kp_Had
a great time at the #aea09 after party with @pixlsequence and
@otakuchick. Thank you MSNBC for
hosting. Seattle's awesome (Texas too)
RedHandedDesignHeadin
for the airport. @simplebits ended
#aea09 with a rockin bulletpoof presentation. I highly recommend
his book on Bulletproof Web D ...
rhjr#aea09
To AEA peeps: Thanks for the great sites, comments, and laughs!
You were an awesome audience — I couldn't ask for more. Cheers!
mohdyehiaRT
@missrogue: "When something is well-crafted,
it reflects the humans behind making it." @simplebits #aea
#aeasea
designerbrent#aea09
is over! This is the BEST conference I have ever been to.
Thanks @zeldman & @meyerweb for
a great show. Recommend to ANYONE!
chincks#AEA
Box shadow, text shadow, rounded corners are visual rewards
for browsers that supper them - Dan Cedarholm http://twitpic.com/4mu1d
jBoissy#AEA
- Parallax background aka multi-plane effect for Website
backgrounds. Very nice!
lenalou#aea
@simplebits is making the future
look bright.
zeldmanBox-shadow
and text-shadow are easier to implement (and more flexible)
than Photoshop. #simplebits #aea #aea09
- zeldman@simplebits:
Shoutout for Iconfactory X-scope as an aid in grid-based
web design. (I agree, use it too.) #aea #aea09
spaceninja"Vertical
alignment is like putting throw pillows on your bed. It looks
pretty but it's kind of a pain in the ass." - @simplebits #aea09
bikehugger@zeldman @cwilso RT
Microsoft needs to come to these kinds of venues to see the
problems people are having with IE .... #aea09
- designerbrentGood
bits to remember: When designing with grids, think modular.
Work from the outside in. @simplebits #aea09
- zeldman"This
is my first attempt at a one column grid." -- @simplebits #aea
#aea09
jugglerpmWonderful
site by @simplebits http://dowebsitesneedtolook... #aea09
YouCantFixStupi#aea09
@simplebits A good question; a
better answer: http://bit.ly/rhsJl
jaclarkIn
final session of An Event Apart. Learning about CSS3 via
a prototype site - icedorhot.com. #aea09
- YouCantFixStupi#aea09
@simplebits Put vendor-specific
or CSS3 properties in separate stylesheets
- spaceninja"A
good craftsman will anticipate future use and build for those
scenarios." - @simplebits #aea09
danrubinslides
from Designing Virtual Realism are now online: http://bit.ly/nvnWy #aea
#aea09
- danrubinwatching
@simplebits teach web design Sesame
Street-style (A-Z). #aea #aea09
TurboKiaMicrosoft
needs to come to these kinds of venues to see the problems
people are having with IE .... #aea09
- spaceninja"Progressive
Enhancement means really cool stuff that doesn't work in
IE." - @simplebits #aea09
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Loves applying the idea of craftsmanship to Web design."
nimbupaniwoot!
I got 2 books "Building Findable Websites" and "Communicating
Design" for having a website critiqued by @rhjr #aea
joshj@rhjr "You
don't need to tell people to click here to enter" -- If only
you could sit the music industry down and tell them that.
- YouCantFixStupi#aea09
@rhjr "Sometimes usability is less important
than making a brand impression." Meh....
pixelhandler#aea09 "Metrics
(web) are a fantastic thing for benchmarking, but may not
be an indicator of truth. Usability testing adds context" -
@rhjr
_kris"Judy's
Book is Yelp for soccer-moms" #aea09
scarequotes"I've
got a horizontal scroll bar. BAD." -Hoekman @rhjr on
Judysbook.com #aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09 "Prevent
any errors (on web forms) that you can, put a graceful way
out telling them how to get back on track" - @rhjr
DaveCurry"I'm
an online marketing coordinator, that means you do whatever
they tell you." #aea09
- zeldmanRT
@smallandsimple #aea The poor
airtran.com lady deserves some swag, some books and a flight
home. #aea09
- joshjairtran.com
| Really funny the tag line is "go. there's nothing stopping
you." -- except for the webpage itself. #aea09
- scarequotes"You're
a marketing person and you want to make this page better?
Awesome. Most marketing people I've met want to make pages
worse." #aea09
allenjohnsat
#aea09, on gradients & dropshadows @danrubins said, "We
haven't seen it over used, we've just seen it overused incorrectly".
