Greetings WOW Members and Web professionals everywhere.
With the migration of the WOW Tech Minute to Web Pro Minute and the New Year well underway, I’d like to introduce a series of podcasts covering the current and future state of the Web profession.
Over the course of the next few weeks, I intend to report on the current state of the Web profession from the eyes of those practicing in the field and at a variety of levels. To that end, I will be reaching out to Web professionals and those that hire them in the areas of Web design, Web development and Web consulting including those that work within the enterprise, small business, government, and education.
Clearly, times are tough economically around the globe and I am hopeful to better understand how things are going today and how things will look ahead into the future for the Web profession. Overall, I sense the outlook looks ok but I am hopeful that I can pass along insights that will help you navigate in a down economy.
To kick start this Web professional forecast series, I’d like to go over the notes from the Jeffrey Zeldman Keynote from Web Design World that took place Boston early last month. As you may recall, WOW covered the event as a media sponsor. As a result, I walked away with a better understanding of the profession from a practicing Web designer’s point of view.
Zeldman, for those that may not be familiar, is a well known speaker, author and a Web standards evangelist. He has earned a solid reputation within the Web profession and it’s easy to see why. He’s intelligent, witty, and a terrific public speaker. In addition, he is genuinely a nice guy and he’s got a solid understanding of the Web profession today.
Check out the three minute podcast on the newly designed and branded Web Pro Minute website.
Today’s Podcast is sponsored by Web Directions North.
Web Directions North, widely recognized as one of the leading conferences for designers, developers and other web professionals is coming to Denver for the first (of hopefully many) times next week, February 2 through 7.
Web Directions features 2 days of workshops, a 2 day, 2 track intensive conference, featuring in depth sessions b leading experts from around the world, social events, an expo, and the attendee only ski trip to Breckenridge.
Check out the Web Directions North website for more detail.
Web Directions have set aside a limited number of places for members of the Webprofessionals.org at just $495 (with workshop places at just $129) – a saving of up to 50%! To take advantage of the offer, just use the special code WDN09WOW when registering
Come and see some of the world’s leading web design and development experts for a fantastic price at this amazing event.