Note: These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Jason Kottke, kottke.org Heather Armstrong Author, Blurbodoocery, dooce.com Jason: I don??????t like advertising. Didn??????t want that on his site. Heather: I didn??????t want to do a subscription model. Didn??????t want my readers to make unreasonable demands. Jason: I had 1500 bosses.…

Note: These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Moderator: Kathy Sierra People with a passion make the object/subject of their passion more meaningful than it is for the rest of us. People are irrational. Passionate people, not rational. Reverse engineering passion. No one is passionate about something they suck…

Note: These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Kelly Goto, Principal and CEO, gotomedia Luke Wroblewski, Principal Designer, Yahoo! Dirk Knemeyer, Principal, Involution Studios LLC Joel Grossman, Managing Principal, Pivotal Click What does dogma free design mean? Five things vital to the future of web design: Web design should…

Note: These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Panelist: James Surowiecki The author of the book “The Wisdom of Crowds,” Surowiecki writes the popular businss column “The Financial Page” for the New Yorker. Under the right circumstances, groups of people can be extremely intelligent. Under the right conditions. Google:…

Note: These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Phoebe Espiritu Eric Rice, Founder, Audioblog.com Shaun Inman Mint Jeffrey Zeldman, Founder, Happy Cog Studios DL Byron Principal, Texturadesign Inc How do you turn a blog into a business. Zeldman: ALA 14 million page views a month. Because I worked in…