Is he sure?
- spaceninja"Most
of the marketers I've met actually want to make the page
worse." - @rhjr #aea09
- spaceninja"Clutter
isn't good. Texture is." - @sethgodin,
via @rhjr #aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09 "If
you want somebody to do something on your (web) page just
tell them, shout it" - @rhjr
itsbooyerI
can't believe Chuck Norris won someone an iPod Touch #aea09
Must be late, I'm getting bitter.
- danrubin@codito14 the
type was Gotham (mostly Bold), with a subtle (hint-hint)
drop shadow to create a little extra contrast with the background.
missrogueThe
best part of this Amazon product page as shown by @jmspool yesterday
is the reviews: http://twurl.nl/lf5d7n Want!
#aeasea
carlwhtreal-time
usability reviews... cool! #aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09 "I
design myself into a hole whenever I can to figure out the
solution... It forces me to invent something (HTML/CSS)" -
@danrubin
- pixelhandler#aea09 "The
solutions we love (interaction design) are the ones that
we don't realize 'till later that they were designed for
it" @danrubin
- YouCantFixStupi@danrubin "Creativity
for creativity's sake in an interface is a BAD idea." Preach
it! #aea09
amazingcubeLaptop
has stopped connecting to the wireless, falling back on iPhone
#aea09
bencrowderReally
liking @danrubin's talk on adding
textures (realism) to websites. #aea09
- itsbooyer"It
looks like something in real life, because it is" ~ @danrubin Captain
Obvious strikes again. #aea09
- bencrowder"Attractive
things work better." ~Donald Norman (via @danrubin)
#aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09 "interface
designers create highlights, shadows and gradients to make
web interfaces match natural interfaces" - @danrubin
- scarequotes"When
we start to see dumb users, it's usually because we've done
something to make them that way." @danrubin #aea09
- joshj"Making
flat things look real had been going on for centuries." @danrubin #aea09
-- Could also be said about the plastic surgery industry.
- scarequotes"If
your interface requires instruction and explanation, you
should probably redesign it." -- Dan Rubin @danrubin #aea09
- jBoissy#AEA
- "If your interface mechanism/metaphor needs explaining,
you should redesign it."
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote "Touch interface allows us to cross the barriors that
a keyboard and mouse brings" - @danrubin
- bencrowder"If
your interface requires explanation, you should probably
redesign it." ~@danrubin #aea09
- YouCantFixStupi@amazingcube He's
never heard of a helicopter, either. #aea09
- amazingcube@danrubin says
there are no hover effects in the real world. Obviously he's
never seen me moonwalk. #aea09
meyerwebWhen
Abe Vigoda dies, Twitter will die.
- jBoissy#AEA
- "We recognize things in the every day world and interact
with them but don't give them much thought..."
dylanwHeh.
@danrubin is wearing a @luxuryluke t-shirt
for his #aea09 (#aea) presentation.
megganManaged
to "introduce" myself to Eric Meyer WITHOUT SAYING MY NAME.
Genius. #AEA (P.S. It is "Meggan")
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote - "(Google) Oh how convenient all my stuff is right
here... Oh crap all my stuff is right here" need more competitors
- @aarron
- jBoissy#AEA
- "BuildingFindableWebsites.com - a findability checklist"
SystimHey
#aea09. Interested in a good tools for microformats? Check
out http://visitmix.com/Lab/oomph from
the MIX Online team
- YouCantFixStupi@aarron Search
engines aren't very good at recognizing microformats. #aea09
jimarmentRT
@phatmunkay: SEO firebug addon http://sensational-seo.com/ Also
handy. #aea Just installed this and it rocks!
phatmunkaySEO
firebug addon http://sensational-seo.com/ Also
handy. #aea
- amazingcubeMissed
a great point from @aarron: Keyword
research not about gaming the system, it's about... ...the
user experience (little help?) #aea09
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Ranks.nl reads your site and returns data on how well
you used keywords in your site content."
- lenalouWhen
ppl are using more specific search words, they are closer
to making a purchase. -@aarron #aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote - "WWMD? (MacGyver), use the tools available to your
for keyword research to discover user behavior" - @aarron
- YouCantFixStupiWhat
Would MacGyver Do? #aea09
amyrcMy
fave presentation of the day by @fraying .
