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Toronto Web 2.0 Summit – step in the right direction, epic fail, or a bit of both?
This week the City of Toronto held a Summit to discuss how Web 2.0 (or the social web) can "increase civic engagement, reach all communities, and improve City services". As the event itself was invite only a lot of participation occurred via the live webcast and in back-channels such as Twitter. I have a lot of thoughts about both the way the event worked, and how it didn't, and will try and balance the two, while being honest & open in my feedback as I think it's an important first step in a process that concerns all Torontonians. There have been opinions expressed that should be voiced if the City is serious about community engagement & interaction online.
First, it was a great idea – connect the decision makers, industry, internal government employees, and the public together to figure out how the social web can facilitate a better civic experience. Great idea, yes, but it unfortunately it didn't live up to its promise, and actually the promise of Web 2.0/ social participation, the very topic of discussion.
There were some excellent speakers and panels that sought to provide some anecdotal as well as concrete examples of how government can use the tools to reach out to citizens, including the luncheon keynote by Mark Surman and the interaction with Mayor Miller, but there were also logistical & planning issues that stifled the potential and made many comment that the day was a "FAIL" (in 2.0 parlance). While 300 people tuning in via webcast is a small proof of concept, and there were passionate discussions online, with only 10 people physically in attendance during at least one session and with images of rows of empty city councillor seats seen via the webcast, the importance to the decision makers within the City seemed absent, or at the very least, under-represented (h/t Adam Froman); another misstep was starting the day with a panel on how the public wants to be engaged online without any representatives from the public on it. Great idea; poorly strategized.
What the City could have done:
- Make the day into a blend of panels and workshops with concrete examples of issues from constituents and push for mandatory councillor participation and involvement. Bring together facilitators (our city has a ton!) to moderate and brainstorm actionable solutions to real-life problems – both internal and external; tech, procedural, etc.
- Not make the day invite only. This seems a no-brainer to me, web 2.0 is about collaboration and openness and it feels counter-intuitive to close the gates to true participation at the outset, and it ends up cutting off some of the voices and ideas that are so vital to moving the premise forward.
- Solicit and prioritize issues/ ideas in advance – for the public at large and for the city – transportation? health care? waste management? events? Focus on more than just the abstract. While Google maps mashups with the TTC are great (and I totally dig them and think they'll be a great step forward), is that the number one priority for the City or best use of resources? Is web-casting every council meeting? Maybe, but maybe not.
- Lay off the heavy moderation of the webcast and citizen participation – I asked two questions, once in the morning and once at the end of the day and neither one was released from moderation by whomever was monitoring the channel. Web 2.0 is as open and transparent as possible, not guarded, except for language and threats.
- Bring in outside voices and expertise from the grassroots level in the city who are already using the social web and to bring together a diverse group of the population to work on local issues and spur action – Toronto has a vibrant community of passionate people to draw on, why not tap into it to shorten some of the learning curve?
- Some kind of "next steps" to keep moving the discussion and planning forward and encourage participation – there are, as we saw at the event, a lot of talented individuals inside the government who could easily be the point persons to manage something like a wiki (which if the two days had included workshops or similar direct participation could have been frameworked) to solicit ideas and keep the citizens who wanted to engage and share informed of what was on the agenda (and recruit organically from their local circles – build momentum). It's a challenge of course to coordinate in government, but "idea labs" are something that should be on the radar.
- Included members of the public who represent different community organizations and looked to other government agencies and groups using the social channels so far & invite them to participate as part of a "lessons learned so far" discussion – Foodland Ontario, City of Markham, Prince Edward County, Ottawa Public Library, etc. etc.
I don't believe the event qualifies as a FAIL, and I think a lot of good ideas and interest was spurred during a few sessions and hopefully a lot of food for thought and take-aways for the municipal officials who participated. I truly hope the City is committed to this and will take this first event as a baby step, incorporate and learn from the feedback available to them (blog posts, twitter updates, webcast questions, etc.) and keep moving forward. It can be a big or a small challenge depending on how we all deploy our resources – as a community!
[photo credit: Olivia via Flickr]
Comments (7) to "Toronto Web 2.0 Summit – step in the right direction, epic fail, or a bit of both?"
Adam Froman wrote:
I agree. This wasn't a FAIL. People are way to negative. I just think that it was probably poorly communicated – especially to speakers about what to expect. Also, if they are going to such trouble to organize – it should be the obligation of the City Councillors to show up and stay!
Sameer Vasta wrote:
I'll admit that I was pretty hard on the Summit at first, and not without reason: there should have been a lot more thought and planning that went into it in order to make it a truly inclusive and successful event.
In the end, however, I feel that there were definitely a few things accomplished — mainly, we got to see that the City (all the way up to the mayor) is willing to listen and learn.
Now we just have to make sure they're listening to the right people.
TO 2.0 | i tell stories wrote:
[...] Kremer had some great ideas on how to make such an event even better in the future: Some kind of "next steps" to keep moving the discussion and planning [...]
Mark Kuznicki wrote:
Tamera, this is a thoughtful critique, thanks for posting it. My initial disappointment and skepticism was turned around in the end, and I could honestly say that this event was a significant and important beginning. But it is clearly just a beginning.
I also echo the concerns of many that while the Mayor is very engaged, Councilors for the most part are not. I certainly hope that some of the audience included political staffers, but I don't know.
In order to give internal change agents political buy-in for a Gov 2.0 agenda, we need an explicit offering for the politicians.
"Obama 101 for Councilors" anyone? Perhaps Rahaf could make her experience on the Obama campaign available to the politicos as a little honey in return for deeper engagement with the real ideas of Gov 2.0.
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Celina wrote:
There's a documentary called Us Now on government 2.0 that will be released in early 09. http://tiny.cc/UsNowMovie483
Michael Hardner wrote:
How did this show how the city was listening ? That makes no sense.


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- Monica said...
oh, ugh I know how that feels! We endured a 14 hour drive for the trip to Wisconsin... and straight through on the way back, with one person driving! It was insane. So I know how those road trips feel! But it'll be so worth it to see family (that's why we went, too). Your travel photography is gorgeous! When I post my photos from the trip (got a few good ones of bridges and in Chattanooga), I'll send you the link. phew that was kind of long... but anyways, thanks for sharing, and I hope you get to snap a few more pictures on the way back! :)
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love road trips, dislike long stretches. i guess one of the perks of being a no-kiddo family is that we can mosey along stopping at our (my) whims. ;)
is that Shasta? love Northern California so much. I think I would try to live there if we didn't have family here in SLO. Such a pretty drive up there, all those trees!
