EE + web conversations
Fred has always enjoyed figuring out technology and have gotten good at discovering how things work. He brings a pretty well-stocked tool box to the nGen garage, with experience in programming, servers, networks and strategy. He was the first Canadian nGeneer, a distinction that he thought made him the coolest, at least temperature-wise.
The Business of Add-ons
Travis Schmeisser is a Senior User Experience Designer for 80/20, where he designs desktop and mobile applications for next generation products. Active in web development and design, he's obsessed with making things simple and stretches his skills across all ends of experience design. He created Structure, which speeds up ExpressionEngine development and provides a single simple interface for clients to manage all their content. He maintains a personal site at rockthenroll.com.
Profitable Add-on Development
Prior to setting up Experience, I spent 6 years designing and building websites for some of the most demanding clients in the world — Mercedes-Benz and the Cabinet Office, to name but two. Big names look great on the CV, but I missed the hands-on satisfaction of being a significant, active contributor to a client’s success, so I girded my loins, and started my own business. Since then, I’ve made a positive, measurable difference to dozens of small and medium sized businesses. I’ve also managed to pick up a few awards along the way.
Opening keynote for #EECI2011
Leslie is a father, husband, nerd, and proud of all three. He loves life and has been helping people succeed online since 1994. You can follow his adventures at Salvator.me and on Twitter (@knight777).
Developing in EE2, or How to Use CodeIgniter
Mark Huot develops content management systems ranging in size from personal blogging tools to enterprise-scale e-commerce systems. Adhering to web standards throughout his development process, Mark creates intuitive systems that demonstrate the same kind of care and forethought present in Happy Cog’s visual and structural designs. Mark’s past projects include large-scale editorial management systems that helped clients make a seamless transition from print to the web. On the side, he enjoys tinkering with Flash and JavaScript and is a co-creator of swfIR, a client-side image replacement technique.
Mark graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA with a BS degree in Digital Media. There he learned web standards and took a class using Jeffrey Zeldman’s Designing with Web Standards as a textbook. He has been passionate ever since about creating systems that adhere to the strict standards Happy Cog has put forth.
Parse Order Pro
Lodewijk (Low for short) is a freelance web developer, combining his passion for clean and accessible front-end code with his love for elegant back-end code to make awesome web sites. Working for the Dutch government and Leiden University among others has stimulated him to explore and push the boundaries of ExpressionEngine, ever since its one point oh release, sometimes resulting in a useful add-on or two.
He lives and works in his brand spanking new house boat, aptly named Float:Right.
Topic yet to be announced
Matt Weinberg is the President of Vector Media Group, a full service web development and marketing agency based in New York City. Having developed sites ranging from large publishing platforms to complex eCommerce stores, Matt's experience gives him a unique look into the world of selling online-- especially the scary parts. Matt has been working with ExpressionEngine since early 2007 and is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Progressive EEnhancement
Aaron has nearly 15 years experience on the web and, in that time, has cultivated a love of web standards and an in-depth knowledge of website strategy and architecture, interface design, and numerous languages (including XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP). He runs Easy Designs and is Group Manager of the Web Standards Project (WaSP). He created the eCSStender JavaScript library, serves as a Technical Editor for A List Apart, and has filled a small library with his technical writing and editing credits both online and in print. His most recent book is Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement[5]
Don't call me a freelancer!
Sixteen years ago, an idealistic, untested illustrator entered the creative workforce. Fast forward to 2011, add a burgeoning collection of grey hair, latent lactose intolerance, a heaping dash of salt - yet the same idealism - and you have the creative heart behind 16toads Design. An aging dude who goes by the nom de tweet @16toads. Working to appease clients big and not-so-big, Mr. Toad has been mucking around in the trenches of design for well over a decade now. He has also managed to balance on his rickety soapbox long enough to create stopworkforhire.com and thevileplutocrat.com. Along the way, he has made some good friends and a few loco compadres who affectionately refer to him as, "the award-winning" Paul Burton.
Who stole my trophy? Kenny?
