pencil and ruler from Webstock swag It's here: it's finally here. This morning was the start of Webstock - a wonderful week of internet geekery and super-smart people. I've been counting down the sleeps until I had no more.  This morning I brushed my hair and put on some pants, cradled my laptop as I crossed the road to the Wellington Town Hall to register for this amazing conference. Friendly faces, efficient hands, a brand new laptop bag and a skip in my step* got the day off to a grand start.   Everything is beautiful. Everything is beautiful. Everything is beautiful. CSS3: Aeroplanes and Ecosystems "I am going to lose all of you along the way: this is my goal" Estelle Weyl Estelle Weyl knows her stuff and she got straight down to business. We had a lot to cover and she was going to cover it. We didn't have to remember everything, but we did need to know what was going on in the world... ... more

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A lifetime of Doctors Links to follow Bit of localisation coming to an ATM near you? Check out this Cockney Rhyming Slang version[http://graphicdefiner.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/cockney-bank-machine/] offered at a random ATM on Hackney Road, London. It certainly seems like a nice way to wake up if the water 'alarm' clock video is anything to go by :) I don't know about you, but I'm thinking the drip-drip-drip of the water transferring from one vessel to the other may just cause *other* nightly problems. Oh Dear God, will it never end? The gloriousness of a Lego/Moleskine collaboration gasp means I can't even get my squee out. Note: bury me with all my empty Moleskines with "she was a sucker for a good book" on the tomb stone. thx. The unsinkable Fox Woods has started a new blog about User Experience. She's kicked off with a series of articles showcasing the part Information Architecture plays when redeveloping an existing website. Speaking of work, how's your office space? Check out this study around generational... ... more

What is a blog? Who is a blogger? Is a blog still a blog if it doesn't have the ability to interact? Is a blogger still a blogger if she never writes new content? Does owning some space on a server with blogging software make it a blog? make you a blogger? First rule of blogging: create and post original content. Second rule of blogging: create and post ORIGINAL content! Third rule of blogging: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ORIGINAL!! Dear Dairy, forgive me, it has been too long since I told you anything. You must be hungry for stories, for tales, for words to fill your long, lonely, lines. Thirsty for the quench of your curiousity. Nibbling at the edges of my life, trying to get a bite on what's going on, what's the haps, who's the whatsit. I looked around my computer just now. I'd been watching the crowd sourced Star Wars[http://vimeo.com/34948855] remake, revelling in the wonders of amateur content, the way that if you... ... more

*Michelle:* arg.. I always get emails for Michelle Parks who aren't me. *Willo:* you should try being a Paul Williams! *Michelle:* oh yeh? do you get lots of email for other people with your name too? *Willo:* no - just lots of love notes. Letters telling me I'm great and stuff like that. willo in a super hero pose ... more

I have a scattered brain - that's not to say I'm a scatter brain - rather that there are a bunch of things I want to do, a couple of things I need to do, and several things I want to say, and none of them are fighting hard enough to conquer my attention span.  Maybe I have too much time on my hands and need a few shocking deadlines to get this stuff prioritised. What's going on? List of things I want to do make videos (how to bait mousetraps) for this blog research Webstock workshop subjects (29 more sleeps, people!) draw (so many things) every day read (so many books) one book after another set out a publishing schedule (and then actually do it) finish the tech spec (for fixing a lot of what is broken around here) List of things I need to do update my portfolio and CV make a video on how to roast lamb List of things I want... ... more

I have mentioned the saying "What Would Jesus Do?" (WWJD) to a couple of friends and seems that it isn't as well known as I thought it was. In fact, neither friend had ever heard of it. If you haven't heard of it either, it's something one might say to oneself to determine a course of action to keep one's moral compass pointing firmly in the direction that would continue to ensure your admitance to that heavenly host's holiday camp, commonly known as Heaven. It was probably developed to keep Christian teenagers away from sinful activities like sex, drugs and rock and roll, so they could live a life closer to that of the long-haired-hippie whose birthday we celebrated a couple of weeks ago. Taking time to consider what Jesus would do in a given situation might help some people, but it doesn't help me. So, I've adapted its fundamental core to fit into my belief system. Instead of asking what some fictional character in one of... ... more

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As is the season, there was smatterings of talk of resolutions during New Year's Eve festivities. I didn't really come up with much for myself except to steal Kelly's idea to be better with birthdays throughout 2012. Perfectly good resolution I thought - manageable, measurable and meaningful. Thinking of this in my head-throbbing daze, contemplating my mortality which, it seemed this New Year's Day morning, was pretty fragile under the circumstances, I could do something even better for those around me: get my affairs in order. I realised that it would be really awkward for my friends and family if I died with the way things are at the moment. This revelation came slow and low as I lay in my bed, eyes closed concentrating hard to convince my body not to throw-up my celebrations from the night before. Yes, the night before was fantastic, sponsored almost entirely by Captain Canon's Drink of Awesomeness. And while at times since waking up I felt like dying might be a... ... more

Started Christmas Day bright and early with an alarm at 6am. Shortly thereafter a text arrived to say my family were online in New Zealand so I chimed in to watch Christmas morning unfold. It was fun and lovely. The photo above shows Miss Chloe with her Doctor Glasses from her Doctor's Kit. Fairly suit her well, me thinks. There were a few surprises throughout my day. I had the very wonderful pleasure of sharing in my housemate's family Christmas. But I had no idea of their connections so was amazed when the man himself showed up to give out presents!  The day finised as Willo's holiday intends to progress - with inflatable toys, and inflatable eskie, lots of sunshine and a dam fit for a person who enjoys dams! A Christmas Message (from my oldest and his best)   Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all spent it the way you like it best. ... more