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Back from @media 07

I have returned from @media 07 with a fresh sense of direction. It was a such a great event, especially giving me the chance to debate and query some of the founders of todays modern web, as well as an excuse to get drunk for free. I want to say a massive thank you to Jon Hick’s in particular for the nice conversation and beer we had on Friday afternoon outside The Old Queen’s Head in Islington.

I have a lot to post about, particurly about the end of the debate on accessibility issues, or at least the end of Joe Clark’s debating, plus the great presentations from Jon Hick’s about how to be a “creative sponge”, Andy Clarke on western design and it’s detrimental effect on the rest of the world, Jeremy Keith providing a great talk about Ajax, HÃ¥kon Wium Lie on CSS3 (he wrote the first specification for CSS by the way), Dan Cederholm on Juggling Interfaces and many many more besides - not forgetting Jesse James Garrett especially for kicking off things so well.

However, one thing I enjoyed at the time and haven’t been able to leave alone since then is last.fm, which was presented by Hannah Donovan. I had heard of the service, but didn’t realise how great it is or how relevant it is to me until I had a demo of it, in front of hundreds of other attendees it should be mentioned. Last.fm is very hard to explain, so I”ll just give you my current radio station and let you join/play around as much as you like.

More on @media 07 to come…