Preaching to the converted.
I recently spoke at the Chinese New Year Banquet of the British Computer Society in Upper Canada. A small but enthusiastic group of revelers waited patiently through my presentation, “Bridging the Disconnect between Art and technology: From Wild Imaginations to Web Experiences” before an absolutely extraordinary banquet prepared by Empire Legendary Oriental Cuisine. If I’d known the food was going to be so fantastic, I would’ve cut the presentation down to the title and “Happy New Year.”
It was great chatting afterwards with some of the guests. It’s a little unorthodox to wax poetic about web development (and in particular, web standards), and how a lifetime of working with actors, designers and directors led me to them—but there is a connection. That connection should just be made more quickly when there’s good food waiting.
Our thanks to Shane O’Neill from Hitachi Canada for the invite. It was a great night.