Designers with Biceps - Speaker Deck

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HEY!

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BICEPS

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NOT

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INTERNET?

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1. Complicated – built by an elite group? 2. Merely functional - I can't exercise creativity and design? 3. It's too hard to break in – noisy and overrun?

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DESIGN

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incomplete

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MEDIUM

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CODE

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"A designer who does not write markup and css is not designing for the web, but drawing pictures." Andy Rutledge

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LIBERATION

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` "Happiest when exploring the intersection between design and development, I can now take a website from visual concept right through to production-ready code. I can move between graphics application and browser at will, making changes late into production. e whole process feels like a two-way conversation between designer and developer, uid and eeting, yet set entirely within my own mind." -Paul Robert Lloyd, on the Pastry Box

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CREATIVITY

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POSSIBILITY

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FEAR

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“Challenge yourself. Humble yourself. Get over yourself. Whatever you do, make sure it's well outside your comfort zone. You'll learn and grow and become better, stronger, and a lot more self-assured...” -Jeﬀ Haden, "Your Most Important Investment" on Inc Magazine

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Ryann

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DON’T

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HYBRID

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“Being a great designer and a great developer is not an impossibility. With enough time and eﬀort, you can become a designer or developer or both, no forehead horn required.” Diogenes Brito, On Being A Designer And A Developer: Not Quite Unicorn Rare

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how

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SMALL

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SHOULDERS

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UGLY

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THINK

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FRIENDS

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neil.re/peoples

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WHAT

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“e horizontal stroke of the 'T' is the disposition for collaboration across disciplines.” Tim Brown, Ideo

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“e vertical stroke of the 'T' is a depth of skill that allows them to contribute to the creative process.” Tim Brown, Ideo

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* A good text editor (Sublime Text) * UI Design * HTML (HTML 5) * CSS (CSS3) * JavaScript and jQuery

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* A Book Apart books * CodeSchool.com * Codecademy.com

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SOMETHING

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http://konigi.com/notebook/wisdom-dog

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REAL

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neil.re/side-projects

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GO!

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"Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you're doing even if you don't and do it." e Done Manifesto

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@NEILRENICKER neil.re/biceps