One of the things I took away from Web Directions North that I could actually put into use, was Microformats. These are just a formalization of the encoding of common pieces of data such as addresses and events…

One of my many flaws, that some people find endearing, and others perhaps not so much, is my tendency to ramble often on long tangents. Rather than write one long post I decided to write three posts about the recently completed Web Directions North…

Before the conference room even opened for day two I gained a small audience while heaping praise and coolness upon my former classmate Jeremy’s and friends fashion company Undrcrwn. Though I wasn’t wearing the shoes they made at the time, I’m saving them for a special occasion when things are better. The fact I was wearing my Fluevogs and a guy recognized I was wearing Fluevogs increased my shoe and fashion credibility…

This postings consists of the slightly edited point form observations I took from the first day of Web Directions North. The first thing I noticed after registering was there was no WiFi. There actually was WiFi it just was dodgy and the hotel was not prepared for a conference where every attendee had a Powerbook, an iBook, a MacBook, or even in some rare cases a Windows based laptop…

Today I coughed up some money to upgrade to Mint 2.0. I also installed a few more Peppers created by Shaun Inman. Now with Secret Crush and Bird Feeder I’ll have even more information about the people who stop by Muschamp.ca. I still have Google Analytics, MyBlogLog, and my webhost’s stat package…