Each year, in conjunction with the conference, WebVisions honors the most visionary, daring, and curious talent on the web by awarding them with a miniature robot. We wanted to make this award show different in every way, other than the winners receiving an award part.

This year, we have a comedian for a host, a killer DJ to supply the beat, and presentation karaoke to kick it off.

An 'A-list' group of robot lovin' luminaries will judge the awards, including typography icon Roger Black, Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine and BoingBoing.net, Merlin Mann of 43folders.com, Molly Holzschlag of Molly.com, Renny Gleeson of Weiden+Kennedy, Armin Vit of UnderConsideration, Scott Porad of LOLCATS and many others.

Oh, and did we mention that WebVisions attendees get a special 2-for-1 deal? What are you waiting for? The deadline is April 15th.

The Webvisionary Awards are sponsored by WebTrends, 52 Ltd and Hot Pepper Studios.

For more information visit: http://www.webvisionaryawards.com http://www.webvisionsevent.com

Join us Saturday, November 13th for a special showcase of audiovisual performance and interactive art.

8pm-11pm at theSlate cultural incubator in Northwest Portland. Free and open to all. The schedule:

VISITING FROM LONDON! The “Magic Wall” Antique Video Installation

Glitch-Hop-Folk-Tronic and Visuals by one-man-band Midlman Live DVD Album Recording!

Augmented Reality Mural by Studio 1

Interactive Drawing Station by Light Troupe

Multi-mapped surface laser drawing app by Ether Skawtus

You can RSVP on Facebook if you’re into that sort of thing: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158991537467895

Second Story is hosting the first Volumetric Society meetup in Portland.

Anybody interested or working Kinect based experience is invited to attend. The majority of the evening is open for attendees to share their experiences with Kinect

Second Story will share our approach to many of the Kinect and Xtion powered interactives at the World of Coca Cola (http://vimeo.com/34592058) including: multiple (depth camera) sensor fusion, camera calibration techniques, real time point cloud meshing etc...

This event is hosted in the Second Story medialab, during this event we will have multiple Kinect based experience running and will also be showing a 3D volumetric display courtesy of our friends at Juliet Zulu.

A bunch of new faces have joined EUG IXD and we hope to meet each and every one of you! We'll be meeting at the usual stellar location, CodeChops, and will hangout till 8pm to kick off the coming season. Some of us will be heading out for food and drinks afterward to continue the conversation elsewhere. Hope to see you there!

This is Design x Strategy: Building the Future Web WebVisions Portland May 18-20 at PNCA and Revolution Hall http://www.webvisionsevent.com/portland/

Discover how mobile and connected devices, design, user experience and content strategy are impacting the the future of the Web. Get the inside scoop from the Internet’s leading experts: Douglas Rushkoff will explore themes from his new book, “Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus”, Mike Monteiro muses on why “This is the Golden Age of Design...and we’re screwed”, Nina Freeman will share her experiences in creating indie games and more. Sign up for a Three Day Pass to experience awesome workshops with Nathan Shedroff, Aaron Draplin, Leo Frishberg, Paul Backett, and Chris Butler.

Register today at: http://wvpdx16.eventbrite.com