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150 g milk chocolate, broken into pieces
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Stir in sugar, eggs, nuts, sifted flour and Frangelico until well combined.
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Friday, 7 October 2011
Cecil Frederick Gottlieb Coles
Cecil Frederick Gottlieb Coles was an extraordinarily gifted young musician. He was one of Scotland's most talented pre- First World War composers, yet few people will know anything about him, even if they are old enough to remember him. Sadly, there aren't too many of those 'old uns' left to remember. Sadly, too, Cecil Coles long ago 'went west'. Coles, a good friend of composer Gustav Holst and one time assistant conductor at the Stuttgart Royal Opera House, died in France in 1918. Holst's deeply moving 'Ode to Death' was dedicated to "Cecil Coles and the fallen" – Coles alone being named. Puir Cecil was weeded out along with many of his generation in the flower of their youth, without realising his potential as a composer. In July, 1914, Coles was invited by Henry Wood, founder of the Proms, to conduct his dramatic cantata 'Fra Giacomo' in the Queen's Hall. Until 2002, that concert was probably the last time any of Coles' music was performed by an orchestra.
Fortunately for lovers of classical music in the 21st Century, Coles' music is once again able to be performed. On a momentous occasion in 2002, several of his compositions, and fragments of others, were recorded by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. More importantly, the recording was released on compact disc for everyone's amazement, enjoyment and admiration. As reported at the time, it was thanks to the persistence and research of his daughter, Penny Catherine Coles, that Cecil Coles' manuscripts were located at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and ultimately deposited at the National Library of Scotland. In Scotland, his music was painstakingly pieced together and the result was the first ever commercial recording of Coles' compositions. In the words of the conductor, Martyn Brabbins, it was "a most exciting project, musically, socially and historically." As poignant as some of the music is the fact that some of Coles' manuscripts were pocked by shrapnel, and still stained with blood and the mud of the Somme.
Reviews of the CD, entitled 'Music from behind the lines' brought universal accolades. According to The Independent in 2002, "Coles emerges as one of the great lost hopes of British music" and Classic FM Magazine wrote that his works "show the power and intensity of a major talent." HMV Choice said that his music was "touched by post-echoes of Brahms, Mendelssohn and Wagner" yet spoke "unmistakably in its own accent." Praise indeed. Perhaps the most striking piece on the disc is 'Behind the Lines', which was composed in France as is indicated on the faded manuscript – 'Feb 4th 1918, In the Field'. The first movement provides a sketch of the pastoral landscape of northern French, far removed from the devastation of war; the second suggests the heroic imagery of a military funeral procession.
Cecil Frederick Gottlieb Coles was born in Kirkcudbright on the 7th of October, 1888. One day, the family moved to Edinburgh, where Cecil first attended Daniel Stewart's College. Later, in 1899, he went to school at George Watson's College and then, in 1905, on to Edinburgh University. Cecil Coles was involved in music from an early age and by the time he was sixteen, he had already composed his first orchestral work, a Concert Overture in E minor, including 'The Nocturne' a duet for piano. In 1906, Coles applied for and won the Cherubini Scholarship to study composition at the London College of Music. According to John Purser, who contributed the sleeve notes for the Hyperion Records CD, Coles possibly won his scholarship with the score of 'From the Scottish Highlands', which was a three movement orchestral suite that he had worked on from 1905.
In London, in 1907, Coles went to Morley College, the newly formed educational college for workers, where he met the newly appointed Director of Music, Gustav Holst, who was to become a lifelong friend. That same year, Coles also joined the Morley College Orchestra and composed 'In the Cathedral' a Reverie for string orchestra and piano or harp. Again, according to Purser's sleeve notes, "it is based upon a transposition of the musical motif produced by the initial letters of his full name" – CFGC.
In 1908, Coles won the Théophile Bucher Scholarship, administered by the Reid School of Music, and went to study at the Stuttgart Conservatory. Some of his early compositions were first performed in Stuttgart and, in 1911, he gained an unprecedented six months' extension to the scholarship, during which he composed his 'Ouverture die Komödie der Irrungen' ('The Comedy of Errors'), which was performed later in Cologne Conservatoire, on the 25th of June, 1913, shortly before Coles returned to England. However, prior to that, Coles was appointed assistant conductor at the Stuttgart Royal Opera House, which further extended his soujourn in Germany. During his time in Stuttgart, Coles became organist and choirmaster at St. Katherine's and some of his works were performed at the Liederhalle. He was also able to hob-nob with the likes of Richard Strauss, which has to have been a big deal for a wee laddie frae Kirkcudbright.
In 1913 with the First World War approaching, Coles returned to England, because as Holst later recalled, "[Cecil] told me that in spite of all the courtesy and kindness he was receiving he found life there impossible." Coles found work as chorus master, touring with the Beecham Opera Company, before going back to Morley College to teach elementary harmony and sight-singing. It was whilst at Morley for the second time that Coles composed his most important surviving work, 'Fra Giacomo', a powerful dramatic monologue for voice and orchestra, which was completed on the 23rd of May. 1914.
In 1915, Coles signed up for overseas service in the 9th London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles), for which he more than 'his bit' as a stretcher bearer in Flanders. Undaunted by the conditions, Sergeant Bandmaster Coles and his Band gave impromptu concerts for the troops and, throughout, he continued to compose and send manuscripts back to Holst. Apart from 'Behind the Lines' he wrote the 'Sorrowful Dance', dedicated to his wife and completed in France on the 19th of May, 1917.
Cecil Frederick Gottlieb Coles died near the Somme on the 26th of April, 1918, during a heroic attempt to bring in some casualties from a wood, for which he had volunteered. On the way back, Coles was mortally wounded by a German sniper. Coles was buried at Crouy, north-west of Amiens and on his tombstone is inscribed, "He was a genius before anything else and a hero of the first water."
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- Anonymous29 September 2013 at 05:58
Penny Catherine Coles ( Cecil's daughter ) was taught to play piano by Gustav Holst.ReplyDelete
She was a neighbour of mine in Kirkintilloch, Scotland.
Sadly she passed away a few years ago.
She was a lovely woman.Replies
That's an interesting postscript; nice to read and many thanks for letting me know.Delete
Dear AnonymousDelete
I am a distant relative of Penny Catherine Coles and would very much like you to contact me. I am celebrating her brave father in this most important year of remembrance for those who died in WW1.
