Eric Miraglia (pictured) will present a session on Advanced Javascript Utilities and Widgets during the Real-World AJAX Seminar, to be produced by SYS-CON Events at the San Jose Hilton on April 24. Miraglia, who hold s Ph.D. in what he calls the "strange hybrid discipline of Technology and Rhetoric," is recognized as one of the world's leading experts on his seminar topic.

He works for Yahoo's Presentation Platform Team, and plays a critical role in helping product teams realize their forward-reaching development goals. He also teaches regular classes for Yahoo web developers. Eric has been involved in the creation of social web applications since 1995, when he began developing interactive writing spaces for universities; his Speakeasy Studio & Café was used by more than 100 universities between 1997 and 2004.

Since 2003, he has been a part of Yahoo!'s web development community. When he's not trying to convince pixels to do what they're told, he can sometimes be found at Stanford University, where he teaches writing as a visiting lecturer.