Nice of Carsonified to post although their isn’t as much video content as I would like.

The following presentations were the best by far.

• Doing a Start Up in the Real World by David Heinemeier Hansson
  Great talk filled with real advice. No fluff. Watch it then formulate your own plan to make the world a better place.
• 14 Web App Survival Tips by Ryan Carson
  Lots of tips for the aspiring web app creator to help deal with promotion, finance and more.

I had the pleasure of attending Future of Web Apps – Miami 2009 earlier this year. It’s a wonderful experience that I highly recommend for anyone in the web industry.

The conferences are put together by nice folks at Carsonified who prove their good intentions by posting videos and slides from each show for anyone who couldn’t make it.

Here are some of my favorites from this year’s event.

• Order from Chaos: The Future of the Web by Aza Raskin
  Bit of technical problems accompany this great talk about mozilla, open source and how we are moving towards better interfaces for using the web.
• What is the Future of the Browser? by Dion Almaer & Ben Galbraith
  Great overview of the past, present and future of the web browsers. Very well paced and informative.
• Keynote by Gary Vaynerchuk
  Need motivation? Gary’s passion is infectious!
• Scaling your Tech Team by Joe Stump
  Very specific examples and advice for anyone who is interested in or already part of a growing team.

Learning is enjoyment with purpose.

Logically, the next step after perusing through the excellent FOWA London archive was to travel forward in time and view the Future of Web Design – New York 2008 videos.

At first I felt disappointed in the ammount of materials available. After a quick check it turns out that I liked 25% of the materials vs. the 10% of really excellent talks in the previous conference. Quality vs. quantity I guess. Each are good depending on your mood.

Of the New York talks, I found the following to be the most useful.

• Web Design Fundamentals: Learning from the past to better the future by Patrick Haney
• Educating clients to say yes by Paul Boag

Of course, Paul Boag really steals the show here and rightly so. His presentation is jam packed with a metric butt ton of valuable insight into dealing with and educating clients.

You would think this is one of those rare once in a conference speaches but honestly, he does an amazing job on almost every time he opens his mouth. I highly recommend you take a auditory gander at the Boagworld Web Design Podcast if  you work in the web industry. Always excellent education, insightful interviews and amusing banter too.