All about harnessing the power of the community, and ignoring
trolls. #aea09
- jBoissy#AEA
- "The TITLE tag should serve the user. Brief, descriptive
and consistent."
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Aboutness... the understandability of the content of the
page."
- amazingcubeGreat
Content + Web Standards = Findability Bliss from @aarron #aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09 "When
U induce your brain 2 be out of control U work twiceas hard
2 fill in the spaces (patterns); when in-control U don't" @fraying
KrashIOis
nervous about having his site usability reviewed.... what
if it's horrible?! #aea09
- joshjVery
happy to have figured out the pie chart. #aea09 #css
designdaddy#AEA
- "The interface that you provide users will greatly influence
how they interact." (via @jBoissy)
(via @zeldman)
- DaveCurryPatternicity http://tinyurl.com/c8jw9v (@fraying)
#aea09
- zeldman#AEA
- "The interface that you provide users will greatly influence
how they interact." (via @jBoissy)
- zeldmanThe
Lucifer Effect by Zimbardo - http://www.lucifereffect.com/ #aea09
(via @DaveCurry)
- DaveCurryClick!
A Crowd-Curated Exhibition http://www.brooklynmuseum.o... (@fraying)
#aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote "Never give your (website) users more tools than they
need to vote/input than you need to process the feedback" -
Derek Powazek
- jBoissy#AEA
- "The interface that you provide users will greatly influence
how they interact."
fritcherLots
of good links streaming out of #aea09 - search it if you're
a developer
- chincks#AEA "Group
think is about conformity and that is dangerous" - Derek
Powazek http://twitpic.com/4m3fp
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Implicit Feedback: Pageviews, Searches, Velocity, Interstingness"
gzahndOk,
so I buy the wisdom of crowds idea, but wisdom is perhaps
the wrong word. These insights are byproducts of design for
selfishness. #aea
- YouCantFixStupi@fraying "Popularity
sounds good or bad depending on who you were in high school." #aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote "Group think and evil melt into the modern world (trolling)" -
Derek Powazek
- phatmunkayWisdom
of crowds and Heisenberg @fraying has
got my number. #aea09
chrisbroganRT
@mexiwi: Public Service Announcement
: #5deMayo IS NOT Mexican Independence Day: http://bit.ly/Gy3Xp
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote - "trolls thrive on gullibility, the only way to defeat
them is to ignore them" - Derek Powazak
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Stopping Trolls: Silent Treatment, Disable puppets, Timeouts."
- spaceninja"A
troll is not someone who disagrees with you." - @fraying #aea09
- jBoissy#AEA
- Talking about trolls... "A Troll is not someone who disagrees
with you or is a jerk."
- spaceninja"It
took six days to turn a group of hippies into Abu Ghraib" -
@fraying discussing the Stanford Prison
Experiment. #aea09
andyhugelierThe
wisdom of communities: Check out favrd.com - awesome #aea09
TechmemeMicrosoft
sends second wave of layoff notices to 3,000 (Ina Fried/CNET
News) http://bit.ly/12TegE
- jBoissy#AEA
- "How WoC applies to the Web: Small simple tasks, Large
diverse groups, Design for selfishness and Aggregate the
results."
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote "how can it be... The group collectively is smarter
than any individual in it. ...but it is true" - Derek Powazek
- spaceninjaExamples
of Crowd Wisdom: Change Jar, Guess the Weight, Stock Market,
Most Emailed Stories, and BitTorrent! - @fraying #aea09
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Elements of Wisdom of Crowds: Diversity, Independence,
Decentralization and Agrregation"
- jBoissy#AEA
- "The Web is an interactive two-way medium."
- YouCantFixStupi@fraying The
group's wisdom can act like an editor (Most e-mailed stories).
