the page is located even if this is on a different domain.
This could work really well to avoid the duplication between the UK and American version of your site. In this example I’d recommend using the rel canonical tag to let Google know the location of the equivalent job listing on the American site.
How do you do it? You would need to create a <link> element as follows:
<link rel=”canonical” href=”http://www.example.com/property567″/>
Copy this link into the <head> section of all non-canonical versions of the page, such as www.example.co.uk /american/property123. SEOmoz have even pointed out recently it does no harm to use the canonical tag on the canon page.
Of course ideally this process will be managed dynamically by your database.
We’re trialing this as we speak, and have seen some great initial findings. Have any readers been doing this longer term? What successes or failures have you seen?
Post from Apple Pie & Custard the blog from SiteVisibility a Brighton SEO Company
Is Rel Canonical the Answer To Your International Search Woes?
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Posted 8 February 2010, 9:45 am
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CREATIVEBLOKE
[Blog] CREATIVEBLOKE: CREATIVEBLOKE'S PHOTO SALE OF THE WEEK
This week for one until Saturday 13th Feb, save $5 on a limited edition Print of Bubbles on Littlehampton Beach
Posted 8 February 2010, 9:00 am
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100 Abandoned Artworks
[Blog] 100 Abandoned Artworks: 69: Augmatic Disport
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Dave Stone
[Blog] Dave Stone: Email information overload strategy
After posting my Social Media email filter I thought I'd post something a little more holistic about how I manage the information overload of email. It's simple:
Email hits inbox
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If I were on the road—on international data rates, would I have been happy to pay the charge for receiving said email?
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Yes: read it
No: create filterWhen I first adopted this method it did mean creating lots of filters. Now I use the delete & archive features much less—regular mail is filtered automatically leaving the exceptions for me to deal with immediately (though, often that means archiving until I'm working on that particular project).
Posted 7 February 2010, 8:46 pm
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Entrepreneurial Geekiness
[Blog] Entrepreneurial Geekiness: Intelligent User Interfaces 2010 conference
I’m at IUI 2010, this is a mostly academic conference focused on using new techniques to make intelligent user interfaces. I’ll update this entry as the conference proceeds.
Day 1 (Sunday) – Workshops
I’m in the Eye Gaze for Intelligent Human Machine Interaction workshop, there’s a full breakdown of this session’s talks here. The talks focus on the use of eye-gaze tracking tools to let humans interact with computers in an intuitive and easy fashion.
Two talks have really caught my eye. Manuel Möller has presented “The Text 2.0 Framework – Writing Web-Based Gaze-Controlled Realtime Applications Quickly and Easily” (via here). Text20.net is the background site, they’re offering a browser plug-in (Safari at present, Chrome/Firefox to come) that augments your browsing experience if you’ve got a head tracker. They’ve added some new mark-up tags like:
- OnGazeOver – like OnMouseOver but fires if your gaze goes over the element (e.g. to make an image change or high-light)
- OnPerusal – if you quickly scan a piece of text then this would fire
- OnRead – only fires if your start to properly read the text
They propose using a site like DBPedia to augment your browsing experience – perhaps bringing in additional text if your gaze rests on a block of text, bringing in alternative images if you look at an image or translating text that you re-read if it knows you’re a foreign-language user.
The above is only useful if you have a gaze-sensing device and these are a bit pricey (think: $10,000-$20,000). However…
Shortly before Wen-Hung Liao presented “Robust Pupil Detection for Gaze-based User Interface” (via here) where he described a $60 device (the $60 refers to the cost of a standard 640×480 30fps webcam) that gives reasonable eye-gaze tracking on a desktop computer. Pretty much he’s describing a way to replace $20,000 work of high-end eye-gaze tracking tools with the webcam in your laptop.
The resolution achieved is around 40×40 – pretty low but enough to support a lightly modified web browser that allows eye-gaze control. The modification is a zoom whenever the user’s gaze rests on an area – that section zooms so you can more accurately select a link.
Here’s a demo showing “eye typing” (see some more under VIPLpin):
There is a downside – natural light washes out too much detail (and casts shadows and reflections) so the camera needs a simple modification. By popping out the normal lens and using an IR lens the camera senses light in the infra-red range – for this algorithm the input is far cleaner. It is quite conceivable that we’ll have a second (IR style) webcam in our laptops and this second device could give us simple gaze control on our machines. This algorithm runs comfortably on a dual-core machine at 30fps (previous generation algorithms are laggy as they’re too CPU-intensive).
