June 21, 2006
IDEA 2006 - Three new speakers announced!
Over the past week I've had some great discussions with people whom I wanted to present at IDEA 2006.
And in that last week, I've lined up three new speakers:
Fernanda will address the upsurge of visualizations online, and how more and more people are able to visualize their own data
If you've used Etsy, you know it's a marvel of content, commerce, and community (if a bit frustrating to navigate at times). Robert will talk about what's influenced the design of Etsy, and how the Web is still in its infancy in creating engaging spaces for people to interact with.
Long time peterme readers know I love NPS design. I'm thrilled that we'll have a representative share with us how they do it. How they tie together an astonishing array of materials and maintain high quality.
You can sign up for deep discounts if you register by June 26!
peterme wikipedia contrail
Finally a blog meme I like.
Darin Morgan - writer of three brilliant and one good X-Files episodes
Lesson 3 - hip-hop song (no entry)
Lily Tomlin - American actress, in the current movie A Prairie Home Companion
Robert Osborne - host on Turner Classic Movies (I was trying to see if they at all mentioned why he walks with a limp)
Double Dee and Steinski - innovators of hip-hop and audio and music sampling
Stephen Colbert - Catholic guy with great hair
Truman Capote - American author; short; gay
Martini (cocktail) - just where *did* it originate?
Bastard_pop - another term for what Double Dee and Steinski do, it seems
Ötzi the iceman - Stacy overheard me talk about the website "Etsy.com" and thought I was referring to this archaeological find
Bennett Miller - Directed the movie about Truman Capote
Dickie Goodman - an original bastard pop artist
Millennium (TV series) - from the creator of the X-Files; Darin Morgan wrote for this show, too
Ocean Beach (San Francisco) - doing some history research on Ocean Beach
United States housing bubble - looking for Nigel Holmes' infographics on America's housing debt (never did find it)