Interesting! #aea09
- jBoissy#AEA
- Derek Powazek with "The Wisdom of Communities"
- jBoissy#AEA
- I think he's addressing issues of opening a dialog with
people on the Web instead of "capturing" them.
mahaliesearch
#aea | #aea09 > open each twit > if tweets != "just wiped
my butt" then follow > result: deep web dev bench
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote - "Everyone is talking, but no one is communicating...
go beyond 140 characters" - @simplescott
- itsbooyerOh
the irony of people tweeting about going beyond 140 characters
to actually communicate #aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote (Collaboration) "Surround yourselves with people who
aren't like you" -@simplescott
- zeldman"Surround
yourself with people who *aren't* like you." Great advice
for growth and change from simplescott. #aea09
- lenalouSurround
yourself with people who aren't like you ~ @simplescott #aea09
- dylanwThe
online voter registration forms for Obama... wow. Simplicity
wins over a convoluted process. #aea09
- YouCantFixStupiThat
flow chart looks like a game of Tetris. #aea09
boxkiteLoving
that 'Onward' button! #simplevote #aea09
- jaclarkScott
Thomas, Design Director, Obama for America notes use of library
in finding fonts & other "treasures" for Obama design. Nice.
#aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote (3-column web layout) "Lucky we had the JUNK drawer
column 3 (right side) we could drop in whatever" -@simplescott
- zeldmanGreat
advice from @simplescott - stop
googling and visit the friggin library. #aea09 (via @bluelimemedia)
- zeldmanColor
Control - @simplescott's team
made sure there were no red, or green, or yellow signs behind
Obama. #aea09 (via @spaceninja)
TommyLeeI
am totally digging the Obama website design retrospective
at An Event Apart. Is there a site for design retrospectives?
#aea
- phatmunkayWould
seem prior to the general election Obama site not in svn.
And at times editing live. That puts the edge in cutting
edge! #aea
- spaceninja"Most
of the time, we were editing the site live, opening Transmit
and editing in Textmate!" - @simplescott #aea09
- designerbrentKill
the notion of the fold. People scroll now! - @simplescott #aea09
- YouCantFixStupi#aea09 "This
design would be great if Darth Vader was running for president."
- DaveCurry"We
were truly building an airplane... while in flight." (@simplescott)
#aea09
- pixelhandler#aea09
quote "We were truly building (Obama's web/print media) ...
while in-flight" -@simplescott
- phatmunkayRealizing
given speed and importance of message Obama's team had to
deliver, would seem a miracle campaign looked so good- aka
talent. #aea
bluelimemediaGreat
advice from @simplescott - stop
googling and visit the friggin library. #aea09
- YouCantFixStupi#aea09
@simplescott is right: We neglect
the library.
- zeldman@simplescott is
describing how he and a partner created Obama's brand and
website. #aea09
- dylanwFor
every $1 Obama spent on online ads, they were getting $10
back in donations. That's incredible. #aea09
- spaceninjaExcited
to hear @simplescott speak. He's
the Design Director for Obama for America. #aea09
- phatmunkayStraight
up? @meyerweb blew my mind. If only
I could start every morning this way! #aea
- pixelhandler#aea09 "this
was a case when the actual table widths alogorithms where
useful to me (creating horizontal bar charts in HTML/CSS)" -@meyerweb
- boxkiteEveryone
has to be a little bit of a mad scientist a little bit of
the time. ~ @meyerweb #aea09
iamjolly"If
there's even one person coming to the site with a screen
reader, I want them to get the data." -@meyerweb #aeaseattle
#aea09
adambrault#aea09
@meyerweb: concluding explaining
his beautiful solution to css bar charts: "...and then were
the pie charts! ...Didn't even try."
thevidaliaMy
css brain lobe is now active. Thank u @meyerweb.
It's Alive!! #AEA09
simplescottSpeaking
at #aneventapart in Seattle.
- adambraultIt's
a total joy to listen to @meyerweb honestly
and humbly discuss his css trial-and-error, problem-solving
approach. #aea09
- spaceninjaBrilliant!
@meyerweb made bar charts by setting
a bg color on P tags, and adding inline styles with a width
of that bar's % value. #aea09
- spaceninja"We'll
get to the bleeding edge in a moment, and you can decide
if the blood is from cutting my throat on the edge." - @meyerweb #aea09
- spaceninjaThere
is some delicious irony in @meyerweb lecturing
us on proper table markup (for the ALA Survey - http://tinyurl.com/dcj78e).
#aea09
- chincks#AEA
Eric Meyer thinks this web thing is getting big http://twitpic.com/4lrav
- pixelhandler#aea09 "We
(web designers) are the craftsmen who create a great user
experiences because we love it, & so other peope get rich" -@zeldman
- designerbrentA
List Apart Survey 2008 Results link: http://aneventapart.com/ala... #aea09
- YouCantFixStupi#aea09
Oooh. Charts and pretty pictures. And alt text.