What happens if we combine this $60 device (free for me – I have a good webcam in my MacBook that could be modified…) with the Text 2.0 plug-in? I can probably navigate web pages when reading wikipedia purely using gaze. If the gaze is getting to the bottom of the screen then it could auto-scroll and I’d certainly like annotations from sites like wikipedia augmenting my research experience.
The workshop is over and we’ve ended up having a further chat about Pico projectors costing $350USD (apparently a bit dangerous – they’re laser-based and can burn the retina) and augmenting reality with said devices as you wander around (imagine strapping one to your chest).
In the poster session that followed Stylianos Asteriadis showed a head pose detector that works using a desktop webcam using a published algorithm – this could be used in gaming and for hands-free control. It detects the attitude of the head on 3 axis by investigating a bounding box around the head and the location of features like eyes and the mouth.
Some interesting people met so far – Chuck Rich (cool robots), Isamu Nakao (Sony R&D), Wen-Hung Liao (National Chengchi Uni). Tweets are under #iui2010.
Day 2 (first day of conference talks)
The first talk of the day was Cortically Coupled Computer Vision by Paul Sajda. The intent was to speed up search for a target image from a large database using fast brain recognition techniques. The user has a target image in mind, they throw 10s of images at a user showing each for 100ms. By recording brain activity using non-invasive techniques like EEG and a custom labeling approach the they were able to significantly improve precision and recall in search problems.
This was followed by the 1-minute madness session where 20 or so speakers introduced the posters that would be shown at the banquet the next night. Two that caught my eye were Henry Lieberman’s Why UI (he’s one of the creators of ConceptNet) and another chap’s $3 Gesture Recognizer (based on Android and Wii devices):
Amy Harrison gave an interesting talk on Automatically Identifying Targets Users Interact With During Real World Tasks. Given my background with screencasting and interest in scripted (automatic) screencasting, the ideas around taking screenshots and identifying screen targets (like buttons, scroll bars etc) to extract additional information was very interesting. Her techniques using CRUMBs identify 89% of user interface features vs 74% for the Microsoft accessibility interface.
Ian produces professional screencasts (ProCasts), writes The Screencasting Handbook, programs Python, researches Artificial Intelligence (Mor Consulting) and is also a sea-side dweller and consumer of fine coffees.Posted 7 February 2010, 9:14 am
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Dave Stone
[Blog] Dave Stone: Using Google Nexus One on O2 (iPhone package) UK
Wasn't immediately obvious searching in via Google...
If you're in the UK & have an iPhone with O2 you'll need these settings in your Nexus One to get data & mms working. Go to: Settings → Wireless & networks → Mobile networks → Access Point Names, and 2 APNs:
Name: mobile web
APN: idata.o2.co.uk
Username: vertigo
Password: password
MCC: 234
MNC: 10Name: o2 mms
APN: idata.o2.co.uk
Username: vertigo
Password: password
MMSC: http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002
MMS proxy: 193.113.200.195
MMS port: 8080
MCC: 234
MNC: 10
APN type: mmsYou might need to restart your Nexus One to get them working.
Posted 6 February 2010, 8:37 pm
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CREATIVEBLOKE
[Blog] CREATIVEBLOKE: Modo Motion Graphics Experiment #2 : CUbe Breathing
Modo Experiment #2 - Cube Breathing from Mike Griggs on Vimeo.
Using Ambient, Surface ID, and one of the Car Pack Glass Presets in Final Colour, along with replicators and deformers animated over time to create randomness and then mixing these in Afx to create the colour swaps. May try to make this in Nuke next.
Used After Effects to tell a bit more of a story in this one, well as much as an explosion of colour is a story, going to do this again in Nuke as a little learning exercise. Oh and I am loving Vimeo, so if your on their - friend me up:DPosted 6 February 2010, 11:32 am
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martyn reding - juggling with water
[Blog] martyn reding - juggling with water: glug brighton
Last night i went to my first Glug meeting. The artwork was quite interesting, the presentations were amusing, but the really great part of the evening was the amount of people creative gathered in one space. Lot's of old friends from Epic, Liquid Light, Generation Press and new aquantancies from Vgroup and Cogapp.
