Conferences

Speaking Disasters and Lessons Learned

In Conferences, Stories on 26 June 2009 with 2 comments

Scott Bekun is writing a book for O’Reilly Media, due out in October, called Confessions of a Public Speaker. He’s asking for stories of public speaking disasters. I couldn’t help but add a couple of my own.
Story 1: Always Carry a Thumb Drive
I was doing a day-long session on Community Design and had prepared an [...]

Hello, Seattle

In Conferences on 3 May 2009 with 2 comments

Just a scheduling note: I’ll be speaking at An Event Apart in Seattle on Tuesday 5 May. I’m going to dig deeper into the wisdom of crowds in virtual communities ideas I talked about at FOWD and SXSW. Hope to see you there!

Mike Rohde’s SXSW Sketchnotes

In Conferences, SXSW on 23 March 2009 with 1 comment

Mike Rohde is a designer who attended SXSW last week and filled a notebook with sketches and notes on the panels he attended. Luckily for me, he attended my talk, too.

You can see all his SXSW Sketchnotes here. Thanks, Mike!

Design for the Wisdom of Crowds

In Conferences, Design, Wisdom of Crowds on 16 March 2009 with 2 comments

Yesterday I gave a fun talk at SXSW. Here are a few photos. As promised, here are the slides.

Related links:

Lacking Control Increases Illusory Pattern Perception study by Jennifer A. Whitson and Adam D. Galinsky.
Study: Seeing Red, Blue Affects Outcome Of Tasks on NPR.
Radiolab episode: Where am I? Don’t miss the story on fighter pilots.

Advice for the SXSW-bound

In Conferences, SXSW, TILTHW, Travel on 10 March 2009 with 19 comments

Yup, I’m heading to Austin for SXSW Interactive again. I’ve been going since it was called SXSW Multimedia, before there was wifi, when we had to walk uphill both ways.

Preparing for Webstock

In Conferences, Photos on 9 February 2009 with 3 comments

A special behind-the-scenes look at our patent-pending preparation presentation process.

FOWD: My Crowdsourcing Presentation

In Community, Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Event on 4 November 2008 with 9 comments

I just wrapped up my presentation at Future of Web Design 2008 NYC and it was a blast! As I promised the crowd, here are my slides (in PDF format). They may not make much sense without me talking around them, but you can still enjoy the dog photos.

Upcoming Appearances

In Community, Conferences, Design, Event on 29 September 2008 with Comments Off

I’m really excited about a few upcoming appearances. I’ll be speaking on community and design at some of the best conferences around.

An Event Apart, Chicago, 13-14 October
The Wisdom of Communities
The web’s greatest gift is that it gives everyone a voice, but how you design and manage community features will determine if you get a chorus [...]

Dig the Subliminal Command

In Conferences, Powazek on 2 June 2008 with 1 comment

Me on stage at VidFest a couple weeks ago. I especially like the blipvert happening to my right. (Subscribe!)
Thanks to Kris Krüg for the photo. Here’s some more.

See you in LA

In Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Publishing on 28 May 2008 with 1 comment

I’ll be on a panel at Book Expo America tomorrow. Here’s the skinny.
Scaling the New Economies: In Search of Book Publishing’s 2.0 Business Model
As consumers grow increasingly used to consuming an enormous amount of information from countless websites and blogs, for free, what’s the business model for traditional publishers? And how do we compete [...]