Aaron Gustafson
The Ajax Experience
Boston · October 23 - 25, 2006
Principal - Easy! Designs, LLC
After getting hooked on the web in 1996 and spending several years pushing pixels and bits for the likes of IBM and Konica Minolta, AARON GUSTAFSON founded Easy! Designs, LLC, a boutique web consultancy. Aaron is a member of The Web Standards Project (WaSP), serves as Technical Editor for A List Apart, is a contributing writer for Digital Web Magazine and MSDN, and has amassed a library of writing and editing credits in the print world, including AdvancED DOM Scripting (Friends of Ed, 2007) and Web Design in a Nutshell (3rd Edition, O'Reilly). In addition to
appearing at Rich Web Experience, Aaron is a regular on the web conference circuit and is frequently called upon to provide web standards and JavaScript training in both the public and private sector. He blogs at easy-reader.net.
Photo by Cindy Li.
Presentations
So You Want to be a DOM Star
What does it take to be a great front-end developer in today?s marketplace? Moreover, what does it take to be a great one? Aaron Gustafson clues you in.
Ruining the User Experience
When JavaScript and Ajax go bad, your users aren't the only ones who lose out… Every descision we make in the process of building our websites, applications, and interfaces contributes to the overall experience a user has. Sometimes, in our rush to ride the latest wave in interaction design, we miss the mark and end up doing more harm than good.