Vancouver Canada 2007-02-11 Put together by designers and developers, for designers and developers, Web Directions North is brought to you by Dave Shea, Derek Featherstone, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp. Over two days and nights, Web Directions North is packed tight with sessions by renowned, inspiring, entertaining speakers and experts, parties, and more. Come along and hear Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan Cederholm, Joe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters, Jeremy Keith and many other present and future web luminaries, covering Ajax and Javascript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design and development, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and more. Beginning with an optional day of workshops from some of the web’s best educators, and rounded off with two optional days of skiing and boarding at Whistler, Web Directions North is 2007’s web design and development event not to be missed. Register until December 31 for just $CDN895 (about USD$770), and includes two tight-packed, fully catered days of renowned speakers, an offical reception and closing night party. Workshops are just $CDN395 (~USD$340) for a full, fully catered day with world experts Andy Clarke and Aaron Gustafson, Derek Featherstone, or Kelly Goto. For conference attendees and their family, each day at Whistler is just $CDN120 (~USD$100, including transfers too and from Whistler and Vancouver, and lift tickets) 150 Canada Be part of what promises to be one of 2007’s best web designer and developer events. A two day conference with an optional day of workshops, and two optional days at Whistler, is not to be missed. 2007-02-06 false http://north.webdirections.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/150 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/150/logo.png accessibility, ajax, apis, css, design, development, google, html, ia, mashups, microformats, mobile, ux, web20, webapps, webstandards, workflow, yahoo San Francisco USA 2007-10-26 Now grab the chance to listen to, learn from and mingle with your 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. 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, information architecture, interface design, Search Engine Optimization, Flash, Flex, JavaScript, mobile design, mash-ups and much more. At Voices That Matter: Web Design, our lineup of speakers, including Jakob Nielsen, Steve Krug, 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, thought-provoking, idea-driven sessions. Entertaining, informative, authoritative, but most of all, inspiring, Voices That Matter: Web Design will bring you face-to-face with the authors whose books have shaped your career. Register now at www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2007! 315 CA Listen to, learn from and mingle with your favorite New Riders authors and the most respected professionals in the Web design industry, including Jakob Nielsen, Steve Krug, and Jeremy Keith and more. 2007-10-22 false http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2007 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/315 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/315/VTMWeblogo.gif ajax, conference, css, design, dreamweaver, flash, graphic design, html, javascript, photoshop, search engine optimization, web, web design, xml Pittsburgh USA 2008-02-27 Our next meeting will at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 26 at the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue. Cynthia Closky from Big Big Design will be presenting "Google-Friendly Blogging in Five Easy Steps." She'll be discussing basic search engine optimization for WordPress -- and by extension, other blog tools. There are lots of misconceptions about SEO in the first place, and there are some simple steps one can take to improve one's search ranking. Next, Jeff Hunter, organizer of Devhouse Pittsburgh will be presenting introduction to Ruby. Jeff will show us what it is, why you may 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 and why do I keep hearing about it (and why do people yell at me when I confuse ruby and ruby on rails?!?)" So you can expect to get answers to those questions too! Our friends at O' Reilly Publishing have provided us with a few Ruby books as giveaways for the night as well. Finally, if anyone would like to show off a recent project or pose a few questions to our group, please drop me line! As 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 Affagoto's. RSVP Please 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 by all means, please forward this invitation to anyone you like. 417 PA Refresh Pittsburgh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of Internet developers in the Pittsburgh area. 2008-02-26 false http://www.refreshpittsburgh.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/417 css, html, ruby, ruby on rails, seo, web design, web development, web standards Nashville USA 2008-06-14 You've read their books. Now you're ready for more. Come and join the conversation at the Voices that Matter: Web Design Conference coming to the Loews Vanderbilt in Nashville this June! You’ll learn from and mingle with the industry’s most respected authors and meet peers from all over the globe who are passionate about Web design! http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008 Circle 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 and gain insights from the industry’s brightest thinkers and practitioners during four days of entertaining, informative, and inspiring sessions. You’ll engage in thought-provoking discussions and participate in interactive networking activities to enhance your subject matter expertise and hone your professional skills. Two tracks (one creative and inspirational, one strategic and practical) mean there's always a session for you: whether you're looking for the up-in-the-clouds ideas that'll transform your work when the conference is over or the down-to-earth techniques that'll make your job easier every day. Don’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: • Dan Brown • Curt Cloninger • Zoe Gillenwater • Robert Hoekman, Jr. • Jeremy Keith • Steve Krug • Penny McIntire • Sandra Niehaus • Joshua Porter • Garr Reynolds • Nathan Shedroff • Aarron Walter • Charles Wyke-Smith • And many others! To request more information, visit the online brochure at http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008, call 617-848-7026, or email Barbara.Gavin@PearsonEd.com. 430 TN You've read their books. Now you're ready for more. Come and join the conversation at the Voices that Matter: Web Design Conference coming to the Loews Vanderbilt in Nashville, June 10-13, 2008. 