- adambrault#aea09
1st A List Apart survey wasn't published as xhtml/css because
of fear of charts. This year's charts are all css: http://bit.ly/45xkmX
- DaveCurryTalking
the A List Apart Survey - http://aneventapart.com/ala... #aea09
- zeldmanGoodBarry's
Brett Welch is providing strategies for success when design
is a commodity and "anyone can make a website." #aea09
floxeeFun
fact: Searchable tweetstream for #railsconf attendees approaching
40k tweets! http://railsconf.floxee.com/
- pixelhandler@lukewdesign did
you see the web form on 24 (TV) to hire a hitman, with wire
transfer? Two buttons at the bottom... Execute or Cancel
#aea09
- bencrowderBrett
Welsh is talking on design becoming a commodity. 99 Designs
ends up paying $2.81 per design when you break it down. Scary.
#aea09
avinashkaushikStraight
fm the Inventor: Why text messages are limited to 160 characters: http://tr.im/kuVB
dsmay"Forms
suck, but form design matters." -@lukewdesign #aea
Onlineshoes_GooLeaving
an excellent day at An Event Apart #aea #aeasea
RobertCordesRT
@missrogue: THIS is #awesome: http://tinyurl.com/2vz3ua (via
@jmspool) #aea #aeasea
mittenJared
Spool "Risk averse organizations produce crap." #aea
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Tool Time: When user is moving forward without any improvement
in the outcome of the experience."
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Goal Time: When user is improving the outcome of the experience."
- jBoissy#AEA
- "Goal Time vs. Tool Time..."
- pixelhandler@jmspool -
the (Amazon) 'goldbox' still lives on the iPhone app, click
the ...more button
- jBoissy#AEA
- "03 - Eliminating Tool Time while delivering confidence."
- phatmunkay"defectivebydesign" -
protest tag on amazon. Anything that has DRM. @jmspool #aea
- pixelhandler#AEA
nugget by @jmspool : Ratio of reviewers
to purchasers - 1 : 1,300 (that's the lunatic fringe)
- adambraultHahaahaha "DefectivebyDesign" is
one of the top tags on amazon.com #aea
- missrogue"That's
the lunatic fringe, folks." (in reference 2people passionate
about stuff to write reviews and make lists on amazon) @jmspool #aea
JoannaLordRT
@missrogue Interesting: 1 in 1,300
people write a review of product (on average) #aea #aeasea
via @jmspool (very interesting...)
InSeansOpinionRT
@missrogue: Interesting: 1 in 1,300
people write a review of product (on average) #aea #aeasea
via @jmspool
- missrogue"When
ur boss says, 'we should have reviews like Amazon does' say,
'sounds great, maybe we should get some customers, too!'" @jmspool #aea
- jBoissy#AEA
- "02-Don't be afraid of new ideas."
- YouCantFixStupi#AEA
I will never again say "Launch." But I will often say "Lunch."
- pixelhandler#AEA09
need some ecommerce entertainment... Google: Tuscan Whole
Milk + 1 Gallon + Amazon (Jared Spool)
lrobersonother
excellent amazon product: http://bit.ly/WaVnd #aea
#aea09
scottrPretty
sure a website my company made was shown as an example of
what not to do. #aea
jmspoolDefinitely
nervous before my #aea09 presentation, which is normal.
- missrogueMy
presentation: Design Whuffie http://tinyurl.com/dh2kha #aea
#aeasea
- pixelhandler#AEA
sworn in by @halvorson "I will never
again say LAUNCH, I will say LIFECYCLE" http://yfrog.com/8d3quj
DuncanmaLoving
the content talk at #aea ... wishing the content team was
here to hear it as well...
- jimarment@halvorson: "A
strategy is a plan to get from where you are now to where
you want to be." #aea
susanjrobertson"It's
time for us to get serious about our lorem ipsum and get
that out of the way" @halvorson #aea
- susanjrobertsonLoving
hearing the Minnesota "o" from @halvorson #aea!
- spaceninjaAwesome.
Current debate about which Twitter hashtag to use. #aeasea,
#aeaseattle09, #aneventapart, or #aea - Community settled
on #aea09 :)
- bencrowder@halvorson recommends
#aea. Sweet. (Especially since that's the one I've been using.
