An Event Apart: For People Who Make Websites
July 19, 2006

An Event Apart Seattle 2006 Schedule

Join Kelly Goto, Erin Kissane, Jason Santa Maria, Eric Meyer, and Jeffrey Zeldman for a jam-packed day of design and code on beautiful Puget Sound.

Schedule

An Event Apart Seattle runs from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. We have a lot to cover, so the event will start promptly. Arrive early to get a good seat! Doors open at 8:00 am; for best results, plan to show up between 8:00 am and 8:30 am.

9:00 am Hardcore CSS [Eric Meyer]
An in-depth exploration of what makes CSS work, how it works the way it does, and how you can make it work harder for you.
10:00 am These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For [Zeldman]
Selling design, accessibility, and web standards to tough clients, stubborn bosses, and unconvinced colleagues.
11:00 am BREAK!
11:15 Solving (Re)Design Problems [Jason Santa Maria]
Visually repositioning a beloved brand (namely, A List Apart). Design as problem solving. Knowing which problems to solve.
12:00 pm “One True Layout” [Eric Meyer]
Incredible stroke of genius or gross hack to be shunned? Eric analyzes this new “miracle” CSS layout technique and examines the pros and cons, both immediately and into the future.
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Sponsor Giveaways
Free software and services courtesy of Adobe, AIGA, Media Temple, Mozilla, and New Riders.
2:10 pm Textism (Writing the User Interface) [Zeldman]
Better design, better branding, and better usability through word choice. Editing for designers.
3:00 pm Designing for Lifestyle [Kelly Goto]
As design migrates from the web to mobile devices, our approach must also shift. Learn how companies are using ethnographic-based research to design smarter interfaces.
4:00 pm BREAK!
4:10 pm CRITIQUES [Kelly Goto, Erin Kissane, Eric Meyer, Jason Santa Maria, Zeldman]
A rip-snortin’ romp through the design, code, and content of sites created by some of the smartest people in the world — namely, the attendees of An Event Apart Seattle

Happy Hour and a Half

Join us after the event for a Happy Hour and a Half featuring complementary cocktails, sponsored by Blue Flavor.

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The Alibi Room
85 Pike St Ste 410
Seattle, WA 98101-2001
(206) 623-3180

Thanks and Praise

An Event Apart is made better by the participation of leading design and web companies and organizations. We thank our sponsors for their continuing support: Adobe, AIGA, Media Temple, Mozilla, and New Riders.

Details and Disclaimer

An Event Apart is a non-smoking event. Sorry, smokers! Still photography is permitted, but audio and video recording are forbidden. As always, please be considerate when taking pictures. We’ll start a Flickr group soon, where you can post photos of the event. Watch this space or subscribe to our RSS feed.

This schedule is subject to change. We’ll do our best to make the experience live up to what we’ve mentioned here, but cannot guarantee a perfect 1:1 correspondence. We thank you in advance for understanding any changes we may be forced to make due to events, people, and other stuff beyond our control.

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