We don’t get many web industry conferences around these parts. Hell, we don’t get many conferences around these parts. So I’m supremely excited that Front End Design Conference is going to be right here in our own backyard this Friday, July 23 (at the downtown St. Pete Hilton).
What is Front End Design Conference? It’s a conference geared toward the design of websites. The visuals and aesthetics that make web-based communication possible. The ideas and strategies and thought processes behind why we click where we click (and how to make people click). The “why is this green” or “can we move that next to this?” of building a website. Believe it or not, good web designers don’t just throw things on a page and call it a day. There’s a why and how and a best practice schema to which we adhere in order to help guide visitors and influence click behavior. Gasp! So much to think about! 
Not a web designer? The Front End Conference line-up really encompasses web-based communication of all sorts – not just web design. The topics are relevant to anyone with a website who wants to learn more about how to use visual communication to get a point across or influence action. Marketers, bloggers, small business owners – there’s information relevant to all of you.
Topics include:
- Learning to love ideas: Brainstorming 101
- Taking your designs from wireframe to design
- The art of self-branding
- Design in the details
- CSS organization and workflow (ok, this one might be geared directly toward web designers)
- Fuel your brand (but this one is great for anyone!)
- Principles of UI design
Conference organizer Dan Denney put together a great lineup and an exciting weekend of events. There’s an awesome after-party planned at the Lobby in downtown St. Pete. On Saturday, stick around for a Tampa Ignite meeting at Studio 620. Sunday, he’s got a guided photo walk around downtown St. Pete – sure to be very cool.
Learn more and register:
See you all there! We’ve got a big contingent representing Big Sea (and their own amazing talent) so please say hello.
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