HTML5 and Standards.Next

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Karl Dawson

Following on from @media 2009 this year was a free event organised by Bruce Lawson and Henny Swan at the inimitable Bricklayer’s Arms just round the corner from Tottenham Court Road. HTML 5 was the topic of this inaugural Standards.Next meeting with an impressive array of speakers and content. Continue reading →

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atmedia is dead, long live atmedia

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Karl Dawson

Well, what an excellent few days that was in London for, as it turned out, the last @media conference to be run by Vivabit. I only missed out on 2008 so I would like to thank Patrick and team for the vision and hard work put into the conference series to date and wish Patrick well with his new venture. The good people of Web Directions will be taking over the organising for next year and keeping the brand alive I believe. Continue reading →

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Brave New World WordPress theme

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Karl Dawson

I’m pleased to announce the release of my first WordPress theme today—Brave New World. The theme is free of layout and styling beyond a modified version of Eric Meyer’s reset CSS and a baseline typography. Just like Elliot Jay Stock’s Starkers theme this is a base theme free from cruft yet incorporates HTML5, WAI-ARIA landmark roles and hCard and hAtom microformats. Continue reading →

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