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Life Behind The Curve #MKGN

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...

Westley Knight

June 13, 2013
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  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
    [email protected]

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