The final day of @media was a little more packed with talks, having slightly re-arranged the schedule the previous day to account for the World Cup match.
Highlights included the panel debate during the JavaScript Libraries: Friend or Foe? talk, and Tantek Çelik’s bit on Microformats – Not really knowing what to expect from an event like this, I think managed to get something new out of most of the talks and it was great to see so many people enthusiastic about where web design and development is headed (for the next year at least).
Along with better wifi, something I thought was lacking – was some kind of online chatroom for attendees to communicate with – during the 2 days of the conference. Campfire or even just a formal IRC room would have been great.
I have uploaded the rest of my photos from the event, but unfortunately audio recording the talks myself, just wasn’t happening. Apparently a podcast for the entire event (and possibly videos) will be made available, most likely on the @media2006 website
Edit: All presentations are now available via this official Audio/Video feed
Tom
on Monday, the 19th of June 2006 at 11:49, said;
Hey Matt,
What did they talk about at the debate on the Javascript libraries ?
I’m am curious because I am thinking that we will probably use them, and I started looking a little closer at prototype last week.
Tom
matthew Hutchinson
on Monday, the 19th of June 2006 at 14:01, said;
There was some debate over which libraries were better than others (dojo, scriptalicious.. etc.), and whether javascript libraries (and the overheads they produce for download) are worthwhile at all. There was NO mention of moofx, my favourite little effects library.
There should be a podcast of this discussion coming soon at the official @media website.