Beautifully crafted & user focused web design by lee munroe

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of attending Build, a web design conference organised by Andy Good and held in our very own backyard (literally 2 minutes round the corner from me in Belfast).

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Had a great time at FOWA London last week. Thanks to Ryan, Jo and the Carsonified team for hosting another superb event.

Rather than listing everything that was talked about over the 2 day event I’ve put together some notes on things that stood out.

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Thanks to Carsonified I’m speaking at the Future of Web Design Tour in Belfast on Wednesday 2nd September 2009.

I’ll be joining the lineup of Andy Clarke, Drew McLellan, Web Standardistas and others.

The Belfast event is being held in W5 at The Odyssey starting at 8.45am.

Tickets are still available at £59 (bargain for a FOWD event).

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Last week I went to Refresh Belfast and listened to the guys from Front, one of Ireland’s leading web development teams, talk about user experience and visual design among other things.

Here’s a brief roundup.

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I had the pleasure of attending and talking at Barcamp Belfast on Saturday (25th April) before dashing off and getting a plane to London for the marathon.

I had a great morning and going by feedback from others the whole day was a great success with some fantastic speakers and over 350 attendees. Well done to Andy Good for putting it together, along with all those who helped out. There’s a good video montage of the day here.

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This year’s Net Visionary Awards shortlist has been announced.

The Net Visionary Awards are an annual awards ceremony that celebrate the best in online business in Ireland.

Well done to all shortlisted and I’m looking forward to hearing the results, but being a web designer the award that draws the most interest from me is for ‘Web Designer Excellence‘.

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I was short listed for the best newcomer award but Trust Tommy ran away with it. Congrats Tommy and well done to all the other winners.

I didn’t attend the event myself but it looked like a good night.

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My blog has been shortlisted for an Irish Blog Award; Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Teamworkpm.net.

Happy days! Thanks Damien and all the judges involved.

The Irish Blog Awards are Saturday 21st February 2009 at the Cork International Airport Hotel (sold out).

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Sometimes it’s hard to find out what’s happening in the web/tech scene in Northern Ireland so here’s a list of useful sites that I recommend you keep track of so you don’t miss out.

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This is a long overdue roundup of FOWA London 2008. I was looking through my notes and decided that rather than giving a general roundup (as you’ve probably already read or seen all the talks online) I would share with you my 10 favorite points from the 2 days.

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