This week I attended a conference for Web 2.0 in San Francisco. http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2009 @w23 on Twitter.Web 2.0 is a term to describe the perceived second generation of web development and design that aims to facilitate communication, information sharing and colloboration on the web.
As a c# web developer and manager , it is important for me to understand how concepts like social-networking sites, blogs and wikis can be leveraged and the technologies used to create them. I was also stunned by the graphically rich applications that can be created by technologies such as MS Silverlight.
These technologies are becoming essential for larger companies and many professionals.
The conference was held in the Moscone Center and it was huge. I was there for 3 days and I digested so much information it was fantastic.
There were sessions from leveraging facebook, blogger, wikis, mobile devices etc. This is a great time for net web developers and everyone who is part of net web design.
I'd been hearing a lot about Twitter, but didn't yet have an account. I now do and my handle is @agezna if you want to look me up. I'm twittering away!
One of the companies there is actually the one doing the VANOC site: http://www.vancouver2010.com
I was surprised to see the site posted in one of the seminars done by CoreMedia http://www.coremedia.com/ as I'd actually just used it recently to check out my hockey tickets.
I didn't get too much of a chance to see the city, but I did get to go out for a nice dinner at a restaurant called NOPA http://www.nopasf.com/
that we will likely try again when we go next week. Thanks to the lovely lady I went with, I also go to go to a great concert with a few of her friends which was very fun.
With the band there was a stilt walker dancing in through the crowd and an artist on stage who was painting on canvas from start to finish and we were able to see the progression of her piece as
the night went on.
It was such a coincidence that Mike and I were going for vacation for Easter and then came this opportunity to see this conference. I was able to get my bearings and get some great ideas for when we go.
I'll be navigating around the city like an old pro. I'll have lots of pictures of the city itself when we go. We're going to visit Alcatraz, ride the trolleys (which I did get to try when I was there), visit Golden Gate Park and get down to Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. San Fran seems very similar to Vancouver.
The people are very open and fun and there are lots of great places to eat and fun things to do.
Although these are not the true "Painted Ladies" that I also want to visit, it is similar architecture and I really got a feel for the dips and hills that make up the city's landscape while riding on the trolley.
The weather was nice, but windy and cold one evening. Next week, I'll be blogging about San Francisco again except from a tourist's perspective. Good night for now.
These technologies are becoming essential for larger companies and many professionals.The conference was held in the Moscone Center and it was huge. I was there for 3 days and I digested so much information it was fantastic.
There were sessions from leveraging facebook, blogger, wikis, mobile devices etc. This is a great time for net web developers and everyone who is part of net web design.
I'd been hearing a lot about Twitter, but didn't yet have an account. I now do and my handle is @agezna if you want to look me up. I'm twittering away!
One of the companies there is actually the one doing the VANOC site: http://www.vancouver2010.comI was surprised to see the site posted in one of the seminars done by CoreMedia http://www.coremedia.com/ as I'd actually just used it recently to check out my hockey tickets.
I didn't get too much of a chance to see the city, but I did get to go out for a nice dinner at a restaurant called NOPA http://www.nopasf.com/
that we will likely try again when we go next week. Thanks to the lovely lady I went with, I also go to go to a great concert with a few of her friends which was very fun.With the band there was a stilt walker dancing in through the crowd and an artist on stage who was painting on canvas from start to finish and we were able to see the progression of her piece as
the night went on.
It was such a coincidence that Mike and I were going for vacation for Easter and then came this opportunity to see this conference. I was able to get my bearings and get some great ideas for when we go.I'll be navigating around the city like an old pro. I'll have lots of pictures of the city itself when we go. We're going to visit Alcatraz, ride the trolleys (which I did get to try when I was there), visit Golden Gate Park and get down to Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. San Fran seems very similar to Vancouver.
The people are very open and fun and there are lots of great places to eat and fun things to do.Although these are not the true "Painted Ladies" that I also want to visit, it is similar architecture and I really got a feel for the dips and hills that make up the city's landscape while riding on the trolley.
The weather was nice, but windy and cold one evening. Next week, I'll be blogging about San Francisco again except from a tourist's perspective. Good night for now.
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