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October 22, 2013
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Building Obama, Part 2

Presentation from CSS Dev Conf 2013

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Transcript

  1. Sunday, October 20, 13

  2. THE INTERNET Sunday, October 20, 13

  3. Sunday, October 20, 13

  4. Sunday, October 20, 13

  5. November 6, 2012 Sunday, October 20, 13

  6. Sunday, October 20, 13

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  8. Sunday, October 20, 13

  9. Sunday, October 20, 13

  10. VETERANS Sunday, October 20, 13

  11. LOWER & MIDDLE CLASS Sunday, October 20, 13

  12. LGBT Sunday, October 20, 13

  13. WOMEN Sunday, October 20, 13

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  15. EQUALITY HOPE Sunday, October 20, 13

  16. Sunday, October 20, 13

  17. Sunday, October 20, 13

  18. Sunday, October 20, 13

  19. OBAMA BUILDING Sunday, October 20, 13

  20. OBAMA BUILDING Sunday, October 20, 13

  21. @ RATHEE MANIK Sunday, October 20, 13

  22. @ RATHEE MANIK  Sunday, October 20, 13

  23. @ RATHEE MANIK   Sunday, October 20, 13

  24. @ RATHEE MANIK    Sunday, October 20, 13

  25. @ RATHEE MANIK     Sunday, October 20,

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  26. @ RATHEE MANIK      Sunday, October

    20, 13

  27. Sunday, October 20, 13

  28. Sunday, October 20, 13

  29. PART 1 Sunday, October 20, 13

  30. bit.ly/buildingobama Sunday, October 20, 13

  31. Sunday, October 20, 13

  32. Sunday, October 20, 13

  33. bit.ly/ofa-articles Sunday, October 20, 13

  34. Sunday, October 20, 13

  35. OBAMA FOR AMERICA HQ Sunday, October 20, 13

  36. OBAMA FOR AMERICA HQ Sunday, October 20, 13

  37. by FRONT-END THE NUMBERS Sunday, October 20, 13

  38. OBAMA FOR AMERICA HQ 900,078 LINES OF CSS & JAVASCRIPT

    by FRONT-END THE NUMBERS Sunday, October 20, 13

  39. OBAMA FOR AMERICA 94,245 WRITTEN BY YOURS TRULY by FRONT-END

    THE NUMBERS Sunday, October 20, 13

  40. HQ Thursdays at 4am OUR LAZIEST TIME OF DAY by

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  42. RESPONSIVE PRESIDENTIAL SITE IN HISTORY First + IE 7 Sunday,

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  43. MOBILE FIRST Sunday, October 20, 13

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  78. DONATE.BARACKOBAMA.COM PERFORMANCE ISSUES: Sunday, October 20, 13

  79. DONATE.BARACKOBAMA.COM PERFORMANCE ISSUES: 5-6s TIME TO PAINT ⏱ Sunday, October

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  80. DONATE.BARACKOBAMA.COM PERFORMANCE ISSUES: 5-6s TIME TO PAINT ⏱ HTML5 INEFFICIENT

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  81. DONATE.BARACKOBAMA.COM PERFORMANCE ISSUES: 5-6s TIME TO PAINT ⏱ HTML5 INEFFICIENT

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  83. JEKYLL AMAZON S3 AKAMAI AMAZON EC2 REST API Sunday, October

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    in a 14% increase in donation conversions “ Sunday, October 20, 13

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  96. Sunday, October 20, 13

  97. #qd-chiclet { } Sunday, October 20, 13

  98. DONATE PAGES Sunday, October 20, 13

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  101. A/B TESTS OPTIMIZATION & Sunday, October 20, 13

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  103. DATA RELIABILITY Sunday, October 20, 13

  104. DATA RELIABILITY BASED ON 2 FACTORS 8,000 user sample size

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  105. DATA RELIABILITY BASED ON 2 FACTORS 95%+ confidence 8,000 user

    sample size Sunday, October 20, 13

  106. A/B TESTS OPTIMIZATION & Sunday, October 20, 13

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  114. .module data-step=“n” Sunday, October 20, 13

  115. position: absolute left: 0 Sunday, October 20, 13

  116. transition: left 0.2s ease-in-out Sunday, October 20, 13

  117. transition: left 0.2s ease-in-out Sunday, October 20, 13

  118. transition: left 0.2s ease-in-out Sunday, October 20, 13

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  125. CSS is the reason I ran for office. - President

    Obama, probably. Sunday, October 20, 13

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  165. @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { } Sunday, October 20,

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  166. @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { } Sunday, October 20,

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  167. Sunday, October 20, 13

  168. INCREASED DONATIONS +5.5% Sunday, October 20, 13

  169. SAVED PAYMENT CONVERSIONS +14.4% Sunday, October 20, 13

  170. REDUCED SERVER ERRORS -70% Sunday, October 20, 13

  171. Turns out you can get more users to the top

    of the mountain if you show them a gradual incline instead of a steep slope. “ - KYLE RUSH Sunday, October 20, 13

  172. Sunday, October 20, 13

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  176. Sunday, October 20, 13

  177. THANK YOU Sunday, October 20, 13

  178. THANK YOU MANIK RATHEE @ .COM Sunday, October 20, 13

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