This December, we’re very excited to have the amazing Kimberly Blessing joining us to talk about the history of the Web and what we can learn from the past. Our own David Morton will open the night with a discussion of technology as a tool to drive civic engagement.
Doors open at 6:30pm.
The Web at 25: Lessons Learned, Forgotten, and Rediscovered
In March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a “vague, but exciting” proposal for a hypertext-based information management system. That proposal eventually became… Show more the World Wide Web, a system that rapidly outgrew the competition, moved beyond the altruistic goals of its creator, and today dominates the Internet. Kimberly Blessing, a twenty-year veteran of the Web, will put lessons learned during those early days into a modern context for the next generation of web designers and developers.
In her nearly 20-year career on the Web, Kimberly Blessing has evangelized design, code, and accessibility best practices while holding senior engineering and management roles at Comcast Interactive Media, PayPal, and AOL. She has served on the W3C HTML and CSS Working Groups and was a co-lead and member of the Web Standards Project, the grass roots organization that helped the web standards movement get beyond the “browser wars”. Currently, Kimberly is the director of web development and technology consulting at Think Brownstone, an experience design consultancy based in Philadelphia.
A graduate of Bryn Mawr College (B.A., Computer Science) and The George Washington University (M.Sc., Computer Science), Kimberly is also a passionate advocate for increasing the number of women in computing and technology fields.
Localizing the Dino: Mozilla in Chattanooga
From the Gigabit Community Fund to events like Maker Party to a buzzing Hive of technologists and educators, there are many moving pieces to Mozilla's growing work in Chattanooga. Learn how all these parts fit together around one big goal: helping Chattanoogans learn to build, create, and explore on the web. Find out what's coming next for Mozilla in Chattanooga and how you can join us in empowering Chattanoogans to build the web they want.
Lindsey Frost Cleary leads the Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund in Chattanooga, Tennessee and spearheads the development of the Hive Chattanooga Learning Community. Lindsey has spent the last several years exploring the intersection of technology and education through work with UTC SimCenter, Engage 3D, the Public Education Foundation, Toshiba America Foundation, and several other organizations. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Columbia University, an animal rights activist, and an aspiring yogini.
You can follow her on Twitter as @FrostCleary .
About Code & Creativity
Code & Creativity is a social talk series created to connect us with each other and our larger community. Every other month, we’ll gather at the Camp House for a few hours to listen to one local and one visiting designer/developer as they share their passions, wisdom, and war stories. We'll ask questions, talk shop, and maybe even make some new friends. Of course no gathering would be complete without something yummy in your tummy, so snacks and a tasty beverage (coffee, soft drink, or beer) are on us!
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