We Are Web Clerks

@WeAreWebClerks Vienna 2019

Event
November 25, 2019

I’ve been attending the first-ever WeAreWebClerks Community Conference 2019 in Vienna. Glad to see one of the most livable cities finally has a down-to-earth (read: not ReactJS-and-the-likes) web developer conference.

Talks & Speakers

“Building” by Jeremy Keith
“Dark UX patterns” by Lisa Gringl
“Rage Against the Content Machine” by Max Böck
“Why Every Interface Should Be Black & White” by Heydon Pickering
“Stakeholder-Centric Design” by Che Harvey
“Does It Work? Using The New CSS Layout” by Rachel Andrew
“I’m Just an Old Guard Dev in a New Guard World” by Charlie Owen
“Using a Modern Web to Recreate 1980s Horribly Slow and Loud Loading Screens” by Remy Sharp
“Emotional, Memorable Design” by Vitaly Friedman

During lunch break, I’ve also been attending these two Lightning Talks:

“More ‘Hurrah!’, Less ‘Krawuzzi Kapuzzi’” by Stefan Baumgartner
“Testing Web Accessibility” by Adrián Bolonio

Comments

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 06:51

@WeAreWebClerks
-vienna-appearance: beautiful !important;
cssence.com/2019/we-are-web-clerks

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 08:00

First conference on home turf. First conference as a married man. Let’s do this.
@WeAreWebClerks #webclerks

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 08:21

Press Esc to stop coffee. 😛
@WeAreWebClerks #webclerks

The coffee machines at the conference may have been designed by a developer.

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 09:01

Every website is always under construction.

— @adactio #webclerks

Yes.
cssence.com/2019/just-launch

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 10:03

Conference Attendee Pro Tip (and Note to Self):
If you see a speaker,
don’t be shy,
just say “Hi!”
#webclerks

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 10:31

Ha! Just realized I’m wearing my “Pluto being kicked out as a planet” T-shirt at Urania Sternwarte. #webclerks #coincidence

Wearing a shirt with planets on it. How fitting.

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 10:51

Only a couple of minutes into @mxbck’s talk at #webclerks and my neck hurts from constant nodding. #IndieWeb cssence.com/2019/leaving-social-sites

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 11:04

Continued from previous comment.

Yes, I’m aware of the irony of posting this on Twitter.
cssence.com/2015/own-your-own-data

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 11:29

Just checked, the code to turn my website into black & white fits into a tweet.
:root, .card, .browse a { --color-accent: var(--color-dark); } .mood, nav .browse a, .imprint { --color-accent: var(--color-lighter); }
@heydonworks #webclerks

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 11:30

Continued from previous comment.

I will add a Monochrome toggle to the Settings page of CSSence.com.

As soon as I have a Settings page.

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 12:53

Important reminder by @bolonio that Accessibility should be part of the overall process and not something that can be fixed later.
Couldn’t agree more. #webclerks
cssence.com/2017/accessibility-for-everyone

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 13:25

Shoutout to speisen-ohne-grenzen.at for their innovative lunch options at @WeAreWebClerks #webclerks

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 15:11

If you are putting a width on all your flex children, there’s a good chance you want grid instead.

— @rachelandrew #webclerks

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 16:08

Thank you @sonniesedge for making me realize I’m a grandfather now.
cssence.com/2017/being-online-for-20-years

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 16:31

mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

— @sonniesedge #webclerks

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 25, 2019 at 18:34

And that’s a wrap. Thanks to all the speakers, and especially everyone at @WeAreWebClerks for putting Vienna on the map and making this web conference a reality. 💙

Viennese city lights right out side the conference venue. Some Christmas decoration already in place.

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 26, 2019 at 06:14

Just woke up to the realization that at yesterday’s @WeAreWebClerks I’ve been standing next to @g16n 🙀
Big deal! @SelfHTML got me into this industry. Back when years started with 19, not a day went by without me having a browser window with selfhtml.org open.

Matthias Zöchling wrote on November 26, 2019 at 06:15

Continued from previous comment.

Yup, browser window, tabs weren’t invented back then.

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