The Webmaster Jam Session gives you candid, to-the-point information you can use from the industry’s top professionals and best talent.

The Webmaster Jam Session
The casual atmosphere & high quality of information is unparalleled. You will get valuable tips and advice from some of the best designers in the business.

Website Smackdown

Designers, coders, and marketers square off on what's important when making a Website.

In any design process, there is give and take. Marketing wants to use the old logo, but it doesn't fit with the new design. The coders need a way to send friendly error messages to the view, but it doesn't fit. The designers have some awesome new ideas, but the coders say it can't be done. Sound familiar?

In this Special Session, we will put design guys, programmers, and marketing guys onstage and let them have at it. We'll discuss a few designs and have each panelist share opinions on how to improve it: what to keep and what to take away. When opinions clash, the fun begins!

Your Speakers

Ethan Marcotte
UI Developer — Airbag Industries
Nick Finck
Principal and Director of User Experience - Blue Flavor
James Craig
Senior Web Applications Engineer — Apple Inc.
Keith Robinson
Principal and Creative Director — Blue Flavor
Rob Weychert
Co-Author of Web Standards Creativity
Jeff Croft
Author/Web Designer
Nathan Smith
Front-End Developer — Viewzi
Jason Ford
Director of Interactive Services — Tocquigny
Aarron Walter
Author of Building Findable Websites
John Moore
Marketing Medic — Brand Autopsy
Eddie Vasquez
Visual Expressionist
Dan Rubin
Author/Producer/User Experience Designer
Jina Bolton
Designer/Developer/Artist
Todd Dominey
Designer, Developer, Entrepreneur