Web DIY: An Intro to Visual Web Design, Social Media and eCommerce with Dan Leuck and Gus Higuera

Various web services from Ning.com to Shopify.com allow you to create the site of your dreams without deep technical knowledge of the web. In this 3 hour lecture you learn how to create and start your own community site, business website and e-commerce shopping site using various free and low cost web services. Designed for people with little or no programming experience, this course helps you bring your ideas to the web.

Gus Higuera is a web developer and designer who has been working in the creative industry for over ten years. He specializes in interactive design and Flash/Flex development. Gus has worked with an array of demanding clients including Warner Bros, Fox, NBC/Universal, EA Games, Activision, Nautica, MGM, General Motors, XPrize and Idealab. He was the lead developer for the Webby Award winning Simpson's Movie site. Gus is also a comic book creator and author who most recently won DC Comics' Zuda invitational with his comic Re-Evolution.

Dan Leuck, CEO of Ikayzo, was senior vice president of research and development for Tokyo-based ValueCommerce, Asia's largest online marketing company; global head of development for London-based LastMinute.com, Europe's largest B2C website; and president of the US division of DML. Dan has extensive experience managing teams of 200+ developers in five countries. He has served on numerous advisory boards and panels for companies such as Macromedia and Sun Microsystems. Dan is active in the Java community, is a contributor to BeanShell, the project lead for SDL, and sits on the expert groups standardizing Java 6, Scientific Units in Java, Java Modules, and the Swing Application Framework.


Fee: $60
Register for: L10887
To register call 956-8400