Hillhacks

A Talk by James, at Main Conference

Many technologies (and other things) are “wonderful for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. … my role is to be on the bottom of things.” These are some ideas and views from where i work and live – deep in the bowels of website (not app) development.

They don't mean that i think other people should do the same way i do; just sharing another way of looking at things that may be useful.

(Quote is Donald Knuth, who is so far above me that my “bottom of things” is miles below his basement!)

The W W W W is the Wonderful World Wide Web. Thank you Tim Berners-Lee!

“Biggest boost to human ability to share information since moveable type.” http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/22/25_years_ago_worlds_first_website/

Here is the ugly truth from the bottom:

   The Web is not an "app".
   The Web is not visual design.
   The Web is about TEXT.

Random details at https://www.webwalker.to/walker/talk/ Will try to grow this before talk time.

Website developer since the Web began.

   (AKA Certified "Old Fart")
   vim. gnu/linux. bash/perl/php/wordpress.
   Cyberwallah to Tibet, so the kind of Web i like to make is tied to that.