Patrick Lauke

Current

• Web Evangelist at OPERA
• Speaker at Splintered - Freelance Creativity and Design
• Developer and Consultant at Splintered - Freelance Creativity and Design

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Past

• Web Editor at University of Salford

Education

• University of Salford
• University of Salford
• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• splintered
• photographia

Patrick Lauke’s Summary

Patrick works as Web Evangelist in the Developer Relations team at Opera Software ASA.

In a previous life, he was Web Editor for the University of Salford, where he headed a small central web team. In 2003 he implemented one of the first web standards based XHTML/CSS driven UK university sites.

He has been engaged in the discourse on accessibility since early 2001, regularly contributing to a variety of web development and accessibility related mailing lists and forums. He also takes an active role
in the running of Accessify.com, moderates the Accessify forum, and is co-lead of the Web Standards Project Accessibility Task Force (WaSP ATF), which he joined in June 2005.

Published works include a chapter in "Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance", released by Friends of Ed in 2006.

In his spare time, Patrick pursues his passion for photography and runs a small web/design consultancy.

An outspoken accessibility and standards advocate , Patrick favours a pragmatic hands-on approach to web accessibility over purely theoretical, high-level discussions.

"I’m an idealist by nature, but a pragmatist by trade. I’d never class myself as an expert and I certainly don’t have all the answers...I’m just an opinionated guy eager to find real world solutions 'where the rubber meets the road'."

Patrick Lauke’s Specialties:

web standards, CSS, accessibility, DOM scripting, PHP, XML/XSLT, basic information architecture and usability, web-based marketing, web standards evangelism

Patrick Lauke’s Experience

• Web Evangelist

  OPERA

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Speaker

  Splintered - Freelance Creativity and Design

  (Internet industry)

  June 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

  Speaking engagements so far include:
  
  - Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004, Birmingham: "Implementing Web Standards Across the Institution"
  
  - @media2006, London : "The New Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.0" (with Andy Clarke, Gez Lemon and Ian Lloyd)
  
  - Geek in the Park, Royal Leamington Spa: "Where the Rubber Meets the Road - Web Accessibility and Pragmatism" (with Bruce Lawson)
  
  - WebDD, Reading: "Doing it in style: creating beautiful sites, the web standards way"
  
  - SXSW2007, Austin: "Get Accessified" (with Ian Lloyd)
  
  - Public Sector Forums workshop "How Web Accessibility Works in the Real World", Birmingham: "Managing and educating content editors"
  
  - Institutional Web Management Workshop 2007, York: "Geolinked institutional web content"
  
  - Public Sector Forums workshop "How Web Accessibility Works in the Real World", London: "Too much accessibility: good intentions, badly implemented"
  
  - @media2008, London: "Communicating best practices" (with Paul Boag, Rachel Andrew and Murray Rowan)
  
  - Web Developer's Conference 2008, Bristol: "Web Standards Pragmatism"
  
  - Manchester Digital Development Agency, Manchester: "All change for WCAG 2.0"

• Developer and Consultant

  Splintered - Freelance Creativity and Design

  (Internet industry)

  January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)

  splintered is the freelance web development and design alter ego of patrick h. lauke.
  
  its commitment is to deliver simple, accessible and usable web sites using current best practices (specifically web standards: semantic, structural, table-less xhtml/css markup) and the occasional spot of print and motion design.
  
  with a range of skills and interests covering graphic design, PHP/MySQL web development, multimedia, video editing and traditional photography, splintered can tackle small multi-faceted projects at a price that's right for you.
  
  if you're in the greater manchester area — or even further afield — why not get in touch for an informal project evaluation, and see what splintered can offer.

• Web Editor

  University of Salford

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2001 — July 2009 (8 years 7 months)

  Responsible for the entire outward-facing web presence of the University of Salford. Writing and implementing the University's web strategy and web publishing guidelines, QA, ensuring accessibility, corporate identity and general style guides are upheld.

Patrick Lauke’s Education

• University of Salford

  MA , Creative Technology , 1999 — 2000

• University of Salford

  BA(Hons) , Graphic Design , 1997 — 1999

• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

  Computer Sciences 1995 — 1997

Additional Information

Patrick Lauke’s Websites:

• splintered
• photographia

Patrick Lauke’s Interests:

Accessibility, usability, social networking, web technology, web 2.0, web standards, web management in small/medium organisations

Patrick Lauke’s Groups:

Web Standards Project (WaSP)

•    WSG
•    Web Standards Design + Development

Patrick Lauke’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
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