Short post. Ends.Posted 6 February 2010, 8:45 am
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miggleblog
[Blog] miggleblog: Alick to speak on The Future of Web Advertising at the Pair Up web conference
I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Pair Up web conference in London on 8/9 April on the future of web advertising. PairUp is a conference for everyone who works (or wants to work) in the world of the web. It’ll bring together well known names and pair them up to talk with some of the hottest teenage talent the web has to offer.
Clearly, I’m no longer hot teenage talent… Anyway, I can’t say too much yet about who I’ll be paired up with, other than the fact I think it’s a fair chance they’ll be closer to my 18 month daughter’s age than to my own.
I’m really excited about the opportunity this is going to provide to meet new people with fresh ideas, and I think the fact we’ll pair up in this way is particularly relevant to the talk my partner and I will give. Because whatever the future of web advertising brings, advertisers will always want something new and original. New and emerging talent pools are a great place to fish for that.
One of the things the conference organisers want me to touch on is how web advertising got to where it is today. Of course, there’s been a tonne of developments and innovation since the web started, but some key constants have always been there. Advertisers buy audience, Sales execs are driven largely by short term targets which often create conflict with product people and lack of a good sales operations process and advertiser programmes can make it harder to make a decent profit selling inventory on your terms.
But what about the future? I’d be interested to know what people think. What’s the best way for an advertiser to get their message across today? How does that vary across devices? What constitutes the most effective KPIs (key performance indicators)? Is the web a branding medium, a direct response medium, or is it a platform for local and niche audiences?
Finally, as a site owner or publisher what opportunities (or obstacles) are there to you monetising your website?
Based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, contact miggle.co.uk for website development, content management and online media services in the UK and worldwide.
Posted 5 February 2010, 6:54 pm
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SiteVisibility
[Blog] SiteVisibility: How Vodafone proved that Social Media is Dangerous for Business
With the rise of mobile internet and social networking over the last couple of years, social media has been increasingly populated with corporate voices, and Vodafone are one of the brave companies which have taken a chance on Twitter. Unfortunately, today saw a mysterious tweet from the Vodafone twitter account, announcing Vodafone “is fed up of dirty homo’s and is going after beaver”.
The tweet was deleted almost immediately but was not missed by Twitter’s dedicated tweeters, who reposted and retweeted the message, and demanded an explanation from Vodafone. Vodafone made their apologies, and admitted that there had been a “breach of rules by staff”. I’m sure they’ll be more careful about what they tweet in the future, but to some extent the damage is already done. Social Media is a great way of businesses connecting with customers on their own terms, but getting it wrong can be disastrous, with the smallest mistake causing a massive stir.
Vodafone's apology
And it’s not just offensive homophobic messages which will be publicised and criticised; Habitat were criticised for their use of hashtags on Twitter, attempting to cash in on various different Trending Topics including the Iranian election. Social media can be a dangerous place for businesses, particuarly those with strong brand names, so be careful, or get a professional to manage your social media presence.
Post from Apple Pie & Custard the blog from SiteVisibility a Brighton SEO Company
How Vodafone proved that Social Media is Dangerous for Business
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Posted 5 February 2010, 5:17 pm
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NixonMcInnes
[Blog] NixonMcInnes: Facebook for all!
This week I spoke at a conference about social media for the construction industry.
It was one of those gigs where you are given a topic to cover and you have to adhere to that brief.
My presentation was about Facebook and my remit was to examine the ways that Facebook could be used in the construction industry to drive brand recognition and revenue.
Basically, I had to talk about how the construction industry could use Facebook for 40 minutes.
My first thought was “Yikes! What am I going to say here?” (I know next to nothing about the construction industry).
As I started to research the topic and look for examples of how the construction industry is already using Facebook, my heart sank even lower; case studies of Facebook groups and pages in this industry are few and far between.
So, I took a step back and began to think about why the construction industry might want to consider Facebook as a marketing channel.
Quite frankly, the stats speak for themselves. Facebook has 19M active users in the UK and 44% of these are over 30 years of age.
That’s a massive amount of people and the demographic is hugely inclusive.
Even for a niche industry the potential audience is still bigger than you might find any other single network.
That convinced me that Facebook was certainly worth considering as a marketing channel for the construction industry but I still wasn’t convinced about Facebook’s value as a B2B comms. channel.
