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Flickr is implementing new rules. You can only have 3000 contacts and maximum 75 tags for a photo? That is hilarious. Even though it might seem like a good way of filtering out spams and people using flickr as a social networking tool, but who says that it shouldn’t be how flickr is used. It started out as a photo sharing service but the social networking factor in it is definitely significant to its success. There might be a better way of eliminating the spams, how about allowing users to set who can post images in the comment? Have you seen some groups with huge graphics that it asks members to post in comments? It’s annoying. Have you seen people posting really ugly huge geocities style gif in comments before? I have… Once again, …

I am in the process of moving all my files and all the things I’ve ever put online to media temple. It’s a lot of work, since I am hosting 2 other domains and have 3 blogs to move. I have decided to move all my domains and all my hosting to media temple. If I really have to tell my old hosting why I am moving, I would probably say that media temple has a kick ass beautiful usable user interface for the admin control panel I’ll skip talking about all the techie goodness it offers because those are just a given.

Therefore, don’t be alert when things seem to be offline. I promise I will get everything back online asap.

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Mobile Development Panel

Thursday, July 20, 4:30 pm 5:30 pm
Category: Mobile/iTV/PDA

Mobile promises to be the next frontier of the web, but to web developers at first glance it looks to be a nightmare. With hundreds of browsers, devices and a battle in standards, how do you even get started?

In this roundtable discussion with pioneers and experts in mobile design and development, we will openly discuss the challenges of mobile, help get you up to speed with what is taking place in the industry and provide some tips and tricks to help you get started in mobile.
Speakers:
Brian Fling
Kelly Goto
Gavin Lew

Thursday, July 20, 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Category: Trending Issues

A language of interaction has been opened to the community: the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/index.php. Its goal is to share a vocabulary around designing for engagement. It informs the newest areas of design within Yahoo! and provides a home for sharing the best design and code solutions with the community at large.

Patterns are optimal solutions to common problems. As common problems are tossed around a community and are resolved, common solutions often spontaneously emerge. Eventually, the best of these rise above the din and self-identify and become refined until they reach the status of a Design Pattern.

Design patterns are a nice concept, but how do they fare in the real world? This session will also draw lessons and pose questions based on the experience of that eBay’s User Experience & …