BuddyPress design matters

BuddyCamp Miami 2013 presentation

Transcript

1. BuddyPress design matters By Tammie Lister
2. Hi, I’m a community designer
3. Does BuddyPress design matter to me?
4. The backstory
5. Social network != community = eh?
6. http://dumbesttweets.com tsloww : Death is invegetable @Amin Malik : Elevators don’t break. They become stairs. Be the elevator. Adapt. @TaeAnt11: Wait. Obama got 64 states & Romney got 40???? Bitch we only got 51 states!! @brownlady25: To my calculation if I save $38 each week, I can have a million with in 3 yrs! Sounds like a plan to me! @MahoghanyXO : Twitter is my alter eagle @ATL_PRiNCeSS : I wanna have sex in paris ontop of da ifold tower
9. Like me. Like me! LIKE me. LIKE ME. LIKE ME LIKE ME!! LIKE ME!!! LIKE ME!!!! LIKE ME!!!!! LIKE ME!!!!!
10. Sigh
11. Build niche communities, don’t add to the noise
12. Lego, lipstick and logistics
13. Theme independence doesn’t kill or cure all
14. Make communities with heart
15. Don’t settle for default
16. BuddyPress design matters for developers 1
17. Understand roots
18. Code pooping makes Barley sad
19. Bootstrapping everything makes Dillon scared
20. Make friends with a designer.
21. BuddyPress design matters for designers 2
22. Be Proud Become a niche designer
23. Don’t design like it’s your last ever design
24. Craft experiences
25. Design with your ears
26. Know code, know your bricks
27. Play, experiment and have fun
28. My experiment buddydesignlabs.com
29. BuddyPress design matters for mobile 3
30. Responsive isn't a passing fad
31. You DO NOT need an app or plugin to be mobile
32. Altogether now... BuddyPress design matters!
33. But what about BuddyPress itself?
34. The core team cares about design
35. Design matters to the roadmap
36. There’s even a place on trac :)
37. Testing, Turtleshell, Status...
38. DON’T kick the BuddyPress puppy, get involved with bringing it up
39. Lets make this designed together
40. Thank you for listening. Any questions? Tammie Lister @karmatosed logicalbinary.com