Going the extra mile in designing for the web

Going the extra mile in designing for the web By Bert Timmermans Sola Lumina Captura : Along This Road Called Life

Bert Timmermans Master Student Communicatie Multimedia & Design Web designer / iPhone Developer / .... Mail: me@berttimmermans.com Twitter: @berttimmermans Website: http://www.berttimmermans.com Blog: http://www.visualdesigner.be PAST PRESENT FUTURE Your company ?

Going the extra mile in designing for the web WHAT? > WHY? > HOW? CONCLUSION

WHAT? Corey Templeton : The Question

“ There are no traffic jams along the extra mile ” ROGER STAUBACH

MacHeist http://www.macheist.com

Jason Santa Maria http://jasonsantamaria.com

Keypoint http://www.keypointapp.com

Carsonified http://carsonified.com

Other possibilities ‣ New technologies ( Example: HTML5, CSS3, ...) ‣ Custom fonts ‣ Easter eggs ‣ Clean validated code ‣ Browser specific code ( Based on target group ) ‣ ...

WHY? happy-accidents-pr oductions : I bought another Mini today

Why ? ‣ Personal ambitions ‣ Clients will ! you ( Yes, this is good ) ‣ You will get noticed ‣ More opportunities ‣ ...

HOW? Maribel Lucatero : .0059

How ? ‣ Read, write & speak ‣ Stay up-to-date ( Twitter, RSS, ... ) ‣ Learning from others ‣ Go to meetups ( Not only design related ) ‣ Experiment and build stuff in your free time ‣ ...

ENVIRONMENT Deadlines Team Stress members YOU Budget ...

Motivating colleagues ‣ Communicate ! ‣ Show them the possibilities ‣ Educate them if needed ‣ Break the pattern ‣ Make time to experiment ‣ ...

CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION ‣ Make a difference ‣ Extra details set the quality of your work ‣ New technologies are your best friends ‣ Clients will ! you ‣ Just try to be AWESOME

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THE END Or the start of something new

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