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Andy McMillan | |
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Occupation(s) | Designer, event organizer |
Known for | XOXO |
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Andy McMillan is a co-founder of XOXO festival. [1]
McMillan attended university at Queen's University Belfast for Music Technology, hoping to make his way into a career in radio production. [2]
McMillan launched Build in 2009, a web design conference held annually in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 2009 to 2013. Starting as a single day of talks, it grew into a week-long festival, including music, film screenings, workshops, evening lectures, and a beer festival. [3]
The first Build was held in 2009 at Waterfront Hall, with positive coverage from the BBC [4] and Wired. [5] The Belfast Telegraph said it was a "must-attend" that "provides nourishment for the design geek's soul." [6]
In 2012, McMillan and co-organizer Andy Baio launched XOXO Festival, a four-day conference and festival about independently produced art and technology held in Portland, Oregon. [7] The project raised $175,000 via Kickstarter, selling all 400 tickets in 50 hours. [8] [9]
In May 2012, PayPal froze two of McMillan's accounts, withholding over $64,000 of funds collected from Build's ticket sales as collateral against pre-orders of The Manual. [10] The resulting social media backlash led to a public response and personal apology to McMillan from former PayPal president David A. Marcus, who released the funds and asked McMillan to work with him personally on improving the service. [11]
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Andy McMillan | |
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Occupation(s) | Designer, event organizer |
Known for | XOXO |
Website |
andymcmillan |
Andy McMillan is a co-founder of XOXO festival. [1]
McMillan attended university at Queen's University Belfast for Music Technology, hoping to make his way into a career in radio production. [2]
McMillan launched Build in 2009, a web design conference held annually in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 2009 to 2013. Starting as a single day of talks, it grew into a week-long festival, including music, film screenings, workshops, evening lectures, and a beer festival. [3]
The first Build was held in 2009 at Waterfront Hall, with positive coverage from the BBC [4] and Wired. [5] The Belfast Telegraph said it was a "must-attend" that "provides nourishment for the design geek's soul." [6]
In 2012, McMillan and co-organizer Andy Baio launched XOXO Festival, a four-day conference and festival about independently produced art and technology held in Portland, Oregon. [7] The project raised $175,000 via Kickstarter, selling all 400 tickets in 50 hours. [8] [9]
In May 2012, PayPal froze two of McMillan's accounts, withholding over $64,000 of funds collected from Build's ticket sales as collateral against pre-orders of The Manual. [10] The resulting social media backlash led to a public response and personal apology to McMillan from former PayPal president David A. Marcus, who released the funds and asked McMillan to work with him personally on improving the service. [11]