Our speaker for February is Jeffrey Veen, previously of Google and Adaptive Path. Jeff will speak about designing for websites and social media applications, why web design is different for startups, and how to know when you’re doing it right.
Jeffrey Veen has designed websites and applications both large and small: from massive data-driven apps like Google Analytics, to Fortune 500 sites while at Adaptive Path, to social media startups like Blogger, Flickr, and Technorati. He is a founding partner of Adaptive Path and was project lead for Measure Map, a web analytics tool acquired by Google in 2006. Jeff spent five years with Adaptive Path, then two years at Google where he led the redesign of Google Analytics and managed the UX team thru May 2008.
Previously Jeff served as Executive Director of Interface Design for Wired Digital and Lycos, where he managed look & feel for HotWired, the HotBot search engine, and Lycos.com. Jeff is also author of The Art & Science of Web Design and HotWired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites.
