Video from An Event Apart
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“Designing for Personalities” by Sarah Parmenter—An Event Apart video
Just as our designs today must accommodate differences of gender, cultural background, and other factors, it’s time to create apps, websites, and internal processes that account for still another strand of human diversity: our very different personality types.
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“Slow Design for an Anxious World” by Jeffrey Zeldman – An Event Apart video
Jeffrey Zeldman shows us how to create designs that deliberately slow down our visitors, helping them understand more of what our organization is communicating, and make better decisions as a result.
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“Digital Marketing Strategies for the Busy ‘Web Master’” by Sarah Parmenter—An Event Apart video
Reaching through the screens of our customers and holding their attention is becoming increasingly difficult. Sarah Parmenter discusses the idea of quarterly website design reviews with a “design once use everywhere” mantra, and digs into the ever changing world of Instagram algorithms, Facebook marketing, and topical social media takeaways for immediate implementation.
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“The New Design Material” by Josh Clark—An Event Apart video
The challenges and opportunities of machine learning are plenty; learn to handle this powerful new design material with care and respect. Josh Clark explores the technologies and practical techniques that you can use today—like right now—not only to make existing products better but to imagine surprising new services.
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“Leveling Up Your Design Communication” by Aarron Walter—An Event Apart video
Design is a medium for communication, and to do it well, we must cultivate our own communication skills. Aarron Walter shares the experiences of real design teams at Apple, Spotify, and other organizations to show how to improve the communication of design both inside your team and with key outside stakeholders.
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“Inclusive UX: Techniques for Everyone” by Derek Featherstone—An Event Apart video
Designing and building your apps and sites in an accessible way is just how you work now—you have to try really hard to make things that don’t work with a keyboard. So, what’s next for you? Derek Featherstone tackles the tougher problems through design approaches and practical development techniques that you need to create accessible, modern web sites.
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“Name That Script!” by Trent Walton—An Event Apart video
How many scripts are loading on our web pages these days? In this talk from An Event Apart Orlando 2018, Trent Walton shares his experiences with, and explores ways to evaluate and discuss the inclusion of, third-party scripts.
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“Variable Fonts and the Future of Web Typography” by Jason Pamental—An Event Apart video
Variable fonts include EVERY width, weight, slant, and other permutation of a typeface, all in a single file not much bigger than a regular font file. In this hour-long presentation captured live at An Event Apart Orlando 2018, Jason Pamental delves into the ins and outs of variable fonts, showing you not just how far the new capabilities can take us, but how to make use of them right away.
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“Use Your Words” by Kristina Halvorson – An Event Apart video
UI is language. Interaction is conversation. Content is the fuel that powers our designs. So what happens when the writer’s not in the room, or is missing from your project team altogether? In this dynamic presentation captured live at An Event Apart Orlando 2018, Kristina Halvorson shares language principles and content design tools anyone can put to work.
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“Till Launch Do Us Part,” by Dan Mall – An Event Apart video
In this 60-minute presentation captured live at An Event Apart Orlando 2018, Dan Mall shares a new design process that’s more inclusive, more collaborative, more productive, and even more fun. You’ll learn to sketch together to be more efficient and effective as a team; to decide in the browser more often; and even to write JSON for your developer. Discover new ways of shipping products at higher quality in record time.
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“Durable Design” by Jon Tan—An Event Apart video
Where should web design go next? In a passionate 60-minute presentation captured live at An Event Apart Orlando 2018, designer Jon Tan makes a radical argument for recidivism in our design thinking: a return to durable, aesthetic, and inclusive web design.
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“Building More Expressive Products” by Val Head – An Event Apart video
In a dynamic 60-minute presentation recorded live at An Event Apart Orlando 2018, Val Head (Design Advocate, Adobe) shows how to harness the design details from different media to build overarching themes—themes that persist across all screen sizes and user and interface contexts, creating a bigger emotional impact and connection with your audience.