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We apologize for not continuing this liveblog post due to lots of constraints, but you can check the user-generated recap of the event with tweets tagged #ffc2009. You can also view photos of the event tagged PWDO. They’re also posted on the PWDO site.

Thank you very much for supporting our event!

10:00 am

Rico Sta. Cruz – Breaking your Instincts: Common bad habits and how to fight them

Rico explains how convenience affects our work as web designers.

Screw lemonade.

We try to break from our instincts and come up with something better. Some things to avoid: a challenge! Live demonstration with a fictional local newspaper website.

• Three levels of categories? THINK. Going against our istincts, we don’t need to make our navigation mirror the sitemap structure, do we?

9:15 am

Nap Lara – Javascript 101: DOM, Events, and Objects

Nap Lara introducing Javascript and the frameworks you can use

• YUI – javascript framework from Yahoo!
• jQuery
• mooTools

How events work
Event bubbling
Sort of like the bubble loop that you dip in
How do I listen to events?

Objects
Defining a variable
JSON vs. XML
When it comes to AJAX, you have to limit your calls.
In a browser, you’re only allowed up to 2 simultaneous requests per domain — so keep it down to 2 requests per page load.
Define timeouts, e.g. 30 seconds — then hit refresh

Best practices
Compression/Obfuscation

9:00 am

Ia introducing the vision and mission of Philippine Web Designers Organization. The group is open to professionals, students, amateur web designers. PWDO has organized 3 mini-conferences in Ortigas and Quezon City in 2008.

To become a member of PWDO:
http://webdesigners.org.ph/join/

Membership Requirements:
P1000 (waived for FFC 2009 attendees)
organize a mini-conference (free, barcamp style) (waived for student volunteers)
submit URL of portfolio of web design work (min. 1 website)

9:00 am

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