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Kevin Vigneault, Viget Labs |
Start-up Mistakes: 5 to Avoid, 5 to Make
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Harsh reality of start-ups: mistakes happen. Make the wrong ones, you're sunk. Make the right ones, you just might succeed. Using examples from high-profile start-ups -- perhaps including unsuspecting (and hopefully absent and/or understading) clients -- I'll give real examples and offer guidance that will apply to any early-stage web company.
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M. Jackson Wilkinson, Viget Labs |
How MacGyver Would Do Design Research
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If you've ever tried to execute a research-driven UX or design project for a client, you've probably found that research/testing and budgets mix about as well as oil and water. Learn how to make effective design and UX decisions when resources are limited, be it time or money.
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Tom Osborne, Viget Labs |
Design Appetizers: The Pre-Composition Phase of Design
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Everyone has their own pre-design rituals, but how do we fit the right processes to our projects? And once we've done that, how do we get someone to pay us for it? We're going to explore pre-comp work that deepens our designs, tightens our workflow, and keeps clients happy.
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Brian Williams, Viget Labs |
Shoe Shopping: The Art of Self-Promotion for Small Agencies
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You've heard the phrase "the cobbler's children have no shoes". When you're in the business of creating web sites for other companies, finding the time to create your own is often challenging. Making your web site a priority pays dividends. Hear from some small agencies that made it happen.
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M. Jackson Wilkinson, Viget Labs |
Fitting Design and UX into an Agile Process
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Agile processes are for developers, right? It often feels that way, but shifting it into an umbrella process for your whole project, including design, UX, development, and validation can help make your product -- not to mention your job -- that much better.
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Peyton Crump, Viget Labs |
Design School for Dummies
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The oddity of web professionals is that we come from every possible discipline and background. This panel will show those of us who got here without a design school degree what we missed. Get the some of the benefits of D-school training without the price tag.
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Brian Williams, Viget Labs |
Turning You Into You + Partners, Inc. Freelancing Sucks.
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So you're a talented freelancer with a steady stream of work. Now what? Learn how to add a partner, form a company, hire a staff, open an office or two, and move beyond the limitations of freelance work. Don't freelance for the man -- be the man (or woman).
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Jackson Fox, Viget Labs |
Social Design Patterns for Extroverts
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One of the critical problems of modern social software is the inability to separate out the different social contexts in which we live. This presentation will review some of the design patterns being used to overcome this problem, and identify areas for future work.
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