KMP were proud to sponsor the “Speak the Web” conferences held across the northwest over the last two weeks. With our very own Rich Clarke forming half the super-duo behind the events, we were delighted to be able to attend the events.
Speak the Web, co-organised by KMP’s Head of Interactive Richard Clark and freelance designer/developer Dan Donald have arranged four alternative conferences across the North of England that aim to combine the academic aspects of a business conference with the casual feel of a more grass-root meet-up. The events will pair up well known speakers with those who are either novices or who haven’t spoken on the web circuit before and so encouraging new ideas from new voices to be shared amongst the web community.
Following on from Rich’s previous post ‘@media Review’, I am looking back at day one of the conference which was creatively rich in its line up of speakers. This was my first @media conference, and I am sorry that I only joined it five years on, in the year that Patrick Griffiths decided to call it a day and hand over to Web Directions to take up the mantle. Attendees were spoilt from the start with an excellent and somewhat different presentation from Andy Clarke, followed by five engaging talks from Simon Collison, John Hicks, Dan Rubin, Mark Boulton, and Jason Santa Maria.
Last week myself and Darren attended @media in London, a great conference with a stellar lineup of speakers who were more than willing to stick around and speak to you afterwards. I’m going to discuss a little about day two of @media 2009 and also summarise my thoughts about it. Although a slightly backwards way [...]
