posted on 2015-11-07

categories ffconf

ffconf 2015

I've always heard great things about #ffconf and I've been meaning to go for a while, this year I managed to make it and it did not disappoint. Here's a recap of my tweets from the day.

As some of you may know, every now and then on Periscope I play on the piano, so it was a welcoming sight to see a piano being played on arrival.

Awesome welcome to Brighton!! pic.twitter.com/LBy0hywPuD
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 5, 2015

It was great to catch up and meet so many talented people of the Internetz!

It's almost time :) #ffconf @triblondon @brucel pic.twitter.com/CGnGrshn3y
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

The cinema was a great venue for the conference, the chairs were so comfy and although at first I thought I'd miss having wi-fi I really didn't. There was a good 4g connection so I was able to use my phone to tweet and my laptop to take extra notes.

Super comfy chairs! #ffconf pic.twitter.com/EJu385Fgrc
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Thanks to Bruce Lawson for introducing me to Sara, I'm a big fan of the work she does and it was nice to thank her in person.

Yay, got to thank @SaraSoueidan in person for all the awesomeness she brings #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Robin Mehner - @rmehner

JavaScript That Doesn't Hurt Your Feelings

First up @rmehner talking about JavaScript that doesn't hurt your feelings #ffconf pic.twitter.com/HJhmDUOkkZ
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

With ES2015 classes, don't go full inception #ffconf pic.twitter.com/fToYmV445r
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Destructuring array example #ffconf pic.twitter.com/5DZyPYirKz
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Property Shorthand example #ffconf pic.twitter.com/4vcP94Yzhc
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Arrow functions example #ffconf pic.twitter.com/MsC1yznrL2
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Strings #ffconf pic.twitter.com/GBO9DpZxQC
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

"Clarity wins over cleverness every time" #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Learn babel https://t.co/cSquPWle7I #ffconf pic.twitter.com/zj0FuDMq5Q
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Webpack Dev Server https://t.co/fypTh4dXgD #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

"Code is not religion" #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

ES6 Overview in 350 Bullet Points https://t.co/TblVH7O5XR #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Sara Soueidan - @sarasoueidan

SVG in Motion

Next up @SaraSoueidan here we go! #ffconf pic.twitter.com/JMW8ZBwmF9
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

SVG is awesome and browser support is very good #ffconf pic.twitter.com/84IK4WccLn
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

When to SVG? #ffconf pic.twitter.com/Ngcs8CWRX3
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

SVG isn't always the answer #ffconf pic.twitter.com/Vw4qaHkXuf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Another thing to consider with icon fonts is that some people change site fonts for accessibility #ffconf +@EmmaJ_PR
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

SVG can do more than display images #ffconf pic.twitter.com/zCuuTvZrN7
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Shameless plug for my Sublime Package - SVG Icons: https://t.co/Iz55wO7id6 #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Better SVG fallback and art direction with the <picture> element https://t.co/73FtlNudkL #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

SVG animation #ffconf pic.twitter.com/3rxppqvC4T
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Interesting point on optimising SVGs, with complex SVGs and animation, optimisation may break things, so best to do manually #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

ProTip: Don't use SMIL, it's deprecated #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Thanks to @SaraSoueidan and @jaffathecake for their SVG posts and tutorials, helped me a lot with https://t.co/M1ogKEnMIG #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Example of different SVG animations #ffconf pic.twitter.com/hV8bBtU2fR
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Ahhh, the SVG viewBox #ffconf pic.twitter.com/g6QCxvBPOM
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Example of responsive SVG with animations using the technique @SaraSoueidan just mentioned https://t.co/wlyFPp85sn #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

https://t.co/1E176RkQiS #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

GSAP's strengths #ffconf pic.twitter.com/kwxZ6YMACc
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

I've spent a lot of time with this post open https://t.co/sIGDU0Vo5o #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Amazing talk by @SaraSoueidan on SVGs, very well spoken and soooooo much information given, great job! #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Anna Shipman - @annashipman

Operations: A Developer's Guide

Next up @annashipman #ffconf pic.twitter.com/B6qRPprOHN
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Props to anyone who worked on gov.uk #ffconf pic.twitter.com/96Pqk8W5Dj
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Configuration management tools for servers #ffconf automation ftw! pic.twitter.com/Oo1AG4bho4
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

The Cloud! #ffconf pic.twitter.com/bmjikvqQHN
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

https://t.co/65NgsYmpFg getting a mention at #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Don't write code on a Mac/Windows then deploy to Linux. Use a VM to replicate your server locally. #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

TIL https://t.co/ifFh18DSWV #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Haven't used docker yet, but I keep hearing it mentioned more and more https://t.co/3zn4QMTGlw #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Deploying to the cloud #ffconf pic.twitter.com/wDFWmuMxt1
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Shout out to https://t.co/tcBg7ubGqb #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Useful command line utilities https://t.co/MwWRDAYQqz #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

So true 'read the output' @annashipman I'd also add 'search for the output' and 'research about the output' #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

John K. Paul - @johnkpaul

The Web Audio Phenomenon That Shall Not Be Named

Next up @johnkpaul #ffconf pic.twitter.com/ZDDFtUNFQN
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

https://t.co/aGsETuNSGs #ffconf @martinrue
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Learning about https://t.co/l6DZbiR2UK and how it relates to programming and linguistics #ffconf pic.twitter.com/cxp38wWJ2M
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Syntax for a linguist #ffconf pic.twitter.com/I0CJDjwzZI
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Loving @johnkpaul 's pronunciation of Malayalam #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Pragmatics for a linguist #ffconf pic.twitter.com/xjeXsuriBU
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Current status: staring at @johnkpaul #ffconf pic.twitter.com/CcTkb0wTQe
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Shout out to https://t.co/MCr6X0wGwb woo! #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Lol @johnkpaul 'npm install me' #ffconf pic.twitter.com/a4Yu2Er9Mb
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Marcy Sutton - @marcysutton

