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Everything I've written about realted to "conference"

1. Going to SXSW? Go Bowling!

   Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 | No Responses

   We are proud to announce the launch of the 2008 SXSW ABX website, geekslovebowling.com. The 3rd annual SXSW ABX is on! So, what is it? It’s bowling for geeks by geeks, because geeks love bowling.

2. Off to SXSW – see you in Austin!

   Friday, March 9th, 2007 | 2 Comments

   It is 11:00am and I just landed in Austin! Now I am waiting at one of those elegant airport bars getting a ahead start while I wait for the rest of the nclud team to land! It feels great to finally be here, it seems like I’ve been talking about SXSW since last year. I […]

3. Talking with Dan Rubin of Pro CSS Techniques

   Monday, January 8th, 2007 | 5 Comments

   On Thursday Dan Rubin, of superfluousbanter.org and recent co-author of “Pro CSS Techniques“, came to Washington DC to speak to our local Refresh group. I had the privilege of meeting with Dan at the meeting and then later that day and the next over some drinks. Dan being a designer at heart and a fellow […]

4. Microformats: A topic of much intrigue with an audience to match

   Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 | 2 Comments

   A topic of much intrigue with an audience to match: a perfect summation of Refresh-DC’s Microformats presentation last week. Almost as impressive as the topic and discussion was the audience; including industry leaders from such companies like AOL as well as industry authors and influencers such as Eric Meyer and Cindy Li.

5. WashingtonPost.com on the 21st Century Newsroom

   Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 | No Responses

   Early this morning two senior editors of WashingtonPost.com spoke to a small intimate group of web professionals on creating a newsroom in the 21st century. Jim Brady, Executive Editor, and Tom Kennedy, Managing Editor, labeled their presentation, “Creating a converged newsroom”. Together they focused on four key areas of convergence:

6. Raising the profile of your in-house design team (HOW Design Conference)

   Friday, June 16th, 2006 | No Responses

   Jeni Herberger, principle of business consulting firm DesignMatters, spoke at the HOW Design Conference on the topic of “Raising the profile of your in-house team”. She focused on the many hurdles that in-house design team’s face – especially when attempting to be recognized.

7. Marriott VP: ‘Engaging the customer in a changing market place’

   Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

   Early last week, two vice presidents of brand research from Marriott International presented on the topic of brand management; this to an intimate group of 35 brand managers throughout the Washington D.C. area. Their speech titled, “Engaging the customer in a changing market place” touched on the concept of a brand being a promise, […]

8. Net Trends: 6 things to expect in 2006

   Friday, February 3rd, 2006 | 4 Comments

   Early yesterday morning, in Washington DC, a small group of about a hundred ‘web managers’ gathered together to discuss “Net Trends”; more specifically, what to expect in 2006. The topics of the morning included: Web 2.0, mobile/ transportable content, e-commerce, interactivity, privacy and security. These topics were obviously not discussed as new topics, merely as […]