From ea5a66ac284177cb2cf99fe3e39a6a214afeb35c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Motiejus=20Jak=C5=A1tys?= Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:31:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] another talk --- content/talks.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/talks.md b/content/talks.md index d12ba96..f6e1dd9 100644 --- a/content/talks.md +++ b/content/talks.md @@ -40,6 +40,35 @@ No video, no slides. 2022-04-10 Zig Milan Party -------------------------- +**Maps and Yellow Pages** + +If you look back 10-15 years, we used “free maps” only as a last-resort way to +find a tourism information office or shop that sells real maps. It also used to +be funny and, in a way, interesting, to navigate “map-flavored yellow pages”. +We knew we are looking at an ad brochure and acted accordingly. + +These days map-flavored Yellow Pages are embedded into every smartphone, which +we use daily to navigate. I find it quite sad, because constantly projecting +the world through such “maps” results in a very peculiar world understanding. +For those who haven’t tried, it is an interesting exercise to use Yellow Pages +to find playgrounds (when traveling with kids) or water fountains during hot +days. + +Even in this era, not all is lost! Technology of real maps is moving and +improving. I will remind you what a real map looks like and show how usable it +is today. During the talk a licensed cartographer will give practical +day-to-day tips for navigation and exploration. In the second half of the talk +we will switch out our consumer hat to a creator hat and behold, create! No +background in cartography required, only a smartphone. + +* [Slides](/talks/2024-sycl-maps-and-yellow-pages.pdf). +* Video: [webm](/talks/2024-sycl-maps-and-yellow-pages.webm), [mkv](/talks/2024-sycl-maps-and-yellow-pages.mkv), [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7fFBJHmCT0) + +
+ +2022-04-10 Zig Milan Party +-------------------------- + **How Zig is Used at Uber** * [Written form]({{}}).