For those that want to find out about the presentations, and for indeed the people that made it, but couldn’t missed panels that ‘rawked’. Check out the links below to relive some of the panels back in March from SxSw 2008:

http://video.sxsw.com/2008/mov/ Movie - Quicktime

http://video.sxsw.com/2008/swf/ Flash - swf

http://video.sxsw.com/2008/mp4hi/ Audio - MP4

Brighton Digital Festival has evolved and grown each year, reflecting the industry it represents. Now in its third year, the Festival will be split into 3 separate themes embodying all elements of this vibrant industry.

We are really excited as it looks like a lot of thought has gone into the line up this year. Browsing the events calendar and you will see friends and colleagues running some excellent events.

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Presentation by Daniel Appelquist of Vodafone

Vodafone: 191 million customer worldwide, and member of w3c mobile working group

Do users want the web on their mobile?

The answer is yes, due to:

1. The largest uptake of mobile web content in africa and developing countries
2. Creation of worldwide mobile web initiative

Leading to the mobile web best practices - which focus on the following:

1. designing for one web
2. rely on web standards
3. stay away from known hazards
4. be cautious of device implications
5. optimise navigation

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This was my first attendance at a Carson Summit conference, in its second year this two day affair promised to bring together a collective of world renowned speakers, to share information and ideas about building tomorrows web applications..

The event was in the upmarket surroundings of Kensington, around 600 delegates arrived in the rain for the two days fun, seminars and power networking!

The alternative title of the event should have been: ‘ways of bridging interaction between on and off line world‘.

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