[webproducers] Re: Valuable Conferences
- From: morry <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:20:30 -0400
I see that Jared Spool is speaking at the event. He came and spoke
at one of our events co-sponsored with The New School a few years ago
(his talk on the Scent of Information is on our website) and it was
well worth attending that event in my humble opinion.
On Jun 27, 2006, at 7:33 PM, Sharon Greenfield wrote:
> But for a suggestion, UI 11:
> http://www.uie.com/events/uiconf/2006/
>
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> On 6/27/06, Sharon Greenfield <sharongreenfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Yet and however, conferences are ways to use thing such as soft
>> skills.
>> Networking and creative sparks are things that one can come away from
>> conferences with.
>>
>> When I make the decision to go out of town on conference one of
>> the things
>> I look to is - who is the leader in the field I am studying that I
>> most
>> agree with? Who do I feel is a visionary author/developer? Then I
>> go to the
>> conferences that they speak at- partially because I will be able
>> to glean
>> some new information from them possibly, but mostly because I know
>> that many
>> other users there are of the same mindset as I am within whatever
>> that
>> particular field is. And hence networking with others whom I think
>> are onto
>> something I really believe in, helps with my own creative spark.
>>
>> I for one, will be at Webvisions 2006. Partly of course because it is
>> being hosted in town, so that is an easy decision; no leaving the
>> cat for
>> days.
>>
>> -Sharon
>>
>>
>> On 6/27/06, Michael James Pinto <michaeljamespinto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> ---- Original Message ----
>>> From: Caroling Lee <caroling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
>>> To: "webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 11:17:40 AM
>>> Subject: [webproducers] Valuable Conferences
>>>
>>>> Hi All:
>>>> I need some help trying to find a good, solid usability, UX,
>>>> project
>>>> management conference?
>>>
>>> I think if you're looking for something that specific (like on basic
>>> usability
>>> or project management) you might be let down by a conference. I
>>> think
>>> your best bet would be to just read a book to get the basics -
>>> then look
>>> to a conference to get the latest info.
>>>
>>> If I had to name a usability classic I think "Don't Make Me
>>> Think" by
>>> Steve
>>> Krug comes to mind. The best classic for IA would be the O'Rielly
>>> book
>>> by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville (with the cute polar bear
>>> on the
>>> cover).
>>> In terms of software project management the main book is "The
>>> Mythical
>>> Man Month" by Brooks:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
>>>
>>> The other problem I have with conferences is that they are a
>>> mixed bag
>>> at
>>> best - they go in and out of style - and some get very costly to
>>> attend.
>>> The
>>> best solution for this that I've found is to get the podcasts from
>>> ITconversations
>>> and This Week in Tech:
>>>
>>> http://www.itconversations.com/index.html
>>>
>>> http://twit.tv/
>>> - Specific Podcasts to get: TWIT and Inside the Net
>>>
>>> Listening to these podcasts you're able to hear the very best
>>> keynote
>>> speeches
>>> from all over the world. With IT Conversations you can also
>>> search by a
>>> topic,
>>> so instead of paying $1000 for a conference with one decent
>>> session on
>>> your
>>> topic, you can listen to it for free.
>>>
>>> Of course that said both ITconversations and TWIT are listener
>>> supported, so I
>>> would urge everyone to donate to the cause if you like what they are
>>> doing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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