Speaking on Mobile Workflow at D2W!

Thrilled to announce that I will be speaking in the mobile track for the upcoming Designer/Developer/Mobile Workflow Conference (D2WC)!

One of my goals for this year was to attend and present at a few conferences that I’d never been to before; as I think it’s important to move beyond ordinary paths every so often. Well, so far I am attending 360|Flex and speaking at D2WC and Ignite Denver – so this goes a long way to fulfill that goal. I’ll hopefully be able to make my regular appearances at the Adobe Summer Institute and Adobe MAX (including the FITC Unconference) as well. This would provide me with a new conference opportunity every 3-4 months. Not bad!

I really like the premise of this conference. I began my professional career as a designer and shifted to a developer role early on so that I would be able to easily move across the complete workflow. Most of the work I do now is still on the developer side of things- but design remains a big part of my day-to-day work, and my personal workflow between the two areas is always changing. It is an exciting area to focus on for a conference!

My session information is below:

Adapting Expectations to Fit a Mobile Workflow
Friday, July 15th 2011 10:55AM – 11:55PM
Mobile devices exploded onto the scene in 2010 with a number of new platforms and form factors emerging to the forefront, iOS4, Android 2.2, mobile Flash Player, AIR for Android, QNX, iPad and other tablets… not to mention the digital living room. A literal invasion of unfamiliar platforms and devices with their own, unique sets of peculiarities and limitations. Such a radical shift in technology demands a concurrent shift in how we design and develop for these innovations. Where do we scale back? What additional functionality should we keep in mind during the planning phase? What restrictions do we need to work into the design and development phases of project workflow? We’ll discuss these problems in depth and attempt to find some practical adjustments to the current workflow to make the mobile process a bit more straightforward.

Of course, that is just my contribution. There are a lot of great speakers lined up and the following sessions are definitely on my must-see list:

• Chad Udell – Is Mobile For Me? What Skills Do I Need?
• David Orthinou – Developers – The Most Critical Designers On Your Project
• Paul Trani – Hybrid – Complete Flash Workflow – From Design to Multiple Devices
• Michelle Yaiser – We need to talk: Things you can do to prevent breaking up with your developer
• Ben Stucki – The Dirty Truth About Project Management — how to get PM’s to do what you need to do?
• Doug Winnie – TBA (also the keynote!)
• Jim Babbage – wireframing/prototyping for mobile using Fireworks
• Tom Green – Rocking the house with After Effects and Flash
• Antonio Holguin – The smartest designer/developer workflow to build Flex/AIR Projects
• Chris Griffith – UI Design Patterns for RIAs and Mobile
• Elad Elrom – Make your Flex application show some skin

Don’t want to leave anyone out, so be sure to check out the full schedule.

Here are the conference details. I strongly urge you to join us!

Designer/Developer Workflow Conference
3 main tracks – designer, developer, and mobile
July 14-16, Kansas City, MO
Crown Plaza Hotel

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