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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070211
SUMMARY:Web Directions North
LOCATION:Vancouver, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Put together by designers and developers, for designers and dev
 elopers, Web Directions North is brought to you by Dave Shea, Derek Feather
 stone, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp. 
\n
\nOver two days and nights, Web
  Directions North is packed tight with sessions by renowned, inspiring, ent
 ertaining speakers and experts, parties, and more.
\n
\nCome along and hear
  Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan Cederholm, J
 oe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters, Jeremy Keit
 h and many other present and future web luminaries, covering Ajax and Javas
 cript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design and developme
 nt, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and more. 
\n
\nBegi
 nning with an optional day of workshops from some of the web’s best educa
 tors, and rounded off with two optional days of skiing and boarding at Whis
 tler, Web Directions North is 2007’s web design and development event not
  to be missed.
\n
\nRegister until December 31 for just $CDN895 (about USD$
 770), and includes two tight-packed, fully catered days of renowned speaker
 s, an offical reception and closing night party.
\n
\nWorkshops are just $C
 DN395 (~USD$340) for a full, fully catered day with world experts Andy Clar
 ke and Aaron Gustafson, Derek Featherstone, or Kelly Goto.
\n
\nFor confere
 nce attendees and their family, each day at Whistler is just $CDN120 (~USD$
 100, including transfers too and from Whistler and Vancouver, and lift tick
 ets)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071026
SUMMARY:Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference
LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:Now grab the chance to listen to, learn from and mingle with yo
 ur favorite New Riders authors and the most respected professionals in the 
 Web design industry at Voices That Matter: Web Design, a conference hosted 
 by New Riders.
\n
\nAs a Web designer, you understand the challenges you fa
 ce. Gone are the days when a good grasp of HTML and some straightforward us
 ability knowledge would get the job done. Now your clients want to know tha
 t you're comfortable with CSS, XML, Ajax, Web standards, interaction design
 , information architecture, interface design, Search Engine Optimization, F
 lash, Flex, JavaScript, mobile design, mash-ups and much more.
\n
\nAt Voic
 es That Matter: Web Design, our lineup of speakers, including Jakob Nielsen
 , Steve Krug, Jeremy Keith, and many more, will teach you new techniques; s
 ome will show you how to avoid the potholes and pitfalls in how-to sessions
 ; still others will inspire you to try new pathways in creative, energizing
 , thought-provoking, idea-driven sessions.
\n
\nEntertaining, informative, 
 authoritative, but most of all, inspiring, Voices That Matter: Web Design w
 ill bring you face-to-face with the authors whose books have shaped your ca
 reer.
\n
\nRegister now at www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2007!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080227
SUMMARY:Refresh Pittsburgh February Meetup
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 26 at the
  Creative Treehouse in Bellevue.
\n
\nCynthia Closky from Big Big Design wi
 ll be presenting "Google-Friendly Blogging in Five Easy Steps." She'll be d
 iscussing basic search engine optimization for WordPress -- and by extensio
 n, other blog tools. There are lots of misconceptions about SEO in the firs
 t place, and there are some simple steps one can take to improve one's sear
 ch ranking.
\n
\nNext, Jeff Hunter, organizer of Devhouse Pittsburgh will b
 e presenting introduction to Ruby. Jeff will show us what it is, why you ma
 y want to consider using it for your next project. When I asked Jeff if was
  interesting in presenting, I asked him to explain "What the heck is ruby a
 nd why do I keep hearing about it (and why do people yell at me when I conf
 use ruby and ruby on rails?!?)" So you can expect to get answers to those q
 uestions too!
\n
\nOur friends at O' Reilly Publishing have provided us wit
 h a few Ruby books as giveaways for the night as well.
\n
\nFinally, if any
 one would like to show off a recent project or pose a few questions to our 
 group, please drop me line!
\n
\nAs usual, we should have a good supply of 
 coffee and cookies and other sweets to get you through the night. Depending
  out what time we wrap up, we can try to take the conversation down to Affa
 goto's.
\nRSVP
\n
\nPlease RSVP to let us know if you will be joining us. I
  need to make sure we have enough seats and most importantly, coffee! And b
 y all means, please forward this invitation to anyone you like.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080614
SUMMARY:Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference
LOCATION:Nashville, Tennessee, USA
DESCRIPTION:You've read their books. Now you're ready for more. Come and jo
 in the conversation at the Voices that Matter: Web Design Conference coming
  to the Loews Vanderbilt in Nashville this June! You’ll learn from and ming
 le with the industry’s most respected authors and meet peers from all over 
 the globe who are passionate about Web design!
\n
\nhttp://www.voicesthatma
 tter.com/webdesign2008
\n
\nCircle these dates on your calendar—June 10-13,
  2008—and reserve your seat early to join us for the most well-rounded Web 
 design event you’ll find anywhere! Get your difficult questions answered an
 d gain insights from the industry’s brightest thinkers and practitioners du
 ring four days of entertaining, informative, and inspiring sessions. You’ll
  engage in thought-provoking discussions and participate in interactive net
 working activities to enhance your subject matter expertise and hone your p
 rofessional skills. 
\n  
\nTwo tracks (one creative and inspirational, one
  strategic and practical) mean there's always a session for you: whether yo
 u're looking for the up-in-the-clouds ideas that'll transform your work whe
 n the conference is over or the down-to-earth techniques that'll make your 
 job easier every day. 
