This is my first panel submission for SXSW Interactive, and I’d like to quickly sate why I think you should vote for it.

Rock Web Form Design like an 80s Hair Band

Have you ever listened to some music while your working and found the symphony of ideas.  You were just thinking that there were too many links on the order form that may distract the user, and at that moment, the Genius playlist pulls up Jump by Van Halen.

Coincidence?  Hardly.

It is true that 80s hair bands came to stardom (and most fizzled from) before the Internet went mainstream and anyone outside of a research center knew what a web form was.  Still, that just makes it all the more extraordinary how good form design advice is richly peppered through the rock lyrics They were like Nostradamus (with long hair and a four necked guitar).

The Rock the Forms website - rocktheforms.com

Why you should vote for Rock the Forms?

Because it’s fun.  Read a post or two of the corresponding blog rocktheforms.com.  You will come away with two feelings.

• The first is a feeling of validation.  Confirming something you had considered was good design practice, but never formulated into words.
• The second is a feeling of nostalgia for the cheesy but loveable music of yesteryear – Cinderella, Tesla, Poison, Bon Jovi, Guns and Roses – and the memories of where you were when you first heard those songs.
• If you enjoy this structure, then you will love a live panel with video clips and music pumped in for added effect.

Please do vote

With over 2000 panels vying for consideration this year, every vote for every panel is a huge recommendation.  Your vote matters, so please do take the time to go to the Official SXSW Panel Picker and vote and comment on the Rock the Forms panel.   And if you really are excited, please spread the word, join the movement and let’s get some Rockin’ Web Forms at SXSW 2010.