Members
We like to encourage people from many different disciplines of design or programming to come along to Bits and Pixels. You don't need to sign up to come along, just show up, and don't expect anything too serious, we're just doing it for fun.
Some of the regulars
Leevi Graham
I am the Technical Director at Newism a Newcastle web design and development company.
I spent 2006-2007 living and travelling through Europe. While in Birmingham I semi regularly attended Multipack - West Midlands Web Meetup which I enjoyed greatly. When I arrived back in Australia I decided to try and get something similar up and running. Bits & Pixels (otherwise known as “Beer & Schnitzels") was born.
I graduated fom Newcastle University in 2005 with a B. Visual Communication (Graphic Design). After working at a local web development company for a couple of years I packed up my things and travelled through Europe with my girlfriend for 12 months.
My current professional related interests include improving ExpressionEngine through custom plugins and extensions and improving general business processes.
Wayde Christie
Wayde, or “Wayde” as his friend likes to call him, is the creative genius at Newism.
According to his six year old daughter, his life consists of work and watching TV. He became a modern day hero to his two children recently after successfully gathering 120 stars in Super Mario Galaxy. Oh my!
He cut his interweb teeth at Webqem in Sydney (back when table-based layouts were hot), then due to his total contempt for authority decided to go it alone and live the rockstar life as a freelancer.
He recruited young Leevi in 2007 and started Newism.
He is a fan of the rock music, and was once a face-melting guitarist in a few local Newcastle bands.
He now spends his days designing and building websites and creating silly Flash doo-dads.
Anthony Short
I’m currently attending Newcastle University studying Visual Communication, and hope to make my way into the field of web design. I’ve been freelancing for about 6 months, and have been designing for the web for about a year. I dabble in HTML, CSS, Flash, Javascript and some PHP, and build all of my sites with ExpressionEngine.
Penny Redhead
After working with a local web development company for many years I decided to launch solo.
Web Sharp Designs (Newcastle), has been going for around 5 years now, with a strong focus on small to medium business websites. Most of the websites I develop are managed via a custom CMS (built by me in classic ASP).
I love web design! I enjoy the balance of creativity and being nerdy with CSS/HTML coding… and I get a buzz out of active programming and database development (when everything works)!
Amanda Cole
http://ajc1986.deviantart.com/
Currently in 3rd year at the University of Newcastle studying B Visual Communications, graduating this November. I prefer to work with identity design, layouts of anything, and also dabble in photography. Currently work in a variety of places freelancing along the way…
Jess Irwin
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Chris Buttery
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