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Member Profile – Jessica Ledbetter, Web Developer

by Bill Cullifer on May 23, 2011

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Member Profile – Jessica Ledbetter, Web Developer and Recipient of the WOW Member Conference Scholarship, Voices that Matter Conference June 2011

For today’s podcast, I reached out to Jessica Ledbetter, Web Developer for Jefferson Lab, a National Laboratory of the Department of Energy based in Southeastern Virgina. Jessica is also a long time WOW member and the recipient of the Voice That Matter 2011 WOW Member Conference Scholarship graciously offered to the WOW by the team at the Voice that Matter Conference. The Voices that Matter San Francisco event takes place June 27-28, 2011 San Francisco, CA.

In this five minute podcast, Jessica shares her thoughts on the issues she faces as a Web Developer and the benefits of going to the conference. I’ll also be attending the VTM conference to interview Jessica on what she walked away with as well as some of the speakers and attendees.

For additional information about the VTM Conference visit The Voices that Matter San Francisco event today!

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Leadership through Advocacy and Organizing

by Bill Cullifer on April 21, 2011

Leadership through Advocacy and Organizing to Promote the Web Profession and Jobs in New Media and IT

Greetings WOW Members and Web Professionals Everywhere!

Web professionals working together can make change happen. For example, when education policies don’t meet the needs of aspiring and practicing Web professionals we work to change the system. With your support, the Webprofessionals.org has continued with its 14 year history and mission to engage education policy decision makers to encourage them to improve Web professional pathways and to change the policies that hold them back. While building leadership through advocacy and organizing we strengthen our voice to improve the overall Web experience for the communities we serve.

Why is this important?

* To continue with the mission of cultivating innovation and jobs for the Web profession.
* Industry, government and academia, together, can cultivate an environment of innovation and job creation to foster leadership in Information Technology and New Media.
* By educating customers we serve we can ensure the professions overall success.
* Facilitation of communication between business, industry and education professionals advocacy can lead to improvements in compensation and recognition for Web professionals.
* Active involvement by WOW members and individuals like you is needed. Together we make the vision of Web Standards, improvements in education and the quality of services that true Web professionals provide a reality.

2011/2012 Advocacy Plan to Promote Education and Careers

Last month, WebProfessionals.org led the third in a series of IT Innovation Summits in California. Leading Information Technology (IT) organizations, businesses, industry and education professionals came together to collaborate on several initiatives that will help support IT and Web professional education, Web standards and jobs in IT and Mew Media.

The advocacy plan is in response to U.S. government studies predicting a significant shortage of technology and creative professionals in the country within the next three to five years. The organizations 2011/2012 advocacy plan designed to address the talent shortage, the growing skills gap and to answer the questions, “Why Consider a Career in the IT and New Media Profession, why teach Career and Technical Education and Web Standards in the classroom.”

“In order for the U.S. to continue to lead the world in innovation and creativity, we must develop an advanced information technology ecosystem that is able to refresh itself with IT and New Media talent and creative thinkers with the skills that employers need the most” said Bill Cullifer, WOW Executive Director of WebProfessionals.org and chair of the WhyITNow.org and Why Web Standards initiatives.

Andy Vaughan, Director, Strategic Programs, Monster Public Sector Education supporter of the initiatives said, “I clearly understand and appreciate the efforts to promote Web professional education and Web standards and how it will serve the Web professional community in the long term. We’re happy to support your IT and New Media education pathway efforts through the WhyITNow.org initiative in collaboration with the California Department of Education. Its important work and we’re happy to play a role.”

Gary Page, California Department of Education (CDE) said, “I’d like to thank the WebProfessionals.org association and the WhyITNow.org initiative for hosting the IT Innovation Summit Sacramento. The most exciting thing is that the WhyITNow.org initiative has brought in people of from all different aspects of education and industry and we have found that we have consensus on some key issues. For example, one of the problems is that we’re not talking with each other and that we’re living in silos and we need to break away from that somehow. I think that there is a consensus that we need to get together more and work together.”

WebProfessionals.org 2011/2012 Advocacy Plan and initiatives will drive skill development that will support and increase the pipeline for technical and creative workers and those that teach. It also will:

• Convene stakeholders to establish collaboration between business, the Web profession, education and government to develop a clear, concise and consistent communication strategy regarding why innovation, information technology and New Media is good for business, commerce, competitiveness and jobs.

• Develop an effective advocacy plan and implementation strategies that support innovation, New Media and Information Technology adoption and best practices.

• Promote general awareness of Career Technical Education (CTE) and information technology (IT) and New Media through websites, workshops, conferences and award ceremonies.

• Foster relationships and linkages between business and industry, education, career technical student organizations and government agencies to insure a continual pipeline of IT and New Media professionals with skills that aligns to industry demand.

• Promote digital literacy into general education curriculum to equip all graduates with these basic skills.

• Provide online Web professional short courses and educational resources.

• Promote Web design and development contest connecting business and industry with education and students and practicing professionals.

For additional information regarding the WebProfessionals.org 2011/2012 Advocacy plans and initiatives visit:

· Web Professional Directory (http://webprofessional.org)
· Web Professional Jobs (http://webprofessional.jobs)
· Why Web Standards (http://whywebstandards.org )
· New Media Careers (http://newmediacareers.org )
· WhyITNow.org ( http://www.whyitnow.org )
· WhyCTE.org (http://whycte.org )
· Web Design Contest (http://webdesigncontest.org )
· Web Pro Training (http://webprotraining.org )

For additional information about Webprofessionals.org Advocacy efforts and history visit:

WebProfessionals.org (http://webprofessionals.org/about/advocacy

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The New Frontier – Interview with Abbey Tosic, 3M

by Bill Cullifer on April 6, 2011

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Greetings WOW Members and Web Professionals everywhere.

For today’s podcast, I reached out to Abbey Tosic, eHub Design and Usability Lead at 3M. Abbey is also a WOW member and the recipient of one of a number of Design and Development conference event scholarships that WOW provides to its members annually. In addition to sharing her thoughts on the challenges that she faces on the job, Abbey also shares her perspective on the value of attending and staying connected to the community. Abbey will also be podcasting live from the Future of Web Design Conference in London this year, May, 2011. We look forward to hearing from her and her perspective of the event and the take aways in future podcast.

From Abbey’s Blog:

I’m ecstatic to be attending The Future of Web Design Conference in London this year, May, 2011. I’ll be reviewing the conference for the World Organization of Webmasters. If you’re thinking about where you may want to go to learn more about Web Design conferences in your area, check out their detailed site. This site is the Mecca Library of Web Design Conferences and they post comments about what you can expect from each one. A valuable tool for your planning.

The Future of Web Design conference plans to cover the topics that matter most to today’s web designers and front end developers, including HTML5, CSS3, typography, wireframing, iphone and UX. They have dozens of professionals from around the globe coming in to give talks, and a full day workshop with 4 subject matters to chose from.

This year’s conference will take place at The Brewery in London. The Brewery has played host to many of London’s most iconic events. Nestled amongst the city’s high rise high flyers, the Brewery provides a welcome respite for guests seeking solace from today’s identikit venue options.

Style, workshops, smart folks talking about what’s up and coming… are you going? You should! If you are, come find me. We’ll talk mobile and user design over a strongbow at the pub. What could be better?

Visit their conference site, and be sure to sign up for their eNewsletter if you’re looking for more information on the schedule.

FOWD:

http://futureofwebdesign.com/london-2011/

Featured Speakers:

http://futureofwebdesign.com/london-2011/speakers/

Schedule and Workshops:

http://futureofwebdesign.com/london-2011/schedule/

Find a Web Design Conference that’s right for what you’re hoping to learn:

http://webdesignconference.org/locate

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The CSS3 Experience – Interview with Denise Jacobs

by Bill Cullifer on November 12, 2010

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The CSS3 Experience – Interview with Denise Jacobs, Author CSS Detective Guide.

In this three minute audio podcast WOW’s roving reporter Jeri Hastava, Leap of Faith Web Design, Jeri asks Denise Jacobs about designing with advanced CSS and CSS3.

