Founder of UX London at UX London
Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Founder of UX London at UX London
- Founder at dConstruct
- Director of User Experience at Clearleft Ltd
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- Founder at SkillSwap
- Author of CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions at Apress
- Judge and Co-Founder at Web Standards Awards
- Senior Web Designer at Message Digital Design
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Andy Budd’s Summary
Andy Budd is a founding partner and Managing Director of Clearleft. He also goes by the title of User Experience Director depending what mood he's in.
Being a web user from the early days of the internet Andy understands the power a positive web experience can have on your business. Andy loves sharing this knowledge though books, workshops and conferences in order to make the web a nicer, more pleasurable place.
Andy helped pioneer the adoption of web standards in the UK through his client work, the writings on his blog, and the publication of his best selling book - CSS Mastery: Web Standards Solutions.
Andy's always had an interest in the way design affects human behaviour. A background in engineering highlighted the fact that good design comes about through a solid understanding of the problem, the needs of the users and the goals of the system.
Over time Andy realised that artistic flare would only get him so far and started to look towards more scientific techniques such as ethnographic research, usability testing and iterative design to push his solutions even further.
Andy currently holds a strategic role at Clearleft, working with our clients to develop their vision, and then ensuring that vision is met. He does this by overseeing all the creative output from Clearleft to make sure it comes up to our exacting standards.
Andy has also been instrumental is setting up our training and conference program at Clearleft. So when he's not running the company or managing our creative output, Andy can be found sharing his wealth of knowledge at conferences around the world like SXSW, FOWD and AEA to name just a few.
Andy's experience is regularly called upon by web and magazine publishers alike, and he's currently on the board of advisors for .Net magazine.
Andy Budd’s Specialties:
strategic planning, requirement gathering, project scoping, budgeting, developing project proposals and project plans, information architecture, site mapping, wireframing, developing use-cases, user-centered design, user interface and information design, Search engine marketing, user experience design, blogging, web 2.0
Andy Budd’s Experience
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Founder of UX London
UX London
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
UX London is Britain's first major user experience event, comprising two days of practical, hands-on workshops, and a day of inspirational speakers. We've got a lot of IxDA regulars flying over to speak, including Peter Merholz, Dan Saffer and Donna Spencer to name just a few.
The aim of this event is to help build the local usability, interaction design and user experience communities in Europe, so I hope a few of you can make it along. Rather than your typical "talking heads" conference UX London is primarily a professional development event. So we've broken the program down into three tracks: core skills, advanced skills, strategy and management. -
Founder
dConstruct
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
November 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those building the latest generation of web-based applications. Previous years have seen speakers from organizations like Amazon, Google and the BBC discuss the challenges and opportunities created by the web. dConstruct 2007 saw over 700 web professionals gather in Brighton to discuss the topic of “user experience design”. Leading speakers from companies like Yahoo and Adaptive Path shared their expert knowledge on how to create the best online experiences possible.
"The best conference I've attended in the past few years." – Phil Winstanly, Microsoft technologist -
Director of User Experience
Clearleft Ltd
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)
Clearleft are an experienced team of Web design and interaction experts. We love the Web and we understand how to make it work for your business. Clearleft are hired by clients who know the potential of the Web. We help you achieve that potential by learning about your business, listening to what you need and creating a website based on your business goals and centred upon the needs of your customers.
As well as specialising in interaction and user experience design, we offer a full consultancy service as well as running regular training workshops in usability, accessibility and web standards. We also organise d.Construct, the first web 2.0 conference in the UK. -
Founder
SkillSwap
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Internet industry)
March 2003 — March 2006 (3 years 1 month)
SkillSwap is a voluntary group set up by myself to provide free training to members of the local new media community.
The idea is that on a semi-regular basis, people from the local new media community volunteer to give up some of their free time to train a small group of their peers in a subject that interests them. The events are intended to allow community members to share skills, help keep training costs down and do a little networking/socialising.
The setting is small and informal and the subjects can be anything from hardcore programming topics through to softer business skills. Basically anything you’d be happy talking about that you think would be of interest to the new media community.
By sharing informal training amongst community members we can cut down on the need for expensive training courses, learn a little about each other’s skills and do a little networking as well. -
Author of CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
Apress
(Internet industry)
April 2005 — January 2006 (10 months)
CSS Mastery is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS development—all you need to work your way up to being a CSS professional.
While CSS is a relatively simple technology to learn, it is a difficult one to master. When you first start developing sites using CSS, you will come across all kinds of infuriating browser bugs and inconsistencies. It sometimes feels like there are a million and one different techniques to master, spread across a bewildering array of websites. The range of possibilities seems endless and makes for a steep and daunting learning curve.
By bringing all of the latest tips, tricks, and techniques together in one handy reference, this book demystifies the secrets of CSS and makes the journey to CSS mastery as simple and painless as possible. While most books concentrate on basic skills, this one is different, assuming that you already know the basics, and why you should be using CSS in your work, and concentrating mainly on advanced techniques. -
Judge and Co-Founder
Web Standards Awards
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2004 — January 2006 (2 years )
I helped set-up the Web Standards Awards along with Johan Edlund and Cameron Adams. These awards aim to promote web site design using W3C standards by seeking out and highlighting the finest standards-compliant sites on the Internet. By showing you standards-compliant sites that make your jaw drop, we hope to show that web standards aren't a constraint, they are a liberation.
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Senior Web Designer
Message Digital Design
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 1999 — March 2005 (5 years 11 months)
Involved in every aspect of the company from business development and project management through to design, production and rollout. My main role is that of technical lead and user advocate. My key areas of expertise are web standards, accessibility, search engine promotion and user centred design.
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Andy Budd’s Interests:
Modern Fiction, Contemporary Cinema, Scuba Diving, Travel Photography, Blogging, Apple Computers
Andy Budd’s Honors:
My work has been featured by a numerous magazines and websites, including .Net magazine, Practical Web Designer, Web Developer Magazine, Design Week, Computer Arts, Attack of the Show etc
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