I had a great time at SXSW 2009. Met a lot of great people, heard a lot of great ideas, and ate a lot of great food. While I was there, I did a quick interview with Gary-Paul of New Riders about my upcoming book, Speaking In Styles, although it was not the most flattering of angles:
Pontificating about the future.
Last year, I was a speaker at the New Riders Voices That Matter conference in Nashville, TN. While there, I was interviewed by Nikki McDonald, with whom I discussed everything from getting blackballed by gGogle, to how to protect yourself online, to the future of communication. Check out the interview on the Peachpit Web site: How to Protect Yourself in the Future with Jason Cranford Teague. (Notice the clever Yuri’s Night product placement on my T-shirt.)
At the recent Voices that Matter conference, I had the privilege of having dinner with Bill Cullifer, the Executive Director of WOW (World Organization of Webmasters). I hadn’t check in with that group in a while (they’ve been around since 1996), so I was excited to hear about a lot of the great stuff the are doing to help educate Web professionals, including conferences, and “Iron Chef” student competition, and certification. Bill invited me to be interviewed for the WOW Technology Minute, and we talked about Web Typography.
Check it my interview on the WOW Technology Minute Web site.
Voices That Matter Conference
This is my first time at the conference (of course, this is only the second VTM conference) but it looks pretty exciting, with some authors I know well and others I’m looking forward to meeting.If you want to attend, you can register before May 2nd and save $200 and (just because I’m a sweet guy) you can use my special promo code at ANY time to save another $200. Use the priority code WDDSPKR during registration to save $200 on any of the packages.I hope to see you there.