What We Brought Back with Us from Web 2.0 Expo
Oreilly’s Web 2.0 Expo New York ’09 revolved around the approach of “Less is More”, and especially in these rough times for all, including the tech industry.
Speakers of this event showed up from both coasts and were distributed across multiple tracks ( user interaction design,…) and there was a good representation from Europe as well.
This blog post lists the links of interest that we took home with us after attending the Web 2.0 Expo and spent time going through once we were back in the office.
Follow the link below to get a copy of all presentations given at the conference. Almost all speakers made sure that they slideshare their talks.
http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2009/public/schedule/proceedings
Every speaker had his / her favorite book that they would highly recommend. We thought you might be interested in these books so we listed them here (we ended up placing a nice big order from Amazon ourselves – some were kindled and some were hard copies).
For more detailed information about the web2expo, a twitter search for the hashtag #w2e will provide ample info.
Speaking of twitter, we would love to connect with you there @telephonedotcom
Take care!
- Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces – Carolyn Snyder
- Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships – Daniel Goleman
- Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives – Nicholas Christakis and James H. Fowler
- The Whuffie Factor – Tara Hunt
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom – Cory Doctorow (science fiction book that mentions Whuffie)
- The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures – Dan Rome
- Selling To The VP of NO – David Gray
- Envisioning Information – Edward R. Tufte
- Don’t Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability – Steve Krug (number one seller of user experience books)
- Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust – Chris Brogan
- Prototyping: a Practitioner’s Guide (New!) – Todd Zaki Warfel
- The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach New Audiences, and Sell More Stuff (Prentice Hall) – Clara Shih
- Life, Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back – Douglas Rushkoff
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Robert Cialdini
- Rape in Cyberspace – Julian Dubell (article)
- Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media (collaboration of many authors)
- Confessions of a Public Speaker – Scott Berkun
- Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful – Beth Noveck
- Designing Interactions – Bill Moggridge
- Content First: Why Content Strategy Will Save the Web – Kristina Halvorson (PDF)
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath
- Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web – Jessy James Garett