2008-06-10 false http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/430 ajax, architecture, css, design, flash, html, information technology, interface, it, java, optimization, search engine, web, web design, web designers, web developers, web standards, xml Nashville USA 2008-06-14 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, information architecture, interface design, Search Engine Optimization, Flash, Flex, JavaScript, mobile design, mash-ups and much more. At Voices That Matter: Web Design, our lineup of speakers, including Steve Krug, Garr Reynolds, 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, thought-provoking, idea-driven sessions. Entertaining, informative, authoritative, but most of all, inspiring, Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference will bring you face-to-face with the authors whose books have shaped your career. Register now at www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2008! 433 TN You've read their books. Now you're ready for more. Come join the conversation at the Voices that Matter: Web Design Conference coming to the Loews Vanderbilt in Nashville this June! 2008-06-10 false http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/2008 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/433 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/433/weblogo.jpg ajax, conference, css, design, dreamweaver, flash, garr reynolds, graphic design, html, javascript, new riders, photoshop, search engine optimization, steve krug, voices that matter, web, web design, xml Pittsburgh, PA USA 2008-10-09 We have three presentation on tap for this one: Michael Fulk is a an interactive developer at Wall to Wall and also does freelance work 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. Next, 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 over time. While no one person or group may view a problem from the same perspective, general similarities often appear in their approach. Olivia’s presentation will take us from requirements to concepts to design and to hand off. Finally, Isaac Gierard, a new media developer at Elliance with be showing off a recent project of his, a “CSS Combiner”. Isaac will give a brief introduction to a recently developed open source CSS preprocessor for combining multiple CSS files into on and it’s benefits for website performance. Also, we’ll be giving away one free pass to the Flashpitt conference taking place the following Friday! As usual, please RSVP and get more info at refrreshpittsburgh.org! 535 PA Refresh Pittsburgh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of Internet developers in the Pittsburgh area. 2008-10-08 false http://www.refreshpittsburgh.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/535 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/535/logo_small.gif html, pittsburgh, refresh, web development, xhtml Denver USA 2009-02-06 Web Directions is one of the world's leading conferences for web professionals, bringing together the leading experts from around the nation and around the world to educate, entertain and inspire our attendees. Prices start at just $195 for workshops and $795 for the conference. But for Boxes and Arrows readers, we have a special offer of just $745 before December 6th. Just sign up using the code WDN09BA. Web Directions focusses on the professional development of web designers and developers, interaction designers, user experience professionals and other practitioners 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-profit sector. Web Directions covers established and emerging fields such as: Web design & development Mobile design & development Accessibility AJAX techniques User Experience RIA development Web Application security User Testing Speakers include Derek Featherstone Nate Koechly Dan Cederholm Juliette Melton Brian Fling Nicole Sullivan-Haas Ben Galbraith Jina Bolton Elliot Jay Stocks Dave Shea and many more. 579 CO Web Directions North, one of the world’s leading conference for web professionals, returns for 2009 - this year in Denver, Colorado, February 2—7 2009-02-04 false http://north.webdirections.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/579 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/579/wdn-logo.gif ajax, css, html, ia, mobile, semantics, ux Wellington New Zealand 2009-02-21 Webstock is New Zealand's web conference, held in mid-February in Wellington. Speakers for Webstock 09 include Bruce Sterling, Ze Frank, Jane McGonigal, Annalee Newitz, Derek Powazek and Heather Champ. Webstock has established a reputation as one of the leading conferences in the world of its type for the web industry. 534 New Zealand 5 full-on days. 8 hands-on workshops. 23 kickarse speakers. 26 must see presentations. Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web standards, content, community, innovation and inspiration 2009-02-16 false http://webstock.org.nz http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/534 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/534/webstock-logo.jpg css, design, html, ia, informationarchitecture, user experience, web standards, webstock London United Kingdom 2009-03-10 In the first half of this special one-day workshop, we'll take a quick look at how to set up your own full-featured web development environment for free. Then we'll delve into the nuances of selectors, with an eye toward advanced CSS selectors and how they can make your CSS leaner and meaner than ever. This will be a look not only at the present state of selector support, but also its future and how you can jump right into the future today! In the second half, table layout will be the order of the day. What's that, you say? Not using tables for layout! Of course not, but instead taking table markup and laying it out in decidedly non-tabular ways. We'll go way beyond the old table-as-bar-chart trick (though we'll work with that one too) and play around with timelines, maps, and more. In the process, you'll break down some deeply ingrained habits and learn to look at your markup in a whole new way. That will provide a nice segue into the final topic of the day, HTML 5. Besides covering some of the differences between HTML 4 and HTML 5, we'll take a swing at using and styling some of the new HTML 5 elements and discuss some of the current pitfalls. 