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Sep 1 2022
- Web Summer Camp
- Šibenik, Croatia
- Art Direction for the Web
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March 21 2022
- Design It. Build It.
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Art Direction for the Web
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May 18 2020
- Genesys Tech
- Lagos, Nigeria (online)
- Art Direction for the Web
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Oct 10 2019
- Contao Conference
- Duisburg, Germany
- Art Direction for the Web
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Sep 14 2019
- State of the Browser
- London, UK
- Art Direction for the Web
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Jun 13 2019
- Web Teaching Day
- Manchester, UK
- Art Direction for the Web
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Jun 4 2019
- Webinale
- Berlin, Germany
- Art Direction for the Web
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Jun 7 2018
- SydCSS
- Sydney, Australia
- Art Direction for the Web (book preview)
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Jan 23 2018
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Oct 5 2017
- SydCSS
- Sydney, Australia
- CSS Custom Properties for Inspired Style Guides
- Media
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Aug 8 2017
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May 2 2017
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Nov 10 2016
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Oct 28 2016
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Sep 1 2016
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May 26 2016
- Talk Web Design
- Greenwich, UK
- Imaginative grid systems
- Media
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May 20 2016
- Port 80
- Newport, UK
- Imaginative grid systems
- Media
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Apr 13 2016
- Design Exchange
- Nottingham, UK
- Imaginative grid systems
- Media
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Oct 29 2015
- MK Geek Mental Help Night
- Milton Keynes, UK
- Don Draper’s depersonalisation disorder
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Oct 21 2015
- Smashing Conference
- Barcelona, Spain
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
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Sep 25 2015
- Shropgeek (R)Evolution
- Shrewsbury, UK
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
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Jun 17 2015
- Smashing Conference
- New York, USA
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
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Apr 29 2015
- Smashing Conference
- Santa Monica, USA
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
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Mar 19 2015
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Mar 19 2015
- Respond
- Sydney, Australia
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
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Feb 20 2015
- Reasons to be Creative
- London, UK
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
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Nov 13 2014
- UX Brighton
- Brighton, UK
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
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Nov 5 2014
- Beyond Tellerrand
- Berlin, Germany
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
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Oct 31 2014
- The Web Is…
- Cardiff, UK
- Geek Mental Help Week panel discussion
- Media
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Sep 24 2014
- Making Web
- Oslo, Norway
- The Modern Designer’s Canvas
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Mar 18 2014
- Smashing Conference
- Oxford, UK
- The Modern Designer’s Canvas
- Media
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Mar 18 2014
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Feb 14 2014
- An Event Apart
- Atlanta, USA
- The Modern Designer’s Canvas
- Media
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Feb 14 2014
- Manchester McrFRED
- Manchester, UK
- Take your stinking paws off my design you damn dirty developers
- Media
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Nov 28 2013
- Handheld Conference
- Cardiff, Wales
- How to call your client an idiot without getting fired
- Media
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Oct 25 2013
- #TIDE2013
- Scarborough, UK
- How to call your client an idiot without getting fired
- Media
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Oct 24 2013
- Accessibility Day
- Oslo, Norway
- Designing an atmosphere of accessibility
- Media
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Sep 18 2012
- Smashing Conference
- Freiburg, Germany
- Encouraging better client participation
- Media
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July 10 2012
- An Event Apart
- Austin, USA
- Bringing A Knife To A Gunfight
- Media
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Feb 2012
- What Do You Know
- Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, Australia
- On The Grid
- Media
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Dec 12 2011
- An Event Apart
- San Francisco, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
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Aug 8 2011
- An Event Apart
- Washington DC, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
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Jun 13 2011
- An Event Apart
- Atlanta, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
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May 26 2011
- @media
- London, UK
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
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May 2 2011
- An Event Apart
- Boston, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
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Mar 28 2011
- An Event Apart
- Seattle, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
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Mar 11 2011
- Geek Ninja Battle Night
- Brighton, UK
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Jan 20 2011
- New Adventures in Web Design
- Nottingham, UK
- Once Upon A Time On The Web
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Nov 1 2010
- An Event Apart
- San Diego, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Sep 16 2010
- An Event Apart
- Washington DC, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Sep 6 2010
- Web Teaching Day
- Manchester, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Jun 8 2010
- @media
- London, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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May 24 2010
- An Event Apart
- Boston, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Apr 28 2010
- DIBI
- Gateshead, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Apr 5 2010
- An Event Apart
- Seattle, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Mar 22 2010
- CSS3 Online Conference
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Feb 17 2010
- Speak the Web
- Manchester, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Feb 11 2010
- Speak the Web
- Leeds, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
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Feb 11 2009
- Web Directions East
- Tokyo, Japan
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
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Nov 12 2009
- Web Directions East
- Tokyo, Japan
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
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Oct 12 2009
- An Event Apart
- Chicago, USA
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
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Sep 2 2009
- FOWD Roadshow
- Belfast, Ireland
- Extreme Makeover Typography Edition
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Jun 25 2009
- @media
- London, UK
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
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Jun 22 2009
- An Event Apart
- Boston, USA
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
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Oct 13 2008
- An Event Apart
- Chicago, USA
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
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Sep 11 2008
- Fronteers
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
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May 29 2008
- @media
- London, UK
- Underpants Over My Trousers
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Apr 24 2008
- An Event Apart
- New Orleans, USA
- Think Like A Mountain
- Media
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Apr 17 2008
- Future of Web Design
- New York, USA
- “User Experience v Brand Experience” with Steve Pearce
- Media
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Apr 17 2008
- Future of Web Design
- New York, USA
- An Interview With Josh Williams and Jeffrey Zeldman
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Oct 22 2007
- Voices That Matter
- San Francisco, USA
- Think Like A Mountain
- Media
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Sep 27 2007
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Jun 7 2007
- @media
- London, UK
- Royale With Cheese
- Media
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May 24 2007
- @media (America)
- San Francisco, USA
- Royale With Cheese
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Apr 18 2007
- Future Of Web Design
- London, UK
- Designing for developers
- Media
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Apr 5 2007
- The Highland Fling
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Beyond progressive enhancement
- Media
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Mar 12 2007
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Feb 7 2007
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Dec 13 2006
- Bloc
- Caernarfon, Wales
- Sharing and Collaboration Creates New Opportunities
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Nov 15 2006
- AOL Design Team
- New York, USA
- Creating Inspired Design
- Media
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Oct 3 2006
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Sep 28 2006
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Jun 15 2006
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May 23 2006
- WWW2006
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- No Web 2.0 Without Responsibility
- Media
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Apr 27 2006
- IceWeb
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Feeding Creativity Without Compromising User Needs
- Media
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Apr 27 2006
- IceWeb
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- How To Be A Web Design Superhero
- Media
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Mar 11 2006
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Jun 9 2005
- @media
- London, UK
- Anatomy Of A Mouse
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- An Event Apart
- Beyond Tellerrand
- Smashing Conference
- SXSW
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