@Media in London, by Jeffrey Veen

@Media in London

I'm heading to London for a few days to do a session on web applications at the @Media 2006 conference (an excellent event with, I've found, an ineffectively googlable title). I'm really looking forward to it; the agenda has an interesting mix of nuts-and-bolts techniques and industry perspective.

My presentation looks at how booms and busts cycle relentlessly, not only in our technology bubble but throughout history. So, that being the case, what can we learn from all the current Web 2.0 excitement, drama, and hype? Are there design strategies that will outlast all this? Considering the overwhelming cynicism the phrase garners in many circles these days, I'll cautiously try to show the forest for the trees.

If you're at the conference or any of the events surrounding, stop by and say hi.

This entry was written by Jeffrey Veen and posted 12 June 2006 at 1:58 PM. It was filed under Travel. | View blog reactions

Comments

1. On 12 June 2006 at 2:19 PM Chris Jennings wrote:

I look forward, very much, to your presentation. Your book only shows half of your face, so I hope to get a glimpse of the other half!

Your presentation topic sounds good. I would like to know your thoughts on how we might all keep up with these rapidly developing trends and I am looking for some enlightenment in how to stop my students learning Dreamweaver and get down to some serious Ajax (or is it AHAH? or JSON or Ruby on Rails)

2. On 12 June 2006 at 3:09 PM Peter Boersma wrote:

Any chance you'll pass through Amsterdam so we can have a beer or two?

3. On 12 June 2006 at 3:41 PM Jan Brasna wrote:

I'll do that, definitely. I sneaked around you a few times in Austin but unfortunately was so shy to say "hi, let's have a beer" ;)

4. On 12 June 2006 at 4:23 PM veen wrote:

You're in luck, Jan. Turns out I really like beer. See you there.

5. On 13 June 2006 at 11:51 AM Terri wrote:

This is just what I've been struggling with recently. I'm finding it very hard to apply UI design guidelines for traditional websites to web applications. Maybe I'm just not trying hard enough but I'm running across challenges in web applications that I’ve never dealt with in sites that were primarily developed to organize information or even gather and store information. Sadly, I won’t be in London for your lecture. Will it be recorded in some form?

6. On 15 June 2006 at 11:05 AM Jay Hills wrote:

Hi Jeff! I caught you at the conference today (I was too shy to come and say hello, so expect an embarresed shuffle in your direction tomorrow) and I must say you were great up there. I've got ideas buzzing around all over the place!
Good stuff!

7. On 15 June 2006 at 11:11 AM John Greatrex wrote:

Great event and a nice speedy presentation from yourself - just a pity you didn't have the "pudding session" as it still would have been brilliant and people wouldn't have minded so much about the talk on WCAG 2.0 being rushed! Oh well, you had football to contend with (sorry soccer).

8. On 15 June 2006 at 1:01 PM Oli wrote:

Thanks for taking the time to come over to London. The session today completely shoved in my face how interesting the work that I do really is. I came away feeling inspired, and I have a feeling that your enthusiasm rubbed off on quite a few people around the room.

Come again next year!

9. On 15 June 2006 at 4:19 PM Lee Rickler wrote:

Good work at @media today Jeff.
I did enjoy it even though I kept cringing every other minute or so.
You said that mentioning that W2.0 word is inexcusable but then you based your whole talk around it! Outrageous!!
That said, I found it very entertaining!

I've been keeping a tongue-in-cheek blog running all day - take a peek - http://z6.co.uk/?itemid=30

10. On 16 June 2006 at 1:50 PM Stephen wrote:

Excellent presentation, the hightlight of @media for me!

11. On 17 June 2006 at 1:53 AM Olly wrote:

Excellent presentation Jeff, you're a natural up there. Check my blog for my thoughts and some pictures (you're in one of them)

12. On 17 June 2006 at 7:17 AM Luis Villa wrote:

really nice presentation!! You moved the hearts of all the spanish team sit just in front of you!!! :-)

13. On 17 June 2006 at 9:28 AM 3stripe wrote:

Great presentation on Web 2.0 Jeff :) (and it looked the part as well, one of the slickest talks I saw)

14. On 17 June 2006 at 10:16 AM Matt Brian wrote:

I concur with many people here, your presentation rocked. I have to say it was the one I enjoyed the most.

15. On 17 June 2006 at 4:10 PM Marcus Bj�rke wrote:

Your presentation was one of the best in my opinion. Will you also share the presentation for us to view again? You had some nice screenshots of sites i can�t remember anymore.

16. On 18 June 2006 at 9:21 AM Lyle wrote:

Thoroughly enjoyed the presentation you gave at @Media - in fact I'd say it was the highlight of Thursday!

And yes, I'd echo the request for a copy of the presentation to be made available if poss. Thanks!

17. On 18 June 2006 at 1:36 PM Steve Marshall wrote:

Hi Jeff, we didn't meet at @media, but I just thought I'd say I really enjoyed your presentation (as did most people, so I hear)…

Anyway, I though you might be interested in the notes from your presentation (among others) that I put online.

18. On 18 June 2006 at 1:45 PM Steve Marshall wrote:

Apparently the anchor I put in my last comment was stripped out… The URL was http://nascentguruism.com/journal/atmedia-2006/

19. On 18 June 2006 at 4:51 PM Matt wrote:

I have a audio podcast of Jeffs talk up here;
http://www.matthewhutchinson.net/articles/2006/06/15/media2006-day-1

20. On 19 June 2006 at 2:17 AM alessandro_TSW wrote:

Hi Jeff, I really enjoyed your presentation, best of day 1

21. On 19 June 2006 at 7:39 AM Kieran Briggs wrote:

Fantastic session you gave Jeff. Gave me lots to think about. One of the highlights of the conference for me.

22. On 21 June 2006 at 5:54 AM Bashford wrote:

Nice one. Your presentation - along with Tantek's "microformats" talk was definitely one of the highlights of @media for me (which I thought was aimed a little low to be perfectly honest). I came over and said hi with my pal Jonty (beardy guy - ginger hair) afterward intending to ask you how the hell you go about doing Garrett diagrams for page states if there's only one page handling all the functionality ... but It seemed a little inappropriate.

Any insight into this would be really appreciated.

Thanks.