The Third Time Was a Charm

We learned so much in the first 2 years and made enough friends that the third year really took off. We have always intended for this to be a small event, so we had set a 200 ticket cap. We were very fortunate to sell out a month early, which freed us up to focus on making the day special instead of promoting. The results were fantastic and we found a wonderful new location.

The speakers rocked the day, continuing in the #frontendconf tradition of delivering awesome presentations and being very approachable. We also focused a lot more on being approachable ourselves because we had so much less stress with being sold out. The Day 2 presentations were really good as well and we even had a small contest for another character.

July 22, 2011

The event was held at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Sponsors

2011 Speakers and Presentations

  • James May

  • James May

    As Art Director at MindComet, James not only strives for good design, but more importantly focuses on enhancing user experiences. An expert in user interface design and usability, he is always asking “What is the user thinking?”. He is responsible for overseeing the concepts for the project to create meaningful strategies for clients via the discovery process.

    Follow James on Twitter: @monooptical

James May
  • Stephanie Fields

  • Stephanie Fields

    Art Director for MindComet, Stephanie brings creativity and expertise while designing the most effective concept for her projects. An expert in user interface design and interaction in conjunction with branding and identity, Stephanie realizes that any good design starts with a great foundation.

    Follow Stephanie on Twitter: @lilsooner

  • Better Design Through Discovery

    See James and Stephanie's slides and the attendee feedback.

Stephanie Fields
  • Ryan Singer

  • Ryan Singer

    Ryan designs user interfaces, writes code, and manages teams. His style is hands-on with a wide view of the whole system. He is a Product Manager for 37 Signals and has some core beliefs well worth checking out on his site, FeltPresence.com.

    Follow Ryan on Twitter: @rjs

  • UI Design Decisions

    See Ryan's slides and the attendee feedback.

Ryan Singer
  • Doug Neiner

  • Doug Neiner

    Doug Neiner is a front-end web developer with a love for semantic markup, powerful CSS, and efficient, reusable jQuery/JavaScript. With over 12 years of web development experience, Doug works to combine his love for design with his passion for new technology as a Senior Designer at appendTo, LLC.

    Follow Doug on Twitter: @dougneiner

  • jQuery Nuts, Bolts and Bling

    See Doug's slides and the attendee feedback.

    Doug shared the video of his talk as well.

Doug Neiner
  • Ethan Marcotte

  • Ethan Marcotte

    Ethan is a web designer & developer, a speaker and author. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and is passionate about beautiful design, elegant code, and the intersection of the two. His book on Responsive Web Design has been published and is available at abookapart.com

    Follow Ethan on Twitter: @beep

  • Responsive Web Design

    See the attendee feedback from Ethan's presentation.

Ethan Marcotte
  • Brandon Jones

  • Brandon Jones

    Brandon is a top-selling author on ThemeForest, a marketplace for buying and selling website themes. He is also the site editor for Webdesigntuts+, a blog made to house and showcase some of the best web design tutorials and articles around.

    Follow Brandon on Twitter: @makedesign

  • Making Money with Web Design

    See Brandon's slides and the attendee feedback.

Brandon Jones
  • Chris Coyier

  • Chris Coyier

    Chris is a web craftsman, blogger, author and speaker. In his own words "Web design is what I do. I create websites and help people make theirs better through writing, speaking, and working on web applications. I consider myself a lucky man."

    Follow Chris on Twitter: @chriscoyier

  • CSS Pseudo Elements for Fun and Profit

    See Chris' video and the attendee feedback.

Chris Coyier
  • Allison House

  • Allison House

    Allison's background in user interface design is accented by a multi-disciplinary skillset that includes visual design, content strategy and project management. She is currently making the web industry a smarter, happier place with Carsonified.

    Follow Allison on Twitter: @house

  • Web Typography and the Case of the Voluptuous Curl

    See Allison's slides and the attendee feedback.

Allison House