No Guessing: Prototyping Interaction For EE
Ruthie BenDor lives in Boston, Massachusetts. By day she runs http://glad.org and by night she does freelance design and development for a variety of clients and agencies. Ruthie founded and runs the BostonEErs http://www.meetup.com/BostonEErs/, the largest EE meetup group in the world. Find her on Twitter: @unruthless.
The Beast Within
Rob Sanchez is the Senior Web Developer at Barrett Newton Interactive. He specializes in PHP and Javascript development, working on client sites, web apps, and ExpressionEngine addons. He is the lead developer of CartThrob, Devot-ee's 2010 Module of the Year, SafeCracker, and many other EE addons. Rob has been using EE since 2008, and has never looked back, exclusively using EE and CodeIgniter since then. Originally from NYC, he now makes his home in St. Louis, MO, and is thrilled to be returning to his hometown for this year's conference.
EE, Faster
Jacob Russell is the lead developer at devot:ee and Masuga Design, where he makes all your add-ons feel at home. He has a passion for front-end development and can usually be found on Twitter griping about CSS standardization. He also created Anti-Pink, a devot:ee AcademEE Award runner-up, and has spoken previously about how to get the most speed out of ExpressionEngine.
Topic yet to be announced
As a Software Developer for EllisLab and Systems Administrator for EngineHosting, Greg is a jack of all, master of some who thrives at helping people be successful on the web. When he's not working in CodeIgniter or slinging a terminal, he blogs at gregaker.net, Tweets (@gaker) and is constantly digging into new technologies and languages.
Greg is a saxophone player who has lived in the midwest his entire life, but has never lived on a farm.
Environments & Version Control: The Why and How
Erik has a passion for helping people both on and off the web. He is a web developer based in beautiful Savannah Georgia where he was born and bred. Erik’s introduction to EllisLab products was when he chose to use CodeIgniter to build a custom Human Resources Job Application web app for a client. He later discovered ExpressionEngine when WordPress stopped fitting the bill for his “average project”. Since then, he hasn’t looked back. You can find his company's latest work at focuslabllc.com and he is frequently chatting it up on twitter @erikreagan.
Utilizing E-commerce with ExpressionEngine
David is the technical brilliance behind the web sites and applications built by Brilliant2. He is known for his long history of satisfied clients who appreciate his signature ability to think through all sides of tough problems - then solving them. Recently David and the team at Brilliant2.com launched BrilliantRetail, the first commercial e-commerce add-on for ExpressionEngine 2.
Making Client-Friendly Experiences with EE
Brian is a noted multi-disciplinary designer who has nearly 15 years of experience designing and building for the web.
For several years Brian ran his own agency, Be Good Not Bad, in Denver, Colorado where he worked with clients large and small, including The MacArthur Foundation, They Might Be Giants, Mozilla, and Beatport. In 2009 Brian joined Happy Cog as Senior Designer/Developer where he thoroughly enjoys his role of collaborating with the design and development teams.
Brian has been the technical editor for two books: Handcrafted CSS (New Riders, 2009), and Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites (friends of ED, 2007). Brian also speaks at conferences and meetups, including South by Southwest, EECI, and the ExpressionEngine Roadshow.
Brian helped build and launch Typedia, a community-driven shared encyclopedia of Typefaces. He also writes and guest edits for EE Insider, an official ExpressionEngine partner website.
When he is not nimbly walking the line between designer and developer, Brian enjoys coffee, photography, brewing his own beer and hanging out with his amazing family.
You can read up more about Brian at his site Be Good Not Bad.
How to Install, Manage, and Host over 250 Expression Engine installations
Lowell Kitchen is a software engineer for Blue State Digital, where he works on the BSDTools and helps maintain 250+ sites running Expression Engine. Lowell has been working on the web in various capacities for the past 11 years, helping build some fantastic (and a few terrible) web sites. He has worked with Expression Engine since 2006 and helped build and deploy some great EE sites including Change.gov, Sundance Institute, United Way, and NAACP.