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A Dao of Flexibility – Ethan Marcotte — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
What I sense is a real tension between the web as we know it, and the web as it would be. It’s the tension between an existing medium, the printed page, and its child, the web. And it’s time to really understand … Continue reading
Hardboiled Web Design – Andy Clarke — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
What the hell is hard boiled? As Andy sips a Manhattan. This is what CSS3 was made for, http://www.anthonycalzadilla.com/css3-ATAT/index.html. We use standards to tell us what we can’t do, not what we can do. Progressive Enhancement Builds for least capable devices … Continue reading
Message and Medium: Better Content by Design – Kristina Halvorson — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
We all love our teeth, we want bright, white, shiny teeth. 5-second test on http://www.strobeldentistry.com. When creating a Web site, we often we want to start with what we do. The dentist sites are not thinking about how we feel. What we … Continue reading
Paranormal Interactivity – Jeremy Keith — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
Iconography is internationalized, but open to misinterpretation. Language & speech is more accurate, barriers still exist. A floppy disk is still the save icon in most applications. Iconography allows you to have a wider reach. Push button, receive bacon. Endearing … Continue reading
Everything Old Is New Again – Eric Meyer — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
I will not be talking about fonts. Jeff Veen is here and is the guy to talk to about fonts. I still think New Century Schoolbook is all that and actually still use Arial. “These are what I refer to … Continue reading
Microsoft: Help Us Kill IE6 – Pete LePage -– An Event Apart Seattle 2010
We need your help getting rid of Internet Explorer 6. IE6 gets you from point A to point B, but doesn’t have a lot of extra bells, whistles or safety features. In 2001 it was competing with Netscape 4. Five … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Design Decision – Jared Spool — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
Gray’s Anatomy, it has never been out of print. A look at details, a study of the structure or internal workings of something. The decisions we make have a profound impact on user experience. Jared arngren.net vs etsy.com. Havenworks.com vs … Continue reading
Learning To Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design – Aarron Walter — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
A hunch We’ve changed. 2004, Facebook. 2007, Twitter. These things monopolize a lot of our lives. We’ve shifted from private persona to a very public persona. We have a more honest dialog with each other. Needs Maslow. Humans need this … Continue reading
Mobile First! – Luke Wroblewski — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
Web products should be designed for mobile first (even if no mobile version is planned). Over time, designing for the desktop web first will become a backwards way of doing things. Why design for mobile first? Growth = Opportunity Constraints … Continue reading
The CSS3 Experience – Dan Cederholm — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
Things we left on the moon. Silicon disk. “From Planet Earth – July 1969.” The Golden Record with sound, images from the earth. http://css3exp.com/moon/ Creating the User Experience With The Best Technology Possible Do web sites need to be experienced … Continue reading