CSS and CSS3 can add richness to your site’s experience layer and discover the role CSS3 can play in enhancing interactivity. While the CSS3 specification as a whole is still in flux, this session will focus on the portions that you can use today (Borders and Backgrounds module, RGBA, CSS Transitions and Transforms) and how anyone, regardless of the project, can inject flexible techniques that enrich the interactions of the websites we build everyday.

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Adobe MAX 2010 – Tips and Tools from the Chris Georgeness

by Bill Cullifer on October 29, 2010

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Adobe MAX 2010 – Tips and Tools and a Max Event Overview: Interview with Chris Georgeness, Director of Creative Services Game Show Network

Chris Georgenes has been using Flash professionally for more than a decade, and has gained a wide following. He is the proprietor of Mudbubble.com, a Web animation studio, and he is the Art and Animation Director for Acclaim Games. His books for Focal Press, How to Cheat at Flash CS3 and How to Cheat at Flash CS4, have been steady sellers. He presents frequently at trade shows such as Flash in the Can, Flash on Tap, FlashForward, and Adobe MAX. He’s also the author of the Animation with Scripting for Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Studio Techniques available from PeachPit Press Online.

In this eleven minute interview, I asked Chris to share his take on the Adobe MAX event, what events he likes to participate in, his thoughts on the benefits of the Adobe Flash and what he thinks aspiring Web professionals should know about Flash.

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Adobe MAX 2010 – Tips and Tools from the Experts

by Bill Cullifer on October 27, 2010

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Adobe MAX 2010 – Tips and Tools and a Max Event Overview: Interview with Jim Babbage, Creative Director NewMedia Services

In this four minute interview, I asked Jim to share his take on the Adobe MAX event, his thoughts on the benefits of the Adobe Fireworks product, his favorite new feature in Fireworks CS5 and what he thinks aspiring Web professionals should know about Fireworks.

Jim Babbage’s two passions, teaching and photography, led him to a career in commercial photography. With the release of Photoshop 2.5, Jim became involved in the world of digital imaging, and he soon began designing for the web in addition to taking photographs. Jim is a regular contributor to Community MX (communitymx.com), where he’s written articles and tutorials on Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and general web and photography topics. He teaches imaging, web design, and photography at Centennial College, and web design at Humber College. He is a partner at Newmedia Services (newmediaservices.ca), and has been a guest speaker at TODCon and a presenter at Adobe MAX.

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Adobe MAX 2010 – Adobe Air and Mobile Apps

by Bill Cullifer on October 26, 2010

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Adobe MAX 2010 – Adobe Air and Mobile Apps: Interview with Joe Johnston, Senior user experience specialist, UniversalMind

Universal Mind just posted about their experience developing an app for the RIM PlayBook using the Adobe Air SDK and their announcement at Adobe MAX 2010 taking place this week in Los Angeles, CA.

In this six minute interview, I caught up with Joe to get his take on the project, his take on the Adobe MAX event and opportunities for Web professionals developing Mobile Applications with Adobe Air.

RIM PlayBook SDK Offers Smooth Development

According to the UniversalMind Blog, the team had the privilege to be one of the first companies to develop an app for Blackberry’s new tablet—the RIM Playbook. Here are some of our initial thoughts on developing in this environment:

The app we developed was a Fantasy Football application—the goal was for it to be both fun and easy to use. It was entirely built using Adobe Flash Builder and the BlackBerry SDK. The workflow allowed us to deploy a working tablet application in days with full touch and gesture interactions that you would expect in a tablet device.

The framework SDK is integrated into Flash Builder which made for a very familiar dev environment. Compiling the application and deploying it to the PlayBook Simulator is quick and easy with multiple ways to see your application in a working environment. Without a actual device in hand we relied on the Simulator to test all the interactions, so it was a key piece of the workflow.

We also reused several pieces of code, which made creating interactions even faster. The SDK controls made creating interactive lists a snap: all the kinetic interactions are built into the controls, like pulling on a list and getting the elastic snap that many users are familiar with. Integrating video is seamless with the built in video controls, which also allowed for customization. The framework also allows developers to create consistent applications using the array of controls that are built into the OS.

Since their SDK utilizes Adobe AIR, you can create tablet applications without the need to learn a new development languages. Taking existing AIR applications and deploying them to a tablet device couldn’t be easier.

With the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK you can now take those engaging applications and deploy thing seamlessly onto a BlackBerry Playbook with minimal code changes. Integrating those applications into the powerful BlackBerry network of information and integration.

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Web Content Analysis and Strategy: Make Your Website Fly

by Bill Cullifer on October 25, 2010

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Web Content Analysis: Make Your Website Fly Interview with Colleen Jones, Principal of Content Science

Ever launch a beautifully designed website, only to watch it crash and burn? Too often, bad or unexpected content sabatoges our designs–and keeps our websites from getting results. But, there’s hope in content analysis. Jones will walk through the practical process of understanding what content you need to make your next website soar.

In this three minute podcast WOW’s roving reporter Jeri Hastava asks Colleen Jones about the latest in Web content analysis and strategies at the 2010 Voices that Matter Web Design Conference in San Francisco, CA.

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Adobe MAX 2009: Interviews in the Hallway and from the Show Floor

by Bill Cullifer on October 17, 2009

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Final coverage of MAX 2009

I spent a few days roaming the conference halls at the Adobe Max Conference in search of the goings on from an attendee and a conference speaker point of view. For me personally, I enjoy the hallway discussions just as much if not more than the session presentations. I’m always amazed by the insights that I pick up on from simply asking people to summarize what they learned either in a session or the event.

For today’s podcast, I have a series of interviews to share ranging from an attendee and Adobe evangelist points of view. I’m hopeful that you will glean a glimpse of the trends in the Web profession from the lenses of those attending as well as the “movers and shakers” that make up our industry today.

Interviews:

• Terrance Carrol, Independent Web Developer from Fortis Digital-Las Vegas
• Marc Neiman Ross, Developer Evangelist at Adobe Systems, Inc
• Duane Nickull Platform Evangelist for Adobe
• Marc Thiele, Flash Forum Germany

Check out the three minute interview on today’s Web Professional Minute.

A full transcript will follow in twenty for hours.

Today’s Web Professional Minute is sponsored by WebProTraining.org. WOW is pleased to announce the availabilty of the Creating Accessible Web Forms Course. Creating web forms that are accessible to people with disabilities requires understanding of the labeling features of HTML markup and how browsers interpret labeling markup for assistive technologies like screen readers. The online course is being taught by Dr. Gunderson University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. The course also provides great value and is highly reccomended by Web professionals worldwide.

WOW members will receive a discounted rate of $150.00. Check out all of the details on the Web Pro Training website and register today!

Check out all of the great links on the Web Professional Minute Website.

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Adobe Flash Platform, Web Standards Interview: Jeremy Schultz, Independent Web Designer

by Bill Cullifer on October 12, 2009

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Last week WOW participated in the Adobe MAX 2009 conference that took place in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The goal for WOW’s participation was to report to WOW members and to the subscribers of this podcast the goings on, where the industry is heading, the trends and the skills that will keep Web professionals employed for sometime to come.

To that end, I reached out to interview Adobe’s executives and those attendees exiting the keynotes and sessions. For today’s podcast, I have an interview with Jeremy Schultz, independent Web designer from West Des Moines, Iowa regarding his take on the event and the Adobe Flash Platform Keynote that we sat in on and how designing with Web standards fits into the overall Flash Platform mix.

According to Adobe, the Adobe® Flash® Platform is an integrated set of technologies surrounded by an established ecosystem of support programs, business partners, and enthusiastic user communities. Together, they provide everything you need to create and deliver the most compelling applications, content, and video to the widest possible audience.

Check out the three minute interview on today’s Web Professional Minute.

A full transcript will follow in twenty for hours.

WOW members will receive a discounted rate of $150.00. Check out all of the details on the Web Pro Training website and register today!

Check out all of the great links on the Web Professional Minute Website.

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