622 United Kingdom The Exciting Future of CSS and XHTML with Eric Meyer of "Complex Spiral" & "An Event Apart" 2009-03-09 false http://carsonworkshops.com/2009/ericmeyer/index.html http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/622 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/622/Carsonified.jpg css, designer, developer, eric meyer, html, web, workshop Pittsburgh USA 2009-04-05 Pittsburgh Web Design Day is a one-day, local web design conference to highlight local talent as well as those with strong ties to Pittsburgh who have gone on to be leaders in our industry. Speakers include: Geoff Barnes, Elliance Information Architecture as Storytelling Christopher Cashdollar, Creative Director, Happy Cog Creative Springboard: What Web Design Can Learn from Magazine Design Val Head, New Perspective "Getting Past the Blame Game" - Designer-Client Relations Whitney Hess, User Experience Consultant Misconceptions in User Experience Jason Robb, My Happy Planet "What the Wireframe?" - A Pragmatic Approach to Wireframes Josh Sager, joshsagermedia.com The Story of a Web Project Samantha Warren, Viget Labs Typography is the Foundation of Good Web Design 669 PA A one-day low-cost conference for web professionals in Western Pennsylvania. No high priced registration fees, no expensive travel, just a full day of learning from Pittsburgh web gurus ...and lunch! 2009-04-04 false http://www.webdesignday.com/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/669 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/669/pwwd.gif css, html, ia, web conference, web design, web development, xhtml St Austell, Cornwall United Kingdom 2009-04-25 The first Bamboo Juice web conference is being held at the world-famous Eden Project this spring. The conference is aimed at ordinary web designers and developers. Speakers include internationally renowned web experts like Jeremy Keith and Paul Boag. Topics covered will include running a web design business, designing sites which make money and copywriting for the web. The event – which takes place on April 24th, 2009 - will be a great networking and education opportunity. It will benefit those who design and develop websites. Tickets cost £99, which includes free entry to the Eden Project and the conference’s after party, held in Eden’s Mediterranean Biome. For more information, visit: http://bamboojuice.co.uk. 689 United Kingdom Cornwall's world famous Eden Project will be home to the first Bamboo Juice web design and development conference this spring. The top speakers at the event include Paul Boag and Jeremy Keith. 2009-04-24 false http://www.bamboojuice.co.uk/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/689 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/689/edenproject122.jpg copywriting, cornwall, css, england, html, internet, online, web, web design, web development San Francisco USA 2010-06-30 Build Your Skills with the Leading Web Design Authors Web design is undergoing an historic transformation: while the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript haven't changed, the new and evolving functionality in the HTML5 and CSS3 specs, the number of new ways in which people access the Web, and the rise of social media mean that Web designers need to know more than ever. Whether it's a smarter content strategy, a more efficient workflow, or simply how to use drop shadows and an expanded typographic repertoire, you need the tools to build tomorrow's Web today. Are your design skills up to the challenge? Does your new media savvy match that of your users or competitors? Are your sites ready to be accessed from smartphones and iPads? Even if you think your answer to those questions is yes, what you still need is the Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference, taking place June 28-29, 2010 in San Francisco, CA. Only here will you have the opportunity to meet and learn from the thought leaders in our industry. This conference brings together respected industry authors and thought-leaders of the Web design revolution. Many of you learned your very first Web design skills from these authors. Now, you can learn from them how changes to the building blocks of the Web—from HTML5 and CSS3 to user interfaces—are enabling designers to create sites that are easy to use, richly functional, packed with interactive features, and easily accessible from any Internet-capable device. Over the course of two days, these sessions—plus the opportunity to interact and share ideas with fellow designers, teachers, and, yes, authors—will give you the insight and inspiration you need to ensure that your sites are ready for the future. Early bird pricing available until May 14th. Register early for the best price! 1476 CA The timing couldn’t be better. Join us June 28-29 in San Francisco to meet face-to-face with industry greats and discuss Web design’s most critical topics - HTML5, CSS3, content strategy, & lots more! 2010-06-28 false http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/webdesign2010 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1476 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/1476/WD10Dontmiss150_2.jpg content strategy, css, css3, fonts, html, html5, javascript, typography, web design, web designer, web site design, website design Pittsburgh USA 2010-08-01 There's a long list of common complaints about the use of Flash, but many of the criticisms just aren't true. Detractors say that Flash isn't search engine friendly; Screen readers can't understand Flash content; You can't deeplink to specific pages... You know what? They're wrong. These criticisms are symptoms of misunderstanding by developers on the ways different technologies work together. This workshop will show you how to take a higher level approach focusing on user experience. We'll break down each common critique of Flash, one at a time, and show you how to address them in your work. Attendees will learn how to use HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, XML and Flash to compliment each other in creating the most meaningful experience to the widest audience range. The goal is to feel comfortable making decisions about when and how to use Flash appropriately and to gracefully degrade immersive experiences for Flash disabled devices (like iPhones and iPads). 1498 PA How to build an experience for all types of users (human or otherwise). 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