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Designing with GitHub
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Hi, I’m Steve @orderedlist
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How our Designers Work
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Who are we? 28 designers, many disciplines
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HTML/CSS Front-end designers, developers
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Native Applications Desktop, iOS, Android
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Illustration Octocats, animations, branding
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Print Material Marketing, business ops
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Video Marketing, education, events
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Research User studies, product research
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Our Tool Belt What we use to do what we do
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Words Yes, words
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In order to communicate visually to your users, you must be able to communicate verbally to your team.
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Photoshop Dem PSDs
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Sketch The software, and the book
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Illustrator Vector Victor
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Web Browsers Inspectors man…
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Text Editors Atom, Sublime, Emacs, etc.
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Text Chat Campfire, Hubot
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Video Chat Google Hangouts, BlueJeans
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GitHub Use GitHub to design GitHub
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How we Collaborate Design better together
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Serendipitous Interactions Great ideas from unexpected places
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Annual Summit Everyone in one place
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Team Mini-summits Strategy and planning
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Face to Face Contact Understand tone and personality
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Remote Working ~70% of GitHub is remote
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But Why? Isn’t it easier to work in an office?
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Good People are Everywhere Limiting to geography is, well, limiting
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243 GitHubbers 103 cities, as of 9pm yesterday
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Freedom to Travel Experience the world, while staying productive
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Family Life Allows for family freedom
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Personal Happiness Some people don’t want to live where you do, and that’s ok
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But How? How do you ensure productivity?
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Remote First Mindset Assume remote in most situations
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Communication Use your words
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Asynchronous Workflows Don’t assume people are available whenever you need
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Text is the Best Searchable, transcripts, notifications, etc.
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Give People Time to Respond Patience is a virtue, and all that
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Chat Rooms We have a lot of them
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Everyone Uses Chat Even if you’re in the office
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/virtual office me Video chat for that in-office experience
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GitHub Team Our Internal Status App
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Don’t Email People No history, terrible threading, it’s just bad
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And of Course, GitHub Communication with results
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How we use GitHub Ideas and workflows
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Teams Permissions, mentions, notifications
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Design-specific Repos Repos aren’t just for code
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Assets, sometimes Not always, but it can be great
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Issues For problems, not solutions
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Design Documents and Projects Keep an up-to-date record of current efforts
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Markdown Files Text with benefits
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History See changes to project direction over time
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Discussion See the thoughts that lead to conclusions
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Pull Requests A workflow for proposing changes
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Woah, Woah, Woah I don’t want to use Git
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Deal with it, it’s not difficult
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Let Me Show You github.com/orderedlist/design-example-repo
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Questions?
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How Design Works
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GitHub Zen Finding your design center
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Features are Expensive Creation, maintenance, complexity, real estate
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Approachable is Better Than Simple Simple ideas don’t mean simple execution
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Mind Your Words They are important
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Communicate Concisely Your customers deserve it
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Communicate Thoughtfully Your colleagues deserve it
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Put Effort Into Your Words They are more important than your designs
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Speak Like a Human Please
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Non-blocking is Better Than Blocking Don’t get in people’s way
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Block by Interruption Confirmation, popups, dialogs
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Block by Overstimulation Over-design, too many options, distractions
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Block by Complication Requiring too much from the user
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Favor Focus Over Features Say no to things
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Anything Added Dilutes Everything Else Be careful about additions
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When many good ideas present themselves, it's easy to become distracted. Don't let good ideas get in the way of great execution.
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Starting is Easy, Finishing is Hard The process of shipping is incredibly difficult
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Wrapping Up A Few Key Points
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Communication is Important For your designs and your colleagues
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Design Happens Anywhere Not just your office
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Backup Your Designs with Words Keep those words meaningful and documented
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Design Better Together It’s better than designing alone
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Questions?
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Thank you!