It’s that time of the year again. The sun shines longer, the grass turns greener, and the tech conferences are in full swing. We’re pretty pumped about attending some of this year’s events since we weren’t able to get out much last year due to the whole starting a business thing. And while we’re excited about attending the events, we’re extra excited to be speaking at them. So if you’re going to be in attendance at any of the following conferences, listen in if the panels interest you, and if you see us in the hallways, restaurants, or bathrooms, be sure to say hi.
South by Southwest
Panel - Web App Autopsy
Speakers
Ryan Campbell, William Flagg (Regonline), John Zeratsky (FeedBurner), Josh Williams (Firewheel Design)
Description
There’s a lot you can learn from just looking at your own code line by line. Join us as we dissect a live web application that uses modern web technologies and see how the code can show us what it took to create a web app from idea to launch. We’ll answer questions about conversion ratios, after launch concerns, attracting users, code line counts, and how much does Ajax really help or hurt, and at what cost to development time? Does implementing a payment system really take a third of your code? Find out the answers to these and much more as we see which business processes were the easiest to implement by looking at code length, time to implement, and the support required.
Time
Saturday, March 10th 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel - Ten Ways to Run a Startup Like Genghis Khan
Speakers
Kevin Hale
Description
In twenty-five years, the Mongol army subjugated more lands and people than the Romans had conquered in four hundred years. Whether measured by the total number of people defeated, the sum of the countries annexed, or by the total area occupied, Genghis Khan conquered more than twice as much as any other man in history and he did it all with an army that was nearly always outnumbered 3 to 1 on the battlefield. While every technique doesn’t always translate well, we’ll show you ten that works great in a startup.
Time
Sunday, March 11th 4:05 pm - 4:30 pm
Under the Radar
Panel - Open for Business
Speakers:
Chris Campbell (Wufoo), My Payment Network, Sitekreator, Terapad
Description
Join us on March 23, 2007 for Under the Radar: “Why Office 2.0 Matters”. We will showcase 32 emerging, disruptive technologies that are changing the office landscape in sectors such as organization, collaboration, tracking, publishing, communicating, personalizing, and syncing. From the industry experts and pundits to the company presentations and audience feedback, you will learn about the future of office 2.0 - its challenges and opportunities, from SMB and enterprise adoption to the monetization of services.
Time
March, 23 10:45am - 12:15pm
Web 2.0 Expo
Panel - Web 2.0 as a UI Paradigm: Design and Development
Speakers
Ryan Campbell, Roger Billerey-Mosier (Software Developer, Trulia, Inc.)
Description
RIAs are client/server apps that run in your browser but with desktop-like capabilities. They give users the benefits of customizable interfaces, instant feedback (no reload), and apparent performance gains (smaller chunks of the page can be generated and loaded faster than the whole page). But they come at significant costs: good old HTML and JavaScript were never really designed to do this. Flash, Java, and desktop programs are viable alternatives, but they also carry performance and usability baggage, like slow load times, loss of layout flexibility, none of the search engine optimization afforded by HTML, and non-standard widgets.
This presentation surveys the landscape of RIAs, discusses pros and cons of available RIA platforms, and delves into the technical issues involved in writing AJAX/DHTML applications and designing task-focused user interfaces with RIA characteristics.
Time
Sunday, April 15 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Panel - Ten Ways to Run a Startup Like Genghis Khan
Speakers
Kevin Hale
Description
In twenty-five years, the Mongol army subjugated more lands and people than the Romans had conquered in four hundred years. Whether measured by the total number of people defeated, the sum of the countries annexed, or by the total area occupied, Genghis Khan conquered more than twice as much as any other man in history and he did it all with an army that was nearly always outnumbered 3 to 1 on the battlefield. While every technique doesn’t always translate well, we’ll show you ten that works great in a startup.
Time
Wednesday, April 18 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Loved the Genghis Khan pres. Where can I find the slides?