A Study In Pixels

In this session we explore current statistics related to world poverty, education, and how the increase in internet penetration can make a real difference. As designers and developers, we make the internet — as such, what we make directly impacts the world in which we live. As we learn to design for the other side of the screen we realize that the work we do is just just about pixels, it's about people.

Given at the 2014 Finale of Front-End Design Conference, 2014 Breaking Development Orlando Conference, and 2014 Converge Florida Event.

Transcript

1. A STUDY IN PIXELS Design, the World, and the Other Side of the Screen BD CONF • ORLANDO • @JASONVANLUE
2. JASON VANLUE @jasonvanlue @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
4. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS Design the World and the Other Side of the Screen
5. 7 BILLION @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
6. 7 BILLION @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS 3 BILLION LESS THAN $2.50 / DAY
7. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS $912.50 PER YEAR
8. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2000 United Nations @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
9. WHAT IS POOR? @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → Per Capita Income → Gross Domestic Product
10. 2012 LOW INCOME @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → D.R. Congo ($400) → Somalia ($600) → Ethiopia ($1,200) → Haiti ($1,300) → Uganda ($1,400) SOURCE: Purchasing Power Parity from CIA World Factbook, March 7, 2013
11. 2012 HIGH INCOME @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → Canada ($41,500) → Sweden ($41,700) → Switzerland ($45,300) → USA ($49,800) → Norway ($55,300) SOURCE: Purchasing Power Parity from CIA World Factbook, March 7, 2013
12. DECREASE POVERTY? @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS Produce more goods and services each year.
13. INCREASE GDP @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → Honduras ($36billion / 8million people) → USA ($19trillion / 350million people) SOURCE: Purchasing Power Parity from CIA World Factbook, March 7, 2013
14. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS EDUCATION
15. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS 60% vs 95%
16. WHAT ABOUT EDUCATION? @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → Illiteracy → Lack of Resources → Class Size
17. WAIT, AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE? @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
18. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS 2000 INTERNET USERS IN THE YEAR 30% NORTH AMERICA 29% EUROPE 19% JAPAN / KOREA 13% REST OF ASIA 5% L. AMR 1% MIDDLE EAST 1% AFRICA 2% AUS SOURCE: Internet World Stats — IMF definition of “developed” in 2000
19. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS ALEXA TOP 10 IN 2000 SOURCE: The Emerging Global Web presentation by Stephanie Rieger
20. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS ALEXA TOP 20 IN 2014 SOURCE: The Emerging Global Web presentation by Stephanie Rieger
21. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS 3 BILLION+ SOURCE: https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/abuja/172527337
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27. AFRICA BY THE NUMBERS @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → Mobile Internet Usage Will Quadruple Annually → By 2019, 950million Mobile Subscribers → Africa quickly becoming the “Mobile Continent”
28. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS “It’s hard to overstate how much mobile phones have changed the shape and form of life in Africa. Every stratum, every fiber of the fabric of life here has changed because of mobile phones.” ERIK HERSMAN
29. OKAY SO WHAT? @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
30. WE MAKE THE INTERNET @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
31. EVERYTHING ON THESE SCREENS IS DESIGNED @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
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33. 1/4 of AFRICAN ADULTS @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS have accounts at formal financial institutions SOURCE: The Emerging Global Web presentation by Stephanie Rieger
34. >15% of INDONESIANS @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS have a credit card SOURCE: The Emerging Global Web presentation by Stephanie Rieger
36. SOURCE: The Emerging Global Web presentation by Stephanie Rieger
37. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS “To Westerners, “mobile banking” is a new way of doing something old. To many Africans, it is the obvious way of doing something new. ” THE ECONOMIST SOURCE: The Next Frontier — The Economist, 02/16/2013
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39. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS THAT’S ME
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41. DESIGN SOLVES PROBLEMS @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
42. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS “Africa has plenty of problems. [The internet] can help Africans solve them.” BITANGE NDEMO SOURCE: The Next Frontier — The Economist, 02/16/2013
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45. INTERNET PENETRATION @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → $2.2trillion in additional GDP → 72% increase in GDP growth rate → 140million new jobs SOURCE: Deloitte February, 2014 Report on Connectivity
46. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → Kerala, India — app to track weather patterns and compare wholesale prices increased profits 10%
 → Small Businesses in Mexico, Malaysia, and Vietnam experienced avg 15% gain due to web technologies SOURCE: Deloitte February, 2014 Report on Connectivity
47. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS SOURCE: Deloitte February, 2014 Report on Connectivity
48. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → 3-Fold increase in number of children educated → Cheaper books and learning resources → Creates the positive cycle SOURCE: Deloitte February, 2014 Report on Connectivity
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54. HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO ME? @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → WHAT we make actually matters → HOW we make it matters also
55. AVERAGE WEB PAGE SIZE IS 1.8MB @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
56. OBLIGATION TO RESPONSIBLE DESIGN @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS
57. HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO ME? @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → The reach of the web is global → We must embrace empathy
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59. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS “We prosper when we tap into a power that we all have — the ability to reach outside of ourselves and connect with other people.” DEV PATNAIK
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62. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS WHO ARE YOUR JOE & JOSEPHINE?
63. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS “Decision makers often find themselves working with data that lacks any context. They deal with information in the abstract instead of experiencing it for themselves.” DEV PATNAIK
64. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS EMPATHY IS THE ANTIDOTE TO ABSTRACTION
65. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS EMPATHY IS THE BACKBONE OF GOOD DESIGN
66. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS DESIGN FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN
67. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS “Everyone wants a job that matters. When faced with the impact that they can create, people realize that their rules for what makes a job good…are actually far less important than discovering who the people are that need them to do great work.” DEV PATNAIK
68. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS WHO NEEDS YOU TO DO GREAT WORK?
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70. QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF: @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS → How will designing for the other side of the screen
 impact my work today? → How can I be more responsible in my design? → How can I be a part of this emerging global web? → What problems can I solve?
71. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS MAKE THE CONNECTION
72. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS IT’S NOT ABOUT PIXELS. IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE.
73. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS “You know what we get to do when we leave here? We get to go make things. Things that nudge the world a little bit in what we hope is the right direction. We get to put a dent in the universe. This is a great job.” WILSON MINER
74. @JASONVANLUE A STUDY IN PIXELS WHAT WILL YOUR DENT BE?
75. A STUDY IN PIXELS Design, the World, and the Other Side of the Screen BD CONF • ORLANDO • @JASONVANLUE THANK YOU!