MinneWebCon : Minnesota's Web Conference

MinneWebCon Expands to Two Days: MinneWebWorkshop

A desire for more "hands on" time with some of the strategies, tools, and code from MinneWebCon presentations has fostered the creation of MinneWebWorkshop, a second day of MinneWebCon. This slate of half-day workshops (AM and PM) will be aimed at digging deeper into some of the topics covered in presentations at MinneWebCon each year.

2012 Keynote Speakers

John Moe

Portrait: John Moe. John Moe is the host of Marketplace Tech Report (formerly Future Tense) for American Public Media, and handles web content for the program. Every day, he provides an insightful overview of the latest tech news using his witty and approachable style of reporting.

As the host of Wits, a stage and radio series of interviews and music, Moe has helped expand the concept audience participation at live events through social media. Paste Magazine ranked him at #7 in its "Best 25 Twitter Users of 2010" list, which is below Kanye West, but above Steve Martin. Moe tweets at @johnmoe.

Moe holds a bachelor's degree in Dramatic Arts from Whitman College, but because he gained such a broad education at the small liberal arts college, he considers himself a degree-holder in the school of "Being Curious." He has a long history in radio, formerly hosting Weekend America as well as hosting and producing programs at KUOW, the National Public Radio affiliate in Seattle. Moe has humor pieces for McSweeney's and the New York Times Magazine, been a senior editor at Amazon.com, worked on projects for Microsoft, and written scripts for video games.

Whitney Hess

Portrait: Whitney Hess. Whitney Hess is an independent user experience design consultant based in New York City, and a strategic partner at Happy Cog. She helps make products easy and pleasurable to use, consulting with startups, major corporations, and everyone in between. She writes about user experience and technology on her blog, Pleasure and Pain.

Freelancing since 2008, Hess has also been a part of the design team at Liquidnet, an international financial software company that runs the leading electronic marketplace for wholesale stock-trading. She has an educational background that began in computer science, and resulted in a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, both from Carnegie Mellon University.

Hess is a prolific speaker, taking part in An Event Apart, Interlink, South by Southwest, UX Israel Live, UX London, IA Summit, World Usability Day, and many more. She will be bringing a new talk and presentation to St. Paul in April, and MinneWebCon attendees will be some of the first to hear it!