More to post tomorrow.
Saturday, March 17th, 2007I've got 7 more sessions to post about and will try to get them finished up tomorrow.
Archive for March 17th, 2007
I've got 7 more sessions to post about and will try to get them finished up tomorrow.
Sunday 5pm - Sex and Computational Technology
Saturday, March 17th, 2007I went to this session solely because it had the word "teledildonics" in the description. Maybe also a little because the rest of the sessions in that time slot sounded very boring by contrast. There really isn't a lot to say here other that it was interesting. Kyle showed ...
Sunday 4:00pm - Startup like Ghengis Khan
Saturday, March 17th, 2007Sorry, but this was my least favorite session. It had some great potential but Kevin spent way too much time on the history of Khan and not enough time tying in the details to running a startup or project. Someday I'll have to do my own version of this idea ...
Sunday 3:30pm - Las Vegas Design
Saturday, March 17th, 2007I thought this was mostly fluff, but the speaker was interesting. Many of the most popular and interesting cities and web sites weren't really designed, they just happened. MySpace wan't designed, it just sort of grew out of an idea and became popular despite it's often garish appearance. MySpace, like Vegas ...
Sunday 11:30am - Short Attention Span - Big Dividends
Saturday, March 17th, 2007Wow, this session rocked. Jim and Brendan did a wonderful job of talking about leveraging a short attention span to keep things interesting and productive. Do things because you can do things. This was the reoccurring theme in this talk. Just do it because you can. Of ...
Sunday 10am - Using RSS for Marketing
Saturday, March 17th, 2007Not as interesting as I'd hoped, but there were some good nuggets of information. Some of the basic points they made are: Consistent updates, Use RSS to inform your customers, Don't be too stingy with information, teach your users how to use RSS and update frequently. Tom Markiewicz CEO, ...
Saturday 5pm - Ghost in the Machine
Saturday, March 17th, 2007This was a very good session that explored the realm of religious blogs and why the authors write about their beliefs. I've been reading RLP's (Real Live Preacher) blog for about a year and had just recently heard of the Velveteen Rabbi so it was a real treat to get to ...
Saturday 4pm - Ruining User Experience
Saturday, March 17th, 2007It's all about the water. Or more specifically it's really the small aspects of one's meal that determine how well you appreciate your waiter. The same holds true for web applications. It's not how well the app does it's job but more about how much it annoys ...
Saturday 3:30pm - Grids are Good
Saturday, March 17th, 2007I must have forgot to take a pic during this session so I'll have to steal one from Mark when he gets his processed. Grids are Good! Yes, they are. Mark Boulton and Khoi Vinh did a great job of explaining how to layout a web page on a ...