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I’m Speaking At HTML5 Live (New York City, November 1, 2011)
Like the subject says, I’m going to be presenting at HTML5 Live in November. Here’s the description: HTML5 From the Front Lines: What to Embrace Today (and What to Avoid) As an engineer working on big, consumer sites and applications, Rob Larsen has had hands-on, production experience with pretty much every emerging technology that’s available…
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I’m Writing a Book. Announcing: Mobile Web App Cookbook
As the title says, I’m working on a book. I signed the agreement yesterday so I’m finally be able to share the news with all of you. It’s been in the works for a while, so getting it to the point where it’s something I can talk about is a pleasure. The book is with…
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My SXSW Panel Proposal is Ripe for Picking
I AM OBLIGED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING NOTE TO MY INTERNET BLOG DEVICE. I really want to go to Austin Texas and talk about the World Wide Web and mobile devices. Don’t you want to see that happen? I know you do. You guys are awesome. SXSW 2012 – HTML5 vs Native Apps — Who…
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On Interviewing Front End Engineers: Be Prepared (or at Least Pretend You Are.)
On more than one occasion I’ve been interviewed by someone and they’ve told me, point blank, that they “didn’t prepare at all for this” or “didn’t even look at your resume.” Really? While this is lame no matter what industry or role, with front end engineers it’s incredibly frustrating. Throughout the “Ajax era” any other…
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In Cased You Missed It… Isobar Code Standards Updated and Posted to Github
So, as you probably noticed I did a bunch of writing for IBM earlier this year. Because of that I’ve got about a million draft posts here that I’ve got sitting in various states of completion. I’m going to work my way through them over the next few weeks. You’ve been warned (in a good…