Mezzoblue
17th Oct 2007, 07:45 am
Aside from icons and iPhones, what's been keeping me busy lately? Well you may remember, around this time last year (http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2006/09/25/web_directio/) we announced the first web conference in Vancouver.
http://www.mezzoblue.com/i/articles/2007/oct16-wdn08.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/mediatemplerocks/396988455/)
And what a conference (http://flickr.com/photos/tags/wdn07) it was. 2 days packed with incredible speakers, great parties thanks to our sponsors Adobe, Media Temple, and Microsoft, and a pair of amazing days boarding (and skiing) up at Whistler.
So… are we doing it again?
We'd be crazy not to, wouldn't we? We're still working hard at finalizing a few more details, but you can get a good taste of what's coming up at the end of January at our re-launched Web Directions North (http://north08.webdirections.org/) site.
I'm really thrilled by some of the speakers we've arranged for January; Indi Young (http://north08.webdirections.org/speakers/#young)'s going to be talking about User Experience, and we'll have some copies of her brand new book Mental Models (http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/mental-models/), the very first out of Rosenfeld Media (http://rosenfeldmedia.com/). Josh Williams (http://firewheeldesign.com/) is coming up to talk about his experiences running a design business, and how the nature of doing so has changed for him. Kimberly Elam is covering traditional design techniques and how they relate to the web, you may have three (http://www.amazon.com/Typographic-Systems-Kimberly-Elam/dp/1568986874) or four (http://www.amazon.com/Grid-Systems-Principles-Organizing-Design/dp/1568984650) of her books (http://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Design-Studies-Proportion-Composition/dp/1568982496) on your shelf already. We're honoured to have Jeffrey Zeldman (http://zeldman.com/)'s opening the conference, and Matt Webb (http://schulzeandwebb.com/about.html) closing it. And there are many more I haven't mentioned, go take a look (http://north08.webdirections.org/speakers/).
Registration is open now (http://north08.webdirections.org/), too. It's a good time to get in at our best rate of $795 — the savings are like another full day at Whistler. Don't wait.
And stay tuned for the revamped affiliate program; we're doing it bigger and better this year. Details soon.
(photo courtesy Media Temple (http://flickr.com/photos/mediatemplerocks/))
More... (http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2007/10/16/wdn_in_2008/)
http://www.mezzoblue.com/i/articles/2007/oct16-wdn08.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/mediatemplerocks/396988455/)
And what a conference (http://flickr.com/photos/tags/wdn07) it was. 2 days packed with incredible speakers, great parties thanks to our sponsors Adobe, Media Temple, and Microsoft, and a pair of amazing days boarding (and skiing) up at Whistler.
So… are we doing it again?
We'd be crazy not to, wouldn't we? We're still working hard at finalizing a few more details, but you can get a good taste of what's coming up at the end of January at our re-launched Web Directions North (http://north08.webdirections.org/) site.
I'm really thrilled by some of the speakers we've arranged for January; Indi Young (http://north08.webdirections.org/speakers/#young)'s going to be talking about User Experience, and we'll have some copies of her brand new book Mental Models (http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/mental-models/), the very first out of Rosenfeld Media (http://rosenfeldmedia.com/). Josh Williams (http://firewheeldesign.com/) is coming up to talk about his experiences running a design business, and how the nature of doing so has changed for him. Kimberly Elam is covering traditional design techniques and how they relate to the web, you may have three (http://www.amazon.com/Typographic-Systems-Kimberly-Elam/dp/1568986874) or four (http://www.amazon.com/Grid-Systems-Principles-Organizing-Design/dp/1568984650) of her books (http://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Design-Studies-Proportion-Composition/dp/1568982496) on your shelf already. We're honoured to have Jeffrey Zeldman (http://zeldman.com/)'s opening the conference, and Matt Webb (http://schulzeandwebb.com/about.html) closing it. And there are many more I haven't mentioned, go take a look (http://north08.webdirections.org/speakers/).
Registration is open now (http://north08.webdirections.org/), too. It's a good time to get in at our best rate of $795 — the savings are like another full day at Whistler. Don't wait.
And stay tuned for the revamped affiliate program; we're doing it bigger and better this year. Details soon.
(photo courtesy Media Temple (http://flickr.com/photos/mediatemplerocks/))
More... (http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2007/10/16/wdn_in_2008/)