Mini Web Conference

Mini Web Conference

On Wednesday February 16th at 2pm-5.30pm, there was a mini web conference in the Red Lecture Theatre with four great speakers.  This is a fantastic opportunity for students to meet exciting industry stars and ask them questions.

Remy Sharp - Remy has his own company Left Logic. It's a web development company with strong focus in usability, accessibility, clean design and powerful bespoke applications. Remy is co-author of Introducing HTML5. Find out more about Remy at his website or follow him on Twitter

Bruce Lawson - Since June 2008, Bruce has been working for Opera, evangelising open web standards as part of their Developer Relations team. Bruce is co-author of Introducing HTML5.  Find out more about Bruce at his website or follow him on Twitter

Anna Debenham - Anna's job title is Front End developer, which basically means she builds the part of the website that users interact with using HTML and CSS. She often works on projects from the very start, designing wireframes, working out the IA, designing the branding, the look and feel, then coding it up and launching the site. She has also launched an online magazine called Scrunchup, aimed at young people in the industry. Find more on her website or follow her on twitter

Aral Balken - Aral is an Independent Interaction Designer and Developer with over a decade of experience in creating web, Flash, desktop, and mobile applications. His latest iPhone app, Feathers, was featured by Apple as "New and Notable" and reached #1 in the What's Hot list in the US. It is often cited as an example of beautiful, emotional design. Aral aims to build beautiful, empathic apps that create joy and delight. He shares his knowledge, experiences, frustrations, and joys via his Geek Ninja Factory dojos, blog, tweets, and the numerous talks he gives around the world every year.

 A series of brilliant presentations kicked off with Remy Sharp  discussing HTML5 and JavaScript API's followed by Anna Debenham giving a brief summary of her Experience as a Web Designer. After a brief break  the session recommenced with Aral Balken on the topic of Beyond Usability: The Art of Emotional Design followed by Bruce Lawson explaining How to destroy The Web.    The sessions overran but there was still time for a livelyQ and A session with all the  guest lecturers.

Eighty plus students from  Web Project, Web Design, Web Media Programming and Further Web Media Programming modules attended.