Webstock is only possible because of the support of a number of super awesome people. We owe these people a debt of gratitude.
The Webstock very Special Agents
To Mike Forbes, Aleah; Ludwig; Amanda; Tash 2.0; Michelle; Jess; Luba; Keith; Jenine and Jojo. Thank you for your attention to detail, your initiative and dedication. We love you long time.
Our wonderful Speakers
To Marco Arment, Doug Bowman, Josh Clark, Tom Coates, Jason Cohen, Frank Chimero, John Gruber, Kristina Halvorson, Michael Koziarski, Michael Lopp, Merlin Mann, David McCandless, Scott McCloud, Amanda Palmer, Christine Perfetti, Mark Pilgrim, David Recordon, Jason Santa Maria, Glenda Sims, Steve Souders, Peter Sunde, Nicole Sullivan and Jason Webley.
Thank you for your travelling so far, for sharing so much, for inspiring us to do and think of things in new ways. It’s an honour to have had you at Webstock.
And a special shout-out to Mathew Patterson — we would have loved to have had you at Webstock, but hey, you’ve now got a new baby — and to danah boyd.
Our glorious Sponsors
To Philip, Craig, Charlotte and the rest of the Xero crew; Carl and Bron and the Springloaders; Kat, Leslie and Chris at Google; Darryl, Matthew and the team at BNZ, and Matt at Idealog.
Without your support Webstock ’11 wouldn’t have happened. Simple as that. Thank you.
Thanks also to James Gilberd; Matt Dillon; Peter McLennan; Julie Starr; Eric Sussman; Belinda Too; Kai, Minty and Diane of the #webstockgame; the kids behind #webstockbingo and #rockstars2011. Thanks too to our other hard working, wonderful suppliers.
And as always, a very, very special thank you to Ange.
Last but certainly not least, to each and every one of you who attended Webstock this year, thank you. Thank you for your support, your enthusiasm and for making Webstock what it is. YOU ARE AWESOME! Fact.
Some good people have taken the time to write stuff about Webstock ’11. How nice!
In the interests of sharing knowledge and love, below is everything we’ve seen so far. If you or someone you know has written something and it’s not here, please let us know and we’ll rectify that in a speedy manner.
Webstockers, we are sad. This morning we received news that danah boyd will now be unable to come to Webstock ’11 (you can read about it here). We know you’ll be disappointed. We’re so sorry.
Let’s all send danah healing vibes to assist her in the speediest recovery ever. And stay tuned for more from us as to her replacement….
Let’s start with the bad. It’s with sadness we announce that the lovely Mathew Patterson of Campaign Monitor will now be unable to speak at Webstock 2011. Sorry Webstockers. 🙁
It is however with much gladness we announce the addition of the mighty David Recordon of Facebook to our lineup. David spoke at Webstock ’09 and will return to talk about Facebook’s use of HTML5. Suffice to say, we:
We’re honoured to have had Denis speak at our Webstock Mini in September, where he gave the audience a sneak peak of this highly acclaimed TED talk entitled A Darwinian theory of beauty, which centered on how evolutionary theory can be applied to our appreciation of art. This remarkable, thought-provoking talk can be viewed below, or at the TED site:
Denis left a real impression on us here at Webstockville – he was a warm, lovely man – a true gentlemen, and an absolute pleasure to deal with. We feel very privileged to have met him, and a sense of great loss at his passing.
