Barcamp Nashville 2011 Recap
Just got back from Barcamp Nashville and it was fantastic this year! There were a lot less people this year, probably owing to the fact it was more development based, but I loved it for that all the more. The sessions were great and for the first time in years, I actually had to choose...
Read more…Update 2011 Conference Recap
I spent last week in beautiful England attending the Update 2011 Conference, thanks to all of your awesome donations last month. I wanted to make sure that I jotted as many notes and photos as possible for those of you who were unable to make the conference. The conference, put on by Aral Balkan, was...
Read more…On Our Way To The UK!
Last week I posted about wanting to make it to the Update Conference in the UK and was asking for donations to go. I’m happy to say that in just one week, we made enough money to pay for our airline and conference tickets! I want to give special thanks to every single one of...
Read more…Please Send Me To The UK For The Update 2011 Conference
Tonight I watched a video from FOWD featuring Aral Balkan. Normally, conference speakers really bore me, but there are a select few speakers out there that I really enjoy listening to, and Aral has now become one of them. He was able to take something so boring (the design of everyday things) and make it...
Read more…Together We Can Help Japan
Although Japan is a wealthy country, the sheer magnitude of the damage and destruction implores us to help our Japanese friends as best as we can. For Haiti, us along with a bunch of other generous developers donated money with the Indie+Relief initiative. It doesn’t seem that there is such an effort going this time,...
Read more…Making the Most Out of Unconferences
It’s my favorite time of year right now, not only are we in the middle of the holiday season, but we freelancers have another season to celebrate–unconference season! If you’ve never heard of an unconference before, it basically entails Barcamp, Podcamp and WordCamp. Unconferences are informal get togethers where freelancers and web professional come together...
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