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| Malic wrote:
| I had a chance to attend An Event Apart ... er, event, in Chicago
| somewhere between 10-15 years ago and it was downright
| inspirational. There was a real sense of being together with
| other professionals to better learn about our craft. And there
| was so much back then that was still new! Amazing times
| pcurve wrote:
| I also attended Chicago event a few years ago. I absolutely
| loved it, including the city of Chicago. My favorite part was
| accidentally having lunch with one of the attendees who
| happened to a speaker. https://gerrymcgovern.com/
|
| I feel like UX as a discipline has changed so much particularly
| in the past few years that I've lost my love for it leading me
| to leave my job couple months ago to take a break.
|
| To me, the Event Apart / A List Apart represent the golden
| days. While I'm sure the latter will live on, I will miss the
| Event Apart.
| dccoolgai wrote:
| Really sad to hear this. I attended one AEA a few months before
| the Pandemic and it was amazing - expensive, to be sure, but
| totally worth it. The one thing it did really well was "breadth";
| presenting on both design and technical topics and finding a way
| for them to fit together.
|
| I was hoping to go to another this year maybe. I think (?) they
| still do Smashing conf so maybe I'll try that.
| alanwreath wrote:
| Wow - it's been a long time since I've thought about this site. I
| remember ... wait this isn't the same as https://alistapart.com/
|
| I wonder if there is a relation between the two.
| mattl wrote:
| There was historically, not sure if there still was recently.
| satisfice wrote:
| When I see an announcement about a conference I've never heard of
| shutting down after 17 years, it's eerie. I've been in the
| software industry for more than twice that time. But I'm guessing
| this is in the UX part of the space.
|
| Interesting to reflect how there the computing industry is like a
| galaxy. You can spend all your career in just one star system.
|
| This is why I like HN. It's the only place I know where I can get
| eclectic exposure.
| dimmke wrote:
| An Event Apart was started by the A List Apart people. ALA
| was/is a website that was very important for front-end
| development during the 2000s and early 2010s. Famously, the
| article that outlined the technique and name for"responsive web
| design" for the first time was published there in 2010:
| https://alistapart.com/article/responsive-web-design/
|
| It wasn't UX focused, it was specifically front-end focused.
| And it was a hugely important part of the evolution of that
| domain.
| billyt555 wrote:
| Just attended what I guess was the last conference a couple of
| weeks ago in SF. Attendance was about 250. It was a solid group
| of speakers, and yes, front end/ux centric, but not limited to
| that. Unfortunately I got covid on the trip, and then gave it to
| my wife and 7 year old, which essentially took us all out for the
| holiday.
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