;))
- pixelhandler#AEA
quote - whuffie (social capital)... Connections PLUS Time
EQUALS Trust - @missrogue
- joshjLoved
Virgin America's safety video - Nice to see a company that
does not take themselves so seriously but thinks more about
the user. #aea
- boxkiteJust
found out @pandapants and I are
getting married on Talk Like a Pirate Day. Might make our
vows interesting... #aea #aeasea
- boxkite@bencrowder That
ATM finder seems priceless. #aea
- bencrowderOoh,
Quicken just came out with an app for the iPhone. I'll have
to see if it's better than Mint. #aea
- bencrowderTara
Hunt's now talking about whuffie (pronounced "woofie," not "wuffie," in
case you were curious :)). #aea
- RedHandedDesignAt
#aea, @lukewdesign gave great
preso on form usability. Top-align form labels & inline validation
increase readability & completion times
- rhjrFreshly-caught
shrimp and prawns at Pike Street Market. Diggin' Seattle.
- pixelhandler#AEA
quote "the (web) form shouldn't be your master, you will
control your own destiny" - @lukewdesign
- DuncanmaI
wonder how many people are going to go home and redo all
their forms after this talk #aea
- jBoissy#AnEventApart
- "The form should match the goal of the user."
mastorna#aea
has paid itself off just with @lukewdesign 's
talk on web form design. Brilliant insight on designing forms
for success. Get his book.
- adambraultHahaha
If you enter a birthdate in the future in Yahoo forms, it
asks, "Are you really from the future?" #aea
- lrobersongoing
to start breaking into luke's accounts using the 'teacher?'/edna
secret answer #aea
- bencrowderHmm,
@lukewdesign's about got me sold
on top-aligned labels in web forms. #aea
- itsbooyerUse
the FORMS, Luke. #aea
- amazingcube"Forms
suck but form design matters" from @lukewdesign at
#aea #aneventapart
tibbsy#aea
that talk about fluid grids was perfect - still a tad irked
about having to rely on JS for a lot of the issues.
- amazingcubeLooking
for some good ammo from @lukewdesign.
No I will NOT add one more field to that form! #aea #aneventapart
- RedHandedDesign@beep just
finished a wicked preso on the transitions between design & development,
all while flexing his Keynote prowess #aeaseattle #aea
joshgerdesBummed
@beep didn't ride down on the folding
bike. Enjoyed the talk though. #aea #aeasea
- bencrowderThinking
about using fluid layouts after hearing @beep's
presentation. #aea
steveaxAt
#AEA, Ethan Marcotte's championing fluid grids, I wonder
about line-height and min/max width issues
- andyhugelierUmmm...
Fluid layouts? Yeah...they're pretty much awesome. Use them.
#AEA
simplebitsOH
@beep "I like big numbers and I cannot
lie".
- andyhugelierDev
folks... Seeing suckerfish CSS dropdowns in action... Way
cool! Google it! #AEA
- amazingcubeYes!
Son of Suckerfish! #aea #aneventapart
- carlwhtIf
you are unable to download the speaker slides.. Don't worry.
Guy in the front is photographing each slide! #aea
- amazingcubeFrom
Ethan Marcotte at #aea, sometimes it's good to see our mistakes
as well as our triumphs. http://bit.ly/17HJxK
warrenparsons@beep is
using the right text editor in his presentation (that's TextMate)
Woot! #AEA
- mastorna#aea
ethan marcotte goes into comps vs. code couple's therapy:
irony, he says sit together to solve problems. communication & faith
is key.
jamesgagliardiSomeone
just last week asked me why txt msgs were limited to 160
chars and why twitter allowed 140: http://ow.ly/55iM
- pixelhandler#AEA
quote "balancing complexity, I can make the markup more complex
or make the CSS more complex, min. complexity for max. gain" bandwidth!
- simplebits@meyerweb is
showing "CSS Filmstrip" hotness. #aea
- warrenparsons@meyerweb says
multiple backgrounds due in 2013 #AEA
blfeigel@meyerweb disagrees
with @zeldman on using px instead
of em, even tho zoom is the browser default these days. #aeaseattle
#aea
- warrenparsons@meyerweb says "Explicit
heights are the road to hell." #AEA
- warrenparsons@meyerweb refuses
to size text in pixels... and you can't make him #AEA
-
blfeigel@meyerweb is
talking about using JavaScript to make anything with an href
a link - say a
- , http://tinyurl.com/6jxpox. #aea #aeaseattle
- joshgerdesListening
to @meyerweb and love the code focus.
