@Media Day Two
Posted: Fri 8 June, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: @Media2007, Own Business, Work-related | Leave a comment »So, another day, another bundle of seminar conference thingies…
Today it’s going to be (most probably) :
And then a train-ride home.
With luck, it’s going to be another productive day.
Design vs Tech
Posted: Thu 7 June, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: @Media2007, Thoughts, Work-related | Leave a comment »Today at @Media has been really good. As with last year, I’ve ended up avoiding the really heavily techie presentations, and instead ended up at the more design-oriented ones, which are the ones that’re currently of far more interest to me. And up ’til lunchtime, I actually didn’t know why.
But I figured it out. The techie stuff I can do with my eyes closed (well, not literally, because it makes for really ropey code) but I’ve always known that the design side is my weak point. So things like @Media give me the chance to get it right, to learn more about the bits I’m weak on.
I’ll never be a designer. But at the same time, the more I can learn about design, layout, and typography, the better my work will be.
Besides, it makes life a lot more interesting.
No wireless
Posted: Thu 7 June, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: @Media2007, Cynicism, Geeky, Thoughts, Work-related | Leave a comment »Today and tomorrow, I’m going to be at the @Media conference in London. Bizarrely, this means I’ll actually be online less than usual. Why?
There will be no wi-fi during the conference, for various reasons. For those who really can’t live without it, they will find that the entirety of Upper Street, the mile-long road on which the conference venue is located, sits under a free-to-use wi-fi cloud. The interwebs can be accessed on the steps of the venue and in numerous cafes, bars, and restaurants nearby.
(From an @Media email earlier this week)
Most bizarre. Still, it’ll probably make for more people paying attention to the presentations etc., which wasn’t necessarily the case last year.
Chaotic
Posted: Wed 6 June, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: @Media2007, Domestic, Getting Organised, Work-related | Leave a comment »I’m away from home for two nights (tonight and tomorrow) before coming home late on Friday. I packed my bag a couple of days ago, but had some last-minute things to add in to it.
And I managed to forget them all. They were all prepared and ready to go in, but just somehow didn’t make it in the end.
So far, I’ve forgotten:
- Power cord for the laptop
- Modem cord for the laptop
- USB Stick that had the work I needed to do on it
The worrying thing is that I’m sure there’s at least one more thing I don’t have. It’s just that I can’t remember what that item is…
Online
Posted: Thu 31 May, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Domestic, Geeky | 1 Comment »Yay, I’m back in the land of the living – well, broadband-wise, anyway.
Yes, it’s been connected – and I didn’t even notice, has just assumed it wasn’t going to be ready yet. Herself said about it, that the ADSL modem had been flashing away today, so I had a look and yay, it’s back.
And OK, I can’t deny, I’m just a little bit impressed, although it’s more about getting my expectations managed expect it to take a week, and it actually takes four or five days. But all the same, well, I’m back online. So I don’t care. :¬)
My name’s Lyle, I’m a techie, and I’m used to broadband.
I have no pride…
56k (Again)
Posted: Thu 31 May, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Geeky, Own Business, Thoughts, Work-related | 4 Comments »In some ways it’s actually kind of interesting to be back on 56k dial-up for a few days.
I’d forgotten just how slow it really is, and how much I take for granted that I can access pretty much anything I want without having to wait for it. (As Lionel said) YouTube is an absolute no-no – not that I use it all that much anyway, but still.
And it’s surprising just how many sites fall into the trap of taking broadband for granted. Some of the sites I’ve done certainly do – although, thankfully, not the photography portfolio site, which still loads pretty quickly. (well, in comparison to other photo sites, although it’s still painfully slow on the available bandwidth)
Taking a positive from this enforced period of online-dragging is that I’ve now checked all the sites I’ve done of late, and there’s at least one that may get a rewrite at some point because of those tests. But for the most part, I’m actually feeling quite chuffed that none of them are too painful to load up on this slow-ass piece of crap non-broadband connection.
56k
Posted: Mon 28 May, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Geeky, Getting Organised, Work-related | 2 Comments »So yes, the move went fine. Well, except that BT ballsed up the number move, so I won’t have any broadband access ’til June the fucking 4th.
Needless to say, I’m bloody furious with them. But then, I’ve also got three free months of broadband once it does get connected, so *shrug* could be worse.
And for now? Well, dial-up access at a max of 56Kbps is – how shall I put this – interesting. If dull.