\n
\nDon’t miss it! Save June 10 – 13 for the Voices
  that Matter: Web Design! Guarantee yourself a seat where you’ll come face-
 to-face with world class authors including:
\n•         Dan Brown 
\n•     
     Curt Cloninger 
\n•         Zoe Gillenwater 
\n•         Robert Hoekman
 , Jr. 
\n•         Jeremy Keith 
\n•         Steve Krug 
\n•         Penny 
 McIntire 
\n•         Sandra Niehaus 
\n•         Joshua Porter 
\n•       
   Garr Reynolds 
\n•         Nathan Shedroff 
\n•         Aarron Walter 
\n
 •         Charles Wyke-Smith 
\n•         And many others!
\n
\nTo request 
 more information, visit the online brochure at http://www.voicesthatmatter.
 com/webdesign2008, call 617-848-7026, or email Barbara.Gavin@PearsonEd.com.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080614
SUMMARY:Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference
LOCATION:Nashville, Tennessee, USA
DESCRIPTION:As a Web designer, you understand the challenges you face. Gone
  are the days when a good grasp of HTML and some straightforward usability 
 knowledge would get the job done. Now your clients want to know that you're
  comfortable with CSS, XML, Ajax, Web standards, interaction design, inform
 ation architecture, interface design, Search Engine Optimization, Flash, Fl
 ex, JavaScript, mobile design, mash-ups and much more.
\n
\nAt Voices That 
 Matter: Web Design, our lineup of speakers, including Steve Krug, Garr Reyn
 olds, Jeremy Keith, and many more, will teach you new techniques; some will
  show you how to avoid the potholes and pitfalls in how-to sessions; still 
 others will inspire you to try new pathways in creative, energizing, though
 t-provoking, idea-driven sessions.
\n
\nEntertaining, informative, authorit
 ative, but most of all, inspiring, Voices That Matter: Web Design Conferenc
 e will bring you face-to-face with the authors whose books have shaped your
  career.
\n
\nRegister now at www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008!
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081009
SUMMARY:Refresh Pittsburgh October Meetup
LOCATION:Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:We have three presentation on tap for this one:
\n
\nMichael Fu
 lk is a an interactive developer at Wall to Wall and also does freelance wo
 rk as Future Designs. He’ll be presenting “Bending the Pipes” - which will 
 give us a crash course on making mashups, feeds and recombining web content
  with Yahoo Pipes and Dapper.
\n
\nNext, Olivia Blonde is a web designer at
  the University of Pittsburgh and previous worked at the Carnegie Libraries
  where she was responsible for the redesign of the Carnegie Library website
 . She’ll present “Design Process in a Nutshell”. Each designer — or design 
 group — develops a method for solving problems, then evolves that method ov
 er time. While no one person or group may view a problem from the same pers
 pective, general similarities often appear in their approach. Olivia’s pres
 entation will take us from requirements to concepts to design and to hand o
 ff.
\n
\nFinally, Isaac Gierard, a new media developer at Elliance with be 
 showing off a recent project of his, a “CSS Combiner”. Isaac will give a br
 ief introduction to a recently developed open source CSS preprocessor for c
 ombining multiple CSS files into on and it’s benefits for website performan
 ce.
\n
\nAlso, we’ll be giving away one free pass to the Flashpitt conferen
 ce taking place the following Friday!
\n
\nAs usual, please RSVP and get mo
 re info at refrreshpittsburgh.org!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090206
SUMMARY:Web Directions North 2009
LOCATION:Denver, Colorado, USA
DESCRIPTION:Web Directions is one of the world's leading conferences for we
 b professionals, bringing together the leading experts from around the nati
 on and around the world to educate, entertain and inspire our attendees.
\n
 
\nPrices start at just $195 for workshops and $795 for the conference.
\n
 \nBut for Boxes and Arrows readers, we have a special offer of just $745 be
 fore December 6th. Just sign up using the code WDN09BA.
\n 
\nWeb Direction
 s focusses on the professional development of web designers and developers,
  interaction designers, user experience professionals and other practitione
 rs in the web arena, whether they work as a contractor, in a design agency,
  in small or large businesses, in government, education or the not-for-prof
 it sector.
\n
\nWeb Directions covers established and emerging fields such 
 as:
\n
\nWeb design & development
\nMobile design & development
\nAccessibi
 lity
\nAJAX techniques
\nUser Experience
\nRIA development
\nWeb Applicatio
 n security
\nUser Testing
\n
\nSpeakers include
\n
\nDerek Featherstone
\nN
 ate Koechly
\nDan Cederholm
\nJuliette Melton
\nBrian Fling
\nNicole Sulliv
 an-Haas
\nBen Galbraith
\nJina Bolton
\nElliot Jay Stocks
\nDave Shea
\n
\n
 and many more.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090221
SUMMARY:Webstock
LOCATION:Wellington, New Zealand
DESCRIPTION:Webstock is New Zealand's web conference, held in mid-February 
 in Wellington.
\n
\nSpeakers for Webstock 09 include Bruce Sterling, Ze Fra
 nk, Jane McGonigal, Annalee Newitz, Derek Powazek and Heather Champ.
\n
\nW
 ebstock has established a reputation as one of the leading conferences in t
 he world of its type for the web industry.
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