Code on every slide makes me happy. #aea #aeasea
- warrenparsons@meyerweb says "Nobody
blogs anymore because of Twitter" #AEA
- adambrault"When
FF2 encounters invalid markup, the way it lays it out depends
on tcp/ip packet boundaries." - @meyerweb SRLSY?
#aea
dondondonnote
to web developers: layout issues? check the tcp/ip packets!
(no joke) #AEA
- pixelhandler#AEA
quote "You should know who is coming to your site (browser
stats)...Or you may be making bad design implementation decisions" @meyerweb
brianmcintireEric
Meyer and Jeffrey Zeldman are still doin it, not just getting
others to do it for them. Cool. #AEA
- adambrault"We
could have decided not to make the AEA site compatible with
IE6 based on our demographic because who cares?... I care." -Eric
Meyer #aea
- warrenparsons@meyerweb implies
the need for a 12-step program to wean us off supporting
IE6 #AEA
- pixelhandler#AEA
quote - reacting to design "my fingers start to itch to code
it ... Is it done?" - @meyerweb
- andyhugelierBig
takeaway from Zeldman's session: design around the content.
Don't assume that some solutions are universal. #AEA
- zeldmanhere's
the part where @zeldman speaks a hundred
words a minute to finish his presentation =D #aea (via @lroberson)
- lenalouTalking
about using audience-contributed Flickr photos on the redesigned
AEA site. #aea
- pixelhandler@rainypixels saying
goodbye to ems thanks to browser zoom #AEA
- lenalou"Who
cares if it doesn't work right in IE? It's a tiny detail." Zeldman
#aea
- pixelhandlerLike
the concept of "Design from the content out" start with CSS/XHTML
in text editor and browser, skipping Photoshop - #AEA
- warrenparsons@zeldman doesn't
care if it doesn't work in IE - Applause #AEA
rainypixelsIt's
ok to use pixel values for fonts #AEA
- amazingcubeWhen
redesign is goal oriented, easier to determine if yer serving
the needs of users rather than arguing over color orange
(love this) #aea
- pixelhandler#AEA
quote: "Design is like music, when you see design you say
yeah, that's us; or, no that's not us" -@zeldman
isaacwMight
try to meetup with the kids attending #AEA later this evening...
- amazingcube@zeldman says
map out content strategy while wireframing + research makes
you credible = I'll quote Zeldman to appear credible #aea
- bencrowderZeldman's
talking about having a content strategy. Fascinating idea
-- I never thought to codify it that way, but I like it.
#aea
- andyhugelierZeldman
pushing the strategy portion of redesign to get buy in and
get the client on your side. Amen. #AEA
- warrenparsons@zeldman suggests
sock puppets and cheerleader outfits for meetings #AEA
- iamjolly@zeldman is
talking about some of the research and user recommendations
from a recent "green" project we worked on. #aea #aeaseattle
- pixelhandler@zeldman nice
point, be a strategic design partner or client may have more
influence on the design than the designer do the research
#AEA
- pixelhandler@higoodbarry Brett,
looks like you might of dropped some cheese on your ninja
outfit at breakfast #AEA
- pixelhandlerSitting
with @dovematrix @pixlsequence @johnstout @kp_ attending
#AEA #aeaseattle09
maikusanWaiting
for #AEA to start. Better UI and UX skills after? Will see.
- thevidaliaGood
morning Seattle. Happy 2 say I wasn't sleepless. On to #AEA
- pixelhandlerGood
night Seattle, love this view from the Warwick http://bit.ly/AQTfo http://yfrog.com/36a4rj
- TommyLeeThe
visitmix.com crew & friends will be at An Event Apart tomorrow,
please say Howdy! to us. Me? Spikey hair, blue glasses. #aneventapart
beepWashed
hands for 30 sec with awfully ineffectual soap. Then realized
a.) soap was wrapped; b.) presentation walkthrus should wait
until AM.
- meyerwebWhy
am I awake? Because I've trained myself to live on short
sleep and early mornings, that's why.
- zeldmanListen
to the playlist. Interstitial music for An Event Apart 2009: http://iLike.com/p/cExCT:1sO3Q