Any information about Penny that you can help me with - however small, would be very greatly appreciated.
Dear Valerie,Delete
I am doing some research into the Colefamil and wonder if you have any information abut her brother Brooke Coles? I need to track descendents of Ceil Coles from Brook Coles as Penny Catherine remained unmarried duting her lifetime. Did you know that she passed away either in 20003 or2003. Barry Peter Ould
Hello Barry,Delete
I regret that I have only just now seen your message.
Yes, I was aware of when Penny passed away and that she remained unmarried.
Her brother Cecil remained a batchelor all his life too.
I have done quite extensive research into my Coles family. Do let me know if you are still seeking information.


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The 99th Infantry Division was formed in 1942 and deployed overseas in 1944. The "Checkerboard" or "Battle Babies" division landed at the French port of Le Havre and proceeded northeast to Belgium. During the heavy fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, the unit suffered many casualties, yet tenaciously held its defensive position. In March 1945, the 99th advanced into the Rhineland, crossing the Rhine River at Remagen on March 11. After fighting in the Ruhr area, the unit moved southward into Bavaria, where it was located at the end of the war.
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The 99th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.
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- Total deaths in battle: 1,168
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The 99th Infantry Division, the "Checkerboard" division, gained its nickname from the division's insignia. The insignia was devised upon the 99th's formation in 1942, when the division was headquartered in the city of Pittsburgh. The blue and white checkerboard in the division's insignia is taken from the coat of arms of William Pitt, for whom Pittsburgh is named. The division was also known as the "Battle Babies" during 1945, a sobriquet coined by a United Press correspondent when the division was first mentioned in press reports during the Battle of the Bulge.


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A 60-year old man has died after being struck by a TTC streetcar at Queen St. E and Kingston Rd., early Sunday morning.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:50 a.m., according to Toronto Emergency Medical Services personnel.
Toronto police said the man stepped off an eastbound streetcar and onto the streetcar stop island, when he stumbled onto the street. He was then hit by the rear wheels of another eastbound streetcar and suffered major trauma.
Both directions of Queen Street E. between Coxwell Ave. and Kingston Rd. were closed for several hours while Toronto police conducted their investigation.
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Welcome to Clitheroe Rotary Rotarians and non Rotarians alike. We hope you find something of interest on our web pages. If you would like to find out more, please contact us.
Life Education Spring Clean....
Clitheroe and Ribblesdale Rotarians working together for the community.details
New Year's day @ Clitheroe Rotary
Presentation of cheques to local Charities by outgoing President Frank Brown and inauguration of President Sandy.details
About us
Sandy is a Anglo-Scot who after many years travelling the world working for Unilever, settled into retirement in Clitheroe with his Wife Heather.
At the inauguration ceremony Sandy gave thanks
to the extremely positive welcoming atmosphere he encountered when he joined
Clitheroe Rotary 6 years ago and is both honoured and proud to take up the
challenge of being President in these times of change for all voluntary
Despite being one of the biggest Rotary Clubs in the North West of England, Sandy says that as President he will maintain a strong recruitment drive (successfully pursued for several years by many Rotarians & more recently by Bill Honeywell) to encourage younger community spirited members in Ribble Valley to join Clitheroe Rotary.
For this to succeed the club will need to become more flexible in many ways and capture the enthusiasm of our newer younger members for less formal meetings and flexibility on location & habits. Time will tell if these efforts will achieve the desired results.
Apart from the recruitment drive Clitheroe Rotary will maintain its strong support through Rotary International for the global Eradication of Polio. In addition we hope to undertake more projects to help our local community in Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley & we will also continue our efforts to raise funds for a host of smaller local charities similar to the ones which have today received from outgoing President Frank Brown on behave of the Rotarians in the Club.
The club has also historically been a strong supporter of Emergency Funding to global and regional disasters (including helping Whalley in Dec 2015 and thereafter through the Flood Action Group), a self-help Project in Africa called Mary's Meals, and projects under taken in places like Nepal by sister clubs in the Rotary District.
Sandy will continue to support the Club with this work but also support a new activity called "little sun" which since 2012 has focussed on small cheap solar self-charging lights to allow many activities but specifically targeted at children's learning during darkness in rural Africa. For every "little sun" we in the UK purchase at +/- £25 for caravans, camping, etc the "little sun" charity will donate a similar lamp to Africa.
On a personal level, Sandy's chosen charity for his year is Calvert Trust at Keswick who organise outdoor venture-style activities for physically and mentally restricted teenagers and young adults.
So like all his predecessors over the years, Sandy is determined to lead the Clitheroe Rotary Club to continue p doing the many Rotary activities to help Individuals and Communities - thus maintaining the traditions of the Club of transforming lives, making a difference and being a non-political inspiration to our community.
All Examples of the Rotary ethos over the last 84 years of "Service above Self" in the Ribble Valley & Clitheroe Area.
If anyone has a good idea or a needy organisation please feel free to contact Clitheroe Rotary Club.
Rotarian David Wymer was also installed as President-Elect during the lunch activities.
For information about Rotary in the Ribble Valley, including the latest flexible way of doing Rotary (perfect for busy people) click here
Happening soon...
Meetings and events happening soon
Wednesday 26th June 09.00
Rotary Golf Day
Our joint annual Golf day, with RC Blackburn will be held at Pleasington Golf Club, Blackburn, June 26th 2019. Contact Geoff Isherwood or Sandy Morrison for further details.
Thursday 27th June 12.30
President Sandy – Valedictory
President Sandy – Valedictory
Thursday 27th June 18.30
R2 Social
Saturday 29th June 18.00
Lancashire's Greatest Meal
Lancashire's Greatest Meal Polio Plus Fund Raiser (At Ewood Park Blackburn) 4-8 clubs together. Cost £12. A social evening with Rotarians & Friends for a good cause.
Sunday 30th June 12.00
Clitheroe Rotary President Handover
at Clitheroe Rugby Club
Sunday 30th June 16.00
District Governor handover to Miles Leadbeater
at Barton Grange
Tuesday 9th July 17.00
Gliding Evening - 1
Trial flying lesson at Bowland Forest Gliding Club, Fiddlers Lane, Chipping, PR3 2WN
Tuesday 23rd July 17.00
Gliding Evening -2
Rearranged gliding evening from 4th June
future events Past Events calendar district events local events
Rotary News
Be part of a global network of volunteers, trying to make the world a better place. Please also see the 'links & news' page for information from the local district and live feeds from Rotary International and Rotary International in GB&I.
