Designing RubyMonk

A presentation for @MetaRefresh, by @aakashd and @gonsalves_r. RubyMonk is an interactive platform for learning Ruby. RubyMonk was conceptualized in September 2011 and was up and running three weeks later. This talk will give you a ringside ticket to watch as the site went from concept to wireframe, to design and then finally; to implementation.

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1. RubyMonk From Design to One Million Page Views in Four Weeks @aakashd + @gonsalves_r for @metarefresh 21 April, 2012
2. lone developer
3. Agile
4. Over the Wall Design
5. Disconnect
6. One Month
7. Starting Out
11. Enter the Designer.
12. “We’ve got this idea...”
13. “Clean and minimal UI” “We really like World of Warcraft”
15. “Clean and minimal UI”
16. “Let’s theme it like an MMORPG set in a Buddhist Temple.”
25. Prototyping
26. Protodrawing
39. Collaboration
46. Collaboration
47. Scope Management
48. Change Everyday
50. Creative Commons. http://ko.fotopedia.com/items/rXvjYbZYHZw-hM4bKy0_6AE
51. http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/03/gipsea-is-for-sale/
52. Men in boat in river with find farm in background http://www.public-domain-image.com/full-image/transportation-vehicles-public-domain-images-pictures/ships-boats-public- domain-images-pictures/men-in-boat-in-river-with-wind-farm-in-background.jpg-copyright-friendly-photo.html
53. feedback
54. show to as many people as possible
56. pre-development
59. pre release
64. direct feedback
66. indirect feedback
67. funnel tracking
70. decision making
71. as many people as possible
72. Learnings.
73. Visual Designer
74. Interface Designer
75. Product Designer
76. Product Owner
77. Product Owner = Product Designer
78. “Design is too important to leave it to designers”
80. Start doing HTML/CSS
81. Can’t Generalise
82. One more thing...
84. staging.rubymonk.com