Again, I went back to basics and started to think about what Facebook offered.
The bottom line is that it lets businesses simply and easily create a presence which they can use to engage with an audience and create a dialogue with them (for free).
Also, Facebook forces people to be authentic – unlike other social spaces, when you create a profile in Facebook you use your real name. And when you create a business presence in Facebook, you use your personal profile to do this.
This actively supports B2B communication, which is about one-to-one relationships– Facebook offers businesses the opportunity to create connections with real people AS real people.
So far so good, but the next question was how could the construction industry engage with their audiences?
Like I said, I’m no expert on the construction industry (they build stuff, right?) but once I started to think about the kinds of reasons why someone might want to connect with a business, I realised that these apply to all industries.
Bingo, I had my presentation – and my core message.
Which is (in less than 140 characters, as is the current twend):
Facebook has lots of users and offers tools to help you reach them. Work out who you want to reach and what they want. Give it to them.
My summary slide here shows the variety of ways in which you can engage and give value to people on Facebook but why not check out my full presentation to see how you can put this in to practice?
At the end of my presentation (which, I am relieved to say, was well received), some of the companies I spoke to still had concerns about using Facebook in this way – it just isn’t seen as a viable tool for B2B marketing.
That’s OK. It’s not my job to sell Facebook to you.
What is important is that you are aware of its potential for business and its place in your social media toolkit so you can make an informed decision. And I really believe that this applies whatever business you are in!
Posted 5 February 2010, 3:27 pm
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A few words from Rob Mansfield
[Blog] A few words from Rob Mansfield: Watching technology change through a child’s eyes
The unveiling of the iPad this week was interesting more for the furious reaction at what it didn't have, rather than what it could do. But what also struck me is how the speed of technological development has affected our lives and will affect our children's in a completely different way. As an almost 40-something, I [...]Posted 5 February 2010, 3:08 pm
Flickr
These photos are the most recent added to the BNM Flickr Photo pool.
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[Flickr] brighton pride 2008
Posted by heatherbuckley, on 4 Feb 2010, 4:33 pm
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[Flickr] Brighton Pier, spring tides
Posted by Jim Callender, on 31 Jan 2010, 2:24 am
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[Flickr] The Lord Mayor's pikemen at The Guildhall
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[Flickr] When it comes down to it, the internet is just wood and copper
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[Flickr] Frozen Water Torture
Posted by creativebloke, on 7 Jan 2010, 10:51 am
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[Flickr] Abstract Water on Littlehampton Beach
Posted by creativebloke, on 3 Jan 2010, 1:04 pm
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[Flickr] Abstract Water on Littlehampton Beach
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[Flickr] Thunderbird pram
Posted by atomicShed, on 1 Jan 2010, 7:27 pm
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[Flickr] fotostudio
Posted by Jim Callender, on 18 Dec 2009, 12:30 am
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[Flickr] Wings
Posted by Jim Callender, on 17 Dec 2009, 11:41 pm
[Flickr] Bryony
Drawing of Bryony looking angry
Photo uploaded by Trucknroll, on 7 Feb 2010, 5:10 pm
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[Event] Critical Mass Brighton bike ride at The Level
Friday, February 26th 2010. 6:00pm—8:00pm
Critical Mass Brighton
Free mass bike ride through the heart of Brighton & Hove
Celebrating cycling and promoting a fun, healthy, sustainable alternative to petrol-dependant transport.
Bring bikes, lights and noise!
The ride meets at the Level on the last Friday of every month at 6pm.Added by , on Saturday February 25th, 2006
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[Event] Low Tide Sunset Bike Ride at Brighton Marina
Tuesday, March 2nd 2010. 12:00am
Brighton Marina,
Brighton Marina,
Brighton,
Fun cycle dash over the exposed sand flats during one of the lowest tides of the year. The ride usually goes along the beach from the west wall of Brighton Marina to the King Alfred Centre and beyond (or vice versa), or as far as you and your bike can make it.
Time and tide wait for no-one, so if you can't make it to the start, join the ride en route. The ride sets off 30 minutes after meeting, so as to catch the lowest tide and the sunrise. If starting from the Marina, the ride will probably pass under Brighton Pier another 30 minutes after that, if you'd like to meet there.
