The Web’s Future: Peering into the Crystal Ball
Last Wednesday I made my way to the Javits Center on Manhattan’s West side to peer into the Internet’s future. As I was checking in for the Future of Web Design Conference, I was pleasantly surprised to see so many familiar faces from Webgrrls, which was one of the event’s media sponsors. We were all there to catch a glimpse of the digital future.
I heard some smart, inspiring speakers, but overall I felt the conference played it a little safe and didn’t lean forward enough to look over the cutting edge. Presentations focused on topics such as:
- How sites are now utilizing AJAX to allow for more dynamic interactions without page refreshes
- How we can design better sites for mobile devices, which are sweeping the globe at a surprising rate
- How user-generated content like blogs, tags, and comments are taking over online spaces
I felt they were filling in the details of a landscape that had been growing on the horizon for a while. I went home that night dreaming of uncharted territory, of things that are still beyond the next hill. I want to throw aside technical and design constraints and brainstorm about what the Web might look like a little further out.
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