Kroc Camen

code is art

Camen Design

Three Principles

I. Code is Art

(art is personality)

HTML5 since 2008; No <div>s. No <span>s.No classes. No IDs(presentational)

II. Solve Only My Problem

“The Internet is full of generic code that solves generic problems, generically.”

Be personal.

“Blog for yourself, not for others.”

Don’t do what others say.

No imaginary customer / boss / market-share to hold you back

III. Let Everybody Else Do Their Job

“Don’t lower your standards,simplify your methods.”

No comments.

email or blog

“The more JavaScript you add to a comment system,

the worse it gets.”

No social junk.

copy + paste, bookmarks

Some Things I Made

 

Video for Everybody:

HTML was designed to last.JavaScript wasn’t.

HTML5 Video first, Flash second

VfE is a pattern, not a product!

Use "Media Element JS" instead!

ReMarkable:

Converts Plain Text  Syntax to HTMLTitle 1=======Title 2-------The quick brown fox _jumps over the lazy dog.

<Click Me! (//google.com)>

<h1>Title 1</h1><h2>Title 2</h2><p>The quick brown fox<br /> jumps over the lazy dog.</p> <a href="http://google.com">Click me!</a>

Markdown: ~1’400 loc

Perl!

PHPMarkdownExtra: ~ 3’000 loc,

2 classes, 85 functions (It does a lot more though!)

ReMarkable: 630 loc,1 function

 

^:: (?:\(#([0-9a-z_-]+)\) )?(.*)\n{0,2}((?:\t+.*\n)+|(?:\t+.*(?:\n|(\n)\n)?)+)?\n(?=\

n::|<\/dl>)

NoNonsense Forum:

A Brief History of Discussion on the Internet:

1971        Email1978        BBS1980        Usenet1988        Internet Relay Chat1994        Web Forums1997        Blogging2004        Facebook 2006        Twitter

A Brief History of Discussion on the Internet:

1971        Email - Can't get rid of it1978        BBS - Dead, replaced by Web1980        Usenet - Dying, BitTorrent1988        Internet Relay Chat - Alive + well1994        Web Forums - Still going strong1997        Blogging - Popular as ever2004        Facebook 2006        Twitter

A Brief History of Discussion on the Internet:

These are brands, not protocolsTheir future is not guaranteed.

Anybody remember MySpace? Bebo?

2004        Facebook 2006        Twitter

The forum is not dead,it just lost its way

 

•Signatures•Avatars bigger than your face•Ranks (I have more posts than you!!!)•Over-engineered: groups, bookmarks,

profiles, messaging•Noise, clutter, hostility

Discussion has beendrowned-out by ego.

NoNonsense Forum

No database

Just RSS

No hurdles

Register + post at the same time.No CAPTCHA

No distraction, just discussion

No avatars, no post ranks, no signatures, no profiles

Works everywhere...

• Internet Explorer 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11...• Mozilla Firefox 3+• Google Chrome • Safari 3+ • Opera 9+• Text browsers!• ...

iOS, Android, Kindle (including e-ink) & more

Easy to theme

Templates are HTML and HTML only; no `{{template tags}}` or

mixed server / client code.

 

NNF is not trying to be the only forum in town (e.g.

phpBB) 

It’s good for team / office discussion

 

There’s a lot still to improve

• Easier installation, updating

Why isn't installing a web-app on a web-server as easy as buying an app on an iPhone? Industry-wide problem :(

• Easier administration

I plan to develop an admin web-interface so you don’t have to FTP-in and edit text files by hand

• Translation

Working on translation-support at the moment!

You can help!

• Study the code, make changes—it’s open source!• File issues• Make suggestions on the Camen Design forum• Spread the word!

Thank You.

Questions?