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We’re all publishers now! The same could not be said ten years ago. Ten years ago, the opportunity to publish content wasn’t open to the masses. Now, everyone has a megaphone and few people know how to use it. Call it the learning curve of a culture that’s adjusting to its new found freedom of expression.

The presentation will refer to real life examples of bloggers getting sued by large corporations. Learn tips and tricks to make your content bulletproof.

The generation of young people growing up in rural Tennessee today are experiencing a new kind of digital divide - an economic one. Many of their rural communities have been caught by tremendous forces of change fostered by the Internet and globalization and have collapsed economically. It is estimated that 90+% of rural students obtaining a post-secondary education do not return home to their communities due to lack of economic opportunity.

A brief overview of the importance of web security.

It's getting a lot easier to create web-based applications. Many of the frameworks that serve as a foundation for new projects contain security measures, but are you using them? What are the important things to check for? How do you balance the time it takes to make sure an application is really secure and the project's budget?

This talk will go over application-layer security. Briefly:

• XSS: Cross-site scripting - what is it, and why is it important?

At the end of 2008 there were almost 187 million websites in the world. That means, if your site is an "one in a million" experience, there's 187 other sites that are just as unforgettable. It's time for us to re-think UX and develop new ways to engage our users on the web. This presentation will explore new ideas in creating unique interactive experiences that leave you users saying, "Whoa!"

The cards are falling into place for an iPhone and mobile app development heyday like we experienced in the web. This talk will provide evidence of this emerging market, ways to keep development costs down, and real world examples of small businesses creating iPhone apps as a marketing initiative.