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Off ScriptEpisode 20: Beyond Tellerrand Berlin 2022 round upThis episode of Off Script, Josh and James explore Josh’s recent trip to Berlin to the single-track conference, Beyond Tellerrand. They discuss and break down all the hot topics for us.
01 Intro
03 Venue
03 The Pac Man Rule - Always leave a gap in your circle!
04 Live subtitles at the event
06 All together now by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
15 Inviting People In by Michelle Chin - Different ways we were forced to collaborate during the pandemic.
20 If You’re Not Scared, You’re Not Living by Vic Lee
24 Make it sound by Tiziana Alocci involving the use of non speech audio...
2022-09-261h 08
Web MaterialsIs it really for everyone?
In theory, the web is for everyone. It should work on whatever hardware you (have to) use, and whatever browser is on it. It should also work with whatever assistive tech you use, like screen readers. In practice things are not as ideal. In this episode we discuss this from a design prespective. We talk about the fictional 80% of people that most sites are designed for. Apart from this utilitarion approach we discuss design approaches based on intent, and result based design.
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2021-10-1047 minWeb MaterialsShould coders design?
In this episode we discuss design intention, micro decisions, whether coders stand to benefit from learning design, and how every designer should be more like Nils Binder.
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2021-10-0540 minWeb MaterialsShould we test?
As designers we use all kinds of patterns. But has anybody ever really tested these? And did we consider everybody when we did? In this episode we talk about the testing we do, about the testing we did, about assumptions. And we tell some tales about testing gone horribly wrong.
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2021-09-2540 minWeb MaterialsWhy do we mimic print grids?
Since the dawn of the modern web, designers have been emulating traditional graphic design layouts and grids made for print. Why do we do this, and is there a better way?
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2021-08-2543 minWeb MaterialsCan we design the invisible?Many designers focus on the clearly visible things. But there are many parts of a website that are invisible. These parts are either neglected, or they are "designed" by developers. Real peope would benefit if we paid some design attention to things like structure, error messages, and of course screen readers. See the website for a complete transcript.
2021-08-0541 minWeb MaterialsCan we design the invisible?
Many designers focus on the clearly visible things. But there are many parts of a website that are invisible. These parts are either neglected, or they are "designed" by developers. Real people would benefit if we paid some design attention to things like structure, error messages, and of course screen readers.
See the website for full audio and a complete transcript.
2021-08-0541 minWeb MaterialsShould designers write content?
Designers are notoriously bad at writing content. But shouldn't we really write at least some of the words for our interfaces? In this episode we discuss the relationship between content and design and the beneefits of using real words instead of dummy copy.
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2021-07-0537 minWeb MaterialsAre our tools helping us?We talk about the role that visual design tools play. In the past, tools like Photoshop offered stuff the web couldn’t do yet. Today the visual design tools offer a tiny subset of what is possible. Which contributes to the conservative nature of today’s design practice. See the website for a complete transcript.
2021-06-1349 minWeb MaterialsAre our tools helping us?
We talk about the role that visual design tools play. In the past, tools like Photoshop offered stuff the web couldn’t do yet. Today the visual design tools offer a tiny subset of what is possible. Which contributes to the conservative nature of today’s design practice.
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2021-06-1349 minWeb MaterialsShould we take the hamburger off the menu?
In this episode we boldly assert that NO, the burger should not be taken off the menu, we should remove the whole navigation instead.
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2021-06-0734 minWeb MaterialsWhat about interaction?
In the fourth episode of Web Materials, we talk about the lack of attention for interaction in design tools, and about sucky defaults when it comes to focus states. We talk about things like :focus-within and :focus-visible. Later on we discuss the similarities between Vim and screenreaders, and we end this episode by praising Nintendo games.
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2021-05-1643 minWeb MaterialsAre there truths in web design?
In the third episode of Web Materials, we ask whether there are truths in web design. We quickly answer "no", before spending an hour coming to more or less the same conclusion.
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2021-05-0759 minWeb MaterialsAre we done yet?
In the second episode of Web Materials, we wonder if webdesign has matured so much that we can decide that it is done. If that’s the case, this second episode is also our final episode!
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2021-04-1235 minWeb MaterialsHello world
In the very first episode of Web Materials, we introduce ourselves and briefly touch upon some of the topics we hope to discuss going forward.
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2021-04-0529 min
Working DraftRevision 301: Optimierung und Wartbarkeit von CSSLetzte Revision noch über ihn, bzw. einen seiner Artikel gesprochen, heute schon in unserer Sendung: Jens Oliver Meiert! Wir haben ihn auf der gerade vergangenen beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf zufällig getroffen und ihn erfolgreich in ein Interview zum Thema CSS verstrickt.
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[00:00:18] Optimierung und Wartbarkeit von CSS
Wir sprachen mit Jens über sein aktuelles Forschungsthema, nämlich der Frage, wie man CSS besser optimieren und gleichzeitig gut wartbar halten kann. Ausgangslage war Jens‘ Erkenntnis, dass 70% des CSS, das die Durchschnittsseite mit sich herumschleift, aus vorher bereits definierten Deklarationen besteht. Das daraus resultierende Gespräch führte uns...
2017-05-2238 min
The Good, The Bad, and The InterestingEspen BrunborgEspen Brunborg is a Norwegian designer who lives and works in Edinburgh at digital design agency Primate. He did this brilliant talk at the Beyond Tellerrand conference in Düsseldorf. During the lunch break we recorded this episode of The Good, The Bad, and The Interesting in English. That’s so international!
Your worst possible combination is a Photoshop designer and a front end developer who is super comfortable with Bootstrap or 960 grid or something like that
Espen’s talk was about adding an extra layer of humour, of delight, of individuality, of artistry to the obvious layers of things like...
2017-05-1900 min
Unfinished Business‘The Meta Is In Title Case’ with Espen Brunborg and Joe LeechIn this, the first part of the Unfinished Business Bank Holiday double, I’m joined by Espen Brunborg, designer and co-founder of Primate, plus Strategic Commander of User Experience and author of ‘Psychology for Designers’ Joe Leech. It’s more of a work related episode and we talk about; developing content for clients, why you should do your own research and not believe that everything you read on the internet, and whether you should get involved in competitive pitching and tendering?
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2016-05-301h 15
PageBreak PodcastCSS Baselines : Snippet #90For this Snippet, we discuss CSS Baseline: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Espen Brunborg. (http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/snippets/css-baselines)
2012-12-1808 min