Speaker Spotlight: Nathaniel Bagnell

Nathaniel Bagnell is an Interactive Developer at Digiflare, an interactive agency based in Toronto, Ontario. He brings to the table technical skills in (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the JQuery Framework, along with business sense and new ideas, all in one mix with industry-proven experience. Before joining Digiflare, Nathaniel was hired right out of high school by a Microsoft gold certified partner public company, as a developer for their web solutions team. After having worked for a little over two years, he started his post-secondary bachelor of commerce degree; majoring in Information Technology Management with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

 I originally started in this industry as a designer, and transitioned into the development side of things. That said, I always have a designer at heart, so I take a particular interest in CSS. With that, I felt that CSS3 would be a great topic to talk about since it brings forth a lot of cool things to the table!

Knowledge is important, and being able to share knowledge is what really keeps this community alive and flourishing. We discover new techniques all the time, have it be from reading a book or a blog post, doing something beyond our comfort zone, or seeing something to later go on and investigate how it all comes together. Make Web Not War is a great place to have this knowledge exchanged with one another, being exposed to realms of the industry we may not have come across before; that’s what I hope this event will achieve. Just looking at the schedule I see business discussions, mobile discussions, social media discussions, app demonstrations, cloud computing talks, data talks, configuration and administration sessions, search engine optimization discussions and more! – that’s a whole lot of information for us to process and generate knowledge, all in one nice, convenient, event package!

I follow the saying of everything in moderation… but I’m going to be throwing that out the window because I am looking forward to it all! I’m excited for all the sessions and speakers, CodeFest, and the FTW coding competition! To top it all off, we can’t forget the Truce After Party! Aside from the event, I’m excited to be going to Montréal as well, as it’s been a while since my last visit.