29th January 2019
Looking back at New Adventures, I'm not sure where to start. By saying it was a great conference? Of course it was. The previous NA Conf was 6 years ago and back then I couldn't afford to go to conferences that far away, so I jumped at the chance to go to the one conference that everyone would always talk about. It was as good and better than I expected. But no, it almost feels like telling people how good the conference was is not the right thing to do...29th January 2019
Did anyone at New Adventures read the blurbs for each talk? I didn't. I hadn't even noticed that until the last talk... Ethan Marcotte, who everyone knows for Responsive Web Design was surely going to talk about making websites right? Wrong. Well, right but in a different way. Ethan showed everyone the right way of using privilege.29th January 2019
Naz gave a talk at New Adventures that really got to the core of diversity in all sense of the word. It was a very good talk and unfortunately I was preserving my battery so the notes do not cover half of the interesting points Naz made.29th January 2019
Helen Joy gave a great talk about inclusive design, full of brilliant explanations for why it is is important and how to get better at it. But there were a couple of stories she told that I will not forget easily, both stories were about mechanics. Here are my notes of Helen's really interesting talk.29th January 2019
Ashley explained all kinds of mistakes she had made and things she learned only through hindsight. It was fascinating and I have so much respect for her, running a business is hard for anyone but could you imagine trying to run an insurance business with no investment and expect to take on the massive corporations? Here are my notes of the talk.29th January 2019
Brendan Dawes is one of those people that you are probably not going to forgot once you've met him or seen his work. His talk was wonderful and very inspiring, here are the notes I wrote but I'm sure I missed some bits as I was busy buying some parts for my own little project!25th January 2019
One of the underlying themes at New Adventures 2019 was the idea of multi-disciplinary teams and designing for everyone. Below are some notes I took while watching Jessica talk about working together in better ways.25th January 2019
Josh Brewer is a co-founder at Abstract, a really interesting online tool that is essentially GitHub for Designers. Here are some notes I made while listening to his talk.25th January 2019
I knew Code Club has made a massive impact on education of coding in schools but I had no idea how quickly it grew and unexpected it was. Here are a few notes I took while listening in awe of the work that Clare has done with Code Club.25th January 2019
Jeremy Keith is one of those people who I could listen to on repeat and learn something new every time. So I was expecting a great start to the conference and boy did he deliver. Here are some notes that attempt to capture a glimpse of what the talk included.