Ian Forrester heads up the BBC’s Backstage, a developer/designer network like no other. He is well known for geek social events across the capital including London Geekdinners, BarCampLondon, BBC Backstage London Christmas Bash and recently the BarCampLondon2.
Previously, he worked for the BBC World Service as a New Media Software Engineer. His background is in design and information architecture, which stems from lecturing at Ravensbourne College and working for a design agency during the dot-com era.
Somehow, Ian finds time to blog at cubicgarden.com and think about the next generation of the web at his new blog called flow*