beyond tellerrand

08/10/2025

Mark your calendars! Berlin 2025 is coming up soon and the full schedule is online now.
Take a peek, get excited, and grab your ticket before they’re gone!

beyond tellerrand 2025 in Berlin. Join us on 06 - 07 Nov 2025 for talks about web, design, technology, typography and much more. In the renowned friendly atmosphere.

29/09/2025

I’m really looking forward to the session of Lucy Blakiston at hashtag in Berlin. If you know her work with "S**t You Should Care About" or her book "Make It Make Sense", you already know she has a unique way of making sense of the internet without ever making it boring.

This isn’t going to be a “death by slides” presentation. Instead, Lucy will sit down with her friend Sacha Judd for a real conversation about life online in 2025. They’ll cover what it means to live so much of our lives on the internet, why communities matter more than clout, how fandom can spark entire careers, and what AI is doing to the future of digital media.

It promises to be one of those talks where you leave not only entertained, but also with a new perspective on the world you scroll through every day.

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Lucy Blakiston is an author and creator of Sh*t You Should Care About aka SYSCA, a global multimedia phenomenon that cuts through the jargon and clickbait to make news accessible and entertaining, for all. With a unique pull on Gen Z, SYSCA has a highly engaged audience including 3.4m on Instagram,....

24/09/2025

While moving servers, here is the next talk for Berlin: CSS has come a long way, but many developers still wrestle with legacy codebases. In her talk, Ana Rodrigues shares practical strategies for modernising CSS: from deciding when (and how) to refactor, to working with stakeholders, prioritising changes, and finding quick wins. Drawing on real-world experience, she’ll show how to balance today’s challenges with tomorrow’s possibilities.

Ana works as a front-end developer at tech-for-good agency Hactar. She started coding as a teenager building fan sites, and has been working as a front-end developer for the last 12 years. Nowadays, Ana spends most of her free time experimenting on her personal blog and is particularly interested in...

18/09/2025

So wonderful to welcome Jo Franchetti to in Berlin. Jo is one of those people who makes tech feel both understandable and fun. She’s a developer advocate, educator, and community builder with a knack for explaining complex topics in a way that feels approachable and exciting. Hello Jo!

Jo is a DevRel Engineer at Deno. She is passionate about improving developer experience, teaching good use of JS and TS and building sparkly, wearable, internet connected tech. She mentors junior developers, advocates for mental health awareness and is devoted to improving the diversity and inclusiv...

18/09/2025

Get ready for something special at Berlin. Adam Argyle is blending his love for music and CSS into a live, in-browser audio-visual performance. Join us to see when CSS keyframes come alive, driven by a K.O. II on stage. Build with him, jam with him, and feel the beats as code and sound collide in real time.

Adam is a bright, passionate, punk engineer with an adoration for the web. He prefers using his skills for best in class UI/UX and empowering those around him. He’s worked at small app agencies, medium design agencies, startups, and consulting companies. At those companies his roles spanned produc...

17/09/2025

In "Art in Dusty Places", Jared Ficklin takes us to Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis that rises from the dust of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each year.

In this harsh and surreal environment, where dust coats everything and nature offers no distractions, art and human creativity become the defining forces. It’s a place where survival meets self-expression, and where culture emerges as uniquely human, fleeting, and unforgettable.

More details about Jared's hashtag hashtag in Berlin here: https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/berlin-2025/speakers/jared-ficklin

Jared is a designer, futurist & artist. He was a founding partner at argodesign and is one of four frog design fellows. He has been working at the intersection of humans and technology for over two decades with a focus on innovative technologies or unconventional interfaces such as voice, gesture or...

16/09/2025

Being tired doesn’t mean you can’t be excited for what’s next!

That is what Cabeza Patata show you in their titled “Exhausted … but still excited!” at Berlin. They say:

“We’re tired. New-parent tired, AI-tired, social-media-tired, but still endlessly excited about what we’re creating. From late-night wake-ups to early-morning client calls, it often feels like we’re running on pure adrenaline. Yet in the middle of the chaos, we keep finding inspiration and realising that our way of seeing and enjoying the world has shifted.”

In this Katie Menzies and Abel Reverter, who are the lovely people behind Cabeza Patata, explore the intersection of life and creative work, and how embracing the chaos has helped them adapt, rediscover joy, and stay excited about their projects.

Join us and get excited as well on November 6. and 7. in Berlin. Tickets and details about their talk: https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/berlin-2025/speakers/cabeza-patata

Cabeza Patata is a multidisciplinary studio specialising in character design. Created by Katie Menzies and Abel Reverter in 2018, their world of playful characters, full of energy and positivity, pop everywhere in campaigns for clients like Google, LEGO, Spotify, The New Yorker, and The Washington P...

16/09/2025

Remember when the internet felt weird, fun, and full of creativity?

At beyond tellerrand Berlin, Sacha Judd will take us on a journey back to the roots of fandom and DIY culture exploring how we can reclaim the web from algorithms and corporate walled gardens. Her message is simple but powerful: the internet can still be ours if we roll up our sleeves and build the spaces we want to be part of.

I can’t wait to hear her talk and be reminded of the “good internet”. One built on community, curiosity, and creativity.

Join us in Berlin in November: https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/berlin-2025/speakers/sacha-judd

Sacha Judd is a writer based in Aotearoa New Zealand. She’s spent the last decade advising and investing in technology startups, and speaking about the intersection of the tech sector and fan communities at conferences like Velocity, Webstock, and Beyond Tellerrand. She has written on these topics...

15/09/2025

As promised, I start to release all talks for Berlin from this week on. Let's start with Andy Bell and his talk “Get the Core Right and the Resilient Code Will Follow”. Full description on our website:

Andy is a designer, front-end developer and the founder of Set Studio and Piccalilli. His focus is on making stunning websites that work for everyone, regardless of their device or connection speed and educating his peers in the industry to help them get the most from their careers.

15/09/2025

Heute war Christine Vallaure bei mir zu Gast. Wir haben rund eine Stunde ein sehr schönes Gespräch zu den Themen One-Person-Band, Solopreneurship und den Dingen, die einem dabei helfen ein Geschäft aufzubauen wenn man alleine oder mit einem kleinen Team ist.

09/09/2025

Ever heard of Cabeza Patata? No? About time you meet Katie and Abel, the two people behind Cabeza Patata. Next chance to do so: Berlin. Don't miss this.

Katie Menzies and Abel Reverter, the duo behind Cabeza Patata, return to beyond tellerrand to share their new talk, “Exhausted … but still excited!”. Learn how embracing chaos can bring renewed energy and joy.

08/09/2025

I sat down with my friend .bsky.social and recorded another BTS episode. Thanks to Keir for helping me with beyond tellerrand for such a long time now.

In this episode of “Behind the Scenes” Marc spoke to Keir Whitaker who is a great supporter of beyond tellerrand. They chat weekly and Keir is one of those people who helps with advice and action. ;)