I'm no designer, but it's hard for me to argue against watching these "5 Inspiring Web Design Conference Speeches you Shouldn’t Have Missed in 2008".

The truth is i will probably keep the idea of "inspiring" in my head and build doubt about the credibility of the post because of it. It will sit in the back of my mind and occasionally arise (like that text book of cybernetics on my old computer I have). no, but that text book will. i should read it.