HTML Slidy - A browser based XHTML presentation framework

While at LinuxFest Northwest 2008 in Bellingham, WA this past weekend I attended a session on natural language processing in Python presented by Sean Boisen. His slide presentation was done, not with PowerPoint, but with HTML Slidy, a browser based XHTML presentation framework. The best thing about HTML Slidy is that it is cross-browser compatible using simple XHTML, JavaScript and CSS, operates like PointPoint and best of all, is accessible.

The next time I have a presentation to make, HTML Slidy is definitely something I am going to try.

Online dining guide and restaurant reviews

The other day I managed to secure the dining-guide.org domain name.

The Dining Guide will offer restaurant and cafe patrons a place to share their experiences with others. How many times have you had a bad experience in a restaurant and later talked with a friend to learn they had a simliar one? Would you rather know where the exceptional food and service is? Would you rather know a head of time if the restaurant is family friendly? I certainly would and that is one of the reasons why I am building the site.

I have seen many sites offering variations on this same theme, however, none of them have the feature sets and usability that I will be implementing on the Dining Guide site.

Stay tuned and be sure to watch the site over the next few weeks.

Effigy Interactive Mindscape - Flash

This is one of the sites I did for my company, Effigy Interactive, back in 2002. I broke every usability and accessibility rule creating it, however, most self-promotional sites usually do.

The Flash portion of the site is meant to be atmospheric and encourage the viewer to explore and discover. I never got around to finishing the html portion as I was to busy with customer sites and other paying projects.