Commercial Communication and Mobile Applications

Commercial Communication and Mobile Applications

A Community Guest Post, by John Allsop

The Web, and increasingly mobile applications for devices like the iPhone and Android phones are, it goes without saying, a vital part of commercial communication and commerce, whatever your business.

But the web is not a static medium, and rarely has it been in more of a dynamic state than at present. HTML5 is even making mainstream news these days, and there are significant advances occurring in other key web technologies like CSS and JavaScript.

And of course, those new mobile platforms, including iPhone, Android and iPad deliver for the first time a first class mobile web experience. What's less well known is that you can use Web technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript to create native applications which can be installed on all these devices (and more).

The biggest challenge is keeping up with all these developments, and separating the hype from reality.

Since 2004, Web Directions have been helping web professionals and decision makers keep abreast of developments in technologies and best practice, through our highly regarded conference series, now held around the World. As web professionals ourselves, the organizers have a real world understanding of what professionals need to know right now, which informs our content and choice of speakers.

http://usa10.webdirections.org

Late September sees Web Directions USA arrive in Atlanta. This two day, multi-track conference features the world's leading experts in web design, development, interaction and user experience design, including keynotes like Scott Thomas, the Design Director of the Obama Presidential campaign, as well as networking events to connect attendees with like minded peers from Atlanta, and beyond.

There's also 2 days of optional workshops, deep dives into important current technologies and practices.

http://usa10.webdirections.org/workshops

At Web Directions we always strive to make our events as affordable as possible, and for members of TAG and their colleagues, we have an additional 30% off - making the price just $699, which includes

2 days of intensive focused sessions, including 4 keynote sessions fully catered lunch and breaks the opening reception and closing drinks the attendee only expo, featuring lightning talks, QA sessions and more each break.

So if you, or your team need to keep up to date with the latest in web design and development, Web Directions is bringing the leading experts to your doorstep.

For the TAG members and colleagues discount, just use the code TAG when registering (and we've even bigger discounts for groups, so get in touch if you're interested in sending several of your team along).

http://usa10.webdirections.org

We're looking forward to bringing Web Directions to Atlanta, and all going well, Atlanta being the home for our US event. Hope to see you or some of your team in late September for WWeb Directions.