An Event Apart Seattle wrap-up
May 7, 2009On May 4–5, a sellout crowd enjoyed two days of peace, love, design, code, and content at An Event Apart Seattle, our design conference for people who make websites.
Highlights included Kristina Halvorson’s impassioned advocacy and how-to session on content strategy; Luke Wroblewski’s insights into designing web forms to create compelling and successful user experiences; and Derek Powazek’s practical tips on creating positive participation on your website.
Live vicariously
If you weren’t in Seattle, you can still experience some of what you missed:
- Armed with nothing more than a keen eye, a good seat, a fine camera, and the ability to use it, An Event Apart Seattle attendee Warren Parsons captured the entire two-day show in crisp and loving detail. Presenting, for your viewing pleasure, An Event Apart Seattle 2009 – a set on Flickr.
- When you’ve paged your way through those, have a gander at Think Brownstone’s extraordinary sketches of AEA Seattle. And though modestly nearly forbids us to mention it, the writeup of the show at Think Brownstone’s blog is pretty nice, too.
- Still can’t get enough of that AEA stuff? Check out the official AEA Seattle photo pool on Flickr.
- Wonder what people said about the event? Check these Twitter streams: AEA and AEA09.
- When he wasn’t burning up the stage with design wisdom, speaker Luke Wroblewski tool marvelous notes on every session of the show.
Thanks and praise
Our thanks to the photographers, sketchers, and speakers. Special thanks to GoodBarry for throwing a fabulous contest, Media Temple for tossing a fantastic opening night party, our friends at MSNBC for the closing party, and (most especially) all who attended.
Don’t miss our next event
Our next show, An Event Apart Boston, takes place June 22–23, 2009. Limited seating is still available; earlybird discount pricing ends May 25.
