A List Apart is currently conducting their yearly survey:
The Survey, 2008
Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide.
All web professionals should take a few minutes to help them get a bigger dataset.
“HighEdWeb is an organization of Web professionals working at institutions of higher education. We design, develop, manage and map the futures of higher education Web sites.”
Each year, the organization puts on a conference where web professionals from colleges around the country gather to learn, discuss and network. I had the opportunity to attend in 2006 and had a great time. Afterwards, I thought about how to contribute and ended up submitting two proposals for 2007. Both were accepted. There will be an hour long session called “The accessible video interface” and a poster presentation called “Pattern Matching: An Introduction to Regular Expressions“. (more…)
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So far, the conference has been great. The day started with a quick registration, some food and then the pre-work shops. I was signed up for the “Paper Prototyping” hosted by the Penn State team (the other PSU). They were informative and had great advice to offer. After a quick run thought of the basics, groups were formed and hands on application began. This will be an invaluble way to gather data if/when we update the schedule interface. The speakers even stayed around to speak with me after the session was over. Penn State has a standers committee that posts policies online @ webstandards.psu.com.
Next, were the orientation and welcoming sessions, where many of the organizers were introduced. Then there was the hosted dinner with an open bar (good touch) and latter a movie with a second open bar (even better touch). Throughout the day I had the chance to meet, socialize and network with the organizers and other attendies. Networking seems to be a major component of conference. Already, I have met web professionals from Evergreen to Iowa State.
