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• HTML5 APIs Will Change the Web: And Your Designs

  by Jen Simmons

  HTML5. It's more than paving the cowpaths. It's more than markup. There's a lot of stuff in the spec about databases and communication protocols and blahdiblah backend juju. Some of that stuff is pretty radical. And it will change how you design websites. Why? Because for the last twenty years, web designers have been creating inside of a certain set of constraints. We've been limited in what's possible by the technology that runs the web. We became so used to those limits, we stopped thinking about them. They became invisible. They Just Are. Of course the web works this certain way. Of course a user clicks and waits, the page loads, like this… but guess what? That's not what the web will look like in the future. The constrains have changed. Come hear a non-nerd explanation of the new possibilities created by HTML5’s APIs. Don't just wait around to see how other people implement these technologies. Learn about HTML APIs yourself, so you can design for and create the web of the future.

  • Design
  • Future
  • HTML5
  • Mobile
  • Mobile Web

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Ballroom A, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip slide deck

• Philanthropy Is Not the Future of Journalism

  by Janet Coats and Nicole Hollway

  While donations play a key role in community support and engagement, the writing is on the wall regarding how much government, private and foundation funding will continue to be available to public media. As media that exists to serve the public, often the mass reach required to compete for the media dollars available for banner advertising is at odds with serving the public mission. We will look at specific examples of nonprofit news organizations developing mission-supported revenue streams, integrating donor relationships into marketing and advertising, and considering revenue streams that are separate from and/or compliment their mission.

  • Community
  • Future
  • Journalism
  • Philanthropy

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Creekside I & II, Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol

  Coverage audio clip

• Richard Garriott’s Continuing Space Mission

  by Richard Garriott

  Internationally-recognized Austin-based game-developer Richard Garriott talks about many of the concepts explored in his documentary film "Man on a Mission." This solo presentation will cover how the commercial space industry (as led by many in the new media industry) is changing the future. A member of the civilian NASA Advisory Council as well as the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Garriott will also discuss what NASA and others are doing now, and why we should all be excited to play games from the surface of Mars sooner than you think!

  • Future
  • Game
  • NASA
  • Space

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Salon H, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip