[SXSW Bio] @jondahl Brief Programming is writing. A programmer’s job is to express abstract ideas in a specific language – just like the poet, the essayist, and the composer. But while writers and composers spend years improving their style, many programmers think style stops with “two-space indentation”. This needs to change. This presentation will discuss …
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Infographics try to convey large, complicated ideas in an extremely accessible, readable, and playful way. It’s data visualization in its most effective? accessible? controllable? dynamic? form. [ session description ] Presenter(s) (lots) Date 16 March 2010 Tags #interinfo Sites Livefyre Conversation Flowing Data GOOD walkingpapers.org Hans Rosling Eye Candy
Traditionally, tv events like superbowl allowed brands to reach a huge audience. Then came YouTube (141 million: number of people watching web videos in Feb 2010). Brands tended to start out thinking that Internet video was like a big movie theater that people will watch. Then moved into the area of “viral video”. But it’s …
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How do you get beyond that point of being only a code-monkey. What’s your ideal career? What are the roadblocks? What are the solutions? [ session description ] Presenter(s) Andrea Hill Michael Krotscheck Date 15 March 2010 Tag(s) #forgingidealcareer
Happy people do better things. It’s easier to be a bad manager, harder to be a manager that has a happy team that will “go to war for you”. When you are managing teams, your job is to make people successful. [ session description ] Presenter(s) Andre Gaulin Date 15 March 2010 Tag(s) #damngoodmanager Site …
This panel is packed. Could people really want a new way to work? And they gave us their book just for attending. That convinces me they believe themselves when they say “this is a social movement”. Transition from attendance-based to results-based compensation This is a culture change. Give people autonomy to do your job as …
Future of search from the perspective of semantics. Using the data on the web began with search (literal match), evolved to specific/contextual answers to specific questions, and could move on to asking the web to do something for you more than just answer questions. Should we drop the term “Semantic Web” and replace it with …
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There are markers and paper being distributed, butcher paper being put up on the wall. Get ready to touch and feel, people. [ session description ] Presenter(s) Sara Summers Date 14 March 2010 Tag(s) #designprocesskillingyou
UI Architecture: all the stuff that it takes to process, package, deliver, and communicate with the client (templating url routing, data validatiion, formatting, ajax). “Between the front and back end”: stuff between presentational javascript and the backend logic. The middle end gives a web 2.0 app performance. We need to talk about this because of …
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[ I usually don’t copy/paste from the brochure, but this one had the best hook that I couldn’t write better myself. ] 11th hour copy. Fix-it-later launches. Our users deserve more than the last-minute content we often get stuck with. And you have the power to change the game. Learn how to introduce (and sell) …
