One of the cool aspects of being on the MIX Online team is that we get to participate and speak at several conferences. Members of our team have made appearances at various conferences over the past year including FOWA, An Event Apart, SxSW, Web 2.0 Expo, SIGGRAPH 2008, MIX09, PDC08, Google IO and Web Design World (Boston). I'm sure I'm forgetting a few. The upcoming year will likely be a little tougher because of the economy and inevitable budget cuts, but the good news is that we're lucky enough to have a couple of great events right here in Seattle. One that recently took place, An Event Apart, and one that's coming up, Web Design World.

Web Design World was a pioneer in the events space for web design and development (first one was held over a decade ago!) They have one of the more interesting about pages as far as conferences go, so if you want a little more history, check it out. They've stuck with their early vision of setting designers and developers with good presentation chops loose on stage. It's a simple recipe but it works wonders; the result being a conference with a line-up of fantastic speakers and sessions without the ambient noise you often find at conferences. I'm not going to name names, but many of the web designers who are now "household names" got their start at Web Design World.

We had the opportunity to speak at their Boston event last December where we also got to meet some of the conference organizers. Turns out that we share a lot in common, so when we heard they were going to be doing their next event right here, we jumped at the opportunity to get involved. None of us our speaking this year, but we'll be in attendence and we're also sponsoring the WDW MIX(er) on Day 2 at the Tap House Grill. We love being ambushed, so don't hesitate to say hello.

Oh, and before I forget, go register! We're offering an exclusive discount code to help you out in these rough times below. You have no excuses now.

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