Designers Make it Go to Eleven

Slides from my talk at DjangoCon US 2011. Video and other coverage on lanyrd at http://lanyrd.com/2011/djangocon-us/sggmr/#link-fgxf

Transcript

1. @idangazit DjangoCon US 2011 Idan Gazit make it go to eleven 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ˒
3. DJANGO APPLE.COM EVERYBLOCK RDIO wilson made: omgwt bq, amirite?
5. BDesigner FL
6. table of contents
7. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/5K9ORX
8. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/7ZE3R9
9. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/MWSWJ
10. design
11. compromise is the soul of design
12. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/7RHSFX PHYSIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY
13. COLORBREWER2.ORG
14. 7186014416 vs. 718-601-4416 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunking_(psychology)
15. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/89UTSR MEDIUM
16. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/5G1ZHW
17. ILLUSTRATIONS PROVIDED BY GESTUREWORKS (WWW.GESTUREWORKS.COM) 1 2 3 4 q w r z e ^ S a s i o
18. who what when/where why AUDIENCE
19. constraints inform choices
20. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/NCNZV UX IxD UI IA VIZ
21. delight & obviousness 1-100 29-53 unbounded ˒ ˒ ˒ ˒ ˒ UX
22. input/output mediating I/O paving cowpaths IxD
23. HTTP://WWW.LUKEW.COM/FF/ENTRY.ASP?504 Top Right Left
24. HTTP://WWW.LUKEW.COM/FF/ENTRY.ASP?504 Top Right Left 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 5 2 4 6
25. expose functionality cues & clues affordance discoverability conventions interactability UI
26. info hierarchy sort criteria findability IA
27. visual hierarchy establishing connections mood & narrative beauty = performance VIZ
29. UX IxD UI IA VIZ
30. HTTP://WWW.KICKERSTUDIO.COM/BLOG/IMAGES/UX.JPG
31. CODE DESIGN “the fence”
32. ok, so what?
34. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/KZPSX
35. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/4PWUVG PRETTY MAKE IT
36. why? because we can.
37. lack of business constraints
38. “patches accepted.”
39. is this… code design good?
40. uphill battle
41. django relatively awesome.
42. “non-code” docs tests
43. BDesigner FL MOAR!
44. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/93CO6Q CHEFS PER KITCHEN FEW
45. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/7M2TL6 MATCHMAKING
46. TIME ABILITY PASSION THRESHOLD SUCK THRESHOLD bit.ly/suck-threshold 1 2
47. TIME ABILITY PASSION THRESHOLD SUCK THRESHOLD bit.ly/suck-threshold 1 2
48. TIME ABILITY PASSION THRESHOLD SUCK THRESHOLD bit.ly/suck-threshold 1 2
49. pain points python on windows local setup project templates deployment
50. ux.djangoproject.com (doesn’t exist yet)
51. trac doesn’t work for designers (yet?)
52. HTTP://FLIC.KR/P/S1CNA EDUCATION
53. style guide we already have code guidelines
54. Pioneering we can be a shining example
55. devops devigner? deseloper?
56. come talk to me.
57. THANK YOU! @idangazit