Posts tagged ‘speaker spotlight’
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Tiptoe Through the Tooltips: An Interview with Chris Coyier
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Chris Coyier is a designer and co-founder of CodePen, a writer at CSS-Tricks, a podcaster at ShopTalk, and the author of “Practical SVG.” We caught up with the immensely busy and remarkably creative designer/developer for a quick chat about redesigns, team management, and more.
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Admiring the Obvious with Luke Wroblewski
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Luke Wroblewski is a product director at Google, a repeat entrepreneur, and the author of three popular and influential web design books. We caught up with the insanely busy web and product designer for a quick chat about life at Google, the next big thing after mobile, and the value of mountains to the creative process.
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Responsive Patterns with Ethan Marcotte
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Veteran AEA presenter Ethan Marcotte is the inventor of responsive web design (which he debuted on our stage) and author of several influential books. We caught up with the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based designer/developer to get his perspective on what's new and exciting in our field.
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Designing for Good
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Laura Martini works at the intersection of healthcare and tech. She's built design teams at two healthcare startups, Medisas and Counsyl, and done product design work at Apple and IDEO. We asked about her path to design and how she's focused her UX practice on work that's both personally meaningful and helpful to society.
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Frost Bytes
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Brad Frost is a web designer, speaker, writer, and consultant. He's the author of “Atomic Design,” and has helped create numerous tools and resources for web designers. We caught up with the busy web wizard to learn more about what makes him tick.
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Front-End Back Story: Telling Tales With Una Kravets
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We asked Una how she got her start in all things web, and discovered her passion for front-end development.
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Building a Remote Work Culture: An Interview with Jaimee Newberry
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Jaimee Newberry is a designer, consultant, coach, speaker, writer, and all-around awesome person. We recently talked with her about podcasts, tiny challenges, her new book, and her talk for the upcoming shows in Washington DC and Orlando.
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Meeting Expectations: An Interview With Kevin M. Hoffman
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Kevin M. Hoffman has been a designer for more than 15 years, working on small libraries, the University of Baltimore, Nintendo, MTV, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. We caught him between meetings to share a few thoughts about his favorite tool, conversational interfaces, and meeting design.
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Understandable Design: An Interview with Stephanie Hay
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Stephanie Hay leads Content Strategy at Capital One and runs “What's Up Thursday,” a weekly share-out for the entire design team of 250 people across 11 locations. We caught up with Steph to discuss work/life balance, human-centered design, and following the fun.
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Meaning in Motion: An Interview with Val Head
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Val Head is a designer and web animation consultant with a talent for getting designers and developers alike excited about the power of animation. We caught up with the busy designer, developer, educator, and consultant to find out which juicy bits of web goodness most inspire her creatively—and what makes for a great animation experience on the web.
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The Contributions of Others: A Session with Jeremy Keith
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If you've spent serious time on the web, you've probably come across the varied and incredibly useful contributions of Jeremy Keith. He graciously agreed to talk with us about his passion for the web, traditional Irish music, and his new AEA presentation on the telegraph, the space elevator, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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Sketching a New User Experience: An Interview with Krystal Higgins
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Krystal Higgins is a user experience designer specializing in the onboarding and education of new users. She has worked at companies such as NVIDIA, eBay, and most recently, Google designing all sorts of experiences for web, mobile, and wearable products. We caught up with Krystal shortly before AEA Nashville.