It’s not about speaker expenses – FOWD Rising Stars: a noble cause misunderstood.
How an attempt to foster new local web talent got misunderstood as a speaker expenses issue (and what we can do to make sure it doesn't happen again).
Conferences
11 Aug 2010
Disclaimer: Keep in mind while reading this that I am presenting the second day opening keynote at FOWD New York and I'm also teaching a new one-day iPhone design/development workshop during the conference. And Anna is a very good friend. Right, let's get on with it then…
If you were following some of the tweets this morning, you may have noticed a spirited discussion on speaker expenses following Anna Debenham's announcement that she couldn't afford to speak at Future of Web Design New York and had to pull out of speaking:
Last week, I presented my talk on The Art of Emotional Design: a story of pleasure, joy, and delight, at WebDirections @media and, following on its success at Future of Web Design a few weeks ago, it again got some lovely, glowing feedback. Thank you all for your kind words!
WebDirections @media: thank-you for your lovely feedback
Following its success at Future of Web Design, my talk on The Art of Emotional Design was also warmly received at WebDirections.
Aral Balkan, who gave what I thought was the best talk of the two days, used his Feathers iPhone App for Twitter as an example of making a useful application that is also fun to interact with.
The Guardian: “best talk”
Martin Belam from The Guardian gives FOWD a glowing review and calls my talk "the best talk of the two days".
I'm floored by your awesome feedback for my talk on Emotional Design at Future of Web Design. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Feeling the FOWD love: thank you so much!
Thank you guys and gals for all your lovely feedback; I really appreciate it!
I had great fun presenting my new talk, The Art of Emotional Design: a story of pleasure, joy, and delight, yesterday at Multi-Mania 2010 and I'm overwhelmed by all the lovely feedback I'm getting. Here's a smorgasbord of feedback from Twitter - thank you all for your kind words; I'm so happy to hear that you found the session inspiring!
The Art of Emotional Design at Multi-Mania
My new talk on Emotional Design got some rave reviews at Multi-Mania – thank you all for attending and for your kind words!