Real-time conference sessions

9:00am–9:50am Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Flickr PuSH: Real-time Updates on the Cheap for Fun and Profit
Neil Walker (Flickr), Nolan Caudill (Yahoo/Flickr)
Learn how Flickr recently added PubSub features to its API. We'll take a look at what we built, why, and how.
1:00pm–4:00pm Monday, 10/10/2011
HTML5 and the dawn of rich mobile web applications
James Pearce
Learn how web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript are enabling a new genre of beautiful, powerful, cross-platform mobile applications.
10:20am–11:10am Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Play to Win: How RadioShack and Foursquare Partner on Location Marketing
Adrian Parker (RadioShack ), Eric Friedman (Foursquare)
The future of retail lies in a brand’s ability to evolve with technology. Enjoy an interactive session--with lessons learned on what works and what doesn't--as a 90-year-old retailer and a hip tech platform come together to power real-time shopping.
9:00am–9:50am Wednesday, 10/12/2011
The Impact of Ads on Performance and Improving Perceived Performance
Julia Lee (Yahoo! Inc.)
Presentation: The Impact of Ads on Performance and Improving Perceived Performance Presentation [PPT]
Web performance and ad performance go hand in hand and often, ads impact web performance far more than we realize. This presentation talks about the display ad ecosystem, how display ads are integrated into Web2.0 applications, and their impact on different aspects of latency and user experience.
9:00am–12:00pm Monday, 10/10/2011
The New Startup Stack
Trevor Burnham (HubSpot)
This workshop will focus on using CoffeeScript on the server side with Node.js and the Express framework. We'll build a full-fledged backend, complete with MongoDB persistence and unit tests. On the front-end, we'll use Backbone.js and HTML5's local storage to handle data monitoring and syncing.
  • Visa
  • IBM
  • HP
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • dynaTrace
  • EffectiveUI
  • Elastic Path
  • FireHost
  • IBT
  • Litle & CO
  • Plimus
  • Quest Software
  • Research In Motion
  • SoftLayer
  • Yottaa

Ally Parker
aparker@techweb.com

Kaitlin Pike
(415) 947-6306
kpike@techweb.com

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