Katherine Gray
Content Strategy & UxD

The Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit is scheduled for Oct 14-16 2011. The PNWDS is a Drupal training conference extending to northern California, Oregon, Washington and BC. Last year the conference was hosted in Vancouver BC and this year it's in Portland. If you're interested in attending, please follow the conference updates that'll...

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Would you pitch a project? Launch a web site? Teach a hack? We’re going to find out when we conduct our second Ignite event at OSCON.

RSVP on the IndieWebCamp wiki. http://indiewebcamp.com/Guest_List

Rather than posting content on many third-party silos of data, we should all begin owning our own data that we're creating when we create it. Publish short status updates first on your own domain, and then syndicate to Twitter. Publish photos on your own domain, then syndicate...

  Open Source Bridge is a conference for developers working with open source technologies and for people interested in learning the open source way. Open Source Bridge is not a typical technical conference It’s entirely volunteer-run, by developers, for developers. Session tracks are technology agnostic; the conference content is based...

WebVisions is a nationally recognized conference that explores the future of Web design, technology, user experience and business strategy from May 25 - 27, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center.

Attend workshops with the experts, chill out in the WebVisions lounge, and network, share ideas and be inspired by an all-star lineup of speakers.

Author Josh Clark (Tapworthy and Best iPhone Apps) presents nitty-gritty "rule of thumb" design techniques that together form a framework for crafting finger-friendly interface metaphors, affordances, and gestures for a new generation of mobile apps that inform and delight.

Confab 2011 has SOLD OUT!

If you design, plan, create, publish, or care for content, then this is your conference!

Whether you’re a content strategy convert or curious about where to start, there are plenty of sessions you won’t want to miss. You’ll walk away from Confab full of ideas and opportunities for both your company and your...

Celebrate First Thursday with a fiesta. Come have some 'ritas, salsa and guac. Bonus for your best Pee Wee Herman rendition of Tequila.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDxPortland, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxPortland event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

Save the date for the 2011 IA Summit! Details about the event, program, registration and logistics can be found on http://iasummit.org

Note: You can also add the IA Summit 2011 to your LinkedIn events: http://events.linkedin.com/Information-Architecture-Summit-2011/pub/295912

See you in Denver!
- Livia Labate
IA Summit 2011 Chair

We're gathering Austin's best food trucks together for an afternoon of BBQ, tacos, meat pies and more.

Download Foodspotting for Secret Menu items and to participate in a photo scavenger hunt - win prizes!

Featuring the following Food Truck stars:
- Along Came a Slider
- Boomerang's Pies
- Chi'Lantro
- Clem's Hot Diggity...

A Cowboy Steampunk themed part at SXSW. Done by the same crew that did pastriesandpasties.com in 09 and the steampunk party that brought Maker Faire to Austin Texas in 2006. The lineup is already looking amazing... website should be up soon!

In this Ignite we’ll ask 16 experts in their fields to look ahead 10 years and help us understand how our every day lives will be affected by advances in technology and society. This will be an official SXSW event promoted in the booklet and directory. Anyone with a SXSW badge can attend without a ticket but we still would appreciate if you would...

Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.

After a day packing your head full of UX facts and figures at Interaction 11, why not step outside the "shuttle loop" and join SapientNitro downtown for a casual evening of ice cold beer, buffalo wings and foosball. Come on now, you caught yourself gazing out at the skinny-jeaned Boulder undergrads, right? Well here's your chance...

IxDA’s Interaction11 Conference is now SOLD OUT!

February 9-12, 2011 (Wednesday through Saturday)
Boulder, Colorado, USA
presented by IxDA in partnership with Boulder Digital Works (BDW)
http://www.ixda.org/interaction

Follow on Twitter - @IxDConf
Conference hashtag - #IxD11

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Join Solvate for our monthly Talent Speaker Series.

This month, Solvate Talent Martha Denton, a Presentation Designer and Strategist (and McKinsey alum), eases our powerpoint woes in the first of a two part class on presentation design.

In the first class, you’ll learn how to plan out your story, determine your audience, and select the right...

SXSW Interactive is very excited to announce our first confirmed pre-event parties happening on the West Coast in January. We have a plan to throw a bash in as many cities as we can before the event happens in March. What does this mean to you? If you are a current SXSW badgeholder (or are just interested in SXSW Interactive) and you live on one of...

This is for participating locations in North America only. Arizona, Saskatchewan, Sonora, Greenland, Hawaii, and various islands off North America do not observe the time change.

And while you're changing your clocks, remember to check your smoke detector batteries. One third of all smoke detectors have dead, near dead or disconnected...

As eyes are focused on places well-known for startups and innovation, hear three up-and-coming cities discuss how theyre building and fostering their entrepreneurial communities. From Portland, Boulder, Omaha, and beyond, exciting things are happening in places you dont expect.