Monthly Archives: March 2009
blog to book
Lots of books get inspired by blogs. Why is a book a good thing for you (other than being a life-goal)? Are there methods of publishing outside the major publishers, or how do you work inside that system? What kind of information is book appropriate? The bottom line: Find something to say. Write good stuff. …
universal by design
This ain’t your mom’s accessibility panel. This is how universal design benefits everyone, not just those with disabilities. Universal design is “design that is so thoughtful that it works for everyone from the start instead of needing to be ‘patched’ for the disabled.” The idea is to make a more enabled future for everyone, not …
designers and developers:why can’t we all just get along?
I arrived at this session and it was SRO and full. I got some final ideas (after making it inside with 15 minutes to go): When designers push their vision out to “version 10”, it can cause tension with developers who are usually starting from the other end (i.e., Agile). Developers want to start small …
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developing super senses: tools to know your users
holy crap, it’s andy budd. holy crap, it’s mark trammell. usability testing and user research should be at the beginning, middle, and end of of a project. regularly scheduled user research sessions can start interweaving user research into the entire process. Presenters Mark Trammell (Digg) Juliette Melton (User Experience Mgr, Lumos Labs) Nate Bolt (Bolt|Peters) …
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wireframes for the wicked
There is not just one wireframe for a project. You need a wireframe for each type of documentation user: design team, business people (how does this affect them during day to day), managers (are the ideas good ones?), developers (details so they know how to build). Presenters Nick Finck (Principal / Director of User Experience, …
core conversation:how not to be evil (even by accident)
I apparently am evil enough to need this session. There is an intersection between what is ethical to do and what makes good business sense. Let’s find out! Free speech, civil liberties, and privacy online. There is a mismatch between intellectual property law and terms of online use. Presenters Danny O’Brien – EFF Eva Galperin …
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designing our way through web forms
Forms suck. Creating a style guide for form design is difficult. Presenters Christopher Schmitt – Heat Vision Eric Ellis – Bank of America Kimberly Blessing – Comcast Interactive Media Date Sunday, March 15 Sites web form elements research jquery validation moz monkey
core conversation:should i build my startup on ruby on rails?
What are the most important qualities of a programming language when you are starting from scratch? how easy to get a prototype out? will it scale? or do i need to scale right now? what existing code libraries are out there and do they support my industry? what kind of talent is out there? do …
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CSS3: what’s now, what’s new, and what’s not?
Let the W3C be with you. Woo! Cross-browser compatibility problems should end. Presenters Molly Holzschlag – Opera Software David Baron – Mozilla Hakon Wium Lie – Opera Software Sylvain Galineau – Microsoft Date Sunday, March 15 Sites david baron molly holzschalg Jonathan Snook