The Adventures of Cindy Li
Geek Social in Brighton
April 15 , 2008 1 comment
Once upon a time
I asked on the Girl Geek Brighton Dinner website if they were going to have an event while I was visiting Matt in England. Niqui and Rosie invited me to speak instead, last friday. They mentioned it was more about geeks meeting up not segregated by gender so the event was renamed “geek social”. It reminded me of the Refresh DC meet ups. Thank you it was great fun!
I got to speak about illustrations and how I went about incorporating illustration into a project. The problem with using photographs for people sitting behind a computer is that we’ve seen it sooo many times. Thanks to stock photography companies we’re sick of them. Using illustration as in Joyent’s (Illustrator: Paige Pooler) website is a great twist and so this sparked a discussion about how to use illustration in a project.
My playground
Lifetime Todo List
- Any suggestions: Email me:)
- Go on a vacation that isn't related to a geek event (shhhhh)
- Finding peace :)
- See Geeky Chix project live
Design Rabbit
Some fun illustrations and projects I've worked on.
Conferences
- Some wishes are coming true...
- dConstruct 2008:Sept 3-5, 2008, Brighton, England (Stage Manger)
- SXSW 2009:March 13 - 22, 2009, Austin, TX
Cool sites
- Duoh!: Veerle
- Matt Harris
- Adactio: Jeremy Keith
- Kevin Lawver:Developer/Web evangelist/all around smart guy
- Molly.com: Molly Holzschlag
- Marianne Masculino
- sixtwothree: Jason Garber Refresh DC, Fearless leader
- Collective Idea:web apps company
- Lauren Isaacson:Account Planning superhero
- Dan Webb:Ruby Rails guy just too cool
- Dave Shea: CSS Zen Garden, photographer, designer
- Eric Meyer:does he need an introduction?
- Thomas Vander Wal: social computing guy
- Alun Rowe
- Christopher Schmitt
- Html Dog: Guide to CSS/HTML
