Meet Us at NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)
By leelefever on June 02, 2009 - 6:22pm
Sachi and I will be attending the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) later this month in Washington DC. This will be our first time attending the conference, so you may see us wandering around with lost looks on our faces.
Because it's such a huge conference, we're hosting a Tweetup [?] so that we can be sure to meet you. Come say hello!
Date: Monday June 29th, 2009
Time: 4:30-6pm
Location: Old Dominion Brew House - Convention Center (we've reserved a room in the back) Map
You can RSVP using Upcoming.org
We're @commoncraft, @leelefever, @sachilefever on Twitter.
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Going to SXSW? Come to Our Panel "Shift Happens"
By leelefever on February 16, 2009 - 11:48am
Sachi and will be heading down to South-by-Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) March 13th-17th and I hope we'll see you there. We'll have plenty of stickers - just ask!
Yaay! Common Craft Stickers
By leelefever on February 05, 2009 - 1:33pm
Thanks to John, Maureen and the folks at Sticker Giant for their help with these little guys. We're planning to carry them with us at conferences, etc. If you see us at SXSW or anywhere else, ask for one!
Would you like a sticker? Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Common Craft
P.O. Box 18322
Seattle, WA 98118-0322
View With CommentsGoing to Seattle Mind Camp 5.0
By leelefever on November 19, 2008 - 2:07pm
After having been out of town for four Seattle MindCamps prior to this one, I'm excited to finally get to attend. MindCamp, as it's described on the home page, is:
"The self-organizing, digitally minded, entrepreneur-driven, overnight Seattle confab."
View With CommentsHelp Us Speak at SXSW
By leelefever on August 19, 2008 - 4:21pm
It seems like a long way off, but South-by-Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) is just around the corner (March 2009). At the moment, the public is voting on what speaking panels should be accepted for the event. When the voting finishes (August 29, 2008) the SXSW staff will consider the results of the voting when deciding what panels will be picked.
I say all this because I hope you'll vote for our panel. :) Here are the details:
Shift Happens: Moving from Words to Pictures
View With CommentsGoing to Gnomedex and/or BlogWorld Expo?
By leelefever on August 14, 2008 - 12:22pm
I'm heading to a couple of tech conferences this Fall and I'd love to meet you there.
Gnomedex - Seattle, August 21-23
Nerds of all types converge on Seattle for Chris Pirillo's annual conference. This will be my 3rd one and it rarely disappoints. If you're headed to Seattle, or in Seattle and going to the conference, let me know.
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Northern Voice, SXSW - Will You Be There?
By leelefever on February 19, 2008 - 12:52pm
Updated: I've created a schedule of sessions and parties I plan to attend at SXSWi (maybe Sachi too!). You can see the schedule here.
I suppose it's the time of year for directionally-based conferences.
I'm heading up to Northern Voice in Vancouver this weekend and Sachi and I both will be heading south to Austin, Texas for SXSW Interactive starting March 7th. I hope we'll be able to meet you at one of these conferences.
View With CommentsVizThink in Review
By leelefever on January 31, 2008 - 1:37pm
Text and bullet points - they are dead, or at least used inappropriately. That was one of the overwhelming messages from VizThink, a two day conference on Visual Thinking. We agree.
Visual Thinking Resources
By leelefever on January 24, 2008 - 3:13pm
We're headed to a conference called VizThink in a few days. It's a conference on Visual Thinking. It wasn't clear to us when we got started, but our videos are examples of visual thinking and I've been keeping an eye out for related resources.
Discovering the RSS Explanation Problem
By leelefever on January 23, 2008 - 11:29am
I remember the exact moment when it first became apparent to me that there was such a thing as an explanation problem. I was at a small conference on Silicon Valley in early 2004. There was a CEO of a start up there and during his talk, he mentioned RSS. Someone raised their hand and asked the question "What is RSS?"
This CEO's responses to the question, and I'm not kidding, was "RSS is an XML-based content syndication format." As you might expect, this was met with a look of bewilderment.
