Goodbye Portland. Hello Maui!

July 16, 2004 | 4 Comments

I had a great time in Portland. WebVisions was great! Seriously, as far as Web conferences go, this one is probably the best bang for your buck I’ve ever been to.

It was well organized, had interesting sessions and some really, really top notch speakers. I especially enjoyed Drik Knemeyer’s talk on brand experience, but everything was really good! Speaking of Dirk, I met both he and Bob Baxley — great guys both — and two thirds of a pretty exciting new venture you might have heard of. They’ll be a team to keep an eye on, that is for sure.

Anyway, it was great. Thanks to everyone who made my day in Portland a good one, especially Nick and Kirsten for all their help. To those of you who I met and talked to (hell anyone really) feel free to give me a shout!

Also, I’d like to offer big, huge thanks to everyone who came out to watch my presentation. I hope y’all enjoyed it. I had fun with it, but to be honest I wish it had a bit more “meat” — maybe next time, eh? When I’ve got a bit more time to prepare?

If you’re interested you can view the slides here. I’m not sure how much sense it’ll make without me talking to it, but hey…knock yourself out!

So, I’m back in Seattle and ready for a little relaxation, which is fortunate because I leave for Maui tomorrow.

Take it easy and I’ll see ya on the flip-side. Aloha.

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Comments

1. Brian Behrend said:

I’ve been reading about all these Web conferences and have been wondering what it takes to get into one. Are they just open to anyone? Pay your registration and your in? How do you find out info about all the different ones? I’ve lived in Austin for the last four years and have been to several SXSW but had never heard of SXSWi till reading about it after the fact from Dave Shea.

I’ve got a full-time job and full-time life but I’ve been trying to make web design more than just a part-time hobby. The conferences sound like something that would be a great addition to all the reading I’ve been doing, especially when there’s one in my neck of the woods.

Posted on July 17, 2004 07:58 AM | #

2. Josh Bryant said:

Brian - Yes, they are open to anyone. I have no idea how people find out about them. I found out about web visions on a total fluke of reading Doug Bowman’s event list. The great thing about Web Visions is the price. This year, my registration was $55. Most other conferences seem to range in the +1 or 2 thousand range.

I would like to see more advertisement but it could be the fact that I was 300 miles away also.

Good fun though, it was a great conference. I wish it would have lasted longer than 1 day, but meh, better than nothing. Now to remember it all……

Posted on July 17, 2004 05:55 PM | #

3. Elaine said:

Keith – great to meet and chat yesterday! Not too bad with the presentation, given the time constraints. :) I’ll probably have more specific thoughts & feedback when I’ve had time to review my notes. (Enjoy Hawaii….)

Brian – I discovered WebVisions last year by accident! (wrong turn in the convention center when attending a COMPLETELY unrelated event.) I don’t know exactly how one finds these things, I think it’s a combination of serendipity and keeping an ear to the ground.

Posted on July 17, 2004 06:01 PM | #