OpenID: WebVisions 2009

By Jake • Published on May 26th, 2009 • View Comments

As promised, here’s the riveting second installment of my sort-of recap from WebVisions last week.

On Friday last week, I went to the OpenID panel discussion, hosted by Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb and starring Scott Kveton, vice-chair of the OpenID foundation board of directors and bacon enthusiast, Chris Messina, community advocate for OpenID, OAuth, and open [...]

The Future of Mobile: WebVisions 2009

By Jake • Published on May 25th, 2009 • View Comments

Last Thursday and Friday, I attended the 2009 iteration of WebVisions, a conference held here in Portland focused on the future of web design and development.

As with last year, my goal for attending was to gain new design perspectives. Web design is constantly evolving, and we use many of the innovations present on the consumer [...]

I’m Ready for Preso 2.0

By Jake • Published on May 24th, 2008 • View Comments

I spent Thursday and Friday attending WebVisions here in beautiful Portland at the Oregon Convention Center.
I really enjoyed the event; it was a nice change of pace from the massive events I usually attend at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The content was just as good, but it had a more cozy feel. Very Portland, [...]