Comments | Main >
3 Conferences U should attend
| 2.20.2007
In my experience, Boston doesn't always have the hip events or seminars. Those are usually reserved for NYC or SF or even Texas. I've been yearning to go to a HOW or Print conference for sometime but could never convince my employer to cough up the money. I no longer am all that interested in those types of conferences. I feel like I can get everything I need out of the monthly rags and online. There are, however, 3 great conferences that I think are well worth the money and are coming to Boston.
The first is sponsored by the popular blog site aneventapart.com. This site is the de facto destination for web standards and best practices. This will be the first one ever and has all types of rock stars including Steve Krug, Eric Meyer Jeffrey Zeldman and more. Click here for event details.
The second took place a few months back and is coming again in March. It''s called BarCamp and it's an an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. I'll definitely be at this one.
The third event is a must for me. It's the Second Annual @Issue Business & Design Conference - This is in San Fran but the reason I put it on here is that it's based in Boston (right above Health Works in Copley Square). They put out a quarterly journal highlighting beautiful case studies on how great design directly effects (in a positive way) bottom line. Check out their web site to get on the list.
Let me know if you have any great conferences that we should all know about and see you at one or more of the above.
posted at 8:57 PM
|
Hoverblog Archives August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 September 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 Latest Links Myallo - Uses an “interest profile” to find the most interesting Web pages on the Internet, and can actually learn over time. Acquisition - Probably the slickest P2P file sharing application on the web. Beautiful and intuitive OSX-like interface. iPod Music Liberator-Great little shareware for copying music directly from your ipod into ITunes and your finder...No Stealing Bad Music! MusicPublisher - For those of us who are not content just sharing the songs within ITunes, this little app lets you also share any iPod you have docked to your computer as well.
Some Favorite Sites Stuff I Want Contact Hoverblog is |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
3 Comments:
Hey, thanks for the nice mention of An Event Apart Boston! In the interests of accuracy, I should say that this is our first-ever large-format two-day event. We did a number of Events in 2006, but all but one were one-days and the two-day had very limited seating. For 2007, we bumped it up in size due to the demand, and the response has been overwhelming. So in a lot of ways, yes, the Boston show is a first-ever, but it's based on an existing series and has benefitted a lot from what we learned in 2006.
Thanks again for the mention, and please do find me at AEA Boston and introduce yourself!
C'mon Scout, buck up and go to An Event Apart. I went to the Chicago single day event, and must say that listening to these guys speak was very enlightening. Besides Eric, I thought Jim Coudal (who unfortunately won't be in Boston) fed my head well. And, as Eric stated, you are getting 2 days of goodness. Do it.
Since we attended the Chicago version last year, we'll be skipping Boston and hitting SXSW instead.
Ciao.
hey dude,
great to hear from you. didn't know you went to this event. it's not about the money that much as it is scheduling it around a busy work life but enough of my excuse vomiting...i'm going if eric can swing me an academic discount...teacing at but has it's advantages among many...
Post a Comment