Ajax vs. Flash

Loose notes from SXSW 2007 panel: Ajax or Flash? Jonathan Boutelle, SlideShare New round of religious wars brewing, whether Ajax or Flash is the better choice for interactive web apps, but it’s a false dichotomy. Conversation with someone who’s been in the trenches with both and has built a site that makes use of both …

lonelygirl15

Loose notes from SXSW 2007 panel: lonelygirl15 case study, with editors and producers of “the show.” This is one of those sessions I attended to “open up a circuit” – exposing myself to something I’d never otherwise discover. lonelygirl15 is a narrative story told in brief video segments that has a huge (as in, huge) …

Keynote: Phil Torrone and Limor Fried

Loose notes from SXSW 2007 keynote: Phil Torrone and Limor Fried Phil Torrone is an editor and chief hacker at Make: Magazine; Limor Fried is an MIT electrical engineer and hardware hacker extraordinaire, responsible for, among other things, open source plans for building home-brew cell phone jammers. In this conversation they discussed approaches to building …

High Class / Low Class Web Design

Loose notes on SXSW 2007 session: High Class / Low Class Web Design Christopher Fahey, Behavior Liz Danzico, Daylife Khoi Vinh, The New York Times Brant Louck, World Wrestling Entertainment Fairly fascinating panel discussion re: Class-ism in design. Not particularly practical except for full-time designers working for clients from all over the socioeconomic map. What …