41: Shaping the future of the Web

Jen Simmons (@JenSimmons), full stack designer & host of The Web Ahead Podcast (@TheWebAhead), takes us through what is means to contribute to and shape the ever changing landscape of the web. Jen produces an immense amount of free content from speaking engagements & training to podcasting that have reached all over the globe.

The Web Ahead guests have included some of the most influential people in web technology & design to date. Jen has had a major impact in the way we build and design for the web. Her uncanny abilities are almost akin to a unicorn in that she is extremely knowledgeable in both development & design. Good thing for us that Jen knows how to share her knowledge and help everyone have a chance to shape the future of the web.

Upcoming Events with Jen Simmons

• San Francisco HTML5 Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/sfhtml5/events/219966720/

• An Event Apart - San Diego: aneventapart.com/event/san-diego-2015

• An Event Apart - Washington, DC: http://aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2015

• An Event Apart - Chicago: aneventapart.com/event/chicago-2015

Resources

• The Web Ahead - http://thewebahead.net/

• Jen’s blog - http://jensimmons.com/

• Jen’s Github - https://github.com/jensimmons

• CSS Layouts with Rachel Andrew - http://thewebahead.net/49

• Changing the Shapes with Sara Soueidan - http://thewebahead.net/81

• autoprefixer - https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer

• Drupal - https://www.drupal.org/

• Jen’s Bartik theme for Drupal - https://www.drupal.org/project/bartik

• Jen’s Drupal work - https://www.drupal.org/u/jensimmons

• SASS - http://sass-lang.com/

• Git Tower - http://www.git-tower.com/

• Square Space - http://www.squarespace.com/

• Grid Layout - https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/

• CSS Shapes 101 - http://alistapart.com/article/css-shapes-101

• multicolumn layout - https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/c/columns/

• CSS Shapes Chrome Extension - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/css-shapes-editor/nenndldnbcncjmeacmnondmkkfedmgmp?hl=en-US

• Media work by Jen on an Opera about Nikolas Tesla - http://www.violetfireopera.com/

• Tim Berners-Lee article using Multicolumn Layout - http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Security-NotTheS.html

Panelists

• Danny Blue - Front End Engineer at Deloitte Digital

• Erik Isaksen - HTML5 Google Developer Expert & Front End Engineer at Deloitte Digital

• Nick Niemeir - Partner at Good News Everyone

• Rachel Nabors - Master Web Animation Wizard, speaker & her own boss at Tin Magpie