Second Wednesday

2W January 2012

Nick — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:31:34 +0000

January social – no speaker booked for this month, so we can chat about whatever we like instead.

Job: Lead Digital Developer at Cubic, Nottingham

Nick — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:52:33 +0000

Are you passionate about crafting beautiful websites? Do you thrive on building clean, concise markup? Can you deconstruct a design on the spot and know exactly how you will bring it to life in code? Cubic is looking for a versatile, forward-thinking lead developer who isn’t afraid to push the boundaries of what is possible. Client-facing skills are a must as is the ability to get involved in campaign strategies.

Desired experience

3-5 years industry experience
HTML (including HTML5)
CSS (including CSS3)
Javascript/jQuery
Awareness of and commitment to web accessibility guidelines and browser compatibility practices
Python, Django, Google Appengine
PHP

Big pluses for experience with

ExpressionEngine and Codeigniter
Responsive web development. Comfortable building one site for multiple devices
LESS (lesscss.org)
Version control (preferably Git)
Open source projects
Google Apps & APIs

Extra credit

MySQL
Amazon Web Services
Social APIs

Applications

Please apply with your CV, website URL and any samples of code or projects you have worked on to jobs@cubicstudio.co.uk. Strictly no recruitment agencies.

Salary

£26–£30k subject to experience

Typo3/PHP Developer required

Nick — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:40:26 +0000

I have a client who wants someone with provable experience in Typo3 (hence I’m not doing the project myself) for a project which also involves a high level of php programming as the site will be using content provided as a feed from an external database.

Ideally front end design skills can be provided as well but it is the Typo3 and PHP experience that is the main requirement.

Steve Crofts
steve@glowmedia.co.uk

2W November 2011 – Version Control Workshop

Nick — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:11:21 +0000

Something we’ve been thinking about for a while here – a workshop covering version control and various technologies and services used to carry it out. No speaker this time as we are going to load up some repositories and have a hands-on play!

So bring your laptops and let’s see how this all works and experiment with Subversion, Mercurial, Git and Bazaar.

Edit: There’s a free Version Control book available at http://www.ericsink.com/vcbe/ – thanks to dvdsmpsn for the heads up.

Second Weds September 2011 with Simon Collison.

Nick — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:58:06 +0000

Notes from the Edge

Craftsmanship and communication are at the heart of everything we do on the web. With our ability to understand and overcome challenges, we should deliver engaging experiences without compromising our integrity or failing the end user.

Still, we’re often naive and we make the same mistakes over and over. We get hung up on our tools and confuse our goals. It’s time to think and talk smarter, get our priorities straight, and learn from our mistakes.

Senior Front End developer required in Nottingham

Nick — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:32:09 +0000

Jamie Huskisson is still looking for a ninja front-end developer to join the team – more details at

http://uk.authenticjobs.com/jobs/9376/senior-front-end-developer

*UPDATED 23/8/2011*

Second Weds October 2011 with Chloe Wood

Nick — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:40:08 +0000

Chloe is a passionate UX designer based in Leicestershire, where she currently works for next.co.uk. She prides herself on creating beautiful and intuitive experiences for both the web and mobile.

Recent works include next’s “Make me the next model competition 2011″ and also the redesign of interflora’s mobile website which received praise from industry experts such as econsultancy. Outside of work chloe goes by the alias clocopops (www.clocopops.co.uk) where she lets loose and creates original designs and creative for a number of clients.

website: www.clocopops.co.uk

twitter: www.twitter.com/clocopops

linkedin: www.linkedin.com/clocopops

Nottingham Trent University MA Expo – Private View

Nick — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:50:09 +0000

Thursday 14th of July from 4pm to 6pm, there will be a Private View for the MA Expo from Nottingham Trent University. One of our 2W regulars will be showing her design work there so pop along and say hi if you are in town!

What 2W members are up to – June 2011

Nick — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:44:30 +0000

This is the first of an occasional catchup with our members to see what they are up to – it could be coding, design projects or other random stuff! If you’d like a mention, drop us an email with brief details of what you’re on with.

Congrats to Martin on his new job at Jigsaw
Ewan is working on a PC game called Jupiter Mining Corporation – http://jupiterminingcorp.wordpress.com/
Phil Campbell has been fundraising for the town of Phil Campbell in America (Yes, you read that correctly) and they have raised $35k already!
Nick launched http://www.horsey-sites.co.uk/ – easy to use websites for the equestrian industry
Jez from MakeHay is working on http://www.wildlifeinthecity.org/ after winning the lottery funded pitch
Sebastian Webb is working on an alternative WordPress Theme Marketplace and Theme Editing Plugin. He’s currently looking for frontend-designers and affiliates.

Video from John O’Nolan’s Personal Branding talk at 2W

Nick — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:25:42 +0000