Following August 2007's Low Tide Naked Critical Mash-Up bike ride, the event is clothing-optional, and riders often go for a skinny-dip in the sea at the end of the ride.
For evening rides, participants can adjourn for drinks afterwards at The Neptune pub.
Bring bikes, waterproofs, warm clothes, towels and lights. Remember to thoroughly wash the salt and sand off your bike afterwards. If you're worried about using your own bike, pick a scrap one up from a skip.
Tide and sun times for Tuesday 2 March 2010:
6:16 am Low tide 0.36m
6:42 am Sunrise
12:14 pm High tide 7.12m
5:42 pm Sunset
6:39 pm Low tide 0.24m
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31 August 2007
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22 August 2009Added by , on Thursday March 9th, 2006
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[Event] Brighton Film Workshops: Shoot Your Shorts! at Brighton Media Centre
Sunday, February 7th 2010. 10:00am—5:00pm
For all attendees of Practical Film Directing & Camera workshops, we are now offering a special one day workshop where you can put into practice everything you have learned so far!
This is your chance to either be the director or the cinematographer (DoP) on a short film shot in a film studio with professional equipment and two working actors. It is an ideal opportunity to add to your showreel!
There are ONLY 8 PLACES AVAILABLE: FOUR directors & FOUR cinematographers.
You must email us to register your interest and let us know if you want to participate as a director or cinematographer.
Directors
Directors will have 90 minutes to direct a short film or scene they have written themselves. The script needs to be 2-3 pages and supplied 2 weeks in advance to allow the actors to learn their lines. The scripts will need to have two characters, one male and one female. The films will all be shot in the film studio with two professional actors using any props you might wish to bring.
The directors will also act as assistant director, script supervisor/continuity and art director on the other participants film.
Cinematographers
Cinematographers will be paired up with a director and will have the chance to be the Director of Photography on the short film for the 90 minutes allotted to shoot the film. As Director of Photography, you will be responsible for deciding where the lights go, the mood and shooting style and also will liaise with a director to discuss shot-lists and storyboards to decide camera position and types of shot.
DoP’s will then act as Camera Operator, Camera Assistant and Sound Operator on other people’s scenes.
With health and safety in mind, award-winning cinematographer Alex Wakeford will act as Gaffer for all DoP’s.
DVD
We will supply a DVD of the rushes as well as an edited version of the finished films.
Consultation
In the weeks leading up to this workshop we will pair up the director/DoP teams and we will be available via email to work with the directors and DoP’s to ensure everyone achieves exactly what they want from their films.
Schedule
* 10:00 Introduction
* 10:30-12:00 Team 1 to shoot their short film
* 12:00-13:30 Team 2 to shoot their short film
* 13:30-14:00 Lunch
* 14:00-15:30 Team 3 to shoot their short film
* 15:30-17:00 Team 4 to shoot their short film
* 17:00 Wrap
To book: visit www.brightonfilmworkshops.co.uk
For more information, email: info@altofilms.comAdded by , on Saturday November 28th, 2009
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[Event] Farm - Web freelancers networking - 10th Feb at The Florist pub
Wednesday, February 10th 2010. 8:00pm—11:30pm
Meeting for freelancers and small business people working in web design, development and related industries.
Come along for a chat over a beer about work you've got, work you want, client frustrations or the latest technology.
Generally 15-25 people attend over the evening. To help find us look out for the technical book on the table (normally a white and black O'Reilly book with a polar bear on the cover) or ask at the bar and they'll send you our way.Added by , on Saturday December 5th, 2009
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[Event] Farm - Web freelancers networking - 17th Feb at The Florist pub
Wednesday, February 17th 2010. 8:00pm—11:30pm
Meeting for freelancers and small business people working in web design, development and related industries.
Come along for a chat over a beer about work you've got, work you want, client frustrations or the latest technology.
Generally 15-25 people attend over the evening. To help find us look out for the technical book on the table (normally a white and black O'Reilly book with a polar bear on the cover) or ask at the bar and they'll send you our way.Added by , on Saturday December 5th, 2009
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[Event] Farm - Web freelancers networking - 24th Feb at The Florist pub
Wednesday, February 24th 2010. 8:00pm—11:30pm
Meeting for freelancers and small business people working in web design, development and related industries.
Come along for a chat over a beer about work you've got, work you want, client frustrations or the latest technology.
