I’m Going to be Presenting at jQuery Conference. It’s in San Diego. You Should Go, Too.

Posted on by Rob Larsen

It was announced last week, so I can now share the fact that I’m going to presenting on Data Visualization in the Browser at jQuery Conference in February. Because it’s a new year and because the presentation time is so tight (30 minutes!) I’m going to redo the existing dataviz presentation I’ve been giving entirely. I’ve got a new branch and everything.

I’m thinking of using World Bank data. At minimum, I’ll be doing something interesting and meaningful and, at best, I might end up on the World Bank data visualization tumblr.

I’m also super happy to be going to San Diego in February.

Late Notice: I’m Presenting on Canvas Tomorrow at HTML5 Boston

Posted on by Rob Larsen

I tweeted about it but I never added it my public calendar and… never posted about it here. Anyway, I’m going to present on canvas tomorrow night at HTML5 Boston. It will be great.

It’s also at the Arsenal complex (at Harvard Business Review), which means I’ll be having Isobar flashbacks. It also means I’ll be running the western end of the Charles River for the first time in a while. Super fun.

Here are the slides.

I’m Giving Away a Copy of My Book, Beginning HTML and CSS

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Want a free copy of my book? Sure you do. This month, I’m giving away a copy of my book right here on the blog (on this very post.)

The rules of this contest are simple, simply share an interesting/funny anecdote about your experience interviewing for a technology or agency position (no names or companies needed, blind items are fine.) At the end of October, I’ll pick the best one and you get a free copy of my book, Beginning HTML and CSS. I can’t tell you what kind of story will win, but if you’ve got an interview story that’s funny, creative, cool, inspirational, or whatever share it and you might get some free stuff. This contest is open to anyone in the world with an address. If I can send you a copy of my book using the US Postal Service, you’re eligible.

And heck, even if you’re already an expert and don’t have need of a beginner book, you can certainly hand it off to someone looking to make their own site for the first time or to an engineer from another technology discipline looking to get introduced to the joys of web technology.

The Project (soon to be) Formerly Known as ng-grid

Posted on by Rob Larsen

I’ve go a bunch of small updates to share (and one big one.) I’m starting with this one since it fits with the Angular kick I’ve been on.

I’ve recently gotten involved with the ng-grid project housed under the Angular UI banner. We’re using it at work, so it makes sense for me to pitch in to help keep the project humming along as best it can.

We had a meeting last week and hatched plans to rewrite the core of the project in order to juice performance and ease development going forward. Working in financial services, grids are a big deal for me and I’ve never been a huge fan of any of the ones out there. I’m hoping this project will end up being the quality grid I’ve always been looking for as a consumer.

On the name

While it’s called ng-grid at the moment, it’s going to get a name change for 3.0, in order to better fit with the rest of the Angular UI stable. I’m not 100% sure of this, since we haven’t followed up since the meeting, but it will likely be UI Grid.

So, yeah. If you’re an Angular type and are looking for a data grid, I’ve got your back.

And… @roblarsenwww

Posted on by Rob Larsen

I’m finally going to start using @roblarsenwww. I’ve had the account for a couple of years and have long had the plan to use it for tech tweets. As I’ve basically given up editing my other interests on @robreact, I figured now as as good a time as any to try to separate out the accounts. If you’re interested in technical subjects you’re not all that well served by @robreact and I’m enjoying the content I’ve been sharing there, so I’m not interested in changing what that looks like any time soon.

So, if you currently follow me @robreact, that account probably won’t change much. I don’t really talk about technical subjects there very often, so very often will just turn into never. @roblarsenwww will be only be about technical subjects. It’s basically content I don’t share at present. IF you’re interested in that stuff, follow me there.

Now you know.

It will look something like this: