On this #TheWPshow I chat to my old friend, and seasoned web developer, Steve Kirtley. We talk about the future of websites, after chatting about how the web has evolved.
- How we used to build websites (tables/transparent gifs etc)
- The battle of content v presentation
- CSS emerges
- The battle of the browsers
- How a web browser works
- Semantic markup and the proper use of tables!
- Accessibility
- What this means for SEO
- Micro-formats, structured data, schemas etc – adding meaning to your pages
- Google Search Console
- WAP
- Mobile & responsiveness
- Separate sites for mobile
- 56k dial-up modems & the growth of web pages (in more ways than one)
- Website performance
- The discrepancy in web browsing speeds
- The emergence of pop-ups etc
- The positive direction of travel of privacy and the negative issue of user experience
- Print v online media
- Big brand companies not actually following (say) GDPR
- GDPR v Data Protection Act
- The fallacy of privacy policies
- The future of privacy
- Why is Facebook ‘free‘?
- How our data is being used?
- FourSquare – & the power of data
- Fake News, fact checking, and trustworthiness
I used the Descript app to help edit the video – it gives you some auto transcribing which was helpful. It made a few mistakes along the way but in general it worked well.