Frontend2010 Oslo: my thoughts & audience feedback
Had a lovely time in Oslo last week, presenting the opening keynote for the Frontend2010 conference.
conference
8 Sep 2010
Last week marked the inaugural Frontend 2010 conference in Oslo and I was honored to present the opening keynote alongside such a stellar lineup of speakers. The conference was – a miscast MC and a poor sponsor choice aside – a resounding success (the lovely folks at IXD, which organized the conference, were very receptive to feedback on those issues and assured me that they'd be taking greater care on those points for next year.)
Day 1
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:
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).
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!
A last minute change:
I'm going to be presenting my brand new session, Grab the Low-Hanging Fruit (or 5 Rules for Hedonistic Creatives) at Flash on the Beach next week.
The session got rave reviews at previews in Amsterdam and Belgium this week and I hope you guys will enjoy it too at FOTB in Brighton.