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Layer Tennis with Jason Santa Maria

In Design, Event on 27 February 2009 with 1 comment

Today I’m playing Layer Tennis with Jason Santa Maria with none other than Jim Coudal doing the play-by-play. This is like the principal of the school being your substitute teacher.
UPDATE: Today’s match was cancelled due to a power outage in Chicago. Don’t worry, we’ll reschedule. But no match today. :(
UPDATE 2: Our match has been [...]

Upcoming: An Event Apart

In Event, Powazek on 10 January 2009 with Comments Off

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. The whole schedule looks amazing and early bird ticket prices are still available, so if you do this web [...]

Video of Me @ FOWD

In Community, Crowdsourcing, Event, Interface, Internet, Video, Wisdom of Crowds on 12 December 2008 with 6 comments

Last month I presented at Future of Web Design 2008 NYC. Now the Carson folks have put the video online. Have a look!

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 [...]

See Ya’ll in Austin

In Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Event, SXSW on 3 March 2008 with 1 comment

Just a note that I’ll be speaking this Saturday 8 March at South by Southwest Interactive. Here’s the deets:
The Weird Turn Pro: Crowdsourcing For Creatives
The internet and web technologies have torn down a lot of walls. But for every new, empowering opportunity, there’s some slimeball trying to make a quick buck off “harnessing user-generated content.” [...]

Fray in Today’s Papers

In Event, Fray, San Francisco on 17 January 2008 with 4 comments

That’s the SF Weekly on the left and the SF Chronicle on the right. Woot!
Also, the photo of me is by the super-awesome Robin Andersen.
More info: fray.com

Upcoming Appearance: TOC in NYC

In Books, Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Event, Magazines on 3 January 2008 with Comments Off

I’ll be speaking at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change conference for the second time on 11 February 2008. If you’re involved in publishing, this is one conference not to miss. Register with the code “toc08em6″ for 10% off. Here’s my talk topic:

Audience as Authors: Creating, Managing, and Sustaining a Community of Contributors
“When the going gets weird, [...]

‘Allo, London

In Conferences, Event, Panels, Travel on 3 October 2007 with 6 comments

Heather and I are in London for FOWA. We did our talk this morning, which was like 2am in our heads, and I think it went pretty good. A few kind souls were kind enough to write up what they saw: Véro, Suw Charman, and Stephanie Booth (who took the photo above). Between the headcold [...]

Upcoming Appearances

In Conferences, Event, Travel on 1 October 2007 with 3 comments

On Saturday I spoke at a wonderful seminar at SFAI. I realized I’ve been pretty negligent about posting my schedule here. So, here are a few places you’ll be able to catch me in the future.

September 29, 2007: Digital (Self) Publishing Your Photographic Book
Sponsored by the Photo Alliance. At the San Francisco Art Institute. It [...]