designers make it go to eleven!

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EVERYBLOCK

RDIO

wilson made:

omgwt!bq, amirite?

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table of contents

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design

compromise is the soul of design

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PHYSIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY

COLORBREWER2.ORG

7186014416vs.

718-601-4416http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunking_(psychology)

HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/89UTSR

MEDIUM

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ILLUSTRATIONS PROVIDED BY GESTUREWORKS (WWW.GESTUREWORKS.COM)

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whowhatwhen/wherewhyAUDIENCE

constraints informchoices

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UXIxDUIIAVIZ

delight & obviousness1-10029-53unbounded★ ★ ★ ★ ★UX

input/outputmediating I/Opaving cowpathsIxD

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expose functionalitycues & cluesaffordancediscoverabilityconventionsinteractabilityUI

info hierarchysort criteriafindabilityIA

visual hierarchyestablishing connectionsmood & narrativebeauty = performanceVIZ

UXIxDUIIAVIZ

HTTP://WWW.KICKERSTUDIO.COM/BLOG/IMAGES/UX.JPG

CODE DESIGN“the fence”

ok, so what?

HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/KZPSX

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PRETTYMAKE IT

why? because we can.

lack ofbusiness constraints

“patches accepted.”

is this…code design

good?

uphill battle

djangorelatively awesome.

“non-code”docstests

BDesigner FLMOAR!

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CHEFSPER

KITCHEN

FEW

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MATCHMAKING

TIME

ABILITY

PASSION THRESHOLD

SUCK THRESHOLDbit.ly/suck-threshold

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TIME

ABILITY

PASSION THRESHOLD

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TIME

ABILITY

PASSION THRESHOLD

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pain pointspython on windowslocal setupproject templatesdeployment

ux.djangoproject.com(doesn’t exist yet)

tracdoesn’t work for designers (yet?)

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EDUCATION

style guidewe already have code guidelines

Pioneeringwe can be a shining example

devopsdevigner?deseloper?

come talk to me.

THANK YOU!@idangazit