Hello, World!

I'm Mariona N. Jones, head of partnerships at Smashing Magazine & Confs! I love web design & front-end development since 2003. I've also produced & curated a few education & technology events in the last 20 yrs. This is an autobiographical exercise, repository & journal.

Life

I've been 20+ years designing and developing websites, platforms and producing education events. Super fortunate to celebrate next year my 10th anniversary on board the Smashing Magazine & Conferences were I take care of our dear partners online & offline.

I love design, cats & dogs, books, nature, science, the Web, robotics, cephalopods, fungi, tech, open source software & hardware, biology & oxytocin + dopamine.

Photography by Edgar Aguilar.

Work

Partnerships

Websites

Events

School

COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY

2003-2007 B.F.A. Visual Communication Design & Art History (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale). Grade: Cum Laude.
2007-2010 M.Sc. Professional Media & Media Management Studies (S.I.U., Carbondale, Illinois).
2018-2019 Postgraduate Educational Evaluation & Research (ISEC Lisboa - Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal).

DIPLOMAS

2015-2015 Fab Academy Diploma Digital Fabrication & Electronics Fab Lab Network / CBA-MIT
2000-2003 Community College Diploma John A. Logan College Grade: Honors.