Going the extra mile in designing for the web

Going the extra mile in designing for the webBy Bert Timmermans

Sola Lumina Captura : Along This Road Called Life

Bert TimmermansMaster Student Communicatie Multimedia & DesignWeb designer / iPhone Developer / ....

Mail: me@berttimmermans.comTwitter: @berttimmermans Website: http://www.berttimmermans.comBlog: http://www.visualdesigner.be

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

Your company ?

WHAT? WHY? HOW? > >

Going the extra mile in designing for the web

CONCLUSION

WHAT?

Corey Templeton : The Question

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile“ ”

ROGER STAUBACH

http://www.macheist.comMacHeist

http://jasonsantamaria.comJason Santa Maria

http://jasonsantamaria.comJason Santa Maria

http://jasonsantamaria.comJason Santa Maria

http://www.keypointapp.comKeypoint

http://www.keypointapp.comKeypoint

http://carsonified.comCarsonified

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‣ ...

YOU

ENVIRONMENT

Teammembers

Deadlines

Budget

Stress

...

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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Fonts: Georgia - Nevis - Helvetica

THE ENDOr the start of something new