Brendan Dawes - Things I’ve learnt so far from speaking at conferences
Brendan’s list of dos and don’ts (mostly don’ts) from his years of conference speaking.
Link archive: August 29th, 2017
User Interfaces for Variable Fonts · An A List Apart Article
A good introduction to variable fonts, and an exploration of the possible interface elements we might use to choose our settings: toggles? knobs? sliders? control pads?
Software development 450 words per minute - Vincit
Tuukka Ojala is a programmer working on the web. He’s also blind. Here are the tools of his trade.
The Fretful Federation
It turns out that Brighton has a mandolin orchestra. This aligns with my interests.
Three Readings and a Festival | Unbound
More on that event with Brian Aldiss I was reminiscing about: that was the first time that Kate unveiled part of her Purple People book:
Jeremy insisted this would be an excellent opportunity for me to read an excerpt from Purple People, and so invited me onto the stage with those illustrious, wordy wizards to share an early indigo excerpt. I was quite literally shaking that night (even more than a talking tree, ho ho), but all was jolly. I read my piece without falling off the stage, and afterwards, folk made some ace and encouraging comments.
Now the book is being crowdfunded for publication and you can take part. It’s currently 59% funded …come on, people, let’s make this happen!
The Philip K Dick book I love most… | Books | The Guardian
Three authors pick their favourite book by Philip K Dick:
- Nicola Barker: Puttering About in a Small Land
- Michael Moorcock: Time Out of Joint
- Adam Roberts: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?