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#MKGN number 4

23/03/2013 1 Comment

mkgn logoJust came across this blog post from Mark Wilson about the 4th MK Geek Night – great notes from the evening, thanks for sharing, Mark :)
There is a great checklist from Keir Whitaker with tips for improving your page speed, photography angles, modern IE, Craig Lockwood (@CraigInWales) talking about the value of conferences and more. A great summary fo the evening ;)

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Faster websites, better photography, a better browser, great conferences and a better life (#MKGN)
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talk web design

11/01/2013 9 Comments

talk webdesign: 2012 speakersTalk Web Design 2012 Speakers
From left: Rob Hawkes (Mozilla), Andy Budd and Richard Rutter (Clearleft), Andy Hume (the Guardian), Chris Mills (Opera), Paul Lloyd and Jeremy Keith (Clearleft).
photo © David Watson 2012

As wonderful start to the year – David Watson, programme leader of the MA Web Design and Content Planning at Greenwich University, has organised a speakers’ day again and invited us along :) Thanks, David :)
Presenting bright minds of our industry who will give talks and answer questions on various topics – this is bound to be a day of learning, inspiration and offer food for thought :)

As you can see in the photo above, the lineup last year was wonderful and this year’s speakers will be brilliant again :)

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final webbie meet-up of the year :)

04/12/2012 12 Comments

event logo We'd like to invite you to come along to our final meet-up of the year - to entice you to come along, here are 4 invitation pages designed by this year's web students. Enjoy :)

invite from team a invite from team c invite from team d invite from team b

If you decide to come along, please do get a ticket from Eventbrite ~ this is just to keep an eye on numbers of people coming ;)

MK Geek Night #MKGN

20/09/2012 7 Comments

Before we had off on our trip to Milton Keynes for the MK Geek Night a few links and notes to get to know the speakers a little more. This will be a fun and educational evening ;)

Make sure to take plenty of notes. If you've never tried doodling instead of or in addition to plain old written notes, give it a try. Here's a selection from @cole007 to inspire you:
"Some scribbled/doodled notes from the recent, excellent New Adventures conference in Nottingham"

A huge thanks in advance to the lovely organisers: Richard Wiggins of Pixel Creation and David Hughes ;)

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