I had the great pleasure to talk with Paul Boag a few weeks ago about agile design and development, and how designers can fit into an agile process effectively. That chat was included in this week’s Boagworld podcast, along with some other nice juicy topics covered by Paul and crew.
Like my post yesterday (WHAT? TWO POSTS IN TWO DAYS? THAT’S UNPOSSIBLE!), I’ll not dwell on things, and direct you over to the proper resource:
I'm M. Jackson Wilkinson, a technologist, designer, speaker, educator, and writer in San Francisco. I'm the CEO and Founder of WeSprout, which is coming soon. I'm from Philadelphia, went to Bowdoin College in Maine, root for the Phillies, and love to sing.
Smart consumers balance risk in their financial investment portfolios, and smart designers should consider design and product investments the same way.
The best thing about product design is its inherent contradiction. The best products think of everything, but at the same time, they’re focused on exactly one thing. If you can wrangle that, you’re almost there.
The recent .webfont proposal and TypeKit service don’t seem to get us anywhere closer to terms that type foundries should embrace. So why are they embracing them?
The broader the web gets, the more specialized its practitioners are becoming. The role of the generalist is incredibly important, and we can’t keep neglecting it.
Though simplicity is the darling of the web, we’ve now long outgrown it. Life is complex, and tools to conquer life’s complexity need to instead embrace it, rather than ignore it.
That’s great, Jack! BTW, I love your Wayne’s World reference… pure hilarious.
Hi Jackson:
I attended your agile design presentation at Web20NY, and was wondering if you will be publishing your presentation files online? I would like to share them with the Vancouver UX group.
Thanks!