Family Rotary club use skills to kick-start local charities
Rotary members unite to tackle world hunger
Meetings & Venue
Where and when:
(FIFTH THURSDAY MEETINGS: evenings with partners - contact Secretary for changed venue on these occasions.)
The Rose and Crown Hotel, Castle Street, , Clitheroe, BB7 2BT


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Category Archives: Events
Ice Bucket Challenge
Most have heard of the latest craze in social media called the "Ice Bucket Challenge", this is the Heroes Coming Home, Dave Ulrich version, help a homeless Veteran! Dave has accepted the call to take the challenge and is challenging … Continue reading
Cody Jackson the One Boy USO
It truly was a great pleasure and big privilege to shake hands with Cody Jackson, the One Boy USO at the Mid-America Military Salute this weekend. Cody has made it his personal mission to thank as many of our Veterans … Continue reading
Heroes Day Fun Run/Walk
For more info, please visit our event page. Invite your friends and let's make this a party to remember!
Point Man September 28 2013
HCH Connects with Point Man Doug speaks at Rock of Ages Chapel Evangelical Free Church in Leavenworth, Kansas on September 28.


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When you've got cookies that are a little too hard, whether from overbaking or age, lmoy suggests that you soften them by wrapping a slice of soft bread loosely in a paper towel and placing it in an airtight container with the cookies. Within 24 hours, you'll have soft cookies, hard bread.
The other alternative is to repurpose your cookies. Chowhounds suggest breaking them in pieces and using them as mix-ins for ice cream or in place of ladyfingers or cake in a trifle; or folding them into lightly sweetened whipped cream. Chill overnight to make a kind of cookie mousse. Or crush them and use them to make a crumb crust for a pie or cheesecake.
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What aquaSmart can do for me?
aquaSmart is an innovative, cloud based tool to help you to:
- Lower production costs.
- Improve profitability.
- Improve operational efficiency.
- Carry out business in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way.
Yes, but how?
aquaSmart uses state of the art technologies and global data access to reveal how the environment, fish feeding, production management and practices affects your production.
You will be able to understand and quantify the interaction between all the factors affecting the success of your production. You will be able to know how environmental parameters (like temperature and oxygen), feed types, feed composition, feeding rates and practices, net changes, production management strategies influence the main KPIs of your production like FCR, mortality rate, growth rate, production time, health, etc.
In this way you will be able to
- Know if the feeding and the management of the fish is done in the right way.
- Continuously evaluate the performance of your production and compare this performance to the one of similar companies (benchmarking), with full respect to the privacy of your data.
- Evaluate feed, feed suppliers, hatcheries, feeding policies, people, management practices, nets, etc.
- Identify patterns and trends in your production, find the reasons for bad performance and then focus to the most important ones in order to improve.
- Optimize feeding and growth models which will have a great impact on feeding efficiency, cost and environmental impact.
- Estimate the fish population (understand that there is a deviation between the calculated fish number/average weight and the real ones).
- Adjust feeding, based on the real fish population and the behavior of the fish.
- Identify warning signs that may indicate problems such as disease in the fish population.
- Improve production efficiency by understanding the relationships between the parameters and their effect on the production result.
Why do I need it?
Because in aquaculture operations
- Production is extremely sensitive to feed, feed conversion, nutrient retention, health and bio-security.
- Feed and health represent 70 % of OPEX.
- Making the right decisions about production cost, quality and scheduling at the right time can mean the difference between profit and loss.
- To control your production process for maximum profitability, you must be able to correctly respond to a wide range of production challenges, in real time.
- You need to know what is happening, why it's happening, as it happens.
- aquaSmart helps you to exploit all the available data to dramatically improve production.
- Aquaculture operates and produces by using resources, in a continuous interaction with a constantly changing environment, with limited long term predictability. Being able to minimize the environmental impact is a key issue for production sustainability.
What if I don't make this kind of analysis?
Because of the complex relationships between the parameters and all other factors that influence production, gaining insight into their effects, and more importantly making them actionable, is extremely difficult. This makes it:
- Very difficult to control cost drivers and reduce costs.
- Difficult to identify in a timely manner production problems or trends.
- Difficult to evaluate feed and fry suppliers, feeding practices and fish management strategies.
What is the main innovation of aquaSmart cloud platform?
AQUASMART enables aquaculture companies to perform data mining at the local level and get actionable results. However, the project goes much further: through the availability of multi-lingual Open Data, companies will be able to compare their results with the ones that are stored into the cloud. By collecting and managing the data mining results from many companies and a large number of rearing cycles in variable conditions, with full respect to confidential data, it will generate a knowledge base that will be of maximum usefulness for all the stakeholders of the aquaculture sector (companies, researchers, environmental agencies and governments).


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A list of Green WordPress themes, geared towards the people who are looking to be more environmentally-responsible. Dedicated to eco living and finding solutions for the sustainability of the planet.
If you own a "green" business, you are minutes away from having a great website with one of these spectacular themes. Fresh, eco-friendly, organic WordPress themes that are sure to reduce your carbon footprint.
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To make it even more easy to use for website owners with no programming background, an unbranded admin panel is added to WordPress dashboard. You can easily modify layout, styling, colors, sidebars and fonts directly from the backend. For an easy start the panel loads with predifined settings, so you start using your theme out of the box.
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The theme is widgetized and WordPress 3.0 compatible with all the source files included for customization. Online support is also available. Visit the online help center to obtain detailed instructions on choosing, editing and managing your template.


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Bap Kennedy: Howl OnThe former Energy Orchard front man has had his fair shares of ups and downs, but he has consistently produced classic albums that should have gained him far more recognition than they did. This album sees him go in a far more country direction than with previous work, calling upon his childhood obsession with all thing American and the Moon Landings in particular.
Opening track America (see we told you), is a slice of Latin tinged Americana with a soft melody while Cold War Country Blues moves into bluegrass territory and features some nifty Dobro slide along side some strong political comment.
The cover of Hey Joe is an inspired choice with a skiffle beat and some dirty guitar licks thrown in for good measure. Kennedy's voice is as distinctive as ever, warm and comforting, like an old uncle telling you bedtime stories.
While not every track grabs you straight away, like Brave Captain and Ballad of Neil Armstrong, there are enough gems here in Irish Moon, The Blue One and The Heart of Universal Love to make this an album worth having.
Not as instant as 2005's The Big Picture, but it's growing on me.
