02:30 pm

Rejected titles of this session include:

Why you should be as obsessed about wikis as Rex is
How to make lots of money with wikis
Wikis are way more cool than Twitter
Wikis & SEO: Your secret map to world domination

There's way, way more to wikis than you think. I promise.

After spending hundreds of hours developing one of largest business-oriented wikis around, SmallBusiness.com, I can't contain my obsession any more.

I feel this maddening need to show folks:

*Why wikis could be the best model for your corporate website.

I will share steps to successfully network without annoying those around you. Networking is a crucial part of getting a job or climbing the ladder in the one you already have. You don't want to be known as that person who is always the drunk one, or the loud one, the one-upper or the boring one. I will share success stories of positive networking experiences as well as examples of what not to do. Join me, and my fellow Feek (feminine Geek) Kate O for a fun session. Cocktails will be a mandatory part of this one!

As more businesses embrace the web promising simplicity and riches at the click of the mouse, it can be often daunting to understand how websites, online marketing, search engine optimization, keywords, and e=Mc2 all relate to the everyday business person tasked with understanding it all.

Not every company is tech savvy. What about the local retailer, service related business - attorney, doctor, plumber, electrician, auto repairman - that wants to understand that the big world web is a door to additional business? Help Me Understand!

Behavior Driven Development (BDD) has emerged as one of the new buzz words in the software world, but many people are confused as to what it actually means. This session will cover what BDD is, how it was borne out of Test Driven Development, and how it can be leveraged to extract meaningful customer requirements to create better software. By nature, this talk will cover a lot of agile development best practices, and how BDD builds on TDD to create a more effective agile team.