December 2010
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Mozilla's Mike Shaver on HTML5: 'We were a little...
When my recent Technology Review cover story about HTML5 and the rebirth of the web was published, it was the fruit of a lot of groundwork. I did dozens of interviews and uncovered some really interesting things — but not all of it could make it into the finished piece.
So I’m publishing some of the interviews I did here. We’ve already heard from Ian Hickson, the spec’s main...
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W3C's Philippe Le Hégaret on HTML5: 'In the past,...
When my recent Technology Review cover story about HTML5 and the rebirth of the web was published, it was the fruit of a lot of groundwork. I did dozens of interviews and uncovered some really interesting things — but not all of it could make it into the finished piece.
So I’m publishing some of the interviews I did here. We’ve already heard from Ian Hickson, the spec’s main...
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Life and death on Facebook
Today, I saw a link doing the rounds. It pointed to a story in the Washington Post called “A Facebook story: A mother’s joy and a family’s sorrow”. Go and read it, if you haven’t already.
Read it? OK. Let’s continue.
It’s an incredibly sad story: the tale of a woman called Shana who dies not long after giving birth. That’s tragic beyond belief,...
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Tantek Çelik on HTML5: 'I'm excited by it and a...
When my recent Technology Review cover story about HTML5 and the rebirth of the web was published, it was the fruit of a lot of groundwork. I did dozens of interviews and uncovered some really interesting things — but not all of it could make it into the finished piece.
So I’m publishing some of the interviews I did here. This week we’ve already heard from Ian Hickson, the...
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Adobe's Paul Gubbay on HTML5: "We've got to be...
Writing my recent Technology Review cover story about HTML5 and the rebirth of the web, I did a lot of interviews with people who are guiding the way that the web is being evolved. You can read some of their thoughts in the piece itself, but I’ve decided the longer text is better taken off the shelf.
I’ve already published my interview with Ian Hickson, the spec’s main editor....
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Ian Hickson on HTML5: "The W3C lost sight of the...
Writing my recent Technology Review cover story about HTML5 and the rebirth of the web, I did a lot of interviews with people who are guiding the way that the web is being evolved: people who work on standards, people who develop applications, people who build browsers and so on.
You can read some of their thoughts in the piece itself, but — as is always the way with reporting — there was a vast...
Shanzhai!
This month’s Wired UK features an eight page article by me, reporting from Shanghai. It’s essentially a profile of Jan Chipchase, the former Nokia researcher who moved to China to join Frog Design. But also takes a look at one of Jan’s obsessions — China’s pirate technology culture, known as shanzhai. I think we’re going to be hearing a lot more about the fruits of...
Weeknotes: 33
The past week or so has been extremely quiet, for several reasons. Anna’s in Vancouver on a job and so it’s just me and the cats banging around the house, for the most part. The weather, too, managed to kill off a couple of attempts to get out and about — Britain really, truly, cannot understand even the merest snowfall. I know people joke about it, but I think it’s actually a...
More observations on Britain and America
It’s a month since we came back. I’ve been thinking a little more about the differences I see around me between the two places.
• Traffic. Modern America is a nation built around the car, but the rules that govern drivers are also surprisingly friendly to pedestrians — where there are pedestrians, of course. Although drivers in other parts of America aren’t as polite as those...