If you missed the first SEED conference in Chicago with Jason Fried of 37 Signals, Carlos Segura of T.26 and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners like I did, this is your chance to catch it the second time around. From what I read and heard from an old coworker, the conference focuses on design and entrepreneurship, and it definitely sounded worth the money. Unfortunately I’m out of town that weekend so I’m missing my chance to go again! Doah!
Last week I attended my first Chicago IxDA group event. The topic was RIA’s (Rich Internet Applications): what are they, how do you define them, etc. The monthly discussion is only the second the IxDA chapter has held, and on my first attendance my impression was very positive. Some interesting conversation came about, and overall I thought it was definitely a worthwhile way to spend a school night.
A couple interesting questions from the session:
1. Does an RIA have to exist in a browser window? For example, is iTunes a Rich Internet Application? iTunes pulls from the web so does that justify calling it an RIA? (more…)