first refresh boston meeting
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Slides from the first Refresh Boston meeting back in 2006, covering who the organizers were and what we'd like to do with the group;TRANSCRIPT
Refresh BostonWhere do we begin?
What is Refresh?
Started with Refresh Dallas
Bringing designers and developers together, away from the computer
And Refresh Boston?
Getting together offline with peers
Sharing ideas and opinions
Bring value to meetings
Refresh logo design
Refresh Boston website
Lining up meeting topics
Refresh-related projects
So What’s Next?
What Would You Like to See Happen?And back to that in a moment...
SXSW Interactive ‘06
Patrick Haney, Harvard
What is SXSW?A quick recap by Patrick and Stefan
It’s All About the People
Meeting your peers
Networking
Sharing ideas
Get the creative juices flowing
And the Panels...
Pick and choose your topics of choice
Focus on creative ideas and learning by example
Learn from the best
And the After Events...
More opportunities to network
Meet and greet in a less formal situation
Having fun
And... Bowling?
Team Refresh triumphs!
Refresh Boston, D.C., Dallas, Houston, Austin come together to win the Avalonstar Bowling Extravaganza
bowling.avalonstar.com
Wide Variety of Panels
General web design
DOM scripting
Accessibility
Blogging
User Experience
How To Be A Web Design Superhero
Andy Budd & Andy Clarke
General overview of web design and best practices
How to Create Passionate Users
Panel hosted by Kathy Sierra
headrush.typepad.com
Keep your users happy and interested (like the audience for this panel)
Holistic Web Design: Finding Creative Balance
Combining efforts from multiple disciplines
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Shaun Inman, Jason Santa Maria, Eris Stassi, Carl Sieber, Garrett Dimon
Plazes Before...
And After.
Design Eye for the List Guy
A redesign of craigslist
Similar to the Holistic Web Design panel
Ryan Sims, Paul Nixon, Andrei Herasimchuk, Cameron Moll, D. Keith Robinson
Stefan Hayden, Sconex
Making Money With Your Blog Design Skills
Tons of clients looking for designers
Blogs quickly turn into larger projects
Dogma Free Design
Don’t design to a checklist
A-B testing only works to a point
Standard Deviation: Hacks and Dirty Tricks for the Web
aka. F*ck standards
Cool web apps break standards
Questions?