Comic Update: An Interview Apart
Posted by Kyle Weems on August 11, 2009Last week I had the extreme pleasure of being the subject of an interview given by the esteemed Eric Meyer and presented by An Event Apart.
This turn of events was so abnormal to my existence that I repeatedly pinched myself to ascertain that I was in fact, still alive. It was, in a word, freaking amazing, and I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity. For a guy that I’ve compared to a Romulan, planned to abduct, and confused with Rupert Gint, Eric Meyer seemed to be all too friendly to yours truly. Suspiciously so. You might find the fact that he’d choose to interview me at all quite an odd choice.
I’d agree, but then, maybe it wasn’t so innocent as that. Maybe, as today’s comic implies, it was a kung fu death trap.
Ok, ok. It wasn’t. There were no wuxia battles or bicycle kicks. It was simply awesome.
I’m sure if you visit my website you’re in one of three camps: Either you thought you were learning about squirrels (sorry), you’re my parents (hi!) or you’re already into web design. If you’re in the latter group, you probably have already heard of An Event Apart. If you haven’t, go check it out. Not only is it an awesome two-day conference about standards-based design (which is so important in our ever-growing modern web), it’s a social network of good men and women who are obsessed with the same geeky stuff you are.
Which, I think you’ll agree, is pretty dang cool.
Tags: an event apart, Comic, eric meyer, kung fu
Great interview and corresponding comic! I sure hope 007 Squirrel survives this death trap to code another day.
As for An Event Apart, it is an awesome conference. It was the first ever web-related conference I’d ever been to and the chance to network with people there was great. Coming from a job where there is only one other designer and no web-geeks it really helped to learn new stuff (or re-affirm that I was on the right track in some stuff).
And when one of the hosts is willing to autograph your book for you, you know you’re in the right place… (yeah, my wife made fun of me for that one.)
So, when are they going to ask you to do a presentation at AEA?
The Fiendish Plot of Fu Meyerchu!
@Stan – I think the networking of conferences is one of the best aspects. That ability to touch base with your peers is amazing. Regarding speaking: that would be awesome if that ever happened. Remind me to sound more interesting about the things I blog about. I should update my “about me” photo to include a top-hat and a pipe.
@Michael – “Meyerchu” sounds like a Pokemon.