This is a BCS event on Saturday 19th May at University of the West of England (UWE). These are the details and web link -
http://www.itmegameet.co.uk/
"All of the major IT & Developer community groups in and around Bristol are coming together for an event at the UWE. Essentially the event is one big meet up, open to the public. Each group will be doing a presentation on themselves, what they are about, and what they offer the local community. Several groups will be putting on a technical presentation in their chosen area. How-to workshops will be running alongside the main presentations. The event concludes with 5 minute lightning talks on a variety of subjects.
Attendee places are limited, so registration is required. Register early so as not to miss your space, and notify us if you can't make it so as to free up the space for someone else."
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
BBC News - Coding the future: HTML5 takes the internet by storm
This is a very interesting technology and business article about HTML 5 an important development for the Semantic Web and Web 3.0 -
Coding the future: HTML5 takes the internet by storm
By Ian Hardy BBC News, New York - 8 May 2012 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17931814.
"The BBC's Ian Hardy looks at why companies have been rushing to embrace HTML5 - and the innovative ways it is being used
It's hard to imagine now, but original sites on the world wide web, written in HTML code or hypertext mark-up language, were made up of little more than text.
Even a simple black and white image could irritate a user, as
it gradually appeared on the screen revealing itself one painful line
at a time.
That began to change as modem speeds gradually crept up and content makers used more sophisticated methods to encode their multimedia content.
Macromedia's Flash, now an Adobe product, made all the difference when it arrived in the mid-nineties. Animations, video sequences and graphics became more sophisticated.
But since its invention in the early 1990s HTML has not supported video natively.
That is why HTML5 is being received so enthusiastically by businesses in particular. The latest version can perform all kinds of dynamic tasks and visual tricks. The web is progressing faster now than it has in a long time."
Coding the future: HTML5 takes the internet by storm
By Ian Hardy BBC News, New York - 8 May 2012 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17931814.
"The BBC's Ian Hardy looks at why companies have been rushing to embrace HTML5 - and the innovative ways it is being used
It's hard to imagine now, but original sites on the world wide web, written in HTML code or hypertext mark-up language, were made up of little more than text.
Corporate web designers were well aware that
most of their customers had slow connections and would not tolerate much
of a wait.
That began to change as modem speeds gradually crept up and content makers used more sophisticated methods to encode their multimedia content.
Macromedia's Flash, now an Adobe product, made all the difference when it arrived in the mid-nineties. Animations, video sequences and graphics became more sophisticated.
But since its invention in the early 1990s HTML has not supported video natively.
That is why HTML5 is being received so enthusiastically by businesses in particular. The latest version can perform all kinds of dynamic tasks and visual tricks. The web is progressing faster now than it has in a long time."
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