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This week, we're welcoming author Kristin Gleeson, whose latest title is ALONG THE FAR SHORES. Join us again on Sunday for an author interview, with more details about the story behind the story. One lucky visitor will get a free EBOOK copy of Along the Far Shores. Be sure to leave your email address in the comments of today's post or Sunday's author interview for a chance to win. Winner(s) are contacted privately by email. Here's the blurb.
A 12th century Irishwoman sets out on the legendary voyage to America of Prince Madog of Wales.
Aisling, despite her best efforts has failed to become the seer her mother desired, so when her mother dies leaving her alone, she departs Ireland for Wales to be with her brother, Cormac, at the royal court at Gwynedd. There she finds he is joining Prince Madog's voyage to the western lands in order to escape the threatening war. After Madog refuses to let her come with them she stows away, desperate to remain with her brother. A terrible storm arises and she is tossed overboard by a resentful Welshman and washes up on the shores of the Gulf Coast. Caxna, a Tlingit trader and former shaman, finds her and reluctantly agrees to let her join him on a trading journey to the Mayan city of Xicallanca, and later Etowah (in modern day Georgia) in the hopes she might find Madog and her brother. Caxna must succeed in this trading journey in order to free his clan but with Aisling along everything changes.
**Praise for Along the Far Shores**
….Gleeson leaves us with a memorable and poignant love story and a vision of a wonderful culture, unique in my experience of literature.
Karen Charlton, author of The Heiress of Linn Hagh and Catching the Eagle
The underlying sexual tension is all the more powerful for the beautifully restrained writing, which makes the slightest touch electric; a medicinal massage becomes a moment of physical communion…. This is what Kristin Gleeson does best; portraying different cultures and showing how humanity can cross them.
Jean Gill, author of Song at Dawn and Bladesong
**Q&A with Kristin Gleeson**
What inspired you to write Along the Far Shores?
When I was a children's librarian outside of Philadelphia years ago I was doing some much needed weeding and I came across this book that told about the legend of Prince Madog of Wales' voyage to America in 1170. It wasn't a picture book, laid out in a beautifully illustrated manner; it was a nonfiction text that investigated the legend in order to substantiate its truth.
I was so intrigued I took it home and read it in a night. I have to confess I'd never heard of the legend before this. I'd heard of Leif Ericson's 11th century voyage along Labrador and that area and of course I heard of the 6th century voyage of St. Brendan which again was most likely up in the northern areas of the Americas. Madog's voyage apparently ended up in Mobile Bay, in what is now Alabama and he sailed up what is now called the Mad Dog River. All very intriguing.
Your novel is set in the 12th Century, what is it that fascinates you about that era?
There were so many events in the 12th Century that were key in the British Isles and the Americas that enabled me to bring together Welsh, Irish and Native American cultures in a unique way. In Ireland the warring factions in the Wexford area led one deposed king to turn to Henry II for assistance which brought the first English soldiers onto Irish soil and began a pattern of increasing English settlement in Ireland. Across in Wales, the death of the Gwynedd king led to warring factions that prompted one of the sons, Madog to set out on a voyage that landed him on the Gulf Coast of America (or so the legend states). At that time America had its own civilizations that were in some ways more advanced than Europe. Among them was the Mississippian Empire whose center was in Etowah. They had trade links that reached as far as the declining Mayan Empire. Though many people know of the Mayans and have a basic understanding of the culture, they don't see them in the context of the European culture of the time period. The surgery, cloth dyes, cooking; the building techniques were more primitive in England and Ireland, for example.
All your books reflect an extensive amount of research of the places but also the customs and dress of the time period. How do you approach your research?
I've been lucky (or deliberately selective) in that the novels I've written so far I've had some basic knowledge of the time periods and for the most part it's a job of filling it in. I try and do some reading into sources I find either online or through the library. I still gravitate to the library to search out any general sources and try as much as possible to get books that are specific to a topic as well. I was lucky to find a book all about the Mississippian culture online this time. Living in Ireland you wouldn't always get sources about ancient America easily.
After some general reading and note taking for a few weeks I get the feel for the time period and the major elements. Then I start writing and find that I check things and go for specific areas of research as I write. That helps prevent dumping too much information in and have the facts and setting as a backdrop that doesn't dominate or overpower the story. When I'm reading an historical fiction book that has someone making a ceramic pot in ancient America and I want to know how it's done I will look later to a non-fiction book rather than have the author slow down/interrupt the story to tell me.
What brought you first to writing?
As many writers will tell you, I was always writing, I guess and before that I was telling stories. Chatting away to dolls or just living them in my head. My mother used to do that with us too, so I guess I get it from her. I wrote down my first chapter book when I was 11. 'Mr. Dealy's Inventions', it was called and I even illustrated it in pencil and marker. I never finished it though, it fizzled out when I ran out of ideas. No story arc.
Can you tell me what books you have on your bedside table?
Right now I have a pile of books from Christmas and a book certificate given to me by the book club I run in the village. Among them are The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld, Girl in a Green Gown (about the Arnolfini portrait) by Carola Hicks and Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undsett. The last one is a book that won the Nobel prize in 1923, I think and my mother named me after it. This is a new translation that I've been dying to read and promised myself I would this winter. Haven't cracked it yet. Too many books, too little time.
Can you say anything about your next project?
Along the Far Shores is part of a series of books that are set in different time periods and were inspired by red-haired plaid clothed mummies that were discovered in the Xinxiang Province in western China. The mummies dated back to about 1500 B.C. long before any archaeological evidence of "Celts" or what we group as Celts, though they seemed to share many of the same characteristics in their burial patterns, clothing composition and other items.
I loved the idea of it and my novel evolved as two parallel narratives, one in the ancient past that brought a small proto Tlingit group and a proto Irish/Celtic group together and the present that brought an Irish woman and a Tlingit man together. In the many centuries in-between those periods I thought I would write other novels that told the story of similar encounters between the two groups where I could show the two cultures in different periods and the aspects of prejudices and assumptions that each time period might have. Linking all this there was a medallion passed down through the centuries and back and forth and appearing in each novel as a connection that means something strongly to one of the characters.
The next novel which brings these elements together and shows the narrative about the original mummies and the archaeologists who discover them. It's called Raven Brought the Light and it will be out in the spring.
Learn more about Kriston Gleeson:
Website: www.kristingleeson.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kristingleeson1


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What would you like your bathroom be? A place to have some rest from the noisy outdoor environment or vibrant contemporary place where you can get your energy back? Or maybe you need some simple functional bathroom exactly for the hygienic procedures only?
