We’re having a meetup! Join us for Smashing Meets — two free online meetups with speakers, activities, and plenty of chances to make new friends. Just like a real meetup, though you’ll need to bring your own pizza.

What Will Happen At Smashing Meets?

• 3×30-mins interactive talks from experts, followed by a short Q&A.
• Interactive activities in breakout rooms, with friendly communities around the world and collaborative design and coding challenges.
• A fun quiz show where you can win some smashing prizes!

Two Days, Different Timezones

To help make this a truly global meetup, we have two meets to sign up for:

• May 18 at 1:00 PM PDT (what’s that in my timezone?)
• May 19 at 2:00 PM CEST (what’s that in my timezone?)

We hope one of those will work for you, or come along to both! We will be happy to see you. More details on the speakers for each event below.

Smashing Meets: Day 1 (Monday, May 18th)

• Building With JAMstack: Keeping UIs And APIs Aligned by Phil Hawksworth
  In his talk, Phil will shed light on some of the techniques you can use when working with serverless functions, proxies and Jamstack tools to help you build projects with confidence.
• Accessible Typography by Mark Boulton
  Mark will be sharing his personal advice on how to use that particular typeface you want to use in the most accessible way. A practical talk that covers a bit of type design as well as the details of typesetting.
• Creativity In Cross-Cultural Innovation by Yiying Lu
  Yiying will tell us how we can create more business and cultural value by integrating creativity in our product, messaging, and delivery. By the end of this talk, you’ll be sure to have learned how to start creating design that bridges the gap between Art and Tech, Business and Culture, East and West.

Smashing Meets: Day 2 (Tuesday, May 19th)

• Fun With Browser And Sensor APIs by Mandy Michael
  Whether it’s a practical implementation of the Light Sensor API or abducting a cat with a combination of sensors, Mandy will be looking — some simple code demos by exploring possibilities, tools and resources that are needed to create engaging and creative effects, visualizations and experiences.
• Hello, Subgrid by Rachel Andrew
  In this talk, Rachel will introduce Subgrid alongside use cases, example code, and some thoughts on where we might see Grid heading in the future.
• Accessible Typography by Mark Boulton
  Mark will be sharing his personal advice on how to use that particular typeface you want to use in the most accessible way. A practical talk that covers a bit of type design as well as the details of typesetting.

There are only a few days left to register, so sign up for the Meet (or Meets) of your choice here. It’s free, and we look forward to seeing you there.