The document discusses strategies for faster design decision-making and a more efficient design process. It recommends starting simply with paper prototypes to define the right direction before building, using frameworks as a foundation but only including necessary parts, leveraging grids and media queries for responsive design, utilizing pattern libraries to improve markup, and embracing constraints to build effectively. Prototyping tools like Gists, styleguides like KSS, and pull requests are also presented as aiding a streamlined process.

1. SUPER FAST
DESIGN
DECISION-MAKING
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2. @ NRRRDCORE
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3. I’M A DESIGNER
BUT IT’S A LITTLE COMPLICATED
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4. I BUILD THINGS
A LITTLE LESS COMPLICATED, RIGHT?
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6. EARLY & OFTEN
FRESH SHIPPING
DAILY.
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7. NOT THIS
KIND, THOUGH.
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8. A WEBSITE’S
DESIGN SHOULD
START WHERE IT’S
GOING TO LIVE.
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9. LESS ABOUT ME
AND MORE ABOUT FAST DESIGN...
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10. MORE ABOUT YOU
AND DEVELOPER FRIENDLY DESIGN TOOLS...
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11. 3 PARTS
FOR A FASTER DESIGN PROCESS.
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12. 3 STEPS
BUILD, DEPLOY, & ITERATE.
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13. START SIMPLE
TO FIND THE RIGHT DIRECTION...
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14. START SIMPLE
TO FIND ANY DIRECTION, REALLY...
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15. START ON PAPER
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING, PAPER...
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16. DON’T
FEAR THE
BLANK CANVAS
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17. A FOUNDATION
YOU DON’T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.
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18. THE BASICS
WHAT’S IN A CSS “FRAMEWORK”?
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19. THE ANSWER
PROBABLY A LOT OF STUFF YOU DON’T NEED
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20. PICK AND CHOOSE
THE PARTS THAT’LL BE USEFUL...
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21. PICK AND CHOOSE
THE PARTS THAT ADDRESS AN ACTUAL NEED.
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22. BE CHOOSEY
OR, USE THE FRAMEWORK AS A FOUNDATION
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23. EVENTUALLY
YOU’LL WANT TO RIP OUT WHAT
YOU’RE NOT USING.
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24. GRIDS
CAN BE REALLY USELESS
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26. GRIDS
BUT THEY CAN HELP
YOU FORMAT CONTENT.
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27. 960.GS
THE ORIGINAL GANGSTER
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28. 960.GS
THE ORIGINAL BOOKMARKLET
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30. FRESH POTS
SOME GRIDS COME BAKED INTO FRAMEWORKS.
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31. BOOTSTRAP
SKELETON &
FOUNDATION
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32. THEY’RE FLEXY
THEIR GRIDS ARE FLUID, FOR ALL
OF YOUR MOBILE THINGS.
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34. @ MEDIA QUERIES
ARE REALLY, REALLY AWESOME.
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35. CONDITIONAL CSS
BASED ON THE WIDTH OF THE DEVICE.
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37. PATTERN LIBRARIES
CONSTANTLY IMPROVE THE WAY YOU
WRITE MARKUP
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41. VISUAL PATTERNS
DRIBBBLE BUCKETS CAN HELP...
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43. DRIBBBLE.COM/NRRRDCORE/BUCKETS
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46. CSS3EXP.COM/MOON
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47. ICON FONTS
SAVED MY LIFE
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48. span.mega-icon.mega-icon-blacktocat
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49. .mega-icon.mega-icon-blacktocat
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50. SASS/SCSS
WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
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51. THE COMMUNITY IS
OPINIONATED, THE
COMPUTER DOESN’T
CARE.
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52. border-top-color: lighten($gray, 10%);
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53. border-bottom-color: darken($gray, 10%);
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54. SASS/SCSS
HANDLES ERRORS LIKE A CHAMP.
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56. WORK WITHIN
CONSTRAINTS
WHEN YOU’RE DESIGNING, BUILDING...
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57. STYLEGUIDES
AREN’T JUST FOR COLOR PALETTES
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59. KSS
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61. WARPSPIRE.COM/KSS/STYLEGUIDES
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62. PROTOTYPING
IS EASY WHEN YOU WRITE CODE.
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63. GISTS
A LIGHT-WEIGHT PROTOTYPING TOOL.
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64. STAY LIMBER
YOU CAN DO MORE WITH GISTS THAN
YOU’D EXPECT.
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70. PULL REQUESTS
ARE AN AWESOME DESIGN TOOL.
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71. JULIEANNHORVATH.COM/RESOURCES
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72. THANK YOU
WARM GUN ’12 & 500 STARTUPS
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