All the ideas are great, really. But apart from bathroom design another important aspect is the bathroom tiles selection – for the walls and for the floor. A number of people give preference to the 6×6 ceramic bathroom tile, which is considered moderate size. Such tiles are indeed handful and convenient, they are easy to fit to the surface and also they are good to make various pictures.
This idea of using 6×6 ceramic bathroom tile is suitable as for the bathroom foors as for the walls. To get the clear picture how could it look like it would be better to take a look at the design studios sites.


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News : August 2001
ITG, the same people who published that great article about the location of web objects, also have a great article titled "Designing for Information Foragers: A Behavioral Model for Information Seeking on the World Wide Web" Check it out! [Link from IAslash]
A new double issue of A List Apart is up. In this issue (which will run for two weeks as Jeffrey and I will be heading out to Web2001) focuses on building a "Send to friend" page in HTML and ASP. The second article focuses on how to evolve client content (something that I can really relate to in recent days).
I'll take that CPU cycle from your web server whether you want it or not. Since I was by to edit some spelling errors, I figured I'd pitch in my own link…
On August 27th we lost a great man. Michael Dertouzos, a source of great insight, leadership, strength and enthusiasm for Tim Berners-Lee has passed away.
Now that Google has become a household word, we can take a look deeper and discover the why's and how's of Google becoming de facto search engine. The skinny? Because it works. This is just more proof that time spent on usability, accessibility, simplicity and information architecture pays off. [Link from NewsTrolls]
A very interesting read about information appliances: The Visible Problems of the Invisible Computer [Link from Tomalak's Realm]
skateboardgraphics.com has a nice collection of deck photos going on. Surprisingly they do not have a photo of my old 1986(?) Santa Cruz Salba deck that I still ride (yes, I ride retro). They do have a photo of the newer version of my previous deck, a 1984 (couldn't find any photo of this one) and a 1987 Powell Peralta Caballero. I would submit them but the boards are so chewed up that it would look hideous. [Link from The Morning News]
Zeldman makes a very good point about the need for the W3C to add more real-world designers and developers to its working groups. I remember talking with a good friend and colleague of mine a few weeks ago about this very subject. I asked "you know so much about this subject and you have done so much to push this movement forward, why are you not involved with the W3C?" and the response was as expected…. because my friend was not interested in the politics of it (a lot of talk and little doing) she was interested in the outside approach to forward progression (if you want to get it done, do it yourself). Perhaps that is one of the vary same reasons why WaSP came into being. You want to see change? Do something about it.
Joshua Davis just emailed me to tell me that after two days of no sleep he had a blast creating his very first screen saver inspired by Jemma and Jared. You can download it for Windows or MacOS. The engine randomly generates a magnet on the screen – which floating particles collide with. Upon collision, the particle explodes into a randomly generated form. The form then become magnetizes by the magnet thus expanding the area of the magnet. After the engine has collided 30 particles and generated a composition, the engine freezes for a moment and then restarts… and to think that back in November he said, "I'm horrible at math."
For those of you who love logos and recognize branding worth, IBM launches a new logo for consumer products. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that a KPT page curl?
Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows has been released. Full install is a maximum of 12.7 MB. Cool features include the ability to choose which sites you want cookies from and which you do not want cookies from.
Context takes flight. Wish him a safe journey.
Part II of "Apply Usability Methodologies in Intranet Information Architecture in a Real World Context" has been published. It is the second in a series of five articles on the implementation of usability methodologies in the development of an intranet's information architecture. The series is based on a project developed for an educational institution. [Link from AIslash]
My favorite online game, Banja, now has an all new episode out… this makes their 8th episode! Check it out, this game is phat!
Our friends over at The Chopping Block have a few winning entries in the new Communication Arts Interactive Design Annual… get a copy!
This week on WebReference.com is a great article on going from HTML tables to CSS… check it out: Advanced CSS Layouts: Step by Step
George Olsen clears the confusion about usability vs. user experience which is refined by John Rhodes. Good reading here. Speaking of which, the next issue of Digital Web Magazine will be about the "User Experience." Keep an eye out for it.
For all of you visual junkies out there here is a great presentation on color, contrast and dimension from the Poynter Institute. [Link from IAslash]
I stumbled across an old article in WebBusiness Magazine that takes an in-depth look at FedEx's approach to centralization. Interesting read.
For those who like to keep up on the e-obituaries, Flooz flopped today. I hope no one was holding their breath on this one.
(warning: blatant product plug ahead, but for a charitable cause) Shopping for school clothes? Check out Digital Web's LogoWare section for t-shirts, sweatshirts, baseball caps, mousepads, coffee mugs, tote bags, boxer shorts and much more. All profits from sales and donations via Amazon will go to the contributors of Digital Web Magazine.
Here is something that effects us all in regards to color on the web: Designing for the Color Blind. Think it does not effect your site? Think again, one in twelve users have some degree of color blindness. We are fortunate enough to have access to resources regarding this issue thanks to VisiBone.
Fathom5 has a nice design, perhaps the successor to Astounding Websites? [Link from LGF]
In Jeffrey Zeldman's latest Second Site column for PDN-PIX he tells us How to avoid clients.
Speaking of blogs, for those who haven't bothered to notice, I got off my lazy duff and set up my personal journal. The reason I didn't mention this earlier is because… well, I figure if people are interested in what I have to say, the will find it.
For those who hide under rocks (such as myself at times)… Blogger turns the big two-oh. My hat is off to Ev and everyone who made Blogger what it is today. This page would have never existed if it wasn't for Blogger.
Apparently this very page is being indexed by Google every day now… very cool news. Matt has the inside scoop. So, I ran a search for a post I made yesterday… and wow, look at that… fifth hit… not bad for one day old, eh? For those of you who haven't been using Google, you should.. seriously… give it a spin… I challenge you to use it for one week, I am willing to bet dollars to donuts that you'll never look back.
Matt Haughey has some new photos from his trip down under on his site, very nice photos.
Measuring the sucess of your web site via online profits? Maybe your missing the bigger picture: There's More To E-Commerce Than Online Profits. [Link from AIslash]
My dear friend Adam Greenfield has a great article on v-2.org called "beauty now for the people" It's all about Dreamless, k/files/includes/10.cssk, the design community and how we can alter the perception of stasis and stagnation that puts a real damper on the community's evolution. A must read.
FastCompany has an interesting article up about corporate Intranets and how to make effective use of them: Inside Job.
