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 | Mark Watson, "Code Camp Junkie", Principal Consultant, Bizwax SolutionsMark Leon Watson has more than 18 years of professional information technology experience within many industries and companies. Mark specializes in information architecture, software development, web design, usability, accessibility, and search engine marketing.
Mark is a self-proclaimed "Code Camp Junkie" and has been an attendee and/or speaker at many community driven conferences including the Dallas Code Camp, Desert Code Camp, Rock-n-Roll Code Camp, Austin Code Camp, Tulsa TechFest, Oklahoma City Code Camp, ALT.NET, and others.
Mark is currently the Principal Consultant for Bizwax Solutions (http://www.Bizwax.com), Senior Software Developer for ThinkCash Loan Services (http://www.ThinkCash.com), Organizer of the Fort Worth Web Design Enthusiast Group (http://webdesign.meetup.com/148), and Assistant Organizer of the Fort Worth .NET User Group (http://www.fwdnug.com). Mark has a wife and two children, and is also much older than he looks. :)
For more info, see http://www.MarkWatson.net |
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 | SEO: Designing Web Sites for Search Engines
Search engine optimization (SEO) techniques are skills that all web designers and web developers need and should take into consideration when building web sites and applications. You must really understand these concepts when working with the marketing department to design and implement the most search friendly and marketable web site. Many of these concepts transfer directly to accessibility and good design as well.
This presentation with be an in-depth "best practices" overview of web site design for search engines. Whether you work with HTML, XHTML, CSS, ASP, PHP, JSP, or any other web based language or content management system, this will surely be a beneficial session for any web designer or developer.
|  Oct 9th |
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 | Bulletproof Web Design
Mark Watson will be giving a presentation and moderating a discussion of topics based on Dan Cederholm's book "Bulletproof Web Design". This presentation will be providing examples and introducing discussion of many topics such as flexible text, scalable navigation, expandable rows, creative floating, indestructible boxes, no images & no css, convertible tables, fluid layouts, and more.
This presentation will cover more of the "nuts and bolts" of web design at an intermediate/advanced level (aka "Level 200/300") rather than at the introductory or conceptual level. Please bring your ideas about bulletproofing your web design to add to the discussion.
|  Oct 10th |
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