Cameron Adams — Keynote: Making Waves

Web Directions South 2009, Sydney Convention Centre, October 8 4.05pm.

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If you work on the web, it was hard to miss the announce­ment of Google Wave in May. It was espe­cially excit­ing because this project, designed to leapfrog cur­rent modes of online com­mu­ni­ca­tion, was devel­oped right here in Australia by a Sydney based team. Wave’s inter­face designer — Web Directions favourite, Cameron Adams — will give us some unique insights into the chal­lenges of bring­ing such an inno­v­a­tive prod­uct to fruition, the prob­lems you face in design­ing a desk­top appli­ca­tion in the browser, and how to nur­ture a startup cul­ture inside a large com­pany. Cameron has given some truly mem­o­rable pre­sen­ta­tions at pre­vi­ous Web Directions — this keynote draw­ing from his expe­ri­ences as part of the Google Wave team will be no exception.

About Cameron Adams

Cameron Adams PortraitCameron Adams — The Man in Blue, and interface designer at Google Wave — melds a background in Computer Science with over nine years experience in graphic design to create a unique approach to interface design. Using the latest technologies, he likes to play in the intersection between design and code to produce innovative but usable sites and applications.

In addition to the projects he’s currently tinkering with, Cameron writes about the Internet and design in general on his well respected blog, and has written several books ranging in topics from JavaScript, to CSS, and design. His latest publication — Simply JavaScript — takes a bottom-up, quirky-down approach to the basics of JavaScript coding.

Follow Cameron on Twitter: @themaininblue

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