Designing RubyMonk

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1. RubyMonk From Design to One Million Page Views in Four

   Weeks @aakashd + @gonsalves_r for @metarefresh 21 April, 2012

2. lone developer

3. Agile

4. Over the Wall Design

5. Disconnect

6. One Month

7. Starting Out

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11. Enter the Designer.

12. “We’ve got this idea...”

13. “Clean and minimal UI” “We really like World of Warcraft”

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15. “Clean and minimal UI”

16. “Let’s theme it like an MMORPG set in a Buddhist

    Temple.”
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25. Prototyping

26. Protodrawing

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39. Collaboration

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46. Collaboration

47. Scope Management

48. Change Everyday

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50. Creative Commons. http://ko.fotopedia.com/items/rXvjYbZYHZw-hM4bKy0_6AE

51. http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/03/gipsea-is-for-sale/

52. Men in boat in river with find farm in background

    http://www.public-domain-image.com/full-image/transportation-vehicles-public-domain-images-pictures/ships-boats-public- domain-images-pictures/men-in-boat-in-river-with-wind-farm-in-background.jpg-copyright-friendly-photo.html

53. feedback

54. show to as many people as possible

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56. pre-development

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59. pre release

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64. direct feedback

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66. indirect feedback

67. funnel tracking

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70. decision making

71. as many people as possible

72. Learnings.

73. Visual Designer

74. Interface Designer

75. Product Designer

76. Product Owner

77. Product Owner = Product Designer

78. “Design is too important to leave it to designers”

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80. Start doing HTML/CSS

81. Can’t Generalise

82. One more thing...

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84. staging.rubymonk.com