Andrew Fisher
Chief Technology Officer JBA
- Melbourne Area, Australia Victoria
Maker and breaker of smart things, using the web, mobile, ubicomp and data to create the future.
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Social
Biography
When he can be persuaded away from something likely to electrocute him, Andrew does some real work too and has been involved with organisations globally since the dawn of the web creating digital solutions for brands including Nintendo, peoplesound, Sony, Cotton On, the Melbourne Cup and Optus.
Andrew is the CTO for JBA, a data agency in Melbourne, Australia where he uses web technology and data science to create meaning from large, changing data sets for clients. He also created Rocket Melbourne, a startup technology lab exploring the emergence of human interaction with the Web of Things.
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Areas of Expertise
Education
University of Sydney
BSc
Psychology / Computer Science
1996
Event Appearances
How the web is going physical
Web Directions South Sydney
2011-10-20
Web Facilitated Play in the Real World
Sketching in Hardware Portland, Oregon, USA
2012-07-19
Getting Touchy Feely with the Web
Web Directions Code Melbourne, Australia
2012-05-22
Arduino and the Real Time Web
Linuc Conference, Australia Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
2012-01-15
Datatium - radiation free responsive experiences
Web Directions South Sydney
2012-10-24
Sample Talks
How the web is going physical
By 2020 there will be 24 billion Internet connected things on the planet, most of which won't have a screen. Web designers and developers are uniquely placed to play in the physical computing world.
With skills in information design and working with numerous technologies at the same time, the skills of the web practitioner are directly transferable to the Web of Things and are leading much of the exploratory work occurring around the world right now.
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- Keynote
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- Workshop Leader
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