I missed the web awards, and I barely got to hang out with anyone. Not that it mattered much.
The only workshop I managed was Zeldman presenting two “web personalities” and it was titled “because we can.”
While it was an interesting panel and all, and I meant to get that kid’s URL, the young guy who was from UT, and he had just started doing his web log.
Couple of points that I gathered, and there was much hilarity between the presenter and the two other panel dudes, Zeldman talked about how his personal sites and his labors of love get sidetracked, or put on hiatus, while he he works on paying projects. Like writing a book.
Another point that let me ponder some, especially the “What do I know dot org” guy, was how he discussed that his critically acclaimed web portfolio was getting a broader audience, and more business was being generated by his web journal. In effect, what was happening, is that he picked up clientele from his journals, folks who liked his print personality and that generated business more so than has regular portfolio.
I missed the rest of the evening because, frankly, after a quick road trip to Dallas, I was just too worn out to get out and party all night long.
I stopped out on the verandah for smoke, and I listened to one guest holding forth about his upcoming presentation. The title was something about conceptual firewalls, but had nothing to do with hacking servers. He did make a very valid point, though, about the web. See, it’s all predicated on English. I’ll be the first to explain that my work, as it appears on the web, doesn’t translate to other languages well. Or other cultures. But all I also point to my refer log and that shows decent percentage of my readership comes from places besides Texas. Explain that.