Updates to JOB

JOB has been updated to version 1.1. The changes are minimal and largely to resolve a couple of minor issues;

- The "self." prefix has been removed as it is both unnecessary and mildly irritating (the much touted performance improvements given by the self. prefix are largely illusory).
- Classes can now be nested in classes. There were never any good reasons for this limitation except that it seemed wrong to allow it. Now it seems right - what's so rare about repeatable elements with repeatable elements in them?

In the near future JOB will be seeing a major overhaul, turning it on its head. The main aim is to reduce the need for direct DOM scanning to find JOBjects, and instead to scan the Javascript objects first. This should see a bit of a performance improvement, and also make it easier to indulge in further shenanigans eg. asynchronous JOB HTML loading. Watch this space.

LBI Useful launched at Minibar

On the 16th November, we 'officially' launched LBI Useful at the latest Minibar event.

Minibar is an East London social evening where people "meet and chat about p2p, Creative Commons, web applications, social networking and general Web 2. (3.0) mayhem & fandango". LBi provided enough free red stripe to keep the crowds amused for at least half an hour, and a clutch of individuals from startups gave presentations showing their wares.

more here: http://barcamp.org/minibar

Having shown off the joys of Useful, the LBi team (myself, compere JMarks and projector technician JGarner) retired to the bar and drank the night away. For those who couldn't make it, here's a few of the (decidedly lo-fi) slides: