BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE;VALUE=TEXT:US/Pacific METHOD:EXPORT PRODID:-//Apple Computer\, Inc//iCal 1.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2006 X-WR-RELCALID;VALUE=TEXT:ET2006 VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific LAST-MODIFIED:20050803T074125Z BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20050403T100000 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20051030T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T083000 SUMMARY:"Creating Passionate Users 2.0" Kathy Sierra (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7951 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T120000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Join us as we work with the tools and techniques borrowed from game developers\, neurobiologists\, and filmmakers for crafting engaging\, motivating user experiences. Whether you're looking to drive up hits on your web site\, build a passionate community around your product\, help students learn more effectively\, or recruit evangelists for your cause\, we'll work step-by-step on a plan for getting there.\nSpeaker(s): Kathy Sierra; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7951 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T083000 SUMMARY:"A (Re-)Introduction to JavaScript" Simon Willison (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8065 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T120000 DESCRIPTION:Description: AJAX has quickly pushed JavaScript into the foreground as an integral part of the Web 2.0 application experience. This ain't your 1995 JavaScript. Let Willison re-introduce you to JavaScript: from building your own classes to taking advantage of the functional programming style\, prototype-based object orientation\, useful JavaScript idioms\, and avoiding memory leaks. \nSpeaker(s): Simon Willison; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8065 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T083000 SUMMARY:"SOLD OUT Scaling Fast and Cheap - How We Built Flickr" Cal Henderson (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8068 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T170000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Cal Henderson; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8068 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T133000 SUMMARY:"Introduction to AJAX" Alex Russell (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7993 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T170000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Dojo and similar toolkits like it put rich interface development within reach for every web app. Learn how to apply these AJAX technologies to your projects and how to fix things when they go wrong.\nSpeaker(s): Alex Russell; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7993 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T133000 SUMMARY:"Next Generation Flash Development with Flex" Mike Chambers (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8067 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T170000 DESCRIPTION:Description: In this tutorial\, you'll learn about how you can use Flash and HTML together to build rich user interfaces that will make your customers sit up and take notice. You'll learn about ActionScript\, the Flex Framework\, the Flex Enterprise Services\, and how Flex Builder puts it all together to give you a productive and efficient Eclipse-based IDE. \nSpeaker(s): Mike Chambers; \nTrack: \nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8067 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T193000 SUMMARY:"Welcome and Opening Keynote" Rael Dornfest (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8315 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T200000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Rael Dornfest; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8315 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T200000 SUMMARY:"O'Reilly Radar" Tim O'Reilly (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8380 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T203000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Tim O'Reilly; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8380 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T203000 SUMMARY:"The Internet of Things" Bruce Sterling (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8466 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T213000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Bruce Sterling; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8466 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T213000 SUMMARY:"Engaging Users Celebration" (Room: Elizabeth Foyer) LOCATION:Elizabeth Foyer DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9027 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060306T233000 DESCRIPTION:Description: " /> /images/logos/adaptive_path.gif\nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Foyer URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9027 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T083000 SUMMARY:"Welcome and Announcements" Rael Dornfest (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8381 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T084000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Rael Dornfest; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8381 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T084000 SUMMARY:"Simple Bridge-building" Ray Ozzie (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8535 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T091000 DESCRIPTION:Description: In the spirit of his recent "Simple Sharing Extensions" to RSS\, Ozzie will describe and demo a few simple ideas he's had recently that might be useful in bridging these the worlds of the desktop and the browser.\nSpeaker(s): Ray Ozzie; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8535 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T091000 SUMMARY:"The Future of Interfaces Is Multi-Touch" Jeff Han (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9091 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T093000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Jeff Han; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9091 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T093000 SUMMARY:"Artificial, Artificial Intelligence: What It Is and What It Means for the Web" L. F. (Felipe) Cabrera, Ph.D. (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8267 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T094500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT)\, Amazon's human intelligence marketplace\, provides a web services API for computers to integrate "artificial\, artificial intelligence" directly into their processing. Hear AMT's director\, Peter Cohen\, describe the inspiration for Mechanical Turk\, what Amazon has seen since launching the technology\, and what Amazon expects for its future.\nSpeaker(s): L. F. (Felipe) Cabrera, Ph.D.; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8267 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T094500 SUMMARY:"Who Is the Dick on My Site?" Dick Hardt (Room: Grand Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Grand Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8281 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T100000 DESCRIPTION:Description: As more of our interactions take place online\, clearly establishing whom we are has become essential. How do you prove you are a legitimate user\, let alone that you should be treated specially? In the sequel to his Identity 2.0 talk\, Hardt shares his vision for how users and sites will communicate identity.\nSpeaker(s): Dick Hardt; \nTrack: \nRoom: Grand Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8281 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T100000 SUMMARY:"The Musical myware" Felix Miller (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9061 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T101500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Last.fm is building the biggest music knowledge database by putting the audience in charge. Users are submitting their real-time music listening habits to Last.fm's database because it gives them something back: personal music charts\, weekly music recommendations\, personalised radio\, like-minded listeners and user-generated music information. Welcome to the Social Music Revolution.\nSpeaker(s): Felix Miller; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9061 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T101500 SUMMARY:"Root Markets: Applications for the New Attention Economy" Seth Goldstein (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7809 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T103000 DESCRIPTION:Description: An introduction to Root Vaults\, one of the first applications to use clickstream data from the Attention Extension. Talk includes a preview of its new functionality and a discussion on how businesses and developers can interact with Root Vaults’ growing user base.\nSpeaker(s): Seth Goldstein; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7809 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T111500 SUMMARY:"Web 3.0" Cory Ondrejka (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7895 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T113000 DESCRIPTION:Description: What happens when the 2D\, asynchronous Web collides with 3D\, collaborative digital worlds? By granting broad intellectual property rights to its residents and embedding the tools needed to build almost anything\, Second Life has enabled large-scale creativity that bridges the 3D and web worlds.\nSpeaker(s): Cory Ondrejka; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7895 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T113000 SUMMARY:"The Economics of Attention: A Layman's View of the Economic Model of Attention" David L. Sifry (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9116 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T114500 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): David L. Sifry; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9116 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T114500 SUMMARY:"Attention: The *Real* Aphrodisiac" Linda Stone (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8290 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T121500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Where has our two-decade journey of building infinite\, "always on" technological connections to each other taken us? How well do we manage technology—or does it manage us? Continuous Partial Attention describes the behavior of continuously monitoring as many inputs as possible\, paying partial attention to each. This talk explores how we pay attention to each other now\, how we have used our attention over the last few decades\, and gives food for thought concerning implications that result as we consider new technologies and new interfaces.\nSpeaker(s): Linda Stone; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8290 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T121500 SUMMARY:"Do-it-yourself IT: Sponsored by IBM" Rod Smith (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7789 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T123000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Rod Smith discusses the evolution of the web application paradigm that is creating new ways of interacting and enabling the read/write web. New capabilities for publishing and handling content are growing out of the professional web site community\, targeting a broader\, less technically sophisticated audience\, leading to a new trend: Do-it-yourself IT.\nSpeaker(s): Rod Smith; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7789 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T134500 SUMMARY:"Putting the Fun in Functional: Applying Game Design to Mobile Services" Amy Jo Kim (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7735 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Mobile games are big business—but there's an even more exciting opportunity to develop compelling mobile services that help people get things done. In this session\, we'll review the psychology and system thinking behind game design\, and learn how to use game mechanics to create a mobile experience that's fun\, compelling\, and addictive. \nSpeaker(s): Amy Jo Kim; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7735 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T134500 SUMMARY:"Hunch Engine" Eric Bonabeau, Ph.D. (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7800 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: How do you look for something when you don't know what you're looking for? If your only guide is the "obscenity principle"—I know it when I see it—you need a hunch engine: an interactive evolutionary algorithms that combine the ability of computers to sift through massive amounts of data and the unique human ability to see "stuff." Bonabeau presents applications that relate to consumer data mining\, drug discovery\, and web search. \nSpeaker(s): Eric Bonabeau, Ph.D.; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7800 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T134500 SUMMARY:"Foldera Unveiled" (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8501 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Organize instantly all your emails\, documents\, tasks\, events\, contacts\, teams\, applications\, projects\, activities—really! Four years in development. Please join the Foldera Team as they unveil a technology that represents a new paradigm in activity-centric collaboration and organization that brings structure to unstructured data. \nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8501 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T134500 SUMMARY:"Do-it-yourself IT: Sponsored by IBM" Rod Smith (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8539 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: In this session\, Smith discusses the evolution of the web application paradigm that is being fueled by the extreme popularity of blogs and wikis\, creating new ways of interacting and truly enabling the read/write web. These technologies are evolving to enable the next wave of DIY-IT by combining the flexibility of user-oriented information architecture provided by active content (such as wikis) with that of content-in-flight (such as web services and RSS feeds) to provide an easy-to-use integration platform for creating a new style of content-centric applications.\nSpeaker(s): Rod Smith; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8539 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143500 SUMMARY:"Greasemonkey: Remixing the Web" Mark Pilgrim (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7845 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Greasemonkey has existed for less than a year\, and hundreds of people have already written thousands of Greasemonkey scripts to scratch their own personal itches. See what all the excitement is about.\nSpeaker(s): Mark Pilgrim; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7845 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143500 SUMMARY:"playsh, the Playful Shell" Matt Webb Ben Cerveny (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7893 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: playsh cooks up the best of Web 2.0\, and throws the web browser away. It is a narrative-driven "object navigation" client\, operating primarily on the semantic level\, casting your hacking environment as a high-level\, shell-based\, social prototyping laboratory\, a playground for recombinant network toys. You have been eaten by a Grue.\nSpeaker(s): Matt Webb; Ben Cerveny\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7893 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143500 SUMMARY:"Auditory Interfaces for Small Screen Data Representation" Michael Jefferson Spencer Kiser (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7963 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: As our personal computing devices get ever smaller\, it gets harder and harder to fit information onto their screens. One solution is the use of sound-based interfaces for representing information. In an opportunity to challenge and re-think the visual interface\, this talk details the usability testing\, research\, and prototyping conducted with members of the blind community in a search for a purely auditory interface for the common data of the personal calendar.\nSpeaker(s): Michael Jefferson; Spencer Kiser\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7963 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143500 SUMMARY:"Building a Participation Platform: Yahoo! Web Services Past, Present, and Future" Jeffrey McManus (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8496 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Today Yahoo! provides a broad spectrum of web services\, enabling developers to incorporate Yahoo! data in web sites and applications. In this session\, we'll look at Yahoo! as a web services platform and show off some new and emerging services that will transform the platform in the future. \nSpeaker(s): Jeffrey McManus; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8496 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T143500 SUMMARY:"Building Apps for the Business Web" Adam Gross (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8515 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: This session provides a technical overview of AppExchange\, salesforce.com’s new application building and sharing service that provides a platform for developers to create on-demand applications and examples of how the platform can be used to “mashup” services across the Internet to create compelling new applications.\nSpeaker(s): Adam Gross; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T155000 SUMMARY:"The New Community" Derek Powazek (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7730 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T163500 DESCRIPTION:Description: What happens when communities form and no one's in charge? This session will outline the ways decentralized community tools (social bookmarks\, participatory media\, free APIs\, blogs and tagging) are enabling spontaneous communities of interest to form\, and how they're changing traditional notions of community\, media\, identity\, and relationships.\nSpeaker(s): Derek Powazek; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7730 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T155000 SUMMARY:"Secure Syndication" Joe Gregorio (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7741 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T163500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Gregorio describes how to use Firefox\, Greasemonkey\, Microformats\, Atom\, and Blowfish to publish encrypted feeds and then decrypt them in Bloglines without revealing your precious decryption key to anyone. \nSpeaker(s): Joe Gregorio; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7741 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T155000 SUMMARY:"eBay Web Services: A Marketplace Platform for Fun and Profit" Adam Trachtenberg (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8513 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T163500 DESCRIPTION:Description: The eBay Developers Program enables external innovation on the eBay platform. Our free program supports everyone from personal experimenters to commercial businesses. eBay served up over eight billion web services requests in the last three months of 2005. Learn how you can create software to make buying and selling on eBay even easier. We'll show off a number of exciting eBay applications including mashups\, wireless\, and vertical search. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!\nSpeaker(s): Adam Trachtenberg; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8513 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T155000 SUMMARY:"Unconventional Thoughts About AJAX" Tom Snyder (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8526 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T163500 DESCRIPTION:Description: AJAX is hard. Even now we’re just starting to see the depth and breadth of functionality that AJAX can support. This session will present lessons learned over three years of programming an intricate AJAX application. We'll discuss\, at a macro level\, why AJAX development is surprisingly different from traditional applications programming and we’ll offer concrete data to illustrate areas where conventional wisdom about AJAX is mistaken. And for the technical attendees\, we’ll detail specific areas where it is best to discard standard software design practices and do the opposite.\nSpeaker(s): Tom Snyder; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8526 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T164000 SUMMARY:"Atom as a Case Study" Tim Bray (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7555 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T172500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Atom is trying to be a Next Big Thing in the syndication/blogging space. This talk takes a look at Atom\, the process that produced it\, and the cultural and technical lessons that come out of the experience.\nSpeaker(s): Tim Bray; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7555 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T164000 SUMMARY:"Ambient Findability" Peter Morville (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7698 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T172500 DESCRIPTION:Description: At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet\, the user experience is out of control. Salvation lies in the strange connections between social software\, semantic webs\, convergent architecture\, and interaction design. In this cyberspace safari\, Peter Morville draws ideas from his new book on ambient findability.\nSpeaker(s): Peter Morville; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7698 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T164000 SUMMARY:"Sketching in Hardware" Michael Kuniavsky Matt Cottam (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7870 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T172500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Get out of the box! An introduction for programmers and everyone's who's ever taken their phone apart to physical computing prototyping. It's not just plastic toys and turtle logic. Rapidly interface sensors and actuators with software to affect and react to the physical world.\nSpeaker(s): Michael Kuniavsky; Matt Cottam\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7870 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T164000 SUMMARY:"AttentionStreams vs. the Firehose" Eric Hayes (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8495 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T172500 DESCRIPTION:Description: RSS is an information firehose and there is no adjustable nozzle to control the flow. The hose is on or it’s off. By using AttentionStream technology to intelligently analyze our information consumption patterns\, new possibilities are emerging for prioritizing and recommending higher value content that cuts through information overload.\nSpeaker(s): Eric Hayes; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8495 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T164000 SUMMARY:"How to Write a Zimlet (Enterprise Mashup)" Ross Dargahi (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8499 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T172500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Mashups occur when web content from multiple sources is integrated. This session will provide a hands-on guide for developers to Zimlets\, Zimbra-designed templates for creating mashups\, which will enable developers to easily integrate web content into the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Dargahi will explore how developers can create company-specific enterprise mashups within the ZCS. \nSpeaker(s): Ross Dargahi; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8499 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T173000 SUMMARY:"Rich Local and Social Experiences" Paul Bragiel Vincent Lauria; Sean Savage (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7762 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T181500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Today's internet software increasingly takes advantage of ever-more-organized location-specific data in order to provide increasingly richer "local" experiences. Bragiel shares lessons learned in creating active and growing local communities from launching Meetro.\nSpeaker(s): Paul Bragiel; Vincent Lauria; Sean Savage\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7762 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T173000 SUMMARY:"Reading Rooms: The Design of Immersive Social Media Spaces" Maribeth Back (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7896 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T181500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Reading is one of our oldest technologies\, more vital than computers\, telephones\, or the automobile; it is central to our social\, legal\, cultural\, and economic systems. We read not only text\, but context. The way words are presented changes their meaning; so do the place and the company in which we read and how our co-readers give voice—in person\, via SMS\, via blog comments. Several interactive devices that offer new models for combined personal/social reading will be discussed.\nSpeaker(s): Maribeth Back; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7896 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T173000 SUMMARY:"Microformats" Tantek Çelik Shawn Carnell; Yoz Grahame; Joe Gregorio; Rohit Khare; Kevin Marks; Mark Pilgrim (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8292 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T181500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Microformats are simple semantic XHTML extensions for expressing numerous common concepts (people\, events\, etc.) on today's Web. Tantek Çelik will provide a short introduction\, followed by a series of speakers performing lightning demonstrations of their microformats enabled tools\, sites\, hacks\, and other implementations.\nSpeaker(s): Tantek Çelik; Shawn Carnell; Yoz Grahame; Joe Gregorio; Rohit Khare; Kevin Marks; Mark Pilgrim\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8292 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T173000 SUMMARY:"Building More Useful Mashups: Integrated Routing and Geocoding " Antony Pegg (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8516 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T181500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Free mapping APIs unleashed the creativity of the developer community by allowing anyone to display data on a map. However\, existing APIs haven't given developers a complete tool kit. MapQuest’s OpenAPI is the first to offer integrated routing and geocoding and we’ll showcase how you can use these capabilities to build more useful web mashups.\nSpeaker(s): Antony Pegg; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8516 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T173000 SUMMARY:"Usability Testing" Joel Spolsky Betsy Weber (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8559 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T181500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Joel Spolsky\, creator of Joel on Software\, offers his advice on usability testing\, including pitfalls such as the Joel Uncertainty Principle. This will be followed by Betsy Weber\, TechSmith Chief Evangelist\, talking about some lessons learned usability-testing Fog Creek Copilot last summer. \nSpeaker(s): Joel Spolsky; Betsy Weber\nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8559 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T180000 SUMMARY:"Exhibitor Reception" (Room: Elizabeth Foyer) LOCATION:Elizabeth Foyer DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8296 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T193000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Visit the exhibitors and enjoy great refreshments at our Exhibit Hall Event.\nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Foyer URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8296 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T193000 SUMMARY:"The Internet of Things: Designing Experiences for Networked Stuff" (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9036 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T203000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9036 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T193000 SUMMARY:"Yahoo! Developer Network Mixer" (Room: Manchester Foyer - Second Floor) LOCATION:Manchester Foyer - Second Floor DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9078 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T213000 DESCRIPTION:Description: /images/logos/yahoo.gif\nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Manchester Foyer - Second Floor URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9078 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T193000 SUMMARY:"The State of the Mashup: An Interactive Dialog About Advances in Free Mapping APIs" (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9080 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T203000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9080 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T193000 SUMMARY:"RFID: A Case Study of the Risks and Benefits of Location-Aware Technologies" (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9102 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T203000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9102 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T203000 SUMMARY:"Ruby on Rails: Power in Numbers" (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9113 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T213000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9113 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T213000 SUMMARY:"Werewolf" Jane McGonigal Artur Bergman (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8340 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060307T233000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Jane McGonigal; Artur Bergman\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8340 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T083000 SUMMARY:"Welcome and Announcements" Rael Dornfest (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8414 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T084000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Rael Dornfest; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8414 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T084000 SUMMARY:"Attention Focusing Strategies" Jon Udell (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7990 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T091000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Udell's talk surveys a range of overlooked attention-focusing strategies\, including: multi-modal communication (including text\, audio\, and video) for people with different cognitive styles; visualization of changing systems; approaches to preserving context; techniques for naming resources; and ways of dealing with the fuzziness of all naming schemes. \nSpeaker(s): Jon Udell; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7990 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T091000 SUMMARY:"Shut Up! No, *You* Shut Up: A Pattern Language for Moderation Strategies" Clay Shirky (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7791 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T093000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Social software creates social dilemmas. At ITP\, they have been observing common patterns of moderating interaction with the hope that we will make it easier for designers to contemplate adding social interactions without reinventing the wheel. Shirky's talk details the building of a pattern language for moderation; will describe some of the commonest strategies and patterns.\nSpeaker(s): Clay Shirky; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7791 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T093000 SUMMARY:"Rich Internet Applications and the Service Oriented Client" Kevin Lynch (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8415 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T094500 DESCRIPTION:Description: There has been tremendous innovation in creating Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)\, providing access to open data\, messaging\, persistence\, operating system independence\, and clean development patterns. To date this effort has focused primarily on the server\, leaving challenges on the client side. This talk presents a services-oriented client that enables compelling\, rich experiences\, including a strong data model\, native access to services\, message queuing\, persistence\, best-practice development patterns\, and predictable operations across browsers\, operating systems\, and devices.\nSpeaker(s): Kevin Lynch; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8415 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T094500 SUMMARY:"When Do We Get the Events We Want" Brian Dear (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9019 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T100000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Just when you thought you'd seen everything the web could offer when it came to tools for finding and being alerted to relevant events\, along comes some new technology that will change how you think about events altogether. Come see Brian Dear\, founder and CEO of EVDB\, Inc. unveil and demo a major new feature of the company's Eventful service. A world premiere\, right at ETech. Do not miss.\nSpeaker(s): Brian Dear; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9019 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T100000 SUMMARY:"First You Google, But Then What?" Hans Peter Brøndmo (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9004 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T101500 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Hans Peter Brøndmo; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9004 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T101500 SUMMARY:"Blue Chip Products: 2006 Report Card" Joel Spolsky (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8323 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T103000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Last year at ETech I presented a list of three things I thought were critical to moving a product from the merely "good" into the stratosphere of "great\," where you share space with the Apple iPod\, Brad Pitt\, and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama." This year I'll report back on some startups that seem to have taken my advice\, and some established companies that are going in the wrong direction. Among other things I'll talk about how AJAX can help let the user feel completely in control and increase their happiness\, which leads to the kind of remarkable products that achieve blockbuster success.\nSpeaker(s): Joel Spolsky; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8323 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T111500 SUMMARY:"Search and the Network Effect: Sponsored by Microsoft" Christopher Payne Frederick Savoye (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8316 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T113000 DESCRIPTION:Description: As search continues to grow in scope and complexity\, search engines will need to make explicit use of network effects between users to help return relevant results from the "tail." Come hear what MSN Search has up its sleeve in regards to the future of search and how search will function in a Windows Live world.\nSpeaker(s): Christopher Payne; Frederick Savoye\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8316 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T113000 SUMMARY:"The Real Nature of the Emerging Attention Economy" Michael H. Goldhaber (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8561 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T114500 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Michael H. Goldhaber; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8561 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T114500 SUMMARY:"Turing's Cathedral" George Dyson (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8035 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T121500 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): George Dyson; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8035 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T121500 SUMMARY:"The Language of Attention: A Pattern Approach - Sponsored by Yahoo!" Bill Scott (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8602 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T123000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Essential to the "Attention Economy" is a language of user engagement. Drawing on his AJAX evangelism experience\, Scott demonstrates how JSON\, the Yahoo! User Interface Library\, and the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library are informing the latest advances in the Yahoo! attempt to garner user attention.\nSpeaker(s): Bill Scott; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom ABCD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8602 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T134500 SUMMARY:"Native to a Web of Data: Designing a Part of the Aggregate Web" Tom Coates (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9066 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Tom Coates; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9066 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T134500 SUMMARY:"Feed to the Future" Eric Lunt (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9090 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T141000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Eric Lunt; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9090 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T134500 SUMMARY:"Feeds as a Platform: More Data, Less Work" Niall Kennedy (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9097 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Niall Kennedy; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9097 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T134500 SUMMARY:"The Online Office: A Paradigm Shift" Tae-Jin (TJ) Kang (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8527 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Web 2.0 presents a widely anticipated paradigm shift. Mashups\, collaboration\, and tagging technologies (Flickr) change the dominant status quo. TJ Kang\, ThinkFree CEO\, explores empowering users by combining AJAX and Java technologies to replace the desktop and provide additional online functionality.\nSpeaker(s): Tae-Jin (TJ) Kang; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8527 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T134500 SUMMARY:"Remixing the Web with the Windows Live™Platform" Paul Steckler Kris Barton (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8560 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Paul Steckler; Kris Barton\nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8560 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T141000 SUMMARY:"Everybody's It: Tagging with Identity" Mary Hodder (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9109 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Mary Hodder; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9109 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143500 SUMMARY:"G/localization: When Global Information and Local Interaction Collide" Danah Boyd (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7872 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: How can attention networks bridge global/local contexts? Why do bottom-up organization systems support global/local information needs? Why is personalization dependent on social clusters? How do open APIs\, hacking\, and remix help diverse cultures? Danah Boyd discusses the relationship between global information access and local social interaction.\nSpeaker(s): Danah Boyd; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7872 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143500 SUMMARY:"After AJAX: Low-latency Data to (and from) the Browser" Alex Russell (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7995 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: AJAX helps users tell servers what they've done without the lag\, but what about when the server needs to inform the user that something has happened? This talk covers technologies for providing low-latency data to browsers without polling.\nSpeaker(s): Alex Russell; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7995 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143500 SUMMARY:"RFID: A Case Study of the Risks and Benefits of Location-Aware Technologies" (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9215 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9215 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T143500 SUMMARY:"Expressive Applications" Michael Gough (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8522 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Expression elevates the simple satisfaction of functional requirements into what we have come to call "experiences." It is the ineffable\, unquantifiable everything else that converts a solution to a problem into something desirable. Adobe is championing the cause of creating more expressive digital media\, and has its sights squarely focused on doing the same thing for all applications.\nSpeaker(s): Michael Gough; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8522 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T162000 SUMMARY:"How a Small Island Held the Key to Better Collaborative Filtering" Charles Armstrong (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7793 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T170500 DESCRIPTION:Description: An ethnographer\, Armstrong spent one year living on the island of St. Agnes\, observing patterns of information flow inside the community. This session presents a non-specialist analysis of what he discovered\, the problem it reveals in conventional information systems\, and how these insights led to the development of Trampoline's "socio-mimetic" network model.\nSpeaker(s): Charles Armstrong; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7793 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T162000 SUMMARY:"The Data Dump: Fun with Graphs and Charts" Marc Hedlund David Hornik; Ian Kallen; Eric Lunt; Roger Magoulas; Adam Messinger; David L. Sifry (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8289 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T170500 DESCRIPTION:Description: We're devoting a whole session to seeing what data we can get people to share from their projects\, and what we can learn from their experiences and analyses. We've solicited five minute "lightning dumps" from companies making the future of the Internet\, asking them to tell us what they've learned from running their services and what it says about the users\, applications\, and networks to come. \nSpeaker(s): Marc Hedlund; David Hornik; Ian Kallen; Eric Lunt; Roger Magoulas; Adam Messinger; David L. Sifry\nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8289 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T162000 SUMMARY:"Bionic Systems: We Can Make Participants Faster...Stronger...Better" You Mon Tsang (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom C) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom C DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8582 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T170500 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): You Mon Tsang; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom C URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8582 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T162000 SUMMARY:"Integrating Attention Data with Your Web Site" Paul J. Martino (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8497 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T170500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Most web sites and web services generate a wealth of attention data and make little or no use of it. Using attention data is an excellent way to provide high quality and relevant content recommendations to end users with fresh and relevant content in the form of recommendations. This talk will focus on how to quickly add attention-based recommendations to your web site or web service with only one day of work.\nSpeaker(s): Paul J. Martino; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8497 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T162000 SUMMARY:"SXIP 2.0: Authentic Internet Identities" John Merrells (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8500 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T170500 DESCRIPTION:Description: SXIP\, the Simple\, eXtensible Identity Protocol\, is the power behind Identity 2.0. SXIP 2.0 gives users control over their internet identities and allows web sites to construct deep user-centric relationships. Merrells will discuss the protocol architecture and describe deployment scenarios and techniques. \nSpeaker(s): John Merrells; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8500 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T171000 SUMMARY:"The Digital Avant-garde Paving the Way for New Developments of Technology" Regine Debatty (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom A) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom A DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7772 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T175500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Tech companies study the potential market\, hire sociologists\, forecasters and other experts to have a better glimpse at what's happening in consumers' minds. However\, there's a whole field that tech companies disregard: art. A growing number of artists are using and misusing technology. Their ideas could potentially change the culture and mindsets of customers. Shouldn't companies try to learn something from the digital artists?\nSpeaker(s): Regine Debatty; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom A URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7772 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T171000 SUMMARY:"Humanizing the Enterprise Using Ambient Social Knowledge" Lee Bryant (Room: Elizabeth Ballroom B) LOCATION:Elizabeth Ballroom B DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7830 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T175500 DESCRIPTION:Description: The solution to information overload is more information\, plus a looser\, more intuitive approach to processing it. Ambient knowledge flows may actually be more effective for decision making in companies than traditional information systems. Learn how social software projects can humanize the enterprise by generating and managing these flows.\nSpeaker(s): Lee Bryant; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Ballroom B URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7830 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T171000 SUMMARY:"Laszlo Sneak Peek: "Look Ma, No Flash"" David Temkin (Room: Elizabeth F) LOCATION:Elizabeth F DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8498 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T175500 DESCRIPTION:Description: OpenLaszlo is a platform for developing interactive\, media-rich applications and delivering them into any web browser—to date using Flash as the runtime. In this session\, Laszlo founder and CTO David Tempkin previews OpenLaszlo 4.0\, which will compile either Flash or DHTML applications—resulting in an identical user experience. \nSpeaker(s): David Temkin; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Elizabeth F URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8498 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T171000 SUMMARY:"Work with the Community to Develop Attention Applications" Seth Goldstein Robert M. Lefkowitz (Room: Molly AB) LOCATION:Molly AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8536 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T175500 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Seth Goldstein; Robert M. Lefkowitz\nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Molly AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8536 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T193000 SUMMARY:"MAKE Fest" (Room: Elizabeth Foyer) LOCATION:Elizabeth Foyer DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8297 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060308T213000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Make Magazine once again hosts Make Fest\, an evening of inspiration\, know-how\, and spirited mischief-making. Expert makers share their projects\, creations\, and dirty little secrets. Embrace the technology in your life--join in\, roll up your sleeves\, and tweak technology to your will. It's like a Science Fair on steroids.\nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: Elizabeth Foyer URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8297 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T084500 SUMMARY:"Making Online Communities Productive" Jay Campbell (Room: Madeleine CD) LOCATION:Madeleine CD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7737 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Social networks can become powerfully productive by giving users economic flexibility\, autonomy\, and productive tools. This is particularly interesting for the field of sorting and cataloguing large data sets. The process and results are richer than using a basic tagging system. Jay Campbell discusses how incorporating spam prevention\, user mediation\, and a user economy can create productive networks that scale.\nSpeaker(s): Jay Campbell; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine CD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7737 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T084500 SUMMARY:"Panic-mode: A Disconnection-tolerant AJAX Library" Carsten Bormann (Room: Mohsen AB) LOCATION:Mohsen AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7767 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T090500 DESCRIPTION:Description: Current AJAX applications tend to lose data when the browser is disconnected from the server. Unfortunately\, mobile people get disconnected all the time. Panic-mode is an extension to the Prototype framework that allows AJAX applications to continue in disconnected mode and to re-synchronize once connected again. This talk discusses the types of applications that can benefit from panic-mode\, as well as the browser limitations that have to be worked with.\nSpeaker(s): Carsten Bormann; \nTrack: \nRoom: Mohsen AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7767 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T084500 SUMMARY:"eVokeTV and the New Attention Economics of Television" Salman Farmanfarmaian (Room: Madeleine AB) LOCATION:Madeleine AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9142 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T091000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Salman Farmanfarmaian; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9142 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T084500 SUMMARY:"Enterprise Ajax for a Spectrum of Solutions" Kevin Hakman (Room: Annie AB) LOCATION:Annie AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9220 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Kevin Hakman; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Annie AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9220 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T091000 SUMMARY:"Web Apps Without the Web" Steve Yen (Room: Mohsen AB) LOCATION:Mohsen AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7765 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Take Ruby on Rails. Subtract Ruby. Next\, add some wild JavaScript. The result is the open source TrimPath Junction web MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework that lets you build offline-capable web applications. Learn how see how you can start tweaking your first Junction application in 10 seconds.\nSpeaker(s): Steve Yen; \nTrack: \nRoom: Mohsen AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7765 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T091000 SUMMARY:"Any Plans This Weekend? Find Out How Attention Data Will Drive Your Social Life" Noam Lovinsky (Room: Madeleine AB) LOCATION:Madeleine AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9136 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Noam Lovinsky; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9136 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093500 SUMMARY:"Making Connections: A Study in New Forms of Semantic Browsing" Liz Turner (Room: Madeleine AB) LOCATION:Madeleine AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7733 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T102000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Harper’s Weekly Review uses keywords to define connections between current events as they unfold over time. This talk discusses the creation and maintenance of the archive\, and proposes a browser model for its exploration. The resulting experience presents a novel perspective on the material\, through data visualization\, interaction\, and iconography.\nSpeaker(s): Liz Turner; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7733 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093500 SUMMARY:"Pervasive Electronic Games" Julian Bleecker (Room: Mohsen AB) LOCATION:Mohsen AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7759 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T102000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Pervasive electronic games\,a fast-developing genre of gaming with unique opportunities for understanding and creating exciting kinds of social and collaborative networks\, offer insights into the near-future possibilities of mobile communications\, motility network architectures\, and proximity-based peer-to-peer interactions that foreshadow Web 3.0—a productive interweaving of web-world and real-world data objects\, activities\, and action.\nSpeaker(s): Julian Bleecker; \nTrack: \nRoom: Mohsen AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7759 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093500 SUMMARY:"reBlog: Attention Multiplexer for Semi-Structured Content" Michal Migurski Michael Frumin (Room: Madeleine CD) LOCATION:Madeleine CD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7825 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T102000 DESCRIPTION:Description: reBlog is web-based software that allows attention curators to mix and match more than just RSS feeds. Web content is becoming more structured\, making it suitable for the sort of aggregation functions provided by an RSS client with republishing capability. Migurski and Frumin will describe a few reBlog case studies\, and explore questions raised by each.\nSpeaker(s): Michal Migurski; Michael Frumin\nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine CD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7825 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T093500 SUMMARY:"An Open Microformat for Syndicating Mashups, Web Content and Ajax Applications " Shawn Carnell (Room: Annie AB) LOCATION:Annie AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9018 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T102000 DESCRIPTION:Description: "AOL" and "open" in the same sentence?  Web standards too? AOL's ModuleT microformat was created by developers for developers.  Simple\, easy\, powerful. AOL is using this new open technology for a number of new AIM products and in this session we'll demonstrate how you can too.\nSpeaker(s): Shawn Carnell; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Annie AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9018 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T104500 SUMMARY:"Some of These Things are Just Like the Others" Meredith Patterson (Room: Mohsen AB) LOCATION:Mohsen AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7676 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T113000 DESCRIPTION:Description: How do OkCupid\, Pandora\, and other match-finding services locate resources similar to ones you already like? How can you find new books\, music\, and products based on “your” preferences\, not somebody else's collaborative filter? This talk explores new techniques for similarity searches and demonstrates how you can add them to your applications using nothing more than an extension to SQL.\nSpeaker(s): Meredith Patterson; \nTrack: \nRoom: Mohsen AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7676 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T104500 SUMMARY:"Hack Your Own Conference: the World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures" Jo Walsh Rufus Pollock (Room: Madeleine AB) LOCATION:Madeleine AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7807 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T113000 DESCRIPTION:Description: The World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures is\, we hope\, the start of a self-organizing\, ongoing conference and hackfest\, starting in London in October 2005\, then Bangalore and Mumbai in 2006. In this session\, we'll explain some of the reasons why we chose to bring these people\, topics\, and projects together at this point in space and time\, and the highlights of the results.\nSpeaker(s): Jo Walsh; Rufus Pollock\nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7807 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T104500 SUMMARY:"Social Media at Yahoo!" Bradley Horowitz (Room: Madeleine CD) LOCATION:Madeleine CD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8604 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T113000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Bradley Horowitz; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine CD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8604 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T104500 SUMMARY:"Reach Out and Touch Someone - Reaching the Mobile Without Writing for It" Ray Stephenson (Room: Annie AB) LOCATION:Annie AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9100 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T113000 DESCRIPTION:Description: How many variations exist in the capabilities of a mobile phone? Developers targeting mobiles have more challenges than wildlife crossing a Southern California freeway.  SMS.ac is creating new potential for the mobile developer. Founded on social networking\, we’ll show how to combine the reach of the web and mobile phone.\nSpeaker(s): Ray Stephenson; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Annie AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9100 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T113500 SUMMARY:"The Ning Playground: A Springboard for New Social Software" Yoz Grahame David Sklar (Room: Mohsen AB) LOCATION:Mohsen AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7986 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T122000 DESCRIPTION:Description: The Ning Playground provides excellent\, free opportunities for those looking to design\, develop\, or host new social applications and web services. This session covers Ning's many features for developers of new and existing apps\, including demonstrations of rapid development and discussion of the platform's current architecture and future features.\nSpeaker(s): Yoz Grahame; David Sklar\nTrack: \nRoom: Mohsen AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7986 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T113500 SUMMARY:"The Social Browser" Bart Decrem Chris Messina (Room: Madeleine AB) LOCATION:Madeleine AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7828 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T122000 DESCRIPTION:Description: If we conceive the Web as a stream of events\, people\, and connections\, how can we re-architect the web browser to provide an improved client environment for the social web experience? Attendees will learn how the web browser can provider better client-side support for social web services\, including RSS\, social bookmarks\, photo sharing\, and blogging.\nSpeaker(s): Bart Decrem; Chris Messina\nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7828 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T113500 SUMMARY:"Bit Literacy: A New Strategy for Productivity in Your Bit-drenched Life" Mark Hurst (Room: Madeleine CD) LOCATION:Madeleine CD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8397 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T122000 DESCRIPTION:Description: This session will cover the high-level idea of bit literacy and show specific examples of how to attain it. Foremost among these is Gootodo\, the world's first bit-literate todo list\, available to a select few at Gootodo.com. Hurst will also cover e-mail inbox management\, which works in tandem with Gootodo.\nSpeaker(s): Mark Hurst; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine CD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8397 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T134500 SUMMARY:"Data vs. Design: The Future of UI in a Web 2.0 World" Scott Berkun (Room: Mohsen AB) LOCATION:Mohsen AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7708 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: How can we stay true to the core mission of empowering people and providing easy to use tools\, while simultaneously pushing the boundaries on what’s possible? This session pulls lessons from sociology\, interaction design\, psychology\, and the history of both technology development and the craft of designing things for people\, and applies them to the new challenges Web 2.0 enables.\nSpeaker(s): Scott Berkun; \nTrack: \nRoom: Mohsen AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7708 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T134500 SUMMARY:"From Paddles to Pads: Is Controller Design Killing Creativity in Videogames?" Tom Armitage (Room: Madeleine AB) LOCATION:Madeleine AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7740 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: There is almost no emerging technology in the field of physical videogames interfaces. Why not? Armitage seeks to answer that question\, providing a history of game interfaces and many unusual examples\, and ultimately shows that poor interface design is killing creativity in videogames.\nSpeaker(s): Tom Armitage; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7740 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T134500 SUMMARY:"Personal Information Architecture and Chandler" Mimi Yin (Room: Madeleine CD) LOCATION:Madeleine CD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9067 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Your personal information (email\, events\, tasks\, notes and contacts) is interconnected. Shouldn't it be integrated? Mimi Yin\, Interaction Designer at Open Source Applications Foundation\, will discuss an information architecture for managing all that information together\, with special attention to designs that deal well with high inflows\, frequent workflow interruptions\, and fuzzy states. The principles behind this are illustrated with release 0.6 of Chandler\, an experimental calendar application which is in the process of being extended to do mail and tasks.\nSpeaker(s): Mimi Yin; \nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine CD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9067 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T134500 SUMMARY:"Learning 2.0 for the Technical Professional" CJ Rayhill Denise Kalos (Room: Annie AB) LOCATION:Annie AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8525 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Everyone is talking about the inevitable labor shortage we face in the near future and how it will dramatically impact the Tech industry. Acquiring and retaining technical employees will prove even more challenging than in the dot.com boom. What are technical professionals thinking about when making career and job decisions? How are other CIOs/CTOs addressing employee acquisition\, retention\, and training strategies? What is life-long learning and how can it make a strategic difference? How do we prepare our technology experts for the move into Emerging Technologies?\nSpeaker(s): CJ Rayhill; Denise Kalos\nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Annie AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8525 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143500 SUMMARY:"America's Next Top Tech Lawsuits" Jason Schultz Danny O'Brien (Room: Madeleine AB) LOCATION:Madeleine AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7832 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: As policy and law continues to invade the world of remixing\, modding\, and your right to tinker\, the EFF's Schultz sums up the wins and losses in 2005\, and where the next attacks on innovators and consumers-creators will be coming from.\nSpeaker(s): Jason Schultz; Danny O'Brien\nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7832 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143500 SUMMARY:"Hanzo:web, Social Web Archiving" Peter Ferne Mark Middleton (Room: Madeleine CD) LOCATION:Madeleine CD DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:7874 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Everyday millions of pages are moved or deleted from the Web. With Hanzo you can archive a whole set of linked pages with one click. Learn how you can search it\, tag it\, add notes\, link it to other saved pages\, and share both archives and tags with others. \nSpeaker(s): Peter Ferne; Mark Middleton\nTrack: \nRoom: Madeleine CD URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/7874 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143500 SUMMARY:"Extreme RSS, or, How to Grow a Second Head and Third Arm" Phillip Torrone (Room: Mohsen AB) LOCATION:Mohsen AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:9082 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): Phillip Torrone; \nTrack: \nRoom: Mohsen AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/9082 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T143500 SUMMARY:"Technology from the Driver’s Seat: Hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell Vehicles" (Room: Annie AB) LOCATION:Annie AB DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8990 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T152000 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: Products & Services\nRoom: Annie AB URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8990 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T150000 SUMMARY:"Test Drive the Future!" (Room: ) LOCATION: DTSTAMP:19010101T010101Z UID:8376 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T180000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Test drive the future! Licensed drivers can get behind the wheel of cutting-edge vehicle technology. During the Ride&Drive\, you can test drive hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles from California Fuel Cell Partnership members including DaimlerChrysler\, Ford\, GM\, Honda\, Hyundai\, Nissan\, Toyota\, and Volkswagen. Talk to the engineers. Look under the hood. Learn about a new generation of vehicles and fuel.\nSpeaker(s): ; \nTrack: \nRoom: URL:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_sess/8376 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR