javascript architecture: the front and back of it

UI Architecture: all the stuff that it takes to process, package, deliver, and communicate with the client (templating url routing, data validatiion, formatting, ajax). “Between the front and back end”: stuff between presentational javascript and the backend logic. The middle end gives a web 2.0 app performance. We need to talk about this because of …

content strategy FTW

[ I usually don’t copy/paste from the brochure, but this one had the best hook that I couldn’t write better myself. ] 11th hour copy. Fix-it-later launches. Our users deserve more than the last-minute content we often get stuck with. And you have the power to change the game. Learn how to introduce (and sell) …

the ten commandments of UX

UX is a thread that runs through all of our disciplines, and which no discipline owns or controls. Everyone is a UX professional to one level or another (“t-shaped people”). [ session description ] Presenter(s) Raina Van Cleave @rainaterror Nick Finck @nickf Date 13 March 2010 Tag(s) #10commandmentsofux #uxsxsw Books Rosenfeld Media: discount code NICKFINCK …

the right way to wireframe

In the UX field: no one shows their work! So Todd and Russ are here to show us everything they do when they build a design project. Has anyone seen a wireframe from Jesse James Garrett, Peter Morville, or Jared Spool? If you are arguing about the differences between wireframes and prototypes or the best …

wave and communication’s (r)evolution: better than being there?

The future of communication: one future is true real-time interaction. Being in the same room is usually touted as the richest, most effective way to “get stuff done”. This is untrue. In a face-to-face discussion, you have to wait for the other person to finish talking before you start interacting. Being in the same room …

web content management systems from a designer’s perspective

CMS brings content centralization, rich functionality, and easily puts management into a client’s hands. Most CMS’s out there have large designer/developer communities (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, Expression Engine). Presenter(s) Scott Fegette Chris Charlton Date 13 March 2010 Tag(s) #contentmgmtdesign

jacks of all trades or masters of one?

There are three foci of web professionals: Technology, Design, and Business. Some folks focus on one exclusively (specialists), others integrate two or more foci into their work (generalists). “T-shaped” people have a broad set of general skills and knowledge with a deep skillset in one or two specific areas. [session description] Presenter(s) Brian Talbot M …