As Nick's own access saga (he's had to change DSL providers at home) has proven, there can be a lot of grief involved in getting your computer hooked up to something faster than an analog modem. Here are some suggestions for approaching the problem of poor or non-existent service from a DSL provider.
Over at afterchaos there is a new article up on Thinking Outside of the Box.
Does the term "Section 508" drive you away screaming in terror? So who has been building compliant sites and who can up/files/includes/date.css existing sites to these specs? A WashTech.com article gives some insight: Companies Assist Agencies in Making Sites Disability-Friendly [Link from IAslash]
Ok, this is one link I won't pass up… use.it.or.lose.it. [Whored from IAslash]
I think Dan Gillmor is on to something here, though it's nothing really new… it's more of a new way of thinking than anything else at this moment. His article, The bubble has burst, so it's back to the ideas seems to speak towards "the next step" …and what is that next step? If you ask me, I'd say pervasive computing. Time to sharpen up your XML skills or get stuck in the mud.
Rares Dragan tells us about Experimental magazine… it's all about visual culture. The magazine is packed with an interview of Arnaud Mercier (elixirstudio), challenge by Justin Fox for Harsh Patel, and a cool cover girl story with photo by Patrick Demarchelier. Check it out.
The W3C has launched it's Quality Assurance Activity to ensure that web standards are being implemented correctly. Let's hope there is more to this than just talk. We have mentioned a hundred times before why developers should start following web standards, let's hope someone was listening. [Link from Zeldman]
Drew Europeo tells us there is a new splash page as well as a new wallpaper on grafikas… check it out!
This has got to be one of the most extensive and comprehensive resources related to color I have seen in a long time (well, aside from Bob Stein's VisiBone site). Specifically take a look at the color wheel page… there is a lot of great information there for you to absorb.
I just bumped into this site called Andyco.com… finally a site about…. about… well… we are not sure what the hell they do at AndyCo, but we do know it will probably make you laugh. [Link from Sites About Nothing]
What is the phrase? If you haven't seen it before, then it's new to you. I just stumbled across a great article that explains hot areas that users tend to click… this information can be used to explain why users can't find certain things on your site. Play close attention to the graphics, they give a lot of detail on understanding how a user finds navigational elements and such. Examining User Expectations of the Location of Web Objects [Link from IAslash]
For those of who use MacOS, Peter Seebach wrote an interesting article entitled "The Cranky User: Sherlock users, Ur 0wn3d!" which is about how Sherlock works and why it is philosophically inconsistent with usability. [Link from Tomalak's Realm]
Check out this great creative resource: web-graphics.com The site is packed with great resources, features, news and a collaborative weblog… check it out! [Link from Shirley Kaiser]
I know that Shirley Kaiser would never feel right about promoting her own works, so I am going to do it for her. She has just released a new, and very inspirational, redesign for her Brainstorms and Raves column. She now has a new domain for the column as well. For those who do not know what Brainstorms and Raves is, it's a daily column that she keeps fresh with tips, links and comments on material from all over the web. She covers subjects such as the web in general, design, development, typography and much more. This is a must bookmark for any web designer or developer.
I have come by the information that Ironminds has run its final issue under its current editorial team. One almost wonders if they shouldn't be mentioned on an f—edsites site, but whatever the case it's a great site with two years of fantastic archives. Will Leitch is especially good – excepting Ernest Hemingway, he's probably better at writing than any "loser" I've ever read.
I realize that Zeldman's already linked to these guys, but in any event they've linked to us… and we should probably link back. Ya see, there's this site called glowering.com that Zeldman rightfully describes as a beatiful application of a project to this medium that we call the web. Feel the love, and pass it on. [Heh heh]
Molly Holzschlag has a new article up on Web Techniques entitled How Specialization Limited the Web… check it out!
A warm happy birthday wish goes out to Gabe Kean… may your day be filled with… uhh.. lots of booze!
Issue 119 of A List Apart is up and online… it's a double issue covering CSS and global treaties.
Coudal is hosting yet another international qualifying match of Photoshop tennis. The match starts at noon pacific time and is between Jeffrey "The WaSP" Zeldman and Brian "Rustboy" Taylor.
Adobe announces the winners for The Adobe Design Achievement Awards… there us a whole range of mediums covered from video, /files/includes/print.css, photography, illustration, experimental and web design… check it out!
Here is a very interesting article about …well, the Web at sea. [link from The Morning News]
Being sick and stuck at home for the last few days off and on has allowed me to write a little more than I typically do. I have started a daily journal on my personal site to include comments that are longer than a typical entry on What's New yet shorter than what you may find in a Digital Web Magazine article. I call these pieces "Food fo Thought" which are essentially meant to get your creative juices flowing and to make you think from a different angle. My latest Food for Thought is about Creativity's Greatest Fear.
Edward Tufte has an online Q&A forum, Ask E.T., where you can ask him questions or at least lurk and read the dialogs there. Interesting stuff there on information design.
Well said, Meryl… well said. Feel free to tell us what you think.
Colleen Bell (our friend at New Breed Librarian) just released a new standard compliant web site… simple and to the point, just the way we like them.
To flash or not to flash, that is the question?
Read Lara McCormick's insights over at :: afterchaos
Hot off the press, another new issue of Digital Web Magazine. This month's theme is community. Special thanks to Daniel Cody, Peter Fielding, Matt Haughey, Ben Henick, Rudy Limeback, Jesse Nieminen, Derek Powazek, Molly Sokolow and Stephen Van Doren for making this issue happen.
(Sniff) what's that I smell? Could it be….?? Ahh the smell of pulp and ink… congrats to Derek for bringing forth a brand new leafing book. If you don't have it in your hands you better brake for the bookstore come sunrise because Design for Community will be gracing the shelves.
Jack's got a zine… in a limited edition, of course. His creation is called We Ain't Got No Car! Which is a very true statement. Also, props to Jack for pointing out IPRC.
Viva screen real estate, indeed. Whilst these users were increasing their display resolutions, they were doing so on Microsoft-based machines. This could be a Bad Thing. [from Slashdot]
WebSideStory has published a press release about screen resolution stats. Key findings are that, as of July 23rd this year, nearly one-third of Web surfers worldwide had their computer monitors set at /files/includes/10.css24 x 768 pixels, up from 20.48 percent in January of last year. Viva screen realestate baby!
Adobe opens their Atmosphere Community Server source code. Could it be the next widespread virtual environment on the web? A quick look at some of the sample worlds reminds me of when I used Alpha World back in 1996. I witnessed the first true VR wedding and was subject to the one of the first acts of virtual vandalism. But none-the-less, it was cool, you could move around in 3D along side of everyone else online, you could build virtual homes and chat with your friends in avatar form.
