http://phobeo.com/blog "..though this be madness, yet there's method in't.." Wed, 13 May 2009 07:36:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last weekend we had the Yahoo Open Hackday, a weekend of messing with technnology, meeting friends and having fun. For those who haven't been in one, a hackday is probably the equivalent a music festival for geeks. I did a talk about using Yahoo Blueprint for creating mobile sites, and then ... http://phobeo.com/blog/2009/05/13/mobile-websites-with-blueprint-slides-from-hackday/ too good not to post http://www.bash.org/?870063 http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/11/25/a-bit-of-nerdcore/ One of my goals for this year was to read a bit more about economy (and with that I meant "something else apart from The Undercover Economist and Freakonomics")... and it turned out to be a good goal because the economy is in kind of an interesting status lately. This week ... http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/10/18/have-a-laugh-at-the-economic-crisis/ As I am visiting my family in Seville this weekend, I was looking forward to a lazy sunday not doing much all morning... maybe have a look at my slides for Future of Web Apps Expo talk in London next week... But instead, evil Lera sent me this: http://fantasticcontraption.com/ So terrible! couldn't ... http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/10/05/lazy-sunday-with-fantastic-contraptions/ now with a cooler interface and more pieces... yohoo! :) By the way, we're trying to organize some hacking day around Lego... let's see what we can come up with... all ideas welcome! http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/08/21/new-lego-digital-designer/ I just got back from having a drink with the guys from Kimia, who were visiting London (and the Yahoo offices on the way!) After finally meeting them in person I can confirm that these guys are set to be successful in the mobile arena. I really hope the best ... http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/08/13/alembik-cool-mobile-technology-made-in-spain/ I'm still ROTFL! }XD Thanks for sending, Christian!!!   http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/08/06/calvin-and-jobs/ Cathy sent me today a couple of links that look interesting. Will have to ask a couple of my friends about what they're doing with this: http://eprom.mit.edu eprom Course Material http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/08/05/eprom-mit-mobile-help-other-countries/ I uploaded my slides for the yahoo widgets presentation in Webcamp.ro in slideshare, but I seem to be unable to make a presentation that works here: | View | Upload your own Of course, while i make this work, you can always download the PPT directly here It was a really good ... http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/07/14/slides-from-webcamp/ got a presentation to give next week at Webcamp talking about mobile development (courtesy of YDN). They have tracks on SEO, widgets and Web 3.0 (are we on 3.0 already?), but I think the one I'm more interested in is on Romanian-specific web issues... It's always good to hear how ... http://phobeo.com/blog/2008/07/01/talking-at-webcamp08-in-romania/