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Jason Robb presented "Draw more, talk less" on May 9, 2012 A hands-on sketching workshop for managers, developers, designers, and pretty much anybody with hands and eyes. During the workshop we learned: - Why sketching is so important - More than just the basics of sketching interfaces and interactions - Integrating sketching into your workflow - How to get your colleagues to draw more (and talk less) - And if we have time, how to draw an owl Bio: Jason is an independent designer and illustrator. He builds prototypes, designs websites and web apps, and creates large-scale visual notes at conferences. He's worked for a bunch of design agencies and startups. And he thinks you're just swell.
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Just about everyone has an idea for a web app, whether you want to implement a business tool, found a startup, or just host a fun project. Learn how to tackle design and technical challenges, take advantage of best practices, power through obstacles, and grow your idea into a successful application.
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On April 11th, 2012, Mat Marquis gave a presentation to the ABCD WWW group on An Introduction to jQuery Mobile.
Learn how to use jQuery Mobile to build dynamic HTML5-based web sites
and apps that work on all popular mobile platforms. We’ll go over the
basics of using the framework and discuss ways we can use it to create
compelling experiences that span smartphone, tablet, and desktop
devices from a single unified codebase.
Mat "Wilto" Marquis is a designer-slash-developer working at Filament
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editor at A List Apart, and an active member of the open source
community. He's probably flipping out about something on Twitter as we
speak.
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