Future Farmers have taken over Design is Kinky! Check out a very cool interview with Amy Franceschini and, as always, up/files/includes/date.cssd mugshots!
A new Word from the WaSP has been published. This time the focus is on expectations and misunderstandings.
I finally got my personal journal up and online. I'll post thing there that are no specifically design related and up/files/includes/date.cssd on my freelance work, news about my book, and other news that would otherwise not be published here on Digital Web Magzine.
I finally finished adding the 266 entries into the Classifieds section. Most of them I had to reject based the need to RTFM here… aside from that, there are lots of new portfolios and freelancer sites listed to check out.
As I write this, I'm finishing up my duties as word herder for this month's issue of the site, and I've been thinking about my experiences of the past week. I've met, some in person and more via e-mail, loads (upon loads) of talented people, most of whom have had a direct influence on the way that I design sites… and down to a man (so to speak) they're very much the same one-on-one as they are on their sites. There is no alter ego, no Jekyll to play aside Hyde. I think, in retrospect, that it's part of their charisma.
Drew Europeo tells us that she has just launched her redesign of Grafikas… very well done design. Mad props to Drew!
Shirley Kaiser gives a great summary of the WebVisions conference in her Brainstorms and Raves section.
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Looks like I am in for more hell with Verizon. If you are wondering why I haven't responded to your emails… this is why.
Vancouver, B.C. (otherwise known as "the other Vancouver" to most Portlanders) has a handful of talent featured over at Adobe: Northern lights. Our favorite? Dean Allen's Cardigan Industries, of course.
Who's hitting us and why doesn't it hurt? A quick check of the web stats tells us that "Joshua Davis" is the most popular search engine keyword/phrase for finding our site. That should say something about the number of people who enjoy Joshua's work. The second most popular keyword/phrase is "digital", we rank in forth after Compaq, DEC and AltaVista… and just above Western Digital.
Just 20 more minutes until the live Coudal event. mscgmidt vs. michelangelo, check it out!
Surfs up, all new issue that includes an interview with Florian Schmitt of Hi-Res, a redesigned Pick One section and up-to-/files/includes/date.css job listings. Also look for an up/files/includes/date.css on Revolution.
Back on the topic of skateboarding, check out some construction photos of the Oxford Wheels Project. [Link from DIK]
The English version of Shift issue 057. A nice mention of Digital Web Magazine in the "Cool Site Reviews" section under the "World" area. As always, mad props to the Shift crew for delivering the goods.
Fresh from The Chopping Block comes Viewpoint… sweet!
A whole seven days before the book comes out, I've finally taken the wraps off of the Design for Community website.
We have returned from WebVisions, where a wonderful time was had by all… I just wanted to say give a big thank you to the speakers, organizers, and sponsors for putting it all together. Perhaps there will be more later, but for now, visit the sites of the speakers: Zeldman / Web Standards Project; Gabe Kean / Born Magazine, Second Story; Molly Sokolow / Paris France Inc.; Geoffrey Hiller / Hiller Photo; Heather Irwin / atomicpdx.com.
A new issue of Kiiroi is out entitled the "Unpublished Issue"… very nice, mad props to Ry and crew! [Link from DiK]
Our friends down-under at Design is Kinky have a new poster out… buy yours today because these are limited edition posters and they will go fast! [Link from "The Kinky List"]
Another new issue of Scene 360 is up. While the magazine is not web design related, I did find the Fight Scenes Study Part II – Intro to Origins quite interesting. The focus this issue is on "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon," a great movie I watched just last night for the 8th time.
A new issue of *spark-online is up… issue 23: an issue of crime & punishment.
Filip Stoj tells us that DigitalThread has a new Web Design Gallery… very tight design, check it out!
Darleen Scherer tells us to check out some phat new work from our freinds over at The Chopping Block: Apocalypse Now Redux. You could imagine that my jaw dropped when I saw this one!
Well it's almost time for WebVisions and I am getting very excited to see everyone in my home town. To name a few people who will be attending the event; Shirley Kaiser, Juanita Benedicto, Ben Henick and, yes, Jack Saturn is in town (we'll bribe him into going) as well as many more recognizable names and faces. Of course, speaking at the event will be Jeffrey Zeldman, Geoff Hiller, Heather Irwin, Gabe Kean and let's not forget Molly Sokolow.
I just stumbled across this nice and simple portfolio of Ozan Kiliç… very slick.
Joe Gillespie (author of Alien Typography) tells us it is all about content and delivery.
As you may have seen from the ad banners, Digital Web Magazine is involved in the staging of WebVisions, being held in Portland on Tuesday the 7th. The Oregonian, Portland's local newspaper, was kind enough to interview Zeldman – WebVisions' keynote speaker – and publish some of his thoughts on web design and web standards.


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It turns out, building robots is hard
even if you are only building them in a game. Recently, I play-tested AI Escape (working title) in it's most recent form, which was unfortunately incomplete. The issues that kept coming up with the game are as follows: Since the players were unfamiliar with the materials of the game, a master list of all the… Read More It turns out, building robots is hard


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I amsterdam's selection of highlights of things to do and places to stay, eat and drink in Amsterdam Beach, including restaurants, hotels, excursions and attractions.
Be it to lounge or a blast of fitness fun, Amsterdam beaches are a popular day trip. In summertime, sun-seekers flock to the wider expanses of sand at Bloemendaal and Zandvoort aan Zee to bask on the beautiful golden beaches. These towns also bustle with hip cafés, restaurants and beach clubs overlooking the sea, while for the thrill-seekers, the Noord-Holland coast is a renowned spot for water and windsports. Below are some tips on where to go for food, sports and dancing!


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AceShowbiz - Taking her time to turn up at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest producing work "The Great Debaters", %cOprah Winfrey% has informed USA TODAY that she is now gearing up for a biopic about the life of celebrated singer %cLena Horne% with %cAlicia Keys% to topline.
"We're going to start filming next year," she revealed. "And we've got Alicia."
The famous talk show host also pointed out that TV scribe Lloyd Kramer has been assigned to pen the script while admitting she still has no desire to return in front of the camera as an actress anytime soon. "I don't," she remarked. "I've let go of the need for that."
It is still unclear, however, whether the project will be a film feature or a rather made-for-TV movie. But the story it is set to present will likely revolve around Horne's rise to fame after singing the rendition of "Stormy Weather" in 1943.