Post-AIGA: Creative Content for the Web

The 7:30AM doors open and subsequent 8AM start made me wonder how many people would actually show up for such an early event, let alone, one by me regarding Creative Content for the Web. To my surprise, I was proven quite wrong. People were willing to come out, indeed.

It was great to see some familiar faces and plenty of ones I saw for the first time. Unlike SXSW, this presentation ran longer — I had a full hour and a half plus thirty minutes for Q&A if I wanted to use that. Since this was a bigger and longer presentation, I had prepared a solid hour’s worth of material, plus examples and much more crowd interaction.

The smaller and more intimate space at the Alliance Francaise was welcoming. Kelly and Andy of Tandemodus, the pair in charge of the event in conjunction with the many sponsors had quite a spread laid out for event-goers and it was a very nice smooth operation.

Admittedly, I had more fun and felt more comfortable than I did at SXSW, mostly because I didn’t over-prepare for this one — I felt looser and kept a more conversational tone to proceedings and wanted to keep everything loose but on point and tight at the same time. It’s very much like a band playing a small club versus a stadium. You’re more connected to the crowd here.

The crowd at Alliance Francaise. Good people.

And the crowd was receptive — I was happy that people were into it, from what I could tell, good spirits all round and humour abounded and well as a good Q&A session that I enjoyed. A smart, savvy and genuinely curious crowd is more than any presenter can hope for. Thanks for coming out.

I have slides for those interested:

1. Keynote Slides (PDF, 74.8MB), hosted on Mediafire.

If you have any photos or notes on the event, I’d love to hear about them.

Thanks again to all for organizing, attending and being so gracious. It was a fantastic time.