Panels
2008 brings back the Panel discussions. The panels are a chance for people to ask questions to one or all panel members about their lives in and around the world of the Web.
The two panels for 2008 are outlined below:
Working in the Industry & loving the Web!
Wondering where to start? How they got there? Favorite HTML tag? Ask these guys…
Elliot Jay Stocks
I was, until recently, the Senior Designer at Carsonified, but I’m now running my own business and recent clients include Wordpress, Blue Flavor, and Twiistup. Past clients include The Beatles, Massive Attack, Trojan Records, and EMI Records.
http://www.elliotjaystocks.com
This is to keep the space!
This is to keep the space!
Dan Donald
I’ve been working for an agency called Ichameleon based up in Manchester for the last couple of years who specialise in charities, not-for-profits & commercial and arts projects. We’ve worked for charities in the past such as Childline and more recently the Mines Advisory Group and AMREF. In my own time I do freelance work and my own projects. I tend to do front-ends from designs through to writing CMS/e-commerce systems.
This is to keep the space!
Dan Williams
“Dan W is a web developer with a focus on mobile and attention data. Having recently graduated from Bristol University he is now a Senior Developer for idiomag, a music magazine that is personalized to each individual users taste. His favourite biscuit is the chocolate digestive”
Dan’s ramballings can be found on www.iamdanw.com
This is to keep the space!
This is to keep the space!
Elliott Kember
Elliott left the University of Auckland to pursue a career as a web developer. Originally An HTML/CSS developer, he grew to love Symfony under the watchful eye of James McGlinn, a legendary New Zealand PHP guru at Nerds, Inc. He started his own company in 2007 and built high-performance Flash games websites, including one which serves over 7 million pageviews per month.
He recently moved to the UK and now works as Lead Developer for Carsonified.
This is to keep the space!
Jon Gibbins
Jon Gibbins is a web developer and accessibility geek from Devon, who’s been working with web technologies since 1997, professionally since 2003. He is currently an interface and application
developer at Grow Collective, a web design co-operative based in Bristol.
An administrator for the Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS) and a moderator on Accessify Forum, Jon enjoys being an active part of the web accessibility community, discussing the latest issues and helping people better their skills.
This is to keep the space!
Working in the South West
Thinking of starting locally, found out what it’s like for Web Design and New Media in the South West.
Peter Coles
“I’ve been working as the Senior Designer at Existem for over two years. I not only produce the design & layout of Existem’s websites, but I also design our offline advertising and event displays, so my role is creatively varied.
Some of our recent projects include affiliates4u.com, affiliates4u.tv, a4uexpo and a4uAwards.”
Pete also blogs regularly on his personal website at petercolesdc.com
This is to keep the space!
Joe Leech
“I’ve been a User Experience consultant for many years now working with clients across the UK (eBay, BBC, the trainline, Nokia) and internationally (Marriott, Peugeot, Lexus).
The usability company I work for; cxpartners is proudly based in Bristol.”
This is to keep the space!
Rick Hurst
I am a freelance web developer and co owner of Olivewood, a web
apps company based in Bristol.
Over the past nine years, whilst working for various agencies and organisations I have worked on web projects for a diverse range of clients including: BT, Orange, Vodafone, FCUK, National Express, University of the West of England, NHS, Warwickshire Police, AlderKing, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland, Oxford University, South Gloucestershire County Council, Hyundai, VOSA and Schlumberger.
This is to keep the space!
Jon Tan
“I’m the founder and lead designer of Grow Collective, a design and development co-op started in 2003. Most recently, I was fortunate to be invited to talk about co-operative working at OSCON—the world’s biggest open source conference—in Portland, Oregon. Grow has worked for local clients like Quattro Design Architects, national companies like Talk-Talk, and international customers like Vodafone and OmniTI. We’re proud to be a worker owned and run co-operative, giving all of our members the ability to specialise and do work that they love, but be independent within an organisation based in the South West that can compete with the largest international agencies.” http://jontangerine.com/
This is to keep the space!
Mel Kirk
Mel is a Social Media Consultant who is currently working at Aardman Animations to help steer their online community strategy and brand. Mel’s become well known for her “random Thursday videos” and social media insights at www.randommel.com having built a name for herself arranging world-class international web events whilst working for Carsonified.
Mel describes herself as being a social media butterfly and is happy to talk geek til the cows come home!
