For those that know a bit about the craziness of my life, I'm in currently in Boston getting ready to attend the Ektron 2007 User Conference. Ektron (for those that don't know) is a content management system (CMS) that is... Continue Reading Boston - Ektron Conference »
The second day of the conference was a little better of an experience. Maybe it was a change in my realization of the type of conference this was going to be and the audience that is here. It's primarily audience... Continue Reading Hostingcon - Second Day »
For the past few days of going in and out of my hotel room, I've always wondered and been a bit annoyed by the fact my door doesn't shut when I leave. Each time, I had to put my key... Continue Reading Outsmarted by a door »
Overall, my first day of Hostingcon has been a somewhat of a disappointing experience. Each of the sessions I attended seemed behind the times and talked about solutions that many people should already know quite a bit about. For me... Continue Reading Hostingcon - After a few sessions »
Well, I just checked into the W Hotel on Lakeshore St. (across from Navy Pier) and getting ready to attend the Hostingcon conference tomorrow. The W Hotel is amazing and way more than I realized from their website. Our room... Continue Reading Hostingcon 2007 - showing up »
Out of the whole day - only Bruce Sterling's rant was worth it. After Bust 2.0: Ten Years Later, Where Will We Be? There's a frenzy of activity on the Internet again, unseen since the grand time we had... Continue Reading SXSW 2007 - Day 4 »
Day 3 of South by South West. It's been crazy. The 4-Hour Workweek: Secrets of Doing More with Less in a Digital World In a digital world, it is possible to design luxury lifestyles in the here-and-now without waiting... Continue Reading SXSW 2007 - Day 3 »
Day two events at the SXSW conference. Making Your Short Attention-Span Pay Big Dividends So you are easily distracted by whatever new is happening. Learn how to use new media to turn this supposed weakness into your greatest strength.... Continue Reading SXSW 2007 - Day 2 »
I'm over at the 2007 SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas and having a good time. I thought I would post the workshops I went today for those of you wanting to know what's going on. Terraforming the Internet:... Continue Reading SXSW 2007 - Day 1 »
I got an email, filled with survey results, from the recent Gospelcon conference I spoke at. There were various comments on my presentation for "Web Workflow" and thought I would share them. Quote 1: Aaron is probably one of... Continue Reading Feedback from Gospelcon Speaking »
I just got back from speaking at the Holland Chamber on "Internet Search: Finding Information on the Internet" I had a lot of fun walking people through the topic and was even asked to speak for an additional 30minutes (which... Continue Reading Internet Search - presented at the Chamber »
Instead of trying to pull together words from my exhausted mind, I decided to do my first video cast.... Continue Reading Gospelcon 2006 is done »
Late nights seem to be a theme at almost every conference I attend. The sessions are great for (hopefully) learning something new but after their all done is when the true conference spirit emerges. It usually starts in the hallways... Continue Reading Nobody threw Tomatoes »
Holy crap, I just saw the room that I'm speaking in - it's huge! It's a 9,633 square foot Grand Ballroom, their largest meeting room, that accommodates up to 1,200 guests. If that many people show up I'm going to... Continue Reading Chicago Grand Ballroom »
It's a little after 1:00am (EST) and I'm in a hotel room just finishing up some presentation slides that I've been working on for a good 8+ hours today. I'm speaking tomorrow later today at the Gospelcon 2006 conference on... Continue Reading Speaking at Gospelcon 2006 »
Notes taken by someone sitting next to me during a session at SXSW 2006, I asked if they could send me their notes because they were better than mine. Speaker: James Surowiecki - New Yorker columnist Eugenics founder story that's... Continue Reading SXSW: The Wisdom of Crowds »
Well, we made it to Austin, Texas last night and got to our rooms at a pretty good time (around 5pm). After settling in we had a chance to run around the town a bit and break our minds away... Continue Reading First Day at South By »
A few of us are off to the Snakes and Rubies gathering in Chicago. Ruby and Python developers from all over Chicago will gather at DePaul University to hear two of the leaders in the Web 2.0 movement debate... Continue Reading Snakes and Rubies »
For those that are curious - the conference was great. A group of us went down and when we pulled up to the Westin Ohare, we were all wide-eyed at how nice the place was. The group at Gospelcom has... Continue Reading Recap on Gospelcon 2005 »
I've recently been asked to speak in Chicago at the next Gospelcom Conference to all their alliance members and development community. I was privileged to attend last years event and sit in on some great workshops. This year, however,... Continue Reading Speaking at Gospelcon »
One of the things I got really geeked about (no pun intended) at the conference was the tools that allowed for open community. iCal's Rendezvous was the conference standard with almost everyone using it. You would be sitting in a... Continue Reading SXSW and Rendezvous »
The whole event was better than we all thought it was going to be. Not only was it nice to get out of Holland's daily work but it was refreshing to hear what is going on in the web... Continue Reading SXSW Roundup »
I finally got my act together and Flickr'ed all of my Austin, Texas photos. As you can see, we're having a ton of fun and sleep really hasn't been a part of the every day activities. With nightly events,... Continue Reading SXSW Photos »
So you're at a conference in Austin, Texas and you don't know anyone other than the two jokers that you came with. You want to meet new folks but being it your first time - you find youself reading... Continue Reading Looking for people at SXSW »
After a few hours in the air and a twenty dollar taxi ride, Derik, Rich and I finally made it to the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. Tomorrow is when things really get started but for now, it's 3:30am and... Continue Reading We made it to SXSW »
Guest Speaker: Warren Kramer Using color and choosing color palettes to achieve your visual communications goals.... Continue Reading Color Usage »
Learn how this technology can serve your organization. Continue Reading Voice Over IP »
Delivering logically sequenced content through a digital medium in order to meet skill or knowlege objective(s). Continue Reading Online Education is Here »
I'm in the Steve Mulder presentation right now. Wow. Very good thinking in the usability/user interface world. A lot of this stuff I intuitively knew already, but there are some nice nuggets in here that I can use in... Continue Reading Steve Mulder on User Behavior (in the Wild) »
The next morning is always hard at a conference filled with g33ks. For those of you that may not understand - let me explain. After all the workshops people don't usually go to their rooms, they gather together at the... Continue Reading The Next Morning »
Make those pesky search engine spiders work for you. Continue Reading Search Engine Strategy »
A quick note: Right now I'm in Chicago in the Gospelcom 2004 Conference. Paul Hart and I are here for Thursday, Friday and Saturday to attend and teach a few workshops. I'm going to try to blog while the conference... Continue Reading Gospelcom 2004 Conference »
