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Tuesday 17th May 2011
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Designing for Humans
by Mike Kus
With every website we design we have the opportunity to communicate important information to our users before they’ve read a single word. In this talk Mike will explain the importance of creating meaningful design and how to apply this to the web.
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The New Language of Web Design
by Dan Rubin
Our industry has aged into double digits, but much of the language we use to describe what we do and how things work is borrowed or repurposed, sometimes without issue, but often leading to confusion. Having a distinct set of terminology is an important sign of maturity for a line of work, those words and phrases to lead the next generation of practitioners — and it’s high time we set about creating it.
Wednesday 18th May 2011
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Recent developments in web technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 have allowed us to build a richer web, full of advanced visual treatments like web fonts, animations, transformations, and drop-shadows. But have we got carried away with our new toys? Just because we can use a drop-shadow doesn’t mean we have to. In this new and often controversial talk, Elliot looks at solid design principles that will turn a good website into a great website, examines the scenarios where it’s better to stay away from unnecessary visual effects, and attempts to find the sweet spot in between the two extremes. “With great power comes great responsibility, ” said Uncle Ben, and Spidey hadn’t even used border-radius!