Life Behind The Curve #MKGN

A 5 minute talk given at MKGN #5 about the never-ending endeavour to keep up with everything in terms of web development and design. Hopefully it helped a few people in giving some advice in how you can keep up in your own way...

Transcript

1. Life Behind The Curve
   Or how to keep up-to-date
   with all things web
   Westley Knight - @meteoracle
   #MKGN July 2013
   

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2. What I wanted to talk about
   Workflows & Processes
   Responsive Deliverables
   Repurposing Your Tools
   

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3. But things move so fast
   http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/04/22/repurposing-photoshop/
   

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4. But things move so fast
   http://daverupert.com/2013/04/responsive-deliverables/
   

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5. But things move so fast
   http://responsiveconf.com/
   

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6. How do you keep up to date?
   http://uptodate.frontendrescue.org
   

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7. How do you keep up to date?
   • Who to follow on Twitter
   • A list of news sites, blogs & podcasts
   • Conferences to attend
   • Advice on finding your own sources
   

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8. And in practice?
   580+ Articles
   60 Podcast Episodes
   ~50 Hours
   ~45 Hours
   

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9. And in practice?
   4½ Months!
   

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10. The short answer
    You Can’t
    

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11. How I’ve felt before
    • I’ve felt threatened by the knowledge of others
    • Put myself under immense pressure to learn
    • Been judged for not using the latest thing
    • I’ve doubted my own abilities
    

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12. The good news
    You don’t
    have to
    

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13. You can look at it differently
    • Only learn what you need to
    • Keep it relevant to your situation
    • Store material for future learning
    • Take advice on board, but don’t be a sheep
    

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14. Don’t worry, be happy
    “To know is to know that you know
    nothing. That is the meaning of
    true knowledge.”
    – Confucius
    

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15. Thanks
    meteoracle.co.uk
    @meteoracle
    hello@meteoracle.co.uk
    

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