Generally 15-25 people attend over the evening. To help find us look out for the technical book on the table (normally a white and black O'Reilly book with a polar bear on the cover) or ask at the bar and they'll send you our way.Added by , on Saturday December 5th, 2009
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[Event] Talk on Flex integration with Spring using BlazeDS at the Adobe RIA meetup on Feb 17th at Skills Matter Limited
Wednesday, February 17th 2010. 6:30pm—8:00pm
The talk is on Flex & Spring integration with Spring BlazeDS
In this free tech talk at the Adobe RIA user group, Rick Evans will introduce Spring BlazeDS Integration.
Spring BlazeDS Integration is a Spring Portfolio project that makes it easier to build Rich Internet Applications for the enterprise using Flex and Spring. Integrating the powerful remoting and messaging features of Adobe BlazeDS with the familiar Spring programming model, Spring BlazeDS Integration is a great jumping-on point for Java developers looking to front Spring-based server-side enterprise applications with rich and polished Flex front-ends on the client.
Some previous exposure to Spring and Flex is best if you want to get maximum benefit from the talk.
EVENT DETAILS
GROUP: Adobe RIA User Group
WHO: Rick Evans
WHAT: Flex and Spring Integration:Introducing Spring BlazeDS Integration
WHERE: The Skills Matter eXchange, London
WHEN: 17 Feb 2010 Starts at 18:30
COST: FREE for registered participants
REGISTRATION:
http://skillsmatter.com/event/java-jee/flex-and-spring-integrationintroducing-spring-blazeds-integration/wd-56Added by , on Tuesday January 26th, 2010
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[Event] Brighton iPhone talks at The Skiff
Tuesday, February 16th 2010. 7:00pm
We now have a Google Group, signup to get notified of all future events: http://groups.google.com/group/brighton-iphone-creators/
Talks:
- TBA
- Networking/drinking in the Fountainhead afterwards
This is the meet-up for anyone with an interest in iPhone development. If you have ideas for apps, or you want to start coding for your iphone, or just want to meet other like-minded folks over beers then come along.
Bring friends. Bring iPhones. If you've got anything you've made yourself, definitely bring it along!Added by , on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010
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[Event] FlashBrighton: Projects Night X at The Werks
Tuesday, February 9th 2010. 7:00pm
Lord Sebastian of Groan gazed out blankly through a daedal liana of ivy carpeting the high walls of FlashBrighton Castle, towards the sun setting behind the cold spike of Gormenghast Mountain. Behind him, the laberinthine stone corridors of his ancestral home stretched out as though through time itself; an iron chain of ritual that bound him hand & foot to its unvarying rhythms. Not even the Earl himself was greater than FlashBrighton; history sat as heavily on him as it did the castle.
FlashBrighton's most enduring tradition was 'Projects Night', upon which ordinary members of FlashBrighton - the Bright Carvers - were permitted to enter the castle to work collaboratively on Flash projects for one night every month. FlashBrighton's lice-ridden Master of Ritual, Barquenrich, had that morning instructed Sebastian on his duty to host a Projects Night the following week. Sebastian shuddered at the memory of the peg-legged Barquenrich, swiveling on his filthy crutch, lank hair plastered to his face, as he barked commands from a mouldering tome.
'The lore of FlashBrighton demands that you open the castle gates to the Bright Carvers for one night only. They shall be permitted to create, collaborate on, and showcase their own Flash projects. They shall be granted the freedom to work both with and without the assistance of the Earl himself. When their labours are over, they shall be granted the right to adjourn to the nearest hostelry to imbibe and carouse with the Earl, and other members of the house of Groan. If the Bright Carvers are denied this right they may take revenge by stealing the lead off the roof.'
Sebastian recalled with horror the cloud of dust that blew up as Barquenrich slammed the ancient volume shut. But, as much a prisoner to the patterns of FlashBrighton as any of the Bright Carvers under his patronage, in the dwindling light he reached for a piece of flint and scratched himself a reminder into the stone wall:
TUESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2010 7PM. ALLOW FLASHBRIGHTON MEMBERS INTO THE WERKS TO COLLABORATE - PROJECTS NIGHT X
Marking the X with a vengeful vehemence, Sebastian tossed the flint into the darkening penumbra, and skulked out of the room.Added by , on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010