11:30 am

Hacking together an application may get you to market quickly, but it will cost you time in the long run. Making appropriate architectural choices in the beginning will save your developers time and heartache moving forward.

UPDATE: This session was originally envisioned as a panel discussion. That has since changed. See below.
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What we have traditionally defined as radio is rapidly changing. No longer is the equation just studio to transmitter to FM tuner. "Radio" is accessible on the internet and your mobile phone (Pandora, Slacker, Last.FM, Spotify et al). And not only that, but in this new model, you as the consumer have near total control.

It does not matter if you are a startup, SMB, enterprise or government business the idea of 1) plugging every computer into a connector in the wall and 2) having software applications and data available to the entire organization has to make you grin.

It has the potential to make your jaw drop open if you are a CEO or CFO. It will lower your costs, create higher user adoption and generate long-term efficiencies.

In this community based session, Bryan will speak to:

• Where the cloud based platforms and applications are today – local, global, hiccups and successes

Getting SEO right, while trying to design a beautiful site, is no easy task.

There is no question that SEO is important, but how can a designer stay on top of this ever-changing field? A lot of misconceptions about SEO still exist in the web design community and many designers, who have at least some knowledge, are often acting with outdated information.

Justin Briggs shares tips on how designers can get it done, while keeping search engines in mind.