Win Full Ticket to Interop New York 2008
Webgrrls International often receives tickets to industry events and we one free pass to attend the Interop New York 2008 Conference that we want to offer to our members. The dates for the Conference are September 15th - 19th. The value of the pass is $3,095.
If you are interested in the opportunity to attend the conference, please let us know by clicking on this link and entering your name and membership id. You must be a member to participate…so, if you are not a Webgrrls member or your membership is not current, please Join or Renew your membership now.
We will randomly determine who receives the ticket for the conference at 3:00PM on August 26th. Please note that if you are selected, you will be responsible for your flight and hotel accommodations and other personal expenses.
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Event: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
On July 30th, Ziff Davis Enterprise will be hosting a FREE Virtual Tradeshow on Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity that will focus on how to keep your business going when the unexpected happens.
Here is what you can expect once you register for the event:
- Live, interactive webcast discussions on how you can ensure the safety of your business’s valuable data.
- Informative disaster recovery resources and solutions from exhibitors.
- State-of-the-art chat, networking, and blog capabilities.
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Free Webcast: What traditional businesses needs to know about Web 2.0
O’Reilly is holding a Free Webcast on Thursday, July 10 at 10am PDT (17:00 GMT) that will address the topic of “What traditional businesses needs to know about Web 2.0“.
The Webcast is for executives and professionals working in “traditional” (non-Internet native) business trying to take advantage of new trends. We’ll explore the underlying organizing principles and success factors in building and executing a Social Web strategy.
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Can Speed Networking Really Work?
Recently while I was reading a usability professional email list, I noticed an invitation for Speed Networking from the New Hampshire Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association. I couldn’t help but pause to google the term.
Turns out it’s all the rage. I even stumbled upon a speednetworking.com website, which quotes the New York Times as saying:
“The appeal of speed networking is that it eliminates the mundane chitchat and cuts right to the chase.”
And it quotes BusinessWeek as stating:
“Based on the popular courting concept, speed networking aims to supersize your contacts.”
Now I’ve heard of speed dating, but speed networking? I have never attended a speed dating event, though I can imagine why it might be successful. Many of us are good at identifying pretty quickly whether we spark with someone. And if two people spark, maybe they agree to meet for coffee to see where it goes. Is the same true with business relationships? And even if we identify quickly that I have something you need and you have something I need, how can both parties learn to trust one another with such an abrupt start?
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Virtually Attend the 2008 IA (Information Architechture) Summit
Those of us who focus on the user experience try to stay up to date with the latest trends in information architecture, but many of us weren’t able to hop down to Miami in April to attend the 2008 IA Summit. Fear not, fellow IAers. Maybe it’s too late to get that Miami tan, but you can still catch up on the conference from your home computer and chime in at the next IA cocktail party.
The IA Summit’s website does an excellent job laying out the different sessions. You can search:
While many post-conference sites agree to share the slides with non-attendees, the IA Summit is kind enough to share videos of several of the slideshows accompanied by audio from the actual event.
| Here’s an image of slide from James Robertson’s presentation What do innovative intranets look like? The player on the conference website allows you to paginate to a particular slide and jump to that section of the audio as well. Some presentations are even available for download. |  |
The conference boasts a wide range of topics such as:
- Creating career paths for UX professionals
- How to be a user experience team of one
- Inspiration from the edge: New patterns for interface design
Another great resource is Boxes and Arrows, which recently posted a nice summary of Day 1 at the conference with embedded audio for each one. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before summaries of the subsequent days are there as well.
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