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OK, so it’s been awhile since I’ve done a post… but good things come to those who wait! In the meantime, here’s something to make y’all smile.
In March’s Web Meetup, we were lucky to get an overview of SXSW, CMS’s and modX… but, I can just hear some of you saying “WTF? SXSW? CMS? MODX? ummm…. come again?”
SO!
SXSW: is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States.
CMS: is the acronym for Content Management System. Basically, you can manage the HTML content of your website in this application.
modX: is a Content Management System.
To kick off the presentations, Nathan (@nathanlon) gave us an interesting overview as to what happened at SXSW. The presentation is below:
SXSW After Party
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Next up was Joe Lee (@thiswayup). He gave a great presentation on CMS’s and introduced us to modX. I was very interested in this, as it’s a CMS thats easy for us front-end designers to use.
Here’s the slides from his presentation:
Choosing A Web Cms And Intro To Modx
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After more? View the video of the presentations so far.
I’ve been attending a web meetup in Putney, every second Thursday of each month. We’ve had some really great and interesting presentations, and I’ve come away inspired every time. I urge any designers / developers out in London to come and join us for some brewskis, and to learn a thing or two!
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- an Internet of Services, where services are ubiquitous;
- an Internet of Things where in principle every physical object becomes an online addressable resource;
- a Mobile Internet where [...]
This is a video on TED.com that left me astounded.
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Here [...]