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Daniel Burka’s “Design Lessons Learned in the Trenches” workshop at the Future of Web Apps 2009

Design lessons learned in the trenches is a (semi-organized) brain dump of current design challenges, presented by Daniel Burka at the Future of Web Apps 2009 in Miami […]

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Alvin Woon’s “The future of social app interface design” talk at the Future of Web Apps

Alvin Woon is the UI lead for Plurk, a social network with a focus on short messages. His primary work is focused on designing user interface and leading aspects of usability research. Watch Alvin Woon’s ‘The future of social app interface design‘ at the Future of Web Apps London 2008

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Kathy Sierra: “How to grow and nurture your community”

Kathy Sierra has been interested in learning theory since her days as a game developer (Virgin, MGM, Amblin’). More recently, she’s been a master trainer for Sun Microsystems, teaching Sun’s java instructors how to teach the latest technologies to customers, and a lead developer of several Sun certification exams. Along with her partner Bert Bates, Kathy created the Head First series. She’s also the original founder of the Software Development/Jolt Productivity Award-winning JavaRanch, the largest (and friendliest) all-volunteer Java community. Watch Kathy Sierra’s ‘How to grow and nurture your community‘ presentation, from Future of Web Apps London 2008

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Andrew Turner: “Beyond Google Maps”

Andrew is co-founder of Mapufacture, where he works developing open-standards and building tools to make it easy for people to create dynamic, customized maps using complex geospatial tools. He also actively participates in the open-source community and develops several mapping tools such as Mapstraction and GeoPress. Watch Andrew Turner ‘Beyond Google Maps‘ presentation at the Future of Web Apps London 2008