February 26th: Jeff Veen on The Art & Science of Web Design
Jeff Veen (photo Scott Beale, Laughing Squid)
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.
Update: here is 2-part video clips + slides from Jeff’s presentation, as well as a short intro interview.
Jeff Veen interview at Startup2Startup (YouTube)
Jeff Veen talk at Startup2Startup, video clips part I & II (YouTube)
Jeff Veen presentation on “Design for Startups” (SlideShare)
Posted February 12th, 2009 4 Comments
4 Comments
Nice to read about your profile Jeff, i am impressed ..will now give a try to purchase The art & science of web design …Looking forward to see much creative things to be present in the book.
Ali on February 12th, 2009
Can’t wait for this Thursday!
Daniel Brusilovsky on February 12th, 2009
[...] Veen of Adaptive Path, MeasureMap, and now Google Analytics spoke at Startup2Startup dinner tonight. He covered startup design, and had a pretty good strategy as [...]
Startup2Startup dinner with Jeffrey Veen « alex.moskalyuk on February 12th, 2009
Jeff Veen did an amazing job, even for people who don’t know too much about design like myself. Thanks again, Dave!
Daniel Brusilovsky on February 12th, 2009