How to win at mobile accessibility

Next up @marcysutton #ffconf pic.twitter.com/IGQpsov6OJ
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Why should I bother? #a11y #ffconf pic.twitter.com/db2A1zyFLS
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

https://t.co/ibTHpixaU2 #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Please don't disable zoom #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

What's a floppy disk? Save, oh, ah. #ffconf pic.twitter.com/BhfEzaghNV
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Remove ambiguity #ffconf pic.twitter.com/A2CxccYVQ9
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Minimize Cognitive Load to Maximize Usability https://t.co/NCdAwTUhan #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Mobile Accessibility Guidelines #ffconf @EmmaJ_PR looks familiar ;) pic.twitter.com/H2j8eL1vIn
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Disabling interactive elements in HTML. Keep content visible, but hide from a screen reader #ffconf pic.twitter.com/ywAZPwZJLd
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Mobile Accessibility recap #ffconf pic.twitter.com/jFUK8tHpiz
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Paul Lewis - @aerotwist

You Should Use `<insert library/framework>` It's The Bestestest!

Next up @aerotwist #ffconf pic.twitter.com/a6UTZtGAB2
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Data #ffconf pic.twitter.com/QZldaLQ5AW
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

All code comes with a cost. Cost to developers, costs to the users. #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Examples of Dev and User costs #ffconf pic.twitter.com/bwoiwhaTuz
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Thoughts on libraries and frameworks from @jaffathecake #ffconf pic.twitter.com/978rlVRK9I
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

bigrigrunner doing a scrolling test, nice #ffconf pic.twitter.com/jTp01PnGtI
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Ah, got it, npm nice https://t.co/ur2DO91Dt5 @aerotwist #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

(Don't shoot the messenger) So, vanilla js, hey? #ffconf +@aerotwist pic.twitter.com/9iZd4VG8vB
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

One for @aerotwist https://t.co/MQiRsTPYcA ;) ;) #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Always focus on the people bit. @aerotwist #ffconf pic.twitter.com/A3absBwP13
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Ice-Cream Break

Yay 🍦 #ffconf @rem pic.twitter.com/fpBa0tbLke
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Martin Kleppe - @aemkei

Code Calligrams

Next up @aemkei #ffconf pic.twitter.com/EODRGM2k1P
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

https://t.co/7lfOYPRbdy (sfw) #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Whoa… #ffconf pic.twitter.com/ClvuoIdJIS
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Hebrew alphabet code example #ffconf pic.twitter.com/t6Jlmxohei
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

What did @rem put in those ice-creams I'm seeing things #ffconf pic.twitter.com/bTOIFvDWV1
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Wow, so cool, Quine Matrix code #ffconf pic.twitter.com/FCxP6xebNb
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

And it running, Matrix Quine code #ffconf pic.twitter.com/Dsjm3jOrRV
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

My mind is melting https://t.co/uL1If4VFiT #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

What planet is @aemkei from? #ffconf pic.twitter.com/0sdNvPqqUT
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Ok so where's @aemkei going to go with this #ffconf pic.twitter.com/pnA8Fsj5Tc
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

The wdf, should really be wtf me thinks :p #ffconf pic.twitter.com/lwnnY08KgW
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

168byte star field #ffconf pic.twitter.com/87P6oYs8QO
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

So, yeah, this #ffconf pic.twitter.com/5Z3K3E6QoR
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Wow… this code is an ascii art star field animation #ffconf pic.twitter.com/6CVExC13im
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Like this, amazing #ffconf pic.twitter.com/D8fKoXscs2
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Releasing https://t.co/pQj6YhK4R8 at @FrontTalks – An ever changing painting using Braille characters in ~500 bytes. pic.twitter.com/vmYU4ADuVV
— Martin Kleppe (@aemkei) September 19, 2015

Lena Reinhard - @lrnrd

A talk about everything

Last but not least @lrnrd #ffconf pic.twitter.com/UojSp36ozN
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

3.2 billion people now have access to the Internet #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Power #ffconf pic.twitter.com/gvG7OxL4p0
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

I think it's brave of @rem & @lrnrd to run this last talk and necessary. Kudos "Every line of code is a political & ethical stand" #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

It's also reassuring to see no negative comments regarding this talk on Twitter #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

"Work on being an ally" #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Very moving end to #ffconf with a long, well deserved round of applause @lrnrd
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Thanks

Thanks everyone evolved! 👏👏👏 #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Gotta love @rem @Julieanne and family! Thanks again #ffconf pic.twitter.com/J5QEydBZlQ
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

After Party

Cool on brand finger nails #ffconf pic.twitter.com/vEJIij4Rtu
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

@s10wen it was no other than @benjaminbenben :D
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 7, 2015

https://t.co/fMCXLB0gdC via @skinofstars #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

Nice project from @gerardsans https://t.co/kZI21WtsxO #ffconf
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 6, 2015

"You're such a little trooper!" Graffiti in Brighton #starwars #ffconf pic.twitter.com/SLe5aLUJWZ
— Simon Owen (@s10wen) November 7, 2015

And, I'll leave you all with this!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you a dancing @rem #ffconf pic.twitter.com/zxqfj2XfIB
— Lena (@lrnrd) November 6, 2015

Thanks again to everyone involved, I had a a